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REGULAR SPANISH CORRESPONDENT GILES BROWN


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There was a fl urry of activity in the Spanish poker scene at the


end of 2010. And perhaps it’s only fi tting that during the month of Saint Valentine, that Spanish Poker Pinup Girl Leo Margets should be the fi rst player that we mention.


The Catalan beauty took the title of ‘Spanish Poker Champion’ at the Full Tilt Poker Masters Series at the Gran Casino Costa Brava, as well as €100,000 in prize money and a specially commissioned ‘Masters’ ring.


Leo underlined her status as one of most exciting players on the Spanish scene with the victory, which saw her go heads up with the Cardplayer Italian editor and frequent player in Spain Massimiliano Luppi. The heads up was the


culmination of three days of play at the Casino, that had seen 32 of the country’s top players demonstrate their skills over four


disciplines - Deepstack, Shorthanded Shootout, Turbo and Heads-up. With this result under her belt, 2011 is already looking good for Leo.


Poker’s profi le had


another boost with the TV Programme “Full de Ases, Aprende con los Profesionales”, being broadcast on national TV station Telecino, which translates (badly) as “Full House of Ases (sic) Learn


with the Professionals”. Malaga player David Ruiz beat the other contestants for the right to take on The Hendon Mob’s Barny Boatman, but was unable to add to his €5,000


winnings by collecting a further €20,000 for beating the Englishman. David had qualifi ed for the fi nals


Malaga player David Ruiz


In the Spanish Poker Championship, sponsored by


Eurosuperpoker.com, Pedro Javier Piazuelo, better known in the


poker scene as “Pizu”, became the youngest ever overall champion. Only 22,


Pizu’s outstanding 2010 was capped with taking the title,


through Full Tilt Freerolls,


but admitted that he wasn’t used to playing live which added to his nerves when facing Barny. He said: “The majority of us haven’t played a lot of live poker and being on television made me even more nervous. I lost concentration when I played against Barny.”


though he was taking a nap in his hotel room after being knocked out of the fi nal event in Valladolid on the fi rst day. But Anna Sanchez, who was Pizu’s closest challenger, called him as soon as she went out on Day 2 and woke him up with the news that he was the new champion! “It was one of my best wake-up calls ever!” Pizu laughed!


Let's do knuckles!! Spanish Poker Pinup Girl Leo Margets


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EUROPEAN MASTERS OF POKER SEASON III


This year the tour will take in six venues around Europe including Portugal in March,


Estonia in June and a new stop in Dublin at the end of July.


The main event at each leg usually carries a €1,000 buy-in and runs over four days. Christer Larsson, product director at Entraction, said, “We’re thrilled to return for season III of the European Masters of Poker. In a short period of time it has become a highly respected and popular tour on the busy European circuit and we are very proud of that.


“The numbers are growing steadily,


offering bigger prize pools, and we seek out the best locations to offer a world class poker experience to the masses. Feel free to join us in 2011, you won’t be disappointed.” For tour dates see our


tournament programme or www. europeanmastersofpoker.com


SEASON III DER EUROPEAN MASTERS OF POKER


In diesem Jahr wird bei der European Masters of Poker an sechs


verschiedenen europäischen Orten gespielt, darunter Portugal im März, Estland im Juni und Dublin als neuer Ort Ende Juli.


Das Buy-in zu den jeweils viertägigen Main Events beträgt bei allen Stopps in der Regel €1.000. Der Product Director von Entraction Christer Larsson erklärt: „Wir freuen uns darüber, mit der European Masters of Poker in die dritte Season zu gehen. Innerhalb von nur kurzer Zeit hat sich die Masters zu einer hoch angesehenen und beliebten Tour in der betriebsamen europäischen Turnierszene entwickelt, und darauf sind wir sehr stolz. Unsere Teilnehmerzahlen


wachsen stetig an, dadurch werden auch die Preispools immer größer, und wir suchen uns die besten Locations aus, damit wir der breiten Masse eine Pokererfahrung auf Weltniveau bieten können. Machen Sie 2011 ruhig mit, Sie werden auf keinen Fall enttäuscht sein!“ Die Tourdaten sind unserem


Turnierprogramm oder der Website www.europeanmastersofpoker.com zu entnehmen.


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