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Join PokerStars now! Make way in Valencia, because Sergio Garcia has a tee time. In this case, however, you won’t find him on the first tee or sipping a cocktail at the 19th Hole.

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Fore! Sergio Garcia headed to Estrellas Poker Tour

Join PokerStars now! Madrid was one of the EPT stops I had already frequented, as The EPT Grand Final in Season 7 had been held there last May. When we explored the city, I wanted to do something a little different to what we had seen before, so I did my usual research into the capital city and decided we would explore Madrid from a completely different perspective

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PokerStars Travel Blog: Madrid

Join PokerStars now! Chapter one of the book Italians of the EPT* , is about Luca Pagano. The cheerful champion of the Italian game has been one of the nation’s success stories both on and off the table – this event is being run by Pagano events, for example. While he himself has never claimed to be one of the best players, his record speaks of a different story; one of 20 EPT cashes and seven final tables, testimony to a talented player, scoring consistently good results in a game that is always evolving.

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EPT8 Campione: New approach for Minieri about to pay off?

Join PokerStars now! The European Poker Tour inched its way into Campione d’Italia last night, a town resting almost unnoticed between the alpine foothills of Switzerland, for the next event of Season 8.

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EPT8 Campione: A big lake, a big casino and a big field

Join PokerStars now! The last two players in the EPT Madrid main event took their seats at either end of the table. It was the denouement of a week of play, but seemed like the first hand to be played in about an hour. To everyone’s relief a period of endless deal brokering had come to an end; Andrei Stoenescu had been eliminated in third place, leaving Frederik Jensen and Fraser MacIntyre to play for the title.

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EPT8 Madrid: Jensen topples great Scot to win Spanish title

Join PokerStars now! As the final table table gets underway one player not returning is Mike McDonald. The former EPT Champion was the ninth place finisher last night, bringing the day to a close but ending speculation (again) about the chances of a first double winner. Talking after the final eight were having their chips bagged up and back ground detail logged (we now khow old all of them are), McDonald spoke last night about his performance this week as well as his development as a player over the past four year

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EPT8 Madrid: McDonald’s double on hold

Join PokerStars now! Time again for the weekly $1,050 buy-in no-limit hold’em tourney that routinely draws the best of the best, the Super Tuesday. This week’s tourney drew 440 players, the same number as last week’s tourney won by alexandr18ru for a $80,136 score

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vbjishfij victorious in 3/13/12 Super Tuesday; Reinkemeier runner-up

Join PokerStars now! So, take a look at the logo on the left there.

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Sunday Million guaranteeing $6 million prize pool this weekend

Join PokerStars now! This week’s Super Tuesday featured 440 players turning out, creating a $440,000 prize pool for the final 54 players standings. Tonight’s winner was expected to cash in for over $84,000, but it was another win for Russia as alexandr18ru claimed the title, defeating Ben “NeverScaredB” Wilinofsky for just over $80,000. Several Team PokerStars Pros made up this week’s lineup, but all fell well short of making the money

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Super Tuesday 3/6/12: Alexandr18ru declared winner over Wilinofsky

Join PokerStars now! You made it through Groundhog’s Day, Valentine’s Day, and on Wednesday everyone gets an extra day of February for Leap Year. One day of the week every month, and not just in February is special for online players at PokerStars . The Sunday Major are always a cause for excitement with the huge prize pools from the Sunday Million and the occasional special tourney like the $55 buy-in Red Spade open with bounties on the Team PokerStars Pro and Team Online players.

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Sunday Warm-up: TheJunobv is the obv winner after three-way chop