Daily Rewind: ISPT Qualifiers, WCOOP Catch-Up, Poker Show & Razavi Wins APPT

In today's Daily Rewind we check out how to qualify for the ISPT, get the latest from the WCOOP, watch a new poker drama and crown another APPT champion.

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:

Be a part of history

It's being billed as the largest online/ live tournament in history and with a number of credible figures putting their name behind the brand the International Stadiums Poker Tour is now looking likely to happen.

With interest in the even growing Poker770 has taken the first steps to offer satellites to the main event.

From just €6 you can take part in a step one qualifier and potentially win the lion's share of the projected €20 million prizepool.

If step SNGs aren't your thing then Poker770 are also running daily €22 MTTs with one ISPT buy-in for every €600 collected.

If you manage to win one of the qualifiers you'll find yourself amongst 30,000 other players inside London's Wembley Stadium on May 31st looking to take down the most ambitious poker tournament ever held.

WCOOP goes live

PokerStars' WCOOP kicked off yesterday with a total of 17,930 players taking part in the first two events.

Scheduled to finish today, the opening events paused with just a fraction of the field left with the likes of Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy and Sandra "Naujoks" Naujoks still in contention.

The start of the championship also signalled the first broadcast of WCOOP Radio. The first show was a mixture of colourful commentary and expert insight from the likes of Eugene Katchalov and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier.

The show wasn’t without its teething problems though as the dedicated email address was faulty. However, the show's host, Joe Stapleton, recently tweeted:

@Stapes: "Sorry to anyone emailing #WCOOPRadio yesterday - our address had a fault (unlike me; I was brilliant). Send again to nuts@pokerstars.tv."

Today's action will see 2012's first winners crowned, as well as a plethora of players looking to take down the $320 PLO and 6-Max NLHE events.

You can listen into WCOOP Radio right here until the final event on September 23rd.

Sam's the man down under

The UK's Sam Razavi has taken down the latest APPT event in Melbourne.

The Englishman put in an assured performance at the final table, eliminating the early chip leader Tom Grigg in third place before dispatching with Keith Walker heads-up.

For outlasting 256 other runners Sam took home AUD$326,125 ($333,972), which puts his total career winnings at $832,664.

Sam's smile captured by Neil Stoddart

It's more than a game

Trying to explain your life as a grinder to an outsider can be tricky, especially when all they hear about the game is a government's negative propaganda.

Indeed, the problem was made even worse after the events of Black Friday. Such issues have caused many players to leave online poker over the past 12 months and until now no one has really tried to tell their story.

Game Theory is a new web based drama that aims to tackle the tribulations of an online poker player who is forced to restart his life.

Vilified by his father for "gambling", the protagonist takes a $500 bankroll and tries to rebuild his poker career.

The first episode of the new show is currently free to view and the producers are encouraging the community to provide their input as to how they want the story to develop.

To find out more about the project, visit Game Theory's website.

High stakes corner

A slow day at the high stakes tables by normal standards meant that "madmags4" was able to top the charts with a profit of $61,800.

The Omaha Hi/Lo specialist played almost 500 hands yesterday and finished ahead of Vladimir "GVOZDIKA55" Shchemelev ($58,400) and "toweliestar" ($53,800).

"Chung ho" dropped the most money yesterday, leaving the felt with a total loss of $127,688 from just 288 hands.

Also running badly over the last 24 hours was "junbabumba" (-$94,668) and "RaiseOnce" (-$87,286).

Daily Signoff

Getting unlucky in the Main Event is always tough, but getting unlucky twice in one hand has to make you want to quit poker for good.