The Russian Poker is back, and we have just met the first champion of this first event of the new season.
It happened this weekent, in Kyiv, Ukraine. A total of 123 players took their seats and competed for their share of a $220,720 prize pool. Some very known faces of Russian poker didn’t want to miss the first RPT event as Alex Kravchenko, Ivan Demidov, Alexander Dovzhenko, Vadim Markushevsky, and EPT Kyiv champion Maxim Lykov showed up for the Main Event.
On the last day (4th day) of the battle, and …

When Amer Sulaiman landed in Costa Rica some days ago, he only expected to spend some relaxed days in the awesome beaches that this country has to offer. Not only he did that, he’s going to go back to his home in Canada with $172,095 extra in his pocket, together with a LAPT title.
The 45-year, who borned in Iraq, went to Playa Conchal for a vacation with his girlfriend, but at last minute he decided to join the first 3rd season LAPT. We are pretty surte they won’t regret …

Local portuguese businessman Antonio Matias is the new, and first-ever, EPT Vilamoura champion. The tournament was the riches ever held in Portugal, and Matias headed home with a a cheque of €404,793.
Matias, 54, bested some of the biggest names in the circuit in the €5,300 main event to claim the title. Matias was the first player to win on home since Sandra Naujoks achieved the same on Season 5 Dortmund event.
Antonio Matias, EPT Portugal champion
“I like to think of myself as a citizen of the world but it is …