A recap of Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour San Remo where 164 players are left and Georgios Manousos leads the way.
Full Tilt Poker has released its FAQ page to answer questions regarding cash outs and more. We’ll tell you about that, where you can watch the EPT Grand Final, and more in tonight’s Nightly Turbo.
The first ever Florida WPT event has wrapped on Day Two. The World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Showdown totaled up at 433 poker players, including a few last minute registrations. At the end of Day Two of the World Poker Tour event there were only 147 players left. Todd Terry stands tall as the chip leader at the end of the day with 296,400, while Charles Wiper is in second place with 273,100. Steven Levy rounds out the top three chip leaders with a stack of 247,300.
Most major poker events have two beginning days, and the second first day at EPT San Remo has come and gone. The poker tournament drew 549 poker players on day 1B, making the total playing field 987 players. The players have come from 57 different countries to play the European Poker Tour event. The total prize pool has been calculated at €4,786,950. There will be a guaranteed €930,000 for the winner of the EPT San Remo. The leader at the end of the second first day is poker pro Ruben Visser.
After a number of online poker rooms became blocked to US players some land based casinos are moving to fill the gaps. A number of casino executives have spoken recently that they are ready to receive poker players who can no longer play online. While online poker is not stricktly illegal in the United States, certain elements of the industry are, making it a moot point to the players when the poker rooms start blocking them. PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, UB.com and Absolute Poker are among those sites blocked to US players. The site owners are the ones who did the blocking, after members of their companies were arrested by US officials.
As he prepares to leave his position in the United States Senate, Republican Arizona Senator Jon Kyl has potentially softened his stance when it comes to legislation regarding online poker and internet gambling.
While the midweek high-stakes online action was slow, a few players managed to visit the virtual felt including Gus Hansen and Ilari Sahamies.
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