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Poker: Different tournaments marked the last week of February
Last week, those who like playing poker in live tournament have been really spoiled because many events were in the program. It was the case of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) which made a stop in Sao Paolo, Brazil, the European Poker Tour (EPT) Copenhagen which ended with the victory of Michael Tureniec and the World Poker Tour (WPT) LA Poker Classic, which continues even now in the prestigious gof the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. The Brazilian tournament was a success because an unprecedented 536 participants have been registered to play poker at the $ 3,010 buy-in event. Organizers have therefore recorded a prize pool of $ 1.4 million and the winner in the person of Alex Manzano won a wonderful prize of $ 370,000.
In Los Angeles, Commerce Casino is still in action because many players are still trying to challenge for the title of the WPT LA Poker Classic Main Event. However, other players have already won awards at side event tournaments. Indeed, the $ 5,000 Heads-Up Championship was attended by 48 players generating a prize pool of $ 231,630 and Nick Rampone was crowned as champion. The winner won $ 81,480 for the occasion and a place for the $ 10,000 Main Event. Note that he triumph face to major players like Erik Seidel, who finished fifth, Fabrice Soulier (3rd), Justin Young (4th), John Racener (6th) and the runner up Scott Seiver. During the No Limit Hold'em of $ 5,100, which recorded a field of 101 participants and a prize pool of $ 487,873, Randy Dorfman won the trophy after ousting Nicolas Levi at the final duel, a triumph that earned him $ 163,270.
Source: poker777.com
Thursday, 03 March 2011
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