February 06 2012, PokerNews Staff

It’s that time again folks, time for the PartyPoker Weekly. So what has been going on and is about to take place in the world of PartyPoker? Keep reading to find out!

Dynamo To Perform At WPT Venice

The “4,950 buy-in World Poker Tour Venice Main Event gets underway on Monday 6 February at 1300CET and it promises to be one of the most memorable tournaments in Europe. Some of the biggest names in European poker are expected to descend on the most romantic city in the world but there will be no love lost between the likes of James Akenhead, John Eames, Roberto Romanello, Jake Cody and PartyPoker sponsored pros Tony G, Kara Scott and Giovanni Rizzo.

The fact the entire World Poker Tour production team, complete with the beautiful Royal Flush Girls, has got the city buzzing but there is a young man from Bradford, West Yorkshire, England who is causing an even bigger stir. Steven Frayne, better known to millions as Dynamo, is regarded as one of the very best magicians in the entire world and has performed for the likes of Jay Z, Diddy, Will Smith and Chris Martin of Coldplay!

By the end of the week the WPT Venice participants will be able to add their names to that exclusive list as Dynamo is going to give them a private 90-minute performance absolutely free! Check out the short clip below to sample some of Dynamo’s mind-blowing trickery!

The PartyPoker team will be reporting on all the action from the WPT Venice Grand Prix Main Event so if you want to follow the progress of your favourite poker players then head over to the PartyPoker blog right now.

Card Rush Returns!

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Tony G Winds Up Max Pescatori

During the PartyPoker Premier League Mixed Game Championship back in November Tony G and Max Pescatori shared plenty of banter and trash talk at the tables and it seems to have continued in the run up to WPT Venice.

Pescatori, who is affectionately known as “The Pirate,” starred in a short video replying to Tony G’s comments but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears as Tony G almost instantly replied stating he was going to make Pescatori walk the plank and even use Dynamo to make him disappear all together!

For the fill story be sure to check out Tony G’s latest blog.

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February 05 2012, Marc Convey

It took a little more than six hours to reduce the field from 24 players to eight, and set Monday’s final table for the PokerStars.fr European Poker Tour Deauville.

Sunday mostly belonged to Paul Guichard. He will enter the final table as the chip leader with 5,955,000 in chips. He won a big pot off of Olivier Rogez, when he made the nut flush with on a board. Guichard took over the chip lead, and hardly looked back. He is followed closely by Vadzim Kursevich, who has impressively made his second EPT final table within a year (he finished third at EPT7 Berlin).

Luca Pagano came into play on Sunday as the chip leader but didn’t have things go his own way like they did on Day 4. He still made the final table, back in the pack in fifth with 2,010,000 in chips. We were lauding over Pagano after he made the money, his 20th in all. This is the Team PokerStars Pro’s seventh final table, yet another record extending bar set higher. We are running out of superlatives to describe his achievements on this tour. All he needs now is that elusive title, and then he can change his name to Mr. EPT.

The unfortunate player who finished in ninth place and will miss out on Monday’s festivities is Sergey Baburin. His journey came to an end when he got his chips in with on the turn of a board, only for Bruno Jais to call with . Baburin was drawing dead and the final table was set.

Chris Brammer, Kevin Vandersmissen, Marc Inizan, and Ignat Liviu were among the players who came into play on Sunday, but had their hopes dashed short of the final table.

This is how the final table will line up on Monday:

Play will begin at 1200 CET (0300 PST) on Monday. The minimum a player will take home is “67,200 for eighth, whereas the winner will take home “875,000. French gaming law states that no deals can be agreed between the players, so the life-changing jumps in the payouts will cause a few jangling nerves.

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