August 27 2011, Barry Carter

The PokerNews EPIC League is complete and now all eyes are on the Double Stack Final on August 28 at 1800 GMT. The lucky players that have qualified will be fighting it out for a $2,500 EPIC package to play in the Everest Poker International Cup live final in Alicante, Spain, next month.

The next 15 players will all win tokens to play in a $25,000 direct-entry tournament on August 29 where a further ten EPIC packages can be won on Everest Poker. Everest pro Fabrice Soulier is also playing, and will have a 30,000 Summit Point bounty on his head, which can be used in the Summit Points Store.

The league final was supposed to consist of 50 players, however there were three players at the very bottom with the same points and in the interests of fairness, we decided to let them all in to play in the final.

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August 22 2011, Barry Carter

This week at PartyPoker, qualify for Oktoberfest for just a deposit, and look for a Cow in Germany with Tony G.

Oktoberfest Freeroll

We have already told you about the amazing packages PartyPoker VIPs can win to the legendary German beer festival, Oktoberfest. There is now another way to win one of two further exclusive packages to the event.

Either make your first deposit or collect 25 PartyPoints between August 15 and September 15, and you can win your place in an exclusive freeroll on September 18. The top two players will each claim an Oktoberfest package while there’s also a $1,000 prize pool available to players who finish high enough.

Tony G looking for the Professor and a Cow

Tony G has been really touched this week at the news that Yvonne the cow has become a big star in Germany after escaping from a farm. Hunters have permission to shoot her, but Tony is among the many campaigners stepping in to try and save her:

Yvonne the Cow

Naturally Tony could not resist the opportunity to stick the needle in to a certain professor:

“This all got me thinking of my search for the professor – where’s my money!? I couldn’t find him on the golf course and I don’t think he is roaming the woods of Bavaria. The professor didn’t run in front of a police car though. Would the Yvonne tactic work for him? Put a big stud of a buyer in a pen to lure him in – maybe the Tiger Woods of poker and a group of international investors will tempt him out of the woods? Who will they find first Yvonne or The Professor?”

Keep up with Tony’s antics, at the PartyPoker Blog.

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