Daily Rewind: GSOP Prague, Zoom Tournaments, Casino Shooting, Marvin Wins
Today in the Daily Rewind we have yet another victory for Marvin Rettenmaier as well as the winner of GSOP Prague. PokerStars has announced Zoom Tournaments are coming and more.
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:
Matt Adams wins GSOP Prague
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| Matt Adams |
It wasn't just a WPT and an EPT main event taking place in Prague this month, alongside them was the final GSOP main event of the year.
An impressive 590 players attended the €1,500 main event, an almost 20% increase on last year.
The event was won by Matt Adams of England, who defeated Tapio Vihakas of Finland heads-up for the title and first prize of €106,200.
The tour returns is back in 2013 and the next stop is the Montesino Casino in Vienna, which starts on February 12.
You can qualify for it at Betfair Poker and EuroPoker now.
Casino shooting in Las Vegas
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| Police outside the Excalibur |
More gun tragedy in the US this weekend as two people were left dead in a Casino shooting.
A man shot and killed a female and then turned the gun on himself at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino on Friday night.
The woman was a vendor for travel website VEGAS.com working at the hotel's registration desk.
A preliminary investigation suggested the two deceased people had a previous dating relationship, but as yet neither of them have been identified.
Vegas is usually very safe because it has a heavy security presence, however with the tragedy in Newtown taking place the same day, there was a real sense of nervousness on the Las Vegas strip among the tourists interviewed by mainstream media.
Zoom tournaments coming to PokerStars
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| Zoom MTTS are here |
Lee Jones has confirmed that Zoom Poker Tournaments are coming to PokerStars next week.
Speaking to the 2+2 forum Jones said that they will appear in the next software update and that they are putting the final touches to them right now.
It has felt like a long time coming for fast fold poker fans, as Zoom has been in effect for more than half a year and this particular update has been expected since October.
Mad Marvin wins High Roller
In case you missed it from earlier, in-form PokerStrategist Marvin 'xcrash154' Rettenmaier has ended the year with yet another title and six-figure score.
He defeated another PokerStrategist, Fabian 'fabstinho' Quoss heads-up in the €10,000 High Roller event at EPT Prague for €365,300.
This ends a tremendous 2012 for Rettenmaier who won back-to-back WPT titles in Vegas and Cyprus, as well as over $2.5 million in winnings.
Daily Signoff
Whenever Mad Marvin takes down an event it gives us an excuse to play the video where he serenades Tatjana Pasalic. As you can imagine, we play it a lot:
