A wealth of top international poker pros are heading to the Algarve coast in Portugal for EPT Vilamoura this November.

Among those competing at the €5,300 event are Team PokerStars PROs Peter Eastgate, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Arnaud Mattern, Luca Pagano, Sebastian Ruthenberg, Jan Heitmann, Rino Mathis and George Danzer as well as local heroes Henrique Pinho, Luis Medina and Nuno Coelho.

More than 30 PokerStars players have already won seats to Vilamoura, the first EPT ever to be held in Portugal, which runs November 17-22 2009.

Satellites continue on PokerStars.com until at least November 8, giving players the chance to win a prize package worth $10,120 including tournament buy-in, a week’s accommodation at the stunning Tivoli Marina Hotel and $1,000 spending money.

Superb poker action is promised during the week-long tournament. The schedule reveals a range of side events including €1,100 NLHE and PLO events, a €220 NLHE tournament, €330 NL Turbos, ... Read more »

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French businessman Christophe Benzimra has won EPT Warsaw and a first prize of 1,493,170 PLN (approx. €358,644).

The 47-year-old from Nice, who runs a Plexiglas factory in Bucharest, Romania, beat Italian pro Alfio “aLFiosNob” Battisti to win the title. He only took up poker three years ago but has taken part at almost every EPT in the last two seasons. He said: “I think I was lucky today. I am not a professional, I play for fun. I’m not giving up work! I play poker just for the pleasure of it.” As part of his prize, Benzimra also wins a seat into the Season 6 EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo.

The 25,000 PLN EPT Warsaw Main Event attracted 203 players to Casinos Poland at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, generating a total prize pool of more than 4.7 million PLN (approx. €1,145,826).

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