Daily Rewind: WPT Venice, PokerStrategist's Micro Victory, Free ISPT Seat

In today's Daily Rewind we track Marvin Rettenmaier's WPT progress, hear about a PokerStrategist's MicroMillions win and bring you an exclusive ISPT offer.

The Daily Rewind is your one-stop-shop for a sharp review of the day in poker. Join us here for a mix of the latest news and a more irreverent insight into the poker world. Today we discovered the following topics for you:

Weather wilts WPT Venice field

Marvin still in

Adverse weather conditions conspired to keep many players away from the latest WPT event in Venice.

However, despite many players being sidelined by the snow, 65 players still managed to make it to Casino di Venezia for Day 1A of the €3,300 Main Event.

Among those braving the elements and stacking chips throughout the day were Marvin 'xcrash154' Rettenmaier (129,600) and Dan Junglemandan Cates (13,000).

The two PokerStrategists survived a chip cull that saw 33 players hit the rail and amateur, Stephen Behm, top the chip counts.

Scooping 188,000 chips, Behm currently leads the way; however, with Day 1B currently taking place, he'll face some stiff competition when the two fields converge tomorrow.

PokerStrategist's MicroMillions success

This year's MicroMillions was a huge success for many involved, including PokerStategy.com members 'rhonin69' and 'noeschi'.

In yesterday's Daily Rewind we recapped 'rhonin69''s Main Event success and today we can congratulate 'noeschi' for his victory in Event #94.

The German pro outlasted 17,803 players to scoop the $5.50 rebuy event for $21,650.

The win contributed to another impressive performance by Germany who finished the series as the second most successful country behind Russia.

PokerStars' million dollar storm

PokerStars' Sunday Storm is celebrating its second anniversary on April 7 with a guaranteed prizepool of $1 million.

With a buy-in of just $11 event has become one of the site's most popular Sunday tournaments since its inception and for the anniversary tournament the winner will get at least $100,000.

Additionally there will be a selection of bounties on the heads of some of PokerStars' top pros.

Satellites are currently running and all the action kicks off at 13:30 ET on April 7.

Exclusive ISPT offer

Play for free

For a myriad of reasons everyone is talking about the International Stadiums Poker Tour, so we've teamed up with 24hPoker to bring you an exclusive offer.

Commencing today, we're giving everyone with a tracked account at 24hPoker (either new or existing) the chance to win a €370 seat into Day 1 of the ISPT.

To win yourself a free entry, simply:

Create an account at 24hPoker using our sign-up link (if you haven't done so already), visit this thread and write: "I'm in", then post a hand you've played on 24hPoker.

On April 5 two PokerStrategists will be selected at random to play in the €370 tournament.

The ISPT runs between May 31-June 5 and you can learn more about it thanks to BarryCarter's forthcoming interview with Dusk Till Dawn's Rob Yong.

SCOOP 2013 announced

With the riffling of MicroMillions' tournament chips still echoing in the distance, PokerStars has just announced the preliminary schedule for SCOOP 2013.

The draft roster lists 42 tournaments – two more than last year – as well as a selection of Zoom and 5-card Omaha events.

For more information on SCOOP 2013, click here.

Today at PokerStrategy.com

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High stakes corner

Kostritsyn's continues to win

A rare appearance from "Sanlker" kept Alexander Kostritsyn off the top of the high stakes chart, yesterday.

After grinding through 1,257 hands the German pro managed to bank $270,855 and finish the day ahead of Kostritsyn who scooped $216,828.

Also enjoying profitable days at the virtual felt was: "SallyWoo" ($187,119), "gomir" ($161,804) and Ben "Bttech86" Tollerene ($95,087).

While a host of pros thrived, yesterday, Viktor "Isildur1" Blom fell. Over the course of 2,585 hands the Swede saw $539,366 slip from his grasp.

Daily Signoff

High Stakes Poker has long been a fan favourite and today we bring you the first in a Top 10 countdown of classic hands from the show.