Eureka Poker Tour
Eureka6 Hamburg: Danzer ends as he starts: the man everyone is looking at
There's no stopping George DanzerPicture the scene: you wake up from fitful slumber, turn on a laptop and open up your emails. And there, beaming at you like a bright shard of sunlight through the blinds, is the face of George Danzer hoisting a trophy aloft.Danzer's was the first face I saw this mor...more
Eureka6 Hamburg: Jan Von Halle rolls back the years to lead Day 1A
Jan Von Halle: Chip leaderSmall, but beautifully formed.There are few other ways to describe Day 1A of the second Eureka Hamburg Main Event, a €1,000 buy-in tournament in Casino Schenefeld, on the outskirts of Germany's northern city.Only 69 players turned up for this first of three flights and they...more
Eureka6 Bucharest: Israel's Avishai Shitrit takes down inaugural Romanian ev
This final table of six started with three Romanians, two Israelis, and one Bulgarian. A local winner getting victory on their home soil seemed likely right from the start of the tournament, as Romanians truly love their poker and came out in force for this festival. But it wasn't to be. In the end,...more
Eureka6 Bucharest: Final table live updates
CLICK HERE FOR A FULL FINAL TABLE RECAP6:05pm: It's all over! A sick final hand sees Avishai Shitrit win Eureka6 Bucharest for €107,350Level 29 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)What a way to end. Even though Moshe Eliyahu was short, it still took a sick hand to finish him off.Shitrit made it 200...more
Eureka6 Bucharest: Final table player profiles
Meet your final eight in the Eureka6 Bucharest main event:Seat 1: Moshe Eliyahu, 27, Nahariya, IsraelMoshe Eliyahu had only $13k in reported live cashes prior to entering Eureka6 Bucharest. He's now guaranteed to double that; making the final table here already secures him a €11,630 payday. This is ...more
Eureka6 Bucharest: Yasen Dichev carries Day 3 chip lead straight to final ta
It took just five hours of play for us to take our 28 Day 3 players and turn them into a final table of eight. It's almost as if those players who busted wanted to go outside and enjoy the beautiful city of Bucharest or something weird like that.This was Day 3 - the business end of the main event. T...more
Eureka6 Bucharest: "Oh yes!" says Yasen Dichev! He dominates chip counts at
There are only 14.31 million chips in play in this tournament. At the end of Day 2, Bulgarian Yasen Dichev had 2.047 million, good for 14% of them.Dichev crushed Day 2Dichev surged from just before the dinner break right until the end, and his juggernaut rise through the counts never slowed. Elimina...more
Eureka6 Bucharest: Vlad Lazariciu leads the pack at end of turbo Day 1C
For anyone who busted on Day 1A or Day 1B of Eureka6 Bucharest, there was one last shot at redemption. One more chance for glory. A last chance saloon, if you will, that could see you play less than half the time of the other Day 2 qualifiers but still make it through. It was Day 1C, a turbo flight ...more
Eureka6 Bucharest: Grzegorz Taranko comes out top on Day 1B, while Negreanu'
It was another busy day here at the InterContinental Hotel on Day 1B of Eureka6 Bucharest; and yet, it was actually not as busy.You see, normally Day 1B is the day that everyone turns out to play, figuring that they don't need to have a day in between playing if they make Day 2. It turns out though ...more
Eureka6 Bucharest: Beteringhe bests them all to top huge Day 1A field
Kid Poker. Hall of Famers. Movie premiers. This day had it all.Day 1A of Eureka6 Bucharest is now in the books, and it was a busy day indeed. A total of 253 players sat down to play today, which smashes the 219-strong field who played on Day 1A of Eureka6 Rozvadov back in March.After 10 45-minute le...more
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