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Germany rocks the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) 2009

Sunday, January 11th, 2009 | Tournaments | No Comments

At the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) 2009 on the Bahamas, the players from Germany are really incredible:

1. Team Germany wins the World Cup of Poker V and is therefore the inofficial Team-World Champion. Every Member of the team wins $20.000.
2. In the 5000$ side-event of the PCA 2009, two German players reached the final table. Florian Langmann finished in second place behind Peter Eastgate, the winner of the wsop main event 2008 and Jan “50 outs” von Halle finished in ninth place. Florian Langmann gets $184.300 and Jan von Halle $25.000. Peter Eastgate, the winner of this event, enhanced his bankroll with $343.000.

Last but not least Benny Spindler, a 23 year old German player, finished in third place at the main event of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) and received $1.100.000. After 5 hours of play in a threesome, Benny Spindler lost an important flop with A K against A 8 (his opponent made a full house) and was then extreme short-stacked. After that, Benny Spindler lost his last chips to Poorya Nazari, who finally wins the tournament against Tony Gregg.

Also mentionable is the ninth place of Jan Collado Fernandez in the same event. He was busted only one place before the final table. Overall twelve players form Germany finished in the money at the main event of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) 2009.

Here are the results and the payouts of the final table:

So, as you can see, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) 2009 was really a good tournament for the German players. Congratulations to this incredible performance!!

Tags: EPT, PCA 2009

Michael Martin winner of the EPT London 2008 (Season 5)

Monday, October 6th, 2008 | Tournaments | 2 Comments

After a roller-coaster poker match with a lot of suck outs, Michael Martin won the final table of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in London 2008. He defeated Michael Tureniec in the heads-up with 4♣ 4♥ against K♥ 9♣, turning a set. Michael Martin won the first price which is £1.000.000. Michael Tureniec as second receives at least £525.314.

Michael Martin had in the middle of the final table with blinds of 40.000/80.000 only 95.000 chips left and survived three all-ins in a row with a pair of eights, a pair of nines and a pair of aces. After that, he took the chiplead and eliminated all the other players.

Michael Martin was second at the Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam in November 2007 and fifth at the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo (Season 4).

Michael Tureniec won his seat to EPT London in the $800 Last Chance qualifier on PokerStars – only three days before the tournament started. The second place is the biggest success in his poker career.

Here are the results and the payouts of the final table:

Tags: EPT

Sebastian “Luckbox” Ruthenberg winner of the EPT Barcelona 2008 (Season 5)

Monday, September 15th, 2008 | Tournaments | No Comments

After a marathon poker match with more than 8,5 hours, Sebastian “Luckbox” Ruthenberg won the final table of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Barcelona 2008. He defeated Fintan Gavin in the heads-up in the third hand with K♣ 9♣ against 4♥ 7♣. After the flop (A♣ 7♥ 2♥) he was behind, but the “Luckbox” got a K♥ on the turn and a 9♦ on the river for a two pair and won the first price which is €1.361.000. Fintan Gavin as second receives at least €792.000.

After his bracelet at the WSOP 2008 this is the second big title in this year for Sebastian Ruthenberg.

Here are the results and the payouts of the final table:

Tags: EPT

Sebastian “Luckbox” Ruthenberg chipleader after day 1 of the EPT Barcelona 2008 (Season 5)

Friday, September 12th, 2008 | Tournaments | No Comments

Sebastian “Luckbox” Ruthenberg from Germany is the chipleader after day 1a and day 1b of the EPT Barcelona 2008. He starts at day 2 with 105.900 chips followed by Jonas Klausen from Denmark with 101.800 chips and Mikael Lundell from Sweden with 101.000 chips.
Sebastian Ruthenberg won his first bracelet at the Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo event at the WSOP 2008 and is therefore the world champion in this poker variant.

Overall 619 players played at the two starting days. 203 of them will return at day 2, including the PokerStars Pros Chad Brown and Andre Akkari. They are all hoping to win the tournament and take the first prize which is €1.361.000. The runner-up gets at least €792.000.

Here are the top 20 chipcounts after both starting days:

Tags: EPT