GPI Tournament Report: MSPT, WPT, HPT, WSOPC, Marrakech + More

We take you to Minnesota, Florida, Denmark, Connecticut, Colorado, Birmingham, Marrakech and Venice in this week’s GPI Tournament Report:

WPT LUCKY HEARTS

Earlier last week, James Calderaro (GPI#1451) finally won on the World Poker Tour, following a few close calls on the WPT circuit. Calderaro won the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open at the Seminole Casino in Coconut Creek, Florida.

Calderaro got the best of Shannon Shorr (GPI#16) heads-up to win the title. Keven Stammen (GPI#97) finished third in the event.

WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Feb 7-11, 2014  |  Seminole Casino  |  Coconut Creek, FL, USA
$3,500 USD Buy-In  |  415 Entries  |  $1,348,750 USD Prize Pool

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HEARTLAND COLORADO

Doug Milner is the latest winner on the Heartland Poker Tour. Milner took down the HPT Colorado event at the Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk. The event prize pool crossed the 1M USD mark for the sixth straight time in Colorado.

WSOP bracelet winner Dan Heimiller (GPI#174) was the second player out at the final table, he takes home a little over 25K USD for his second place finish.

Heartland Poker Tour Colorado
Feb 12-17, 2014  |  Golden Gates Casino  |  Black Hawk, CO, USA
$1,650 USD Buy-In  |  713 Entries  |  $1,048,110 USD Prize Pool

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WSOP CIRCUIT PALM BEACH

Ruslan Dykshteyn (GPI#3030) got the best of Vincent Maglio (GPI#1134) heads-up to win the Championship ring at WSOP Circuit Palm Beach in Florida.

Joseph McKeehan (GPI#304) and George Lampert (GPI#399), who both currently sit near the GPI300 bubble, both final tabled the event here at the Kennel Club.

WSOP Circuit Palm Beach Kennel Club
Feb 14-17, 2014  |  Palm Beach Kennel Club  |  Palm Beach, FL, USA
$1,675 USD Buy-In  |  658 Entries  |  $987,000 USD Prize Pool

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MSPT RUNNING ACES

Mark Sandness (GPI#1716) got the best of fellow Minnesotan Blake Bohn (GPI#316) heads-up to win the Mid-States Poker Tour event at the Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, Minnesota.

Sandness collects his second win of 2014. He won The Great Minnesota Freezeout just a few weeks ago at the Canterbury Park Card Club in Shakopee, Minnesota.

MSPT Running Aces Harness Park
Running Aces Harness Park  |  Columbus, MN, USA
$1,100 USD Buy-In  |  354 Entries  |  $355,200 USD Prize Pool

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WPT NATIONAL VEJLE

Over in Denkark, Mette Louise Christiansen got the best of Tina Christensen in an all-female heads-up affair at WPT National Vejle.

The event, which was played inside Casino Munkebjerg Vejle, totalled 260 entries and created a 2.24M DKK prize pool.

Danske Spil WPT National Vejle 
Feb 7-11, 2014  |  Casino Munkebjerg Vejle  |  Vejle, DEN
10,000 Buy-In DKK  | 260 Entries  |  2,246,400 DKK Prize Pool

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CARD PLAYER TOUR FOXWOODS

Ron Pease (GPI#24100) won the Card Player Poker Tour Main Event at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut on Monday, defeating WSOP bracelet winner Chris Tryba (GPI#612) heads-up for the title after the two players agreed to a deal.

Fellow Americans Anthony Ruberto (GPI#2349) and Bradley St. Vincent (GPI#3099) would also final table the event.

Card Player Poker Tour Foxwoods
Feb 14-17, 2014  |  Foxwoods Resort Casino  |  Mashantucket, CT, USA
$1,650 USD Buy-In  |  340 Entries  |  $494,700 USD Prize Pool

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GENTING STAR CITY

GPI300 member and former WPT National Dublin winner Simon Deadman (GPI#209) carried the play but was unable to secure the victory during Leg 1 Genting Poker Series action in Birmingham.

Deadman would finish second to Faisal Shabbir (GPI#72577), who picks up the first big win of his poker career.

Genting Poker Series Leg 1 Star City
Feb 13-17, 2014  |  Genting Club Star City  |  Birmingham, UK
£400 Buy-In  |  437 Entries  |  £174,800 Prize Pool

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MARRAKECH OPEN

Olivier Paris (GPI#788) has won the 31st Marrakech Poker Open in beautiful Morocco. Paris picked up the victory over Belgian Bart Lybaert (GPI#1437).

Former Marrakech Open Champion Ricardo Manquant (GPI#718) would finish fourth in the event.

Marrakech Poker Open
Feb 11-16, 2014  |  Casino de Marrakech  |  Marrakech, MAR
€910 Buy-In  |  435 Entries  |  3,784,500 MAD Prize Pool

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POKEROPOLY CUP

The Pokeropoly Cup was played over the weekend at the Casino di Venezia and on Monday, Marco Fabbrini (GPI#12381), a former IPT Sanremo final table participant, won the event.

Fellow Italians Raffaele Francese (GPI#14109) and Paolo Petrucci (GPI#5880) would finish second and third in the event.

Pokeropoly Cup
Feb 13-17, 2014  |  Casino di Venezia  |  Venice, ITA
€ 1,100 Buy-In  |  87 Entries  |  € 85,000 Prize Pool

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