Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Last night saw poker luminaries from across Europe head to the Aviation Club De Paris for the inaugural annual European Poker Awards sponsored by Global Poker Index (GPI).
While the ceremony has been running for a number of years, this is the first time the GPI has hosted the event and yesterday evening saw talent reconised across a number of categories.Following a brief speech by Alex Dreyfus, Chief Executive Officer for GPI, the prize giving began in earnest with the rostrum flooded with talented players from start to finish.Kara Scott handed out trophies for categories such as UK Player Of The Year, which went to Roberto Romanello, while the special Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Gus Hansen by Jesse May for his achievements in poker over the years.In addition, Jens Kyllonen took home the Internet Player Of The Year prize while the Europe’s Leading Lady gong went to Lucille Cailly.Overall the reaction to the ceremony was positive with the likes of Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier tweeting: “Amazing night at #GPI #EPA2013, awarded for number-one French player of the year”.Additional GPI European Poker Awards winners:German Player Of The Year: Marvin RettenmaierBelgian Player Of The Year: Davidi KitaiIrish Player Of The Year: Dermot BlainFinnish Player of the Year: Juha HelppiItalian Player of the Year: Andrea DatoAustrian Player of the Year: Ivo DonevSpanish Player of the Year: Cesar GarciaRookie Of The Year: Ole SchemionBest Tournament Performance Of The Year: Davidi KitaiInternet Player Of The Year: Jens KyllonenPoker Staff Person Of The Year: Simon TrumperRob Gardner Memorial Award For Poker Personality Of The Year: Kara ScottBest Tournament Of The Year: EPT BarcelonaGPI Player Of The Year: Marvin RettenmaierKeep up to date with all the news from the poker world by following us on Twitter and Facebook.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
$200 GTD ‘East of Eden’ Poker Tournament Monday night at Intertops Poker will be a freezeout tournament with no re-buys or add-ons.
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