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EPT Online Main Event Smashes Guarantee Ahead of Penultimate Day

PokerStars’ European Poker Tour (EPT) Online main event has breached its $5 million guarantee by more than 25% as play moves into Day 3.

The EPT Online main event has beaten its guarantee by more than $1.5 million after attracted 1,300+ entries. (Image: PokerStars)

When the late registration period ended on November 16, 1,304 entries had been collected in the $5,200 MTT.

Fintan Hand led at the start of play but couldn’t keep up the momentum. When the chips had fallen, the Irishman picked up $11,757 for his 134th place finish while Toby Joyce went on to take the chip lead.

Michael Addamo Leads Day 1A of Caribbean Poker Party Main Event

Partypoker’s Caribbean Poker Party is in full swing and, after the first day of action in the $5,300 main event, Michael Addamo is the man on top.

Michael Addamo topped the list of entrants on Day 1A of the Partypoker Caribbean Poker Party main event. (Image: Paul Phua Poker)

Cruising through Day 1A and bagging just over 18.6 million chips, the Australian is in the driving seat heading into Day 2.

However, with Day 1B set take place on November 22 and at least $5 million to play for, Addamo’s position is far from certain.

UK lottery winner helps out bride whose wedding was cancelled four times due to COVID-19

A bride and groom who had their wedding canceled four separate times due to the coronavirus pandemic were at their wit’s end after constantly pushing back and rescheduling the event. Hearing about their growing frustration, one lottery winner who scooped up £13 million (US$17,150,965) in 2015 was eager to help contribute to their special day.Winner Stories, UK National Lottery, After the Big Win, General Interest

Polk, Negreanu Sixth Session a Back and Forth Battle, Overall Match Close

Six sessions are now in the books in the heads-up grudge match between Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu. And it’s abundantly clear at this point that there isn’t much gap in skill level between these players.

Daniel Negreanu hit his daily quads early on Day 6 against Doug Polk. (Image: WSOP.com)

Entering the match two weeks ago, Polk was a 4-1 favorite and few gave his opponent any shot at winning. After all, the Upswing Poker founder is considered to be one of the top heads-up hold’em players ever. So, certainly he should have no problem crushing a live multi-table tournament specialist, right? Not exactly.

The fact of the matter is Negreanu has been more competitive than most anticipated. That doesn’t mean the match will go down to the wire. We’re still in the early-ish stages of the 25,00-hand online poker competition. For all we know, Polk will end up running hot and dominating the remainder of the match. But though the first six sessions (five online), it’s difficult to proclaim either player as superior in terms of skill.