Watch Esfandiari perform one-handed push-ups
In today's Daily Rewind we recap another big winner at EPT Vienna and watch Antonio Esfandiari do one-handed push-ups.
Katchalov's Eureka moment
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| Congratulations Eugene (Image: Tomas Stacha) |
The EPT's latest Main Event in Vienna is currently in full swing, but away from the €5,300 tournament Eugene Katchalov has found himself a slice of glory.
After anteing up €2,200 to play in the Eureka Vienna High Roller event, the Ukrainian born pro managed to overcome 454 players to lift his first tour title and take home €149,400.
In the final throes of the tournament Katchalov managed to find his way past the likes of Dominik 'odompl' Panka before beating fabled online PLO specialist, Nikolaus Jedlicka, heads-up.
Whilst Katchalov was adding another six-figure score to his bankroll, the field in the EPT's Main Event took another step closer to a final table last night as 176 players became just 50 in the race for the €816,000 top prize.
Millar in The Telegraph
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| Mr. Millar |
Since stepping out of the shadows and into the light of a PokerStars sponsorship deal, Alex 'Kanu7' Millar has become more of a familiar faces on the European circuit.
Having once dominated the high stakes games under a cloak of anonymity, the British pro is now working to increase his media profile by penning strategy articles for broadsheet newspapers such as The Telegraph.
Known as one of the UK's most respected news publications, the piece by Millar might be a break from The Telegraph's traditional content but it's certainly another positive step for the poker industry.
Although Millar's strategy advice was relatively basic - be sensible with your money, think about ranges and be consistent with your bets - the national exposure both he and poker gained from the article should prove valuable.
Smoke-free poker
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| Playing healthy |
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After backing raise2much in his recent "Quit Smoking Challenge", nijevaznokosam has decided to host a Non-Smoking bounty tournament this Saturday on PokerStars.
Featuring a selection of familiar community faces, as well as guest star 
CollinMoshman, the event will get underway at 15:00 ET and there will be bounties on offer for knocking out a moderator.
Entry is by password only (PM nijevaznokosam for details) and only PokerStrategy.com members will be eligible to claim bounty prizes.
Question of the Day
During Day 3 of EPT Vienna's Main Event the following hand occurred:
The board reads: 5-6-7-J-9 and Player A bets 36,000. Player B goes into the tank and gets the clock called on him before sliding out a stack of chips to make the call.
Player A flips over his hand (8-8), but the stack of chips Player B put out was 60,000 which meant he had to raise the minimum (72,000). Player A calls the raise and wins.
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Phil Galfond bounced back from his recent slump last night with a $291,873 win. Playing just 409 hands, the US pro managed to overtake Alexander Kostritsyn and 'Call_911' and finish as the day's biggest winner.
At the other end of the spectrum, PokerStrategist hasufly ended his session with the biggest deficit of the day. Despite an upswing on Tuesday, the online pro dropped $134,055 to top the loss leaderboard ahead of 'Trueteller' and Viktor Blom.
Daily Signoff
Magic Antonio Esfandiari is back with another instalment of Strip Magic and in his latest episode he shows us how he does one-handed push-ups.
 Daniel Smyth has been working in the poker industry for six years as both a player and writer. He currently has a costly penchant for PLO and provides daily content for PokerStrategy.com. You can learn more about Daniel by clicking here.
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