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This post contains live updates from day two, levels 11 and 12 of the PokerStars Baltic Festival in Tallinn. At the level's start, 85 players remained from a starting field of 307. The full chip counts at the start of the level are available on the chip counts page. Approximate counts will appear here updated throughout the level. A full breakdown … [Read more...]

This post contains live updates from day two, levels nine and 10 of the PokerStars Baltic Festival in Tallinn. At the level's start, 121 players remained from a starting field of 307. The full chip counts at the start of the level are available on the chip counts page. Approximate counts will appear here updated throughout the level. A full breakdown … [Read more...]

As poker tournament reporters across the world, we grow fearful of some of the most innocuous words. This morning, for instance, our tournament director Teresa Nousiainen told dealers and players that we were to play "at least eight levels" and those two words "at least" sent shivers down the spines of the small media posse here in Tallinn. We should … [Read more...]

Day 1B of the PokerStars Baltic Festival is done. And that means day one proper - of the A and the B variety - is also at a close, giving us all we need to know for the shape of the tournament ahead. This time yesterday, it was Bo Erichsen who was leading Wednesday's pack of 130, profiting from a last-hand drama against Shaun Deeb. Today's daddy is … [Read more...]

The past hour has not been kind to our sports stars. Kenneth Carlsen, the Danish tennis player, was seen wandering around the tournament floor and his chair, next to Morten Ramm, was empty. Carlsen went to the other side of the tournament room, near to where Mats Sundin was sitting. Note that "was". Sundin was eliminated by his countryman Ola Billmont, … [Read more...]

Team PokerStars Pro has lost its first representative, not just of today but of this whole tournament. Yesterday's solitary player in the familiar garb, JC Alvarado, bagged up one of the chip-leading stacks at the end of the day. And Peter Eastgate, Johnny Lodden and Katja Thater are still going strong at we approach level seven this evening. The observant … [Read more...]

The Swedish EPT stalwart Peter Hedlund could not make the journey to Tallinn for this week's buoyant festival, which was good news for eardrums but not so great for bar takings. In case you're unaware of his work, Hedlund is the vivacious raconteur who occasionally gets a bit too vivacious for some people's taste as he ratchets up the raconteur-ing … [Read more...]

Breaking news The full details of the prizes available this week in Tallinn have just been released. From the starting field of 307, 32 players will be paid. The top nine will get the following: 1 - €76,750 (1,197,300 EEK) 2 - €48,505 (756,693 EEK) 3 - €30 085 (469,341 EEK) 4 - €17,805 (277,773 EEK) 5 - €14,121 (220,303 … [Read more...]

The debate as to whether tournament poker qualifies as a sport is one that will continue to rumble as long as cards are shuffled. But one thing not up for discussion is the appeal this most competitive pursuits holds for established stars of more familiar sports. There has been a steady stream of footballers, tennis players, basketball players, hockey … [Read more...]

Being "fashionably late" is the preserve of movie starlets, catwalk models and businessmen with ideas above their station. But recently in poker circles, the idea of being "strategically late" has taken off. At the recent High Roller event at the EPT London Festival, the Team PokerStars Pro William Thorson and the high stakes online cash demon Ilari … [Read more...]