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2012 EPT Grand Final super high roller

Govert Metaal 310,000
Eugene Katchalov PokerStars Team Pro 299,800
Talal Shakerchi 272,000
Jason Mercier PokerStars Team Pro 265,100
Bryn Kenney 250,000
Sorel Mizzi 250,000
Will Molson 250,000
Dan Shak 250,000
Tobias Reinkemeier 250,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy 250,000
Dieter Albrecht 250,000
Anton Alleman 250,000
Philipp Gruissem 250,000
Leon Tsoukernik 250,000
David Sands 250,000
Tom Marchese 250,000
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier PokerStars Team Pro 250,000
Phil Ivey 250,000
Isaac Haxton 250,000
Daniel Cates 250,000
Samuel Chartier 250,000
Viktor Blom PokerStars Team Pro 250,000
Artem Litvinov 250,000
Scott Seiver 250,000
Dan Smith 250,000
Masa Kagawa 250,000
Sam Trickett 250,000
Anton Allemann 238,000
Mike McDonald 230,000
Justin Bonomo 230,000
Jonathan Duhamel PokerStars Team Pro 212,000
Vanessa Selbst PokerStars Team Pro 204,900

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Pokerbloggs.com is going to resume coverage of high stakes poker games that take place online. The DOJ indictments of Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker put an extraordinary burden on the income of Pokerbloggs but we survived. We will try to cover as much of the high stakes games at Party and Pokerstars as we can.

In the last 24 hours, real name Diogo Veiga screen name phounderAA has won over 68k. Real Name Richard Lyndaker screen name nutsinho is up almost 50k.

Kasiiino would end up losing almost 20k to ChichaGlisha over 1000k hands on multiple screens. Kasiiino would try to small ball pre flop VS the more aggressive ChichaGlisha. This would prove to be devastating and would put a larger dent in Kasiiino’s bankroll.

If it wasn’t for this hand Kasiiino would be stuck much more for the day:
Dealer: Game #11010635416 starts.
Dealer: ** Dealing down cards **
ChichaGlisha: do you have 6 buyins now?
Dealer: ChichaGlisha will be using his time bank for this hand.
Dealer: ** Dealing Flop ** [ Qs, 8d, 2c ]
Dealer: ChichaGlisha will be using his time bank for this hand.
Dealer: ChichaGlisha will be using his time bank for this hand.
Dealer: ChichaGlisha will be using his time bank for this hand.
Dealer: kasiiino does not show cards.
#11010635416: kasiiino wins $24,648.63 USD

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There is a lot going on inside the world of poker right now. Major poker tournaments, various real money poker games and live events are all stirring attention and action.
Major Live Tournaments:
PokerStars Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has opened for season five. This year it began in a new location for the tour. The Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia hosted the major poker event. Joe Hachem and Chris Moneymaker offered the traditional call to “shuffle up and deal” at the beginning of the event. The first stop main event was a 5 thousand dollar buy in that attracted more than 260 competitors from at least 18 separate countries. At the close of day one, Mitch Carle a local Australian poker professional led the boards.

Daniel Cates

Immigration Trouble:
Daniel Cates aka ‘Jungleman12’ made an effort to move north to the neighboring country of Canada to continue his poker career. He was stopped before he was able to make the move successfully. According to his tweets on the popular online social network, Twitter, Daniel Cates was removed from the country as an illegal alien. This does not bode well for an American attempting to immigrate to a country that will enable him to compete in the game he plays well. He was informed he required a visa in order to make the move properly. He’s indicated the desire to obtain a temporary visa until the situation is properly sorted out.
Training Video getting a lot of attention:
Jose Girah aka the Portuguese Poker Prodigy, created a new mid-stakes training video. He took great care with the instruction and creation and some are deeming it the best video of all time. In the forum, Two Plus Two a poll is indicating that the vast majority of people are deeming it simply a very good video. The thread has had many viewers who looked at the video and stated their thoughts on it directly. Some believe his approach was subpar, while others have clearly stated that his unveiling of secret approaches to the game are just going to generate more interest and less fish to pool from. The video can be found here: http://www.pokerstrategy.com/video/19725/ You be the judge.
Poker in India
With two country centered poker tours, India is developing their own flavor of poker professional. This year’s India Poker Championship had 59 entrants into the main event. The winner, Nikhil Jain, walked home with 2173.22 or more than 96 thousand rupees. This impressive showing for a local math wiz is leading some to begin discussing the potential for an Indian Poker boom. While real money poker is available in India online and off, much of the speculation is based around the India Poker Championship and the India Poker Series. These two tournament events are drawing a steady crowd each year. Unlike in the USA, the UK and other parts of Europe, where the most successful poker professionals resemble the hard working mentality displayed in Nikhil Jain, India’s professional market is still lacking. In time this may change as the events grow and the Indian people realize that poker is more than a game of chance.
Google Plus Circling the Pro’s
As Google unveiled Google Plus by invitation only, it has already moved the headlines. Many millions are signed up through the Beta version of the site and are circling friends, family, business associates and of course poker industry professionals. Here’s a short list of poker industry professionals already known to be on Google Plus. With Google’s current operating procedures based on real life names, looking up someone not on this short list is very easy. If you are confident you have identified a false account, submitting feedback with a link to the squatting account will rapidly rectify the situation. Enjoy the circling!
Jay Rosenkrantz (KRANTZ) – Deucescracked
Rob Cole (Entity) – DeucesCracked
Joe Tall (JoeTall) – DeucesCracked
Andrew Seidman (BalugaWhale, I’m almost sure) – DeucesCracked
Taylor Caby (GreenPlastic) – Cardrunners
Brian Hastings (Stinger88) – Cardrunners
Kirsty Arnett – PokerNews
Nat Arem – 2p2 Legend

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