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This season the PokerStars European Poker Tour has added a new and much anticipated stop in the seaside resort town of Loutraki, Greece. The town is well-known for its vast natural springs and therapeutic spas. In fact, the name Loutraki is a direct reference to the thermal spas of the region. The name is derived from the Greek word loutro which means bath, bath-house, spa or thermae. Loutraki was the first ever resort to be recorded in the annals of world history as it was once the ancient city of Thermae, loved by the Gods.

EPT Loutraki will take place Nov. 15 through 20 at Club Hotel Casino Loutraki, the home to the first-ever EPT stop in Greece. The casino is one of the largest in Europe and the first ever in Greece. Like the United States, you must be 21-years-old to enter the casino and shorts and open-toed shoes are not permitted. The Main Event will cost you €4,400 but, or you could win your seat by playing in one of two super satellites that will take place on Nov. 14 and 15. There are plenty of other events on the EPT Loutraki schedule to keep you entertained as well, including a bounty event, pot-limit Omaha event, and a heads-up event, just to name a few.

1a today, this thread for updates, news etc etc

Good luck to Rupert who I know is playing

102 of 145 made it through 1a

top 10

Julian Herold   Germany   PokerStars player   138425
McLean Karr   USA      103100
Roman Makhlin   Russia   PokerStars qualifier   102100
Alexios Zervos   Greece   PokerStars Greek Challenger   97425
Ioannis Taramas   Greece      85000
Ilias Zografos   Greece   PokerStars qualifier   83125
Rupert Elder   UK      82700
Miltiadis Kyriakides   Cyprus   PokerStars qualifier   82500
Enver Abduraimov   Ukraine   PokerStars qualifier   76750
Ramin Hajiyev   Azerbaijan      76500

Brits making it through

Chris Moorman   UK      39350
Zimnan Ziyard   Uk   PokerStars qualifier   35175
David Vamplew   UK      34050
Andrew Teng   UK      22200
Roberto Romanello   UK      20300
Nicholas Elvidge   UK   PokerStars qualifier   17625

Rupert currently big chip leader with 60 left

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ept/2011/ept-loutraki-day-3-level-15-1500-3000-40-088566.html

GOGOGOGO Rupert, glgl.

38 left after day 3

Charalampos Kapernopoylos   Greece      892500
David Elyashar   Israel      503500
Rupert Elder   United Kingdom      497500
Mario Puccini   Germany   PokerStars qualifier   495500
Pim Van Riet   Netherlands      492500
Frederic Hebette   Belgium      464000
Zimnan Ziyard   United Kingdom   PokerStars qualifier   437500
Panagiotis Koyloykakos   Greece      401000
Andras Kovacs   Hungary   PokerStars qualifier   362500
Dimitris Mpinas   Greece   PokerStars qualifier   362500

The field of 336 players generated a prize pool of €1,344,000 (after deductions), which will be distributed as follows.

The winner takes €347,000 and everyone on the final table of eight is guaranteed at least €27,000. The last 48 players will be paid.

Prizewinners' names will appear here as and when they are known.

Payout structure

1 - €347,000
2 - €221,800
3 - €134,400
4 - €100,800
5 - €67,200
6 - €53,700
7 - €40,300
8 - €27,000

9-10 - €20,100
11-12 - €14,800
13-14 - €12,100
15-16 - €10,100
17-24 - €8,700
25-32 - €7,400
33-40 - €7,000

39 - Agris Klaise, Latvia, €7,000
40 - Kevin MacPhee, United States, €7,000

41 - Besiana Antoni, Albania, €6,600
42 - Ioannis Papathanasioy, Greece, €6,600
43 - David Vamplew, United Kingdom, €6,600
44 - Apostolos Chatzopoylos, Greece, PokerStars qualifier, €6,600
45 - Jason Wheeler, United States, PokerStars qualifier, €6,600
46 - Yosef Kashi, Israel, €6,600
47 - Rasmus Larsen, Denmark, €6,600
48 - Marco Leonzio, Italy, €6,600

Players: 336
Buy in: €4,400
Total prize pool: €347,000 (after deductions)


good luck to Rupert tomorrow!

Wow Rupert. Double Ept winner has a nice ring to it. Gl

No one else has managed it yet, make some history Rupert.

That would be one hell of a lot of deductions.

The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Loutraki Main Event has reached its final stage. Over the past five days, 336 players have given everything they have in pursuit of the €347,000 first prize and all of the accolades that accompanies an EPT title.

Before the penultimate day began, 38 players were hoping that they could turn their dreams into something a little more tangible. By the time another Greek sunset had come and gone, 30 players were eliminated, leaving only eight players left with a dream. The final table, our Clash of the Titans, was set, and the player who had finished at the top of the pack was Zimnan Ziyard with 2,771,000 chips.

The day began with Level 19, and during those scintillating 75-minutes we lost 13 players. Among the early casualties were former Day 1a chip leader Julian Herold and Team PokerStars Pro Jude Ainsworth. The chip leader at the start of the day was Charalampos Kapernopoulos, and the Greek doctor continued to run hotter than a lava flow, finishing the first level with 1,177,000 chips.

The next level saw another raft of casualties and the most notable player to receive a fatal blow was the last Team PokerStars Pro, and former Day 2 chip leader, Toni Judet. At the top end of the charts, Kapernopoulos was still our chip leader with 1,256,000 chips.

As play reached Level 21, the inexperience of our chip leader started to show. He lost big pots to Ioannis Taramas and Hauke Heseding and started to slip down towards mediocrity. Someone needed to step up and replace Kapernopoulos at the top, and it was Hauke Heseding who walked forward and took a bow.

Moving into Level 23, the last remaining Brits started to make their moves. Former EPT Champion Rupert Elder and fellow compatriot Zimnan Ziyard learned to play poker in their home game at the University of Warwick, and both of them were competing for Heseding’s spot at the top. Then, just as people started to contemplate the possibility of Elder becoming the first-ever double EPT Champion — he was gone — and his old foe Ziyard was his executioner. With blinds at 10,000/20,000, Elder four-bet his entire 700,000 stack holding {K-Hearts} {J-Hearts} and Ziyard called with {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts}. Ziyard's hand held strong and he deposed Heseding at the top with 1,760,000 chips.

From that moment on, Ziyard kept his foot on the gas and peered in the rear view mirror as Ioannis Taramas, Hauke Heseding and Mario Puccini all failed to make the headway needed to remove him from top spot.

On Sunday, Ziyard will start with a million more chips than his nearest competitor and has an excellent chance of becoming, yet another, British EPT champion.

The final table starts on Sunday at 1200 EET (0200 PST), so be sure and join us at Pokernews for all of the action from EPT Loutraki.

EPT Loutraki Main Event Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Counts
Seat   Name   Chips

1   John Taramas   1,755,000
2   Charalampos Kapernopoulos   749,000
3   Pierre Mothes   1,073,000
4   Hauke Heseding   1,660,000
5   Florian Schleps   850,000
6   Mario Puccini   1,077,000
7   Andras Kovacs   210,000
8   Zimnan Ziyard   2,771,000


http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2011/11/2011-pokerstars-com-european-poker-tour-loutraki-day-4-ziyar-7601.htm

gogogo

Zimnan Ziyard wins another EPT for the Brits.

Very interesting final table - huge ICM masterclass three handed. (3 handed lasted 5 hours)

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