WPT Copenhagen Latest; Greece Against Online Poker

A Handful Remain in Copenhagen

141 players started but only 45 would survive yesterday’s chip storm at the WPT’s Copenhagen event, yesterday.

At the start of the day Andre Petrovic was the man on top, but after a surge of attacks from the chasing pack he eventually dusted off the last of his chips and hit the rail midway through the day.

His exit was just one of many, though, and joining Petrovic on the rail were some highly ranked GPI players such as Ana Marquez, Marvin Rettenmaier and Mickey Petersen.

When the chips had finished riffling it was Frei Dilling Kjaer who lead the pack going into Day 3, just ahead of Peter Jepson and treble WPT final-tablist, Steve O’Dwyer.

Thanks to a total of 229 entrants the prize awaiting the winner will be $229,938 and at least 27 players will go home with at least some return on their investment.

Today’s session will see the bubble burst before the countdown to the final table takes place on Day 4.

English Poker Challenge

If small stakes poker tournament are your thing then the Southern England Poker Challenge kicked off yesterday in Reading’s Genting Club.

Featuring a range of low buy-in events, there is £75,000 up for grabs across the series with a £550 tournament being the main focus.

Kicking off tomorrow, the main event will attract a number of local grinders as well as satellite qualifiers. Also on offer during the festival will be a £150 bounty event.

Greece’s Online Poker Offensive

Greece has decided to take a stand against online poker rooms operating illegally on its shores.

Having issued new legislation in August 2011, the Greek authority asked all rooms granted a temporary license to pay two years’ worth of backdated taxes based on their activity in the country.

Since the stipulation was made only a handful of rooms have paid the levy, with the majority of them refusing to pay based on their belief that the new legislation contravenes EU law. Because of this the Hellenic Gaming Commission has issued a warning to those sites, threatening them with legal action if they don’t cease operating by December 6^th, 2012.

With the Greek economy in a dire state at the moment it’s unlikely that the government will be too concerned with the state of online poker in the country in the near future. Indeed, this means that it could be a long time before the situation is resolved and online sites can begin to function legally within Greece.