Yesterday, up to six armed gunmen robbed the Grand Hyatt Hotel's casino during the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) stop at Berlin. The thieves made away with a portion of the EPT High-Roller tournament prize money.
After the terror on the scene settled, players were asked to continue play only a few hours later, including the 20 remaining players in the EPT Berlin Main Event.
Yesterday day 1a of the EPT Berlin took place at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. 389 players participated in this event, where only 196 remained and passed to the next level. The PokerStars Pro Team players to survive included: George Danzer, Katja Thater, Benjamin Kang, Sebastian Ruthenberg and Vicky Coren.
Party Poker has re-launched 'The Gladiator' promotion this month with WSOP main event packages and thousands of dollars up for grabs at the online poker room.
Players who earn 2,00 Part Points for very day of the promotion, which runs from March 3rd until April 1st, will automatically win a $12,500 package to the WSOP main event that includes buy-in, travel, hotel, hospitality and spending money.
Bwin's unique series of poker events continues this month with players able to win exclusive Champions League packages as well as big cash prizes.
The promotion, especially created for UK players, includes the bwin Contenders series; a succession of monthly freerolls with cash prizes of up to $2000 guaranteed. There are five different levels of the freeroll tournaments; flyweight, welterweight, middleweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight
To celebrate the launch of the new GXTV platform, the 888 SPORT SHOW is set to air for the very first time this afternoon on the GX UK television channel at 4pm.
The brand new sports betting show will be presented by top comedian Geoff Norcott and will feature sports betting expert Ed Nicholson as well as former Leicester City and Portsmouth striker Steve Claridge as weekly guests.
The viral video campaign which right2bet have launched has been banned from being advertised on websites throughout Europe, again highlighting the farcical situation which has seen several European countries ignore EU Law.
The Renegade Ref video campaign shows an extremely camp referee let loose on the streets, conducting his own unique style of refereeing on unwitting members of the public. Yet the videos have been banned as the right2bet campaign is attempting to end the gambling monopolies in countries such as France, Germany and Sweden.
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