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PokerStars news digest for week of Aug. 2727 August 2015(PRESS RELEASE) -- Here is PokerStars.com's weekly news digest for the week of Aug. 27. 3,860,000 Number of chips Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree has in the EPT Barcelona €25k High Roller, which will play down to a winner today. The single-re-entry event stopped play at 5 a.m. Wednesday with three players left. Boeree, who won EPT6 Sanremo for €1,250,000, is currently second in chips and up against EPT Prague winner Martin Finger, the current chip leader on 7,640,000 and EPT London champ Mark Teltscher with 3,700,000. All three are guaranteed at least €391,000, with €865,900 going to the winner. Blog post: http://psta.rs/1hh2p5X €408,000 First prize picked up by Mario Lopez from Argentina after he won the record-breaking €1,100 Estrellas Barcelona Main Event on Monday. The newly-crowned champion won his seat in a €100 Hyper Turbo satellite on PokerStars. Lopez, who also won LAPT Vina del Mar last year, bested a giant field of 3,292 players -- making it the biggest ever PokerStars live freeze-out tournament. Blog post: http://psta.rs/1EYD0nc $207,000 Guaranteed prize pool for the Full Tilt Classic which starts Friday, September 11 and runs through until Sunday, September 20. The Full Tilt Classic will consists of 20 tournaments, 40 Full Tilt Classic Side Event, Full Tilt Classic Freeroll Tournaments, Full Tilt Classic Leaderboard and Full Tilt Classic Play Chip Series. More info: http://ti.lt/az $145,865.63 First prize won by the latest PokerStars Sunday Million champion Mike ’StrungOut1’ from Mexico. The player topped a field of 4,962 to claim $145,865.63 in prize money from the $1,000,000 total prize pool. Blog post: http://psta.rs/1JkZjWh 1,694 Number of entrants in the EPT Barcelona Main Event; the huge turnout makes it the largest EPT main event field in history. The winner will take home €1,420,500. Follow the action live on PokerStars.tv. Live webcast: http://www.pokerstars.tv/en/tv/live/ Event info: http://psta.rs/1Jy1Yen 148 Number of ladies who took part in the Woman’s Event at EPT Barcelona. This number is up 45% from last year and meant the one-day event had to be extended to a second day. Well-known poker personality Lynn Gilmartin from Melbourne, Australia, won the event, taking home €5,890 in prize money after striking a heads-up deal. Blog post: http://psta.rs/1JnXQkc 53 Number of days until the EPT makes its second visit to Malta. After the success of EPT Barcelona, the excitement builds for the Halloween-themed events at EPT Malta. The festival will run October 20-31 at the Portomaso Casino. Preview video: http://youtu.be/rKKFjtwLE30 2 Number of trophies that Dmitry Urbanovich collected at the EPT Player of the Year ceremony. The 20-year-old from Poland, who made 15 final tables last season and won six events (including four at EPT Malta) triumphed in both the Platinum and Gold tiers for Player of the Year. He has already made a strong start in Season 12, finishing second to Sylvain Loosli in the €50k Super High Roller for €841,500. Blog post: http://psta.rs/1i3YFpp VIDEO OF THE WEEK The EPT Barcelona Main Event is being streamed live every day on PokerStars.tv. Watch daily from 12:00 CET. The final table on August 30 will be a cards-up webcast on a one hour delay. Check it out here: http://psta.rs/1JAbjXl
PokerStars news digest for week of Aug. 27
is republished from Online.CasinoCity.com.
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