It's chill time! Greetings from Portugal where I'm off for two weeks enjoying the heat, playing cards and meeting friends. My brother is coming over with a buddy later this month to spice it all up with some Golf and Surf sessions. Life is beautiful. Repeat three times every morning ;)
Below, you will find a bunch of info about what is going on these weeks at Casino Estoril Poker room followed by a detailed preview of my almost 100% Belgian August 2018: WaSOP Namur, European Poker Series Spa & Holiday Festival Namur with a few days of Portugal in between if I can make it. My Flickr photo archive is up to date with my latest albums of the Namur World Cup Festival and of the Spanish Poker Festival at King's Casino Rozvadov last week. Enjoy!
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A bunch of hotel & buy-in packages are available for EPS Spa coming in quickly now. We are just a few weeks away from the beginning of the European Poker Series festival. Waste no time and secure your room at Radisson Blu Palace in front of the casino, just across the road.
The information has spread on the Internet since early 2018: a new international Poker festival is on its way to the Belgian town of Spa. The promoters’ goal is to establish a festival gathering players from all around Europe for a great international Poker meeting in Belgium. Schedules and hotel offers have been carefully prepared in order to give players great playing conditions in pleasant surroundings. Tournament buy-ins and structure variations will allow everybody to find a suitable for their bankroll and agenda. Live qualifiers will be available in the Spa and Namur casinos over the coming weeks to give everybody access to guaranteed prize pools for a low investment.
This first edition of the EPS Festival will take place in the oldest casino in the world, the Casino de Spa in the city of Spa, an area already well-known for its picturesque forest landscapes, its wellness centres and the nearby Spa-Francorchamps race track. After a week in Riga in between days of Portuguese bliss, I will soon be off on a small tour again. Photos of my last Portugal stays and of the Riga Cash Game Weekend are available in the PHOTOS & COVERAGES section or in my Flickr archive.
Next stop: the #pokernamur World Cup Festival ! Back in Belgium next week for another edition of the monthly Namur Poker rendez-vous. Information can be found under www.circuspoker.be but it looks like I will be publishing my coverage again on www.pokernamurevent.be from this festival on. More news soon ... #pokernamur on Facebook HERE. If you are the kind of Poker player who is into +EV moves, here is one that is pretty easy and requires almost no skill or studying :) Until June 30th, EPS Spa is offering Warm Up packages at a special rate. - Warm Up buy-in (€199)
- 2 nights at Radisson Blu Palace from 10th to 12th or from 11th to 13th August >> €509 instead of €597 The standard package includes:
The Spa Casino will be the host of one of my biggest Poker projects during this summer, the European Poker Series in the middle of August for 12 days of Poker surrounded by the pittoresque forests next to the Formula 1 race track in Spa-Francorchamps. But before that, PokerStarsBE will make a stop in Spa with the Spring leg of the Belgian Poker Challenge. You can visit the Casino de Spa Facebook Poker page or their website for more info about this upcoming event.
While my Instagram for sure begins to have a smell of grilled sardines and vegetables, it's time to leave Portugal for a bit of back and forward between Luxembourg, Namur, Cascais, Riga, Rozvadov and Spa over the next weeks.
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Last Saturday, the #epsSPA community gathered at the Casino de Spa for a promotional night with added value, tournament tickets to win, an info session during the dinner break, cash games and a lot of sunshine :)
European Poker Series [http://european-pokerseries.com/] is already preparing this August’s festival in Spa. This weekend, more than 200 players will be at the Casino de Spa for a promotional freeroll from 3pm with a gift of €1.500 in the prize pool. The starting stack will be 20.000 chips in a structure with 20-minute levels. Should things go wrong during the first 8 levels, players will be allowed to re-enter for €22 that will be added to the €1.500. Still not registered? No problem, you can still join via this link: http://european-pokerseries.com/events/freeroll-eps-1500e-ajoutes-et-soiree-douverture/
With roughly 200 confirmed players, there is still room for +/- 30 players and the first prize will be a €550 buy-in for the #epsSPA Main Event guaranteeing €80.000. During one of the break, EPS will provide drinks and snacks while presenting the hotel packages for this summer. The first European Poker Series at Casino de Spa, the oldest casino in the world, has just announced the first hotel packages for their festival from 8th to 19th August 2018. More details on their website.
Something new and looking pretty cool is coming up in Belgium for this summer: the first stop in Spa for the European Poker Series! The new website is ready online since the beginning of March featuring schedules, hotel package information, first photos and video promotion. Stay tuned under www.european-pokerserie.com. Dieu du vin, de l'ivresse, de la nature et des débordements (sexuels) , ce Bacchus a l'air d'être un sacré fêtard! :)
A l'image de son correspondant Grec, Dionysos, et à côté du fait d'être un peu décadent sur les bords, Bacchus est également un grand battant ayant conquis les Indes épaulé de femmes et d'hommes armés de tambours et de thyrses uniquement - une sorte de bataille pacifique un peu comme pour les battants du flop-turn-river au NLH, en guerre sans autre arme que deux cartes chacun. Dans la famille des dieux Grecs, je voudrais le grand frère, celui qu'on appelle 'Dieu des Enfers', HADES. Un mois d'août chaud comme les Enfers à Spa cet été? Le Casino de Spa y met du sien et propose de faire monter la température dès début août avec ce tournoi qui s'inscrit dans la série des Tournois de Dieux Grecs.
Retrouvez toutes les infos en détail sur le site Circus Poker. La crew X2-Game sera de retour à Spa pour début août avec leur recette secrète, un savant mélange de cash game et de tournoi à la sauce NL Texas Holdem.
Joignez-nous aux tables du Casino de Spa le 2 août à partir de 3 heures pour un buy in de 2x80 EUR. As part of a project of development of Poker activities in the Eastern part of Belgium, I have been working as an independent tournament director in Spa for Poker Belgique and the Spa casino for the last couple of weeks and it is now time for me to get back to the Spa tables this weekend! An easy going two-day event is taking place this weekend in Spa!
Come enjoy this 40k chip structure for 40 EUR (re-entry during 8 levels) with 30 minute blind levels. Day 1A is today and Day 1B is taking place tomorrow. Both Day 1s will start at 7:30pm. Day 2 will take place on sunday from 2pm on. All info about this tourney can be found in the Circus Poker calendar. Poker Belgique a le plaisir de vous inviter à son premier gros événement au Casino de Spa. Pour l'occasion, nous garantissons 5000€ au vainqueur.
Pour cet événement, nous avons le plaisir de vous proposer une magnifique structure de 50.000 jetons et des blindes de une heure. 20.000 € de prize pool estimés! Quelques précisions sur cet événement : Ce tournoi est en self-deal casino . 5 Day 1 (du 11 au 15 mai) dont voici les détails : Buy-in : 50€ Stack : 50.000 jetons Blindes : 60 minutes Début : 19h00 et fin prévue à 01h40 Re-entry et inscriptions tardives : jusqu'au 6ème niveau inclus. Possibilité d'entry avant première main du day2. Day2 (le 16 mai) dont voici les détails : Reprise du tournoi à 13h00 et fin prévue à 01h00 . Day3 (le 17 mai) dont voici les détails : Reprise du tournoi à 13h00 . Structure détaillée içi : http://pokerbelgique.be/doc/2015/mastersspa05-15.pdf info et réservation : leandro@pokerbelgique.be ; 0495/790.740 ou joselito@pokerbelgique.be; 0494/172.981 Ce weekend se déroulera une nouvelle manche pour la troisième saison des événements deepstack 777 au Casino de Spa! Trois tournois sont au programme avec une belle structure sur trois jours pour le Main Event et pour lequel les organisateurs vous proposent 50k jetons, un buffet quotidien pour un buy-in de 165 + 20* + 15** EUR et des niveaux de 30 minutes. Un re-entry par personne et par jour sera envisageable durant les Days 1 au cas où les choses se passeraient mal sur une river délicate. * taxe ** buffet pour les 16, 17 et 18 avril durant les pauses repas Il y aura également un Side Event Poker Invest Belgium le samedi et un dernier tournoi Bounty le dimanche. Les réservations sont ouvertes par mail ou par téléphone. Voici les coordonnées ci-dessous: poker@casinodespa.be +32 (0)87 77 20 52 Georgy VERSTREPEN sera également présent pour son traditionnel coverage PIB. Pour tous les renseignements utiles, vous pouvez visiter le calendrier Circus Poker ou vous rendre sur la page Facebook fraichement relookée du Casino de Spa.
It'a always a pleasure to go back to the small and very charming city of Spa in the middle of some of the most remote Belgian forests. This small town and, more specifically, its historical casino, are getting ready to host the 2015 edition of the BPC SPA in May. For this first match of the 2015 BPC series, a bundle of 10 events has been put together by the local PokerStars staff and I will be in charge of the blogging together with my fellow co-workers David VANDERHEYDEN, Johanns CATTEAU and Artur ERANOSIAN. The coverage will be provided in Dutch and French. All the content including articles, updates, recaps and pictures will be available on the PokerStarsBE live blog and you will be able to follow updates on THE-OUNDERdotnet Facebook page or via my Twitter account. NLHE Six-Handed
Wednesday 6th May 2015 Buy-in: 220€ NLHE Belgian Poker Challenge - Day 1A Thursday 7 May 2015 Buy-in: 800€ PLO Re-entry Thursday 7 May 2015 Buy-in: 220€ NLHE Belgian Poker Challenge - Day 1B Friday 8 May 2015 Buy-in: 800€ NLHE Turbo Bounty Friday 8 May 2015 Buy-in: 220€ NLHE Deep Stack Saturday 9 May 2015 Buy-in: 330€ NLHE Deuces Wild Saturday 9 May 2015 Buy-in: 110€ NLHE Sunday 10 May 2015 Buy-in: 80€ NLHE Turbo Deep Stack Sunday 10 May 2015 Buy-in: 80€ Today is Day 1A of the third POSEIDON Tournament in Spa!
Become the God of the Seas and the King of the Fishes during this weekend!! A second Day 1 will be held tomorrow and will be followed bay a Day 2 tomorrow and an final day on sunday. The buy-in is €250 (€210+€25*+€15**) for 50k chips and including diners on day 1s and day 2 (**) and taxes (*). The tournament is capped to 210 players (100 max tonight and 110 tomorrow). Make sure to book a seat by getting in touch with the Spa Poker staff: - poker@casinodespa.be - http://www.facebook.com/casinodespa - 087/77.20.52 - 0475/54.11.66 (SMS only including day, circus card number or full name) - 0497/76.83.36 The blind levels will be evolving throughout the tournament starting with 45' levels on day 1 and continuing with 60' levels on days 2 and 3. This event is a re-entry event with a maximum of two bullets per player per day 1. Entries will be fully stacked until 8pm every day and late regs will be available until 9pm. All info on this tournament can be found HERE. The Poker Invest Belgium family is gathering again in a few weeks for their traditional AS D'OR event.
Georgy Verstrepen has just announced the last 2014 trimester's ranking. Here it is: 1. GUILLIAUME Philippe - 2.200 points 2. STORDEUR Valérie - 1.846 points 3. MULDERS Rudi - 1.763 points 4. DA SILVA Philippe - 1.715 points 5. ZARARSIZ Omer - 1.650 points 6. MASSET Pascal - 1.365 points 7. HUYSMANS Cédric - 1.261 points 8. DICKEL Edgar - 1.050 points 9. LUCATELLI Giorgio - 901 points 10. MEYERS Dominique - 860 points Everybody is welcome to take part to the three-day event featuring Poker tournaments, a show by the magician Marc WOLFS and a gala diner at the casino. Book your seats directly via Georgy or via the CIRCUS POKER CALENDAR. Some top Belgian players will show up for this annual rendez-vous including the triple crowned Belgian genius Davidi KITAI who just finished 10th in the EPT Prague Main Event. The second Pokerstars Belgian Poker Challenge of the year is on its way to Spa! The Ardennes edition of this great yearly Belgian Poker tour will be held at the beautiful Spa casino from September 3rd to 7th. The series features multiple events with buy-ins ranging from 110€ to 800€ and satellites for the Main event from 60€.
You can visit the Pokerstars BPC page for more details. Additional info and registration info can be found on the Circus Poker page. For your accomodation, the Radisson Blu Palace is probably your best choice but there's multiple other options that can be found in Spa. Most of the places are in walking distance of the casino and, as Spa is a very pleasant small town to take walks in, things should work out fine for everybody :) The Planet Poker Deepstack series are setting course to Spa in May. Affordable buy-ins with a 444€ Main Event and a flattened payout structure are one of the main features of this tournament series. Put a beautiful casino on top of that and you have a very nice weekend to come. The truth is HERE. The Gods still meet in Spa in 2014! - 2 day 1s - long diner break with nice food - side events & cash games if the river Gods are not on your side Come to Spa from 9th to 12th January to celebrate the new year with a 3-barrel bluff ;) All info HERE. |
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