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EPT10 Prague: What's the secret?

blogdig.net — 2013-12-18T13:02:29-04:00

EPT10 Prague has been a monster, and its success raises a very important question: why? Although the EPT remains exceptionally healthy across the continent, it is rare to see such sustained growth. The stop in Barcelona continues to break records, but player numbers at other key destinations such as London, Sanremo, Berlin and Monaco have plateaued slightly. So how has Prague done it? What is the key?As you might expect, there is no clear-cut, single answer. There are several factors in play.
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EPT10 Prague: The festival in pictures

blogdig.net — 2013-12-18T13:02:29-04:00

There's been a whole lot of action here at the PokerStars Prague Festival. We take a look at it all through the lens of Neil Stoddart's camera.The tournament room filling up for a record 1,007 fieldVanessa Selbst joins the EPT Live crewPokerStars sponsored pros Marc-Andre Ladouceur and Jonathan Duhamel share a jokeWCOOP winners picked up their bracelets at the EPT partyWe don't think this was one of the WCOOP champs...Liv Boeree lets loose at the EPT partyPokerStars.tv and PokerNews hit the
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EPT10 Prague: The man behind PokerStars in the Czech Republic

blogdig.net — 2013-12-18T12:02:15-04:00

Ondrej Drebota has been the PokerStars country manager for the Czech Republic and Slovakia for three-and-a-half years. Formerly involved with the world of technology magazines, he has overseen a boom in the Central European poker market, culminating in a record field at the Eureka Poker Tour Main Event and EPT Prague at the Hilton this week.PokerStars Blog caught up with Drebota to discuss the state of poker in the region.What's the secret to EPT Prague's continued success?Definitely there are
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Christmas jumpers and PokerStars holiday fun

blogdig.net — 2013-12-18T12:02:15-04:00

PokerStars has an eye for tradition, for noting and repeating activities people enjoy. There's the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure every January, hand milestones whenever a significant number shows up, and you could even say there's the weekly tradition of the Sunday Million.There are traditions for the festive season, too, like Santa's annual visit to PokerStars tables. The festive chap visits PokerStars each year to hand out $50 presents with a "ho ho ho" and some lively chatter with
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My crazy image

blogdig.net — 2013-12-18T11:02:34-04:00

I've been grinding a lot lately, pretty much staying in what I call "full on vampire mode" while working towards SuperNova Elite. I'm ahead of schedule for that now.I did get out of the house for a while not long ago, though, to play in the Master Classics of Poker at the Holland Casino in Amsterdam. It's a popular event and people come from all over Europe for it. It was at the MCOP and also earlier at EPT London that a few hands got me thinking more about the importance of image in
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EPT10 Prague: Fading into memory as the fat lady sings

blogdig.net — 2013-12-18T11:02:34-04:00

In the world of Opera, Puccini's Madame Butterfly must count as one of the more memorable "departures" from the stage. At the denouement "Butterfly" commits suicide as her lover Pinkerton departs with his new wife, and Butterfly's child. Butterfly manages a cracking rendition of Con onor muore before departing, leaving the audience with something to think about as they trundle out for a late dinner. In football it's now standard to see the defeated finalists lying on the field for a bit, faces
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Win a seat in the $5,000 PCA Last Longer freeroll

blogdig.net — 2013-12-18T10:02:47-04:00

Would you like a seat in a $5,000 freeroll? Of course you do. All you need to do is to back one of the ten Team PokerStars Pros below and watch as your horse gallops ahead in the PCA 2014 Main Event. If your chosen player outlasts the other nine then you'll get a ticket into a $5,000 freeroll on Sunday 26 January, where you'll play alongside your winning pro!All ten pros have big results to back up their claims to be your PCA horse, but which one will you go for? You can choose from Andre
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PokerStars LIVE Macau announces 2014 special events

blogdig.net — 2013-12-18T10:02:47-04:00

Today, PokerStars LIVE Macau announced the special event dates for 2014 which qualify for next season's Asia Player of the Year (APOY) race.As previously announced, the new year will kick off with MPC20 -- the 20th running of the Macau Poker Cup -- from January 10-21. In celebration of the milestone, the legendary Red Dragon HK $11,000 buy-in Main Event has been given a massive HK $8 million (US $1 million) guarantee.The Asia Player of the Year (APOY) season concludes with the 3rd annual Asia
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EPT10 Prague: Eight to a winner

blogdig.net — 2013-12-18T08:02:32-04:00

Eight players come back to the EPT Prague final table and one player will win ?889,000. Not bad for a week's work. You can check out the full profiles for each player by clicking here. PokerStars.tv and PokerStars Blog team up to give you a quick intro to the day, then you can follow updates both here and at EPT Live. Teeing up the dayClick through to live coverage of the EPT Prague Main Event. Follow the @PokerStarsBlog Twitter account to keep up-to-date with all the EPT action.Rick
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EPT10 Prague: Caffeine and breakfast breaks with a long day ahead

blogdig.net — 2013-12-18T08:02:32-04:00

There's an enormous feeling of anticipation today, reluctant perhaps, in anticipation of the marathon session expected today and what could be the longest day in EPT history, following what was probably its shortest. Yesterday those who work the tour talked long into the night about previous short days. Thoughts turned to Warsaw in Season 4, and the memorable final table in Sanremo, won by Jason Mercier. But Day 5 here seemed even quicker and there was a sense of "what the hell," as people made
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EPT10 Prague: Back to the Future again as final table commences...soon

blogdig.net — 2013-12-18T07:02:41-04:00

Screwing with the space-time continuum is always much more fun in films.Here in Prague, owing to the regular security delay on the cards-up broadcast of the final table, a quick trip down the stairs from the press room and into the main tournament area takes you into the future. There's no need for a DeLorean, nor a crazy-haired doctor and there's no dog named Einstein anywhere to be seen.Just to repeat: the final table of EPT Prague is being screened "as live" on the peerless EPT Live webcast,
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Big payday for Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen, 12/17/13 Super Tuesday winner

blogdig.net — 2013-12-18T05:02:31-04:00

This week's Super Tuesday, PokerStars' weekly $1,050 no-limit hold'em tournament that routinely brings out online poker's best and brightest, saw another big field of 546 participate, thereby creating a prize pool of $546,000 that well exceeded the event's $300K guarantee. It would ultimately take 10 hours and 45 minutes for that field to play down to a winner, and when the last hand was dealt it was Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen playing from Costa Rica who had claimed the victory and a handsome
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