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The final table will be live-streamed with an approximate time delay of 30-45 minutes.

The stream features hole cards and English speaking commentators. Final table starts at 14:00 5 Feb. Click here for viewing.

The Danish player outlasted 13 other participants and collected €6,000 for his win.

Results and payouts:
1. Sören T Larsen €6,000
2. Pim van Wieringen €3,200
3. Johan Berg €2,200
4. Robin Appell €1,800
5. Robert Svedin €1,400
6. Johas Avidani €1,000
7. Stefan Hansen €800
8. Andreas Hagen €600
9. Andre Moreira €600
10. Joakim Fredriksson €600
11. Dara O’Kearney €400
12. Riku Molander €400
13. Jukka Koskela €400
14. Edgars Augstkalns €200
15. Asger Boye €200
16. Abdula Atila Seiar €200

There are some changes for the fourth season compared to the prior ones.

For season four, we have a new tournament structure and replaced our rulings to the benefit of TDA although we have a section with EMOP specific rules. Click here for more information.

Point distribution for the live events as well as the online tournaments has been modified. Click here for the new distributions.

Click here to see the schedule for EMOP Online.

Congratulations to the 16 players winning a seat in the Season 3 Leaderboard Final. The players can be found here.

The leaderboard final will be played 15:00 2nd of February 2012 at Card Casino in Prague, Czech Republic.

Each one of the sixteen finalists will receive an EMOP Prague Package. The participants could bring an extra person to the hotel without additional fee although they have to pay for their own travel cost.

The participants will also have the opportunity to spend an extra day prior to this tournament (Wednesday 1st February). At evening, a welcome dinner including a nightclub stop is on schedule.

Leaderboard ranking

There will be an advantage for the players who finish high in the leaderboard ranking. The higher your ranking is the more starting points in The EMOP Leaderboard Final.

Starting Points

Place	Points
1	25,000
2	20,000
3	17,500
4	16,000
5	15,000
6	14,000
7	13,000
8	12,000
9	11,000
+10	10,000

Place	Prize
1	€6,000
2	€3,200
3	€2,200
4	€1,800
5	€1,400
6	€1,000
7	€800
8	€600
9	€600
10	€600
11	€400
12	€400
13	€400
14	€200
15	€200
16	€200

The final EMOP event of season three has now ended. EMOP Riga was won by Edgars Augstkalns, Latvia.

The result from the event EMOP Riga can now be found under results.
The final leaderboard can now be found here.

The complete leaderboard (in PDF) can be downloaded here.
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Edgars Augstkalns from Latvia has won the sixth and final European Masters of Poker season III title topping a 175-strong field at Royal Casino Spa & Hotel, Riga on Sunday November 20.

He took down €57,491 for his victory in the €1,650 buy-in event after chipping away at his heads up opponent Joakim Fredriksson having started out as 5-1 chip leader.

His victory was assured when the Swede bet 60,000 preflop, Augstkalns pushed all in and Fredriksson called showing Ah Kd. The Latvian turned over Kc Js and the flop fell 5c 3h 2c Jh Ks giving Augstkalns two pair and the EMOP Riga title.

Final table results and payouts:
1. Edgars Augstkalns (Latvia) -- €57,491
2. Joakim Fredriksson (Sweden) -- €39,993
3. Maris Keiriss (Latvia) -- €29,994
4. Martin Dahlqvist (Sweden) -- €22,496
5. Eduards Rakuss (Latvia) -- €14,997
6. Simon Löfberg (Sweden) -- €11,872
7. Anton Astapau (Bulgaria) -- €9,373
8. Branko Stupar (Sweden) -- €7,498
9. Kimmo Kurko (Finland) -- €5,623

The ninth and final EMOP Online tournament of the third season is now finished. 92 players participated.

Joni Nenonen from Finland won the first prize €2,600 and collected 14 leaderboard points.

See the full results for the players that came in the money under the results page.

For the current leaderboard see the leaderboard page.

EMOP Barcelona Invitational was won by Grzegorz Gosk from Poland who outlasted 254 opponents and got a package to EMOP Riga. Runner up was Aleksi Hentunen, he collected €922 for his effort.

Your ninth and final chance online to collect valuable leaderboard points.

For those of you who participated in the EMOP Barcelona main event there will be an EMOP Invitational with an extra package to EMOP Riga added.

The tournament is a freeroll but with unlimited €10 rebuys and one add-on.

All players will be automatically registered to the tournament. If you made a direct buy-in at the casino we need to get your nickname on the Entraction network. If you do not have an account within the Entraction network we urge you to sign up with one of our premium partners.

If you participated in EMOP Barcelona but are not in the list of players (tournaments, special) please email and we will register you. Please try to contact us at least one day ahead prior to tournament start.

See EMOP Online for more information.

The event EMOP Barcelona is now ended and the winner is Andreas Hagen from Norway.

The result from the event EMOP Barcelona can now be found under results.
The leaderboard can now be found here.

The complete leaderboard (in PDF) can be downloaded here.
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Andreas Hagen from Norway has won the fifth European Masters of Poker season III title at Gran Casino, Barcelona, Spain on Sunday October 2.

Andreas Hagen outlasted a 455-strong field, the highest attendance in European Masters of Poker history. Andreas receives €90,310 for his win which would have been as high as €100,100 if a deal with runner up Robin Appell hadn't been made.

The final hand saw Hagen bet 400,000 preflop with 7-7 and Appell move all in with K-6. The flop came A-5-2, the turn 5 and the river 7 giving the Norwegian a full house.

The eight EMOP Online tournament of the third season is now finished. 98 players participated.

Johan Söderström from Sweden won the first prize €2,600 and collected 14 valuable leaderboard points.

See the full results for the players that came in the money under the results page.

For the current leaderboard see the leaderboard page.

Your eigth chance online to collect valuable leaderboard points.

The seventh EMOP Online tournament of the third season is now finished. 91 players participated.

Matias Knaapinen from Finland won the first prize €2,600 and collected 14 valuable leaderboard points.

See the full results for the players that came in the money under the results page.

For the current leaderboard see the leaderboard page.

EMOP Dublin Invitational was won by Petri Ylikorpi from Finland who outlasted 199 opponents and got a package to EMOP Barcelona. Runner up was Kimi Heiskanen, he collected €960 for his effort.

Your seventh chance online to collect valuable leaderboard points.

For those of you who participated in the EMOP Dublin main event there will be an EMOP Invitational with an extra package to EMOP Barcelona added.

The tournament is a freeroll but with unlimited €10 rebuys and one add-on.

All players will be automatically registered to the tournament. If you made a direct buy-in at the casino we need to get your nickname on the Entraction network. If you do not have an account within the Entraction network we urge you to sign up with one of our premium partners.

If you participated in EMOP Dublin but are not in the list of players (tournaments, special) please email and we will register you. Please try to contact us at least one day ahead prior to tournament start.

See EMOP Online for more information.

Here are the results from the side events at EMOP Dublin.

€120 Texas NL Turbo Freeze-out, July 27th
1. Johnny Mclaren - €1,500
2. Tommy Nyberg - €1,250
3. Markus May - €1,250
4. Matti Hautanen - €600
5. Levan Nam - €400
6. Manfred Kåvestam - €300
7. Nils Jarefjäll - €150
8. Johnny Ostbjerg - €100

€150 Texas NL Freeze-out, July 28th
1. Asko Hentunen - €1,580
2. Luka Vovk - €1,560
3. Shella McSweeney - €760
4. Panu Oksanen - €510
5. Markus May - €380
6. Saggio Salvatore - €280

€200 Texas NL Freeze-out, July 29th
1. Rolf Woods - €4,090
2. Veli-Matti Westman - €2,050
3. Nick Fogh - €2,050
4. Markus May - €2,050
5. Simon Lindell - €1,030
6. Timothy Härold - €760
7. Jenni Laine - €620
8. Mattias Collin - €555
9. Morten Lofberg - €475

€450 Texas NL Freeze-out, July 30th
1. Tommy Nyberg - €8,300
2. Simon Lindell - €8,300
3. Shella McSweeney - €4,980
4. André Moreira - €3,320
5. Jeremie Lefebvre - €2,490
6. Kalle Stark - €1,825
7. Ivan Tononi - €1,495
8. Tobias Larsen - €1,330
9. Brian Palmer - €580
10. Henrik Hecklen - €580

€50 Omaha Rebuy, July 31th
1. Le Van Nam - €2,550
2. Tony Baitson- €2,100
3. Reuven Dayan - €1300
4. Minna Ritakorpi - €900
5. Niclas Lundqvist - €700
6. Niklas Mullo - €400
7. Samuli Simula - €200

€120 Texas NL Turbo Freeze-out, July 31th
1. Johnny Hofseth - €1,800
2. Steve Berto - €1,200
3. George McKeever - €750
4. Raz Alon - €500
5. Stefano Laconi - €350
6. Brian Ryan - €250
7. John Vogelaar - €150

Barcelona satellite winners
Phil Baker - €1,100
Frank Piske - €1,100
Jim McLoughlin - €1,100

The event EMOP Dublin is now ended and the winner is Søren T. Larsen from Denmark.

The result from the event EMOP Dublin can now be found under results.
The leaderboard can now be found here.

The complete leaderboard (in PDF) can be downloaded here.
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Søren T. Larsen Wins €71,210 At EMOP Dublin For Beating Field of 303 In Irish Capital.

Søren T. Larsen from Denmark has won the fourth European Masters of Poker season III title topping a 303-strong filed at Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin, Ireland on Sunday July 31.

He lifted €71,210 for his victory in the €1,100 buy-in event which saw the final table whittled down to Larsen over 137 hands – only 12 of which consisted of heads up play.

Heads up Larsen started with 4.5 million chips and was up against experienced Irish player Dara O’Kearney who has 1.5 million chips.

The final hand saw O’Kearney push his final 1.2 million chips into the pot on the button before being called by Larsen. O’Kearney had Kd 8h and Larsen showed Jd 9d which found a dream flop of Js 9c 7d and when the turn an river fell 6s 4s Larsen’s flopped two pair secured victory and the title.

The sixth EMOP Online tournament of the third season is now finished. 72 players participated.

Stoyan Vergiev from Bulgaria won the first prize €2,167 and collected 14 valuable leaderboard points.

See the full results for the players that came in the money under the results page.

For the current leaderboard see the leaderboard page.

EMOP Bulgaria Invitational was won by Tomas Kubaliak from Slovakia who outlasted 168 opponents and got a seat to EMOP Dublin. Runner up was Aho Tero, he collected €634 for his effort.

Your sixth chance online to collect valuable leaderboard points.

For those of you who participated in the EMOP Bulgaria main event there will be an EMOP Invitational with an extra package to EMOP Dublin added.

The tournament is a freeroll but with unlimited €10 rebuys and one add-on.

All players will be automatically registered to the tournament. If you made a direct buy-in at the casino we need to get your nickname on the Entraction network. If you do not have an account within the Entraction network we urge you to sign up with one of our premium partners.

If you participated in EMOP Bulgaria but are not in the list of players (tournaments, special) please email and we will register you. Please try to contact us at least one day ahead prior to tournament start.

See EMOP Online for more information.

The fifth EMOP Online tournament of the third season is now finished. 78 players participated.

Matz Svensén from Sweden won the first prize €2,800 and collected 14 valuable leaderboard points.

See the full results for the players that came in the money under the results page.

For the current leaderboard see the leaderboard page.

Here are the results from the side events at EMOP Bulgaria.

€200+20 Texas NL, May 30th
1. Jens Andersen - €4,352
2. Adrian Nunez - €2,992
3. Stelyan Georgiev - €2,176
4. Cirieci Avrelian - €1,360
5. Aleksei Emorlov - €1,088
6. Fahredin Mustafov - €680
7. Slaven Popov - €544
8. Dzukaev Tuzari - €408

€300+30 Texas NL, May 31st
1. Stelyan Georgiev - €4,800
2. Gary Clarke - €3,360
3. Danail Zhelev - €2,280
4. Atanas Ardeshev - €1,560

€200+20 Omaha PL, June 4th
1. Roy Brindley - €3,200
2. Nikolay Korol - €2,240
3. Yossi Lachmish - €1,600
4. Danail Dinev - €960

€200+20 Texas NL Turbo, June 5th
1. Andreas Dregen (Swedish Rock Star) - €3,290
2. Eric Hugo Flygare - €2,350
3. Antti Tinsanen - €1,504
4. Mikko Ryyppo - €1,034
5. Sergey Mikhaylov - €752
6. David Rudling - €470

Your fifth chance online to collect valuable leaderboard points.

The event EMOP Bulgaria is now ended and the winner is Abdula Atila Seiar from Romania.

The result from the event EMOP Bulgaria can now be found under results.
The leaderboard can now be found here.

The complete leaderboard (in PDF) can be downloaded here.
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Abdul Atila Seiar Tops 277-Strong Field To Lift Top Prize Of €65,000 at EMOP Bulgaria.

Abdul Atila Seiar from Romania has won the third European Masters of Poker season III title after beating 276 opponents in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria at the weekend.

He took down €65,100 for his victory in the €1,100 buy-in event at the Crystal Cove casino.

Seiar started heads up against Riku Molander with an almost 4-1 chip advantage and took 15 hands to beat the Finn.

In the final hand he pushed all in pre-flop and Molander called with his last 890,000 chips and the Ah 5h. Seiar tabled 3-3 which held on a board reading Qs 2s 2h 8d 4d.

The fourth EMOP Online tournament of the third season is now finished. 78 players participated.

Johnny Ostbjerg from Denmark won the first prize €2,800 and collected 14 valuable leaderboard points.

See the full results for the players that came in the money under the results page.

For the current leaderboard see the leaderboard page.

Your fourth chance online to collect valuable leaderboard points.

A total of 15 EMOP Bulgaria Packages will be added to network tournaments.

The top five players in the €15,000 Guarantee on the 19th of April 19:25 will receive an EMOP Bulgaria package on top of their normal winnings.

The top five players in the €20,000 Guarantee on the 21st of April 21:00 CET will receive an EMOP Bulgaria package on top of their normal winnings.

The top five players in the €8,000 Wild West on the 23rd of April 22:30 CET will receive an EMOP Bulgaria package on top of their normal winnings.

A maximum of one package can be won by one player during aprils promotions.

The third EMOP Online tournament of the third season is now finished. 95 players participated.

Jonathan Anderö from Sweden won the first prize €2,600 and collected 14 valuable leaderboard points.

See the full results for the players that came in the money under the results page.

For the current leaderboard see the leaderboard page.

EMOP Lisbon Invitational was won by Matias Hagman from Sweden who outlasted 185 opponents and got a seat to EMOP Bulgaria. Runner up was Jiri Stana, he collected €836 for his effort.

Your third chance online to collect valuable leaderboard points.

For those of you who participated in the EMOP Lisbon main event there will be an EMOP Invitational with an extra package to EMOP Bulgaria added.

The tournament is a freeroll but with unlimited €10 rebuys and one add-on.

All players will be automatically registered to the tournament. If you made a direct buy-in at the casino we need to get your nickname on the Entraction network. If you do not have an account within the Entraction network we urge you to sign up with one of our premium partners.

If you participated in EMOP Lisbon but are not in the list of players (tournaments, special) please email and we will register you. Please try to contact us at least one day ahead prior to tournament start.

See EMOP Online for more information.

Eight packages to EMOP Bulgaria up for grabs

During the month of April, Entraction Network runs eight VIP point freerolls starting on the 1st and ending on the 29th. There is one package to EMOP Bulgaria worth €2,000 in each freeroll. Each package consists of tournament buy-in of €1,100, accommodation at Hotel Chaika Beach or similar for seven nights and €350 in travel contribution which will be credited to the player's poker account.

The VIP-point buy-in starts at VIP1 on the 1st of April and then the buy-in increases for each tournament. Earn as many VIP-points as you can and get up to eight tries to win a seat.

The VIP-points are calculated from the 1st of April 00:00 CET until the start of each freeroll.

Dont miss out!

Here are the results from the side events at EMOP Lisbon.

€200+20 Texas NL, Mar 25th
1. Nuno Andrade (Portugal) - € 5,469
2. Pedro Ferro (Portugal) - €3,646
3. Nuno Graca (Portugal) - €2,303
4. Nuno Duarte (Portugal) - €1,631
5. Panu Oksanen (Finland) - €1,439
6. Niklas Norén (Sweden) - €1,247
7. Toni Lampikoski (Finland) - €1,055
8. Joaquin Marques (Portugal) - €864
9. Jeremie Eriksson (Sweden) - €672
10. Damir Bikmaw (Russian Fed) - €480
11. Pedro Maia (Portugal) - €384

€150+15 Texas NL, Mar 26th
1. Nils Perm - €5,546
2. Ofir Bakalo - €3,617
3. Tony Öberg - €2,311
4. Torben Carlsen - €1,708
5. Stephen Hall - €1,406
6. Andreas Gustafsson - €1,206
7. Jani Tekoniemo - €1,005
8. Sami Pulliainen - €824
9. Nuno Antunes - €643
10. Aristídes Couto - €462
11. Anders Wegner - €301
12. Henrique Custódio - €301
13. Pasi Nousiainen - €261
14. Tobias Larsen - €261
15. Daniel Axelsson - €241

The event EMOP Lisbon is now ended and the winner is Jukka Koskela from Finland.

The result from the event EMOP Lisbon can now be found under results.
The leaderboard can now be found here.

The complete leaderboard (in PDF) can be downloaded here.
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Nordic battle for the top spots as Finn Takes Down €72,615 In Portugal For Victory Over 308 Opponents In Second EMOP Season III Main Event.

Jukka Koskela from Finland has won the second European Masters of Poker season III title after topping a 309-strong field in Lisbon at the weekend.

He took down €72,615 for his victory in the €1,100 buy-in event at the Casino Estoril in Portugal.

The Finn defeated Asger Boye from Denmark in a short heads up. Koskelas winning hand Qc Qd were good enough for beating Boyes 10s 10h.

A few hands earlier, the main event winner found some luck when beating third place finisher Robert Svedin from Sweden. Koskelas pockets twos needed to improve if he was to beat short stacked Svedin having pocket J's. A 2 on the flop sent Svedin to elimination.

The second EMOP Online tournament of the third season is now finished. 88 players participated.

Andreas Janson from Sweden won the first prize €2,868 (after a deal with two players left) and collected 14 valuable leaderboard points.

See the full results for the players that came in the money under the results page.

For the current leaderboard see the leaderboard page.

The first EMOP Online tournament of the third season is now finished. 88 players participated.

Lars Johan Persson from Sweden won the first prize €3,436 and collected 14 valuable leaderboard points.

See the full results for the players that came in the money under the results page.

For the current leaderboard see the leaderboard page.

The first EMOP Invitational was won by Igor Devkin from Russia, he got a seat to EMOP Lisbon.

Your second chance to collect valuable leaderboard points.

We have an extra treat for the lucky players who enjoyed the fun in Gran Canaria: a freeroll with an added seat to the next EMOP event!

See EMOP Online for information.

All players will be automatically registered to the tournament. If you made a buy in direct at the casino we need to get your nickname on the Entraction network.

If you do not have an account within the Entraction network we urge you to sign up with one of our premium partners.

The tournament is a freeroll satellite with unlimited €10 rebuys and one add-on. If you participated in EMOP Gran Canaria but is not in the list of players (tournaments, special) please email and we will register you.

Now the scheme for the third season is up.

The scheme for season three of EMOP is now available, it can be found under tournaments.

It is seven events in total but the location for the last stop in November 2011 is not set.

Next stop is in Lisbon, Portugal and there are many ways to win a seat to that tournament.

Here are the results from the side events at EMOP Gran Canaria.

€400+40 Texas NL, Jan 22nd
1. Tobias Larssen (Sweden) - €5,200
2. Arzhang Djeudent (Norway) - €5,000
3. Tobias Bredberg (Sweden) - €4,000
4. Mark O´connor (Ireland) - €1,550
5. Johnny Johansen (Norway) - €1,350
6. Christoffer Lager (Sweden) - €1,150
7. Joseph Shalgi (Israel) - €950
8. Pedro Brito Sanchez (Spain) - €500
9. Jukka Juvonen (Finland) - €300

€150+15 Texas NL, Jan 23rd
1. Christoffer Ryås (Sweden) - €3,213
2. Jeremie Eriksson Lefevbre (Sweden) - €2,500
3. Niklas Öhman (Sweden) - €2,000
4. Rogelio Suarez Martin (Spain) - €948
5. Itzhak Alfasi (Israel) - €830
6. Azulay Avshalom (Israel) - €711
7. Palmira Poch (Spain) - €592
8. Paz Shkalim (Israel) - €474
9. Lior Pahari (Israel) - €356
10. Jose Carlos Cabrexa Martín (Spain) - €237

The event EMOP Gran Canaria is now ended and the winner is Stefan Hansen from Norway.

The result from the event EMOP Gran Canaria can now be found under results.
The leaderboard can now be found here.

The complete leaderboard (in PDF) can be downloaded here.
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Norwegian Takes Down €34,160 In Gran Canaria For Topping 213-Strang Field In First EMOP Season III Main Event.

Stefan Hansen from Norway has won the first stop of season III of the European Masters of Poker in Gran Canaria, topping at he field of 213 players in the €1,100 buy-in event held at the Casino Las Palmas, Spain over the weekend.

Hansen beat Yohas Avidani from Israel heads up after pushing all in with 6-6 and getting called by 3-3. The board fell K-9-2-A-K and Hansen scooped the additional €10,000 and the title joining last year’s winner Maciej Lipny of Poland as Gran Canaria champion.

Super satellite Wednesday January 19th.

Wednesday January 19th a Super satellite to EMOP Gran Canaria is arranged at Casino Las Palmas. Players that have already qualified wins cash prizes.

Now the preliminary scheme for the third season is up.

The preliminary scheme for season three of EMOP is now available, it can be found under tournaments.

A improved tournament structure is introduced and can be found here. The new structure have some new levels which will open for more play early and smaller jumps later on. For example 150-300 with 25 Ante and 1200-2400 are added to the structure.

Something else that is new for this season is the point distribution for the leaderboard which will be more fair and EMOP Online will run every month instead of every second month. More information can be found under leaderboard.

Here are the results (top 10) from the cruise. Congratulations to John O'Shea from Ireland that won €12,500. The Irishman dominated most of the season finale on the Mexican Riviera.

1. John O´Shea (Ireland)
2. Björn Lundgren (Sweden)
3. Mathias Fricke (Germany)
4. Manig Löser (Germany)
5. Timothy Timotheou (UK)
6. Henri Ovaska (Finland)
7. Vladimir Mefodichev (Russia)
8. Maciej Lipny (Poland)
9. Kalle Ly (Sweden)
10. Matias Knaapinen (Finland)

Information about the third season of EMOP will soon be presented on this site.

The first event will be held at Las Palmas, Gran Canaria 20-23 January 2011. So prepeare for a sunny trip as a start of the next season.

Here are the results from the side events at EMOP Malta.

€100+10 Texas NL, Nov 17th
1. Jens Eisner - €1,457
2. Niklas Mullo - €775
3. Thomas Mikkelsen - €558
4. Joseph Shalgi - €310

€200+20 Texas NL, Nov 18th
1. Johan Nils Forsberg - €4,116
2. Jonathan Pyatt - €2,646
3. Romain Dours - €1,470
4. Antonio Cristaldi - €980
5. Stanislaw Anasovsky - €588

€400+40 Texas NL, Nov 19th
1. Martin Nathorst-Westfelt - €10,788
2. Olli Muukkonen - €8,004
3. Henri Ovaska - €5,220
4. Jonas Broden - €3,480
5. Sylvian Lanternier - €2,436
6. Tero Aho - €1,740
7. Patrice Boudet - €1,392
8. Wilhem Lahousen - €1,044
9. Teemu Autio - €696

€100+10 Rebuy Texas NL, Nov 20th
1. Deividas Kulboka - €2,600
2. Mirco Porcaro - €1,430
3. Vainius Laurynias - €1,170
4. Jespussen Morten - €780
5. Christoffer Loof - €520

The Leaderboard for Season 2 is now finished.

Congratulations to the 16 players that will go on the EMOP Master Cruise 5-12 December. All players that won a live event this season was lucky enough to get a ticket.

The final standings:

More information about the EMOP Master Cruise can be found here.

The event EMOP Malta is now ended and the winner is Simone Lombardo from Italy.

The result from the event EMOP Malta can now be found under results.
The leaderboard can now be found here.

The complete leaderboard (in PDF) can be downloaded here.
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The event EMOP Barcelona is now ended and the winner is Matias Knappinen from Finland.

The result from the event EMOP Barcelona can now be found under results.
The leaderboard can now be found here.

The complete leaderboard (in PDF) can be downloaded here.
(Adobe Reader required)

Here are the results from the €500 side event at EMOP Barcelona.

€500+50 Texas NL, Sep 25th
1. Niklas Astedt - €15,900
2. Daniel Hansen - €10,500
3. Olli Juhani Muukkonen - €6,000
4. Grezgorz Cichucki - €4,800
5. Sigurbjorn Olafsson - €3,600
6. Pablo Marques Reisa - €3,000
7. Lars Kjestrup - €2,460
8. Luca Formisano - €1,960
9. Cem Altikardes - €1,560
10. Lukas Baumer - €1,140
11. Emil Ekvardi - €1,140
12. Marcus Karlsson - €1,140
13. Hamid Hosseini - €1,140
14. Jens Eisner - €1,140
15. Mats Iremark - €1,140
16. Yehuda Biton - €1,140
17. Valtieri Kivirinta - €1,140
18. Mikka Anttonen - €1,140

Your second chance to collect valuable leaderboard points.

We have an extra treat for the lucky players who enjoyed the fun in Bulgaria: a freeroll with an added seat to the next EMOP event!

See tournament schedule for information.

All players will be automatically registered to the tournament. If you made a buy in direct at the casino we need to get your nickname on the Entraction network.

If you do not have an account within the Entraction network we urge you to sign up with one of our premium partners.

The tournament is a freeroll satellite with unlimited €10 rebuys and one add-on. If you participated in EMOP Bulgaria but is not in the list of players (tournaments, special) please email and we will register you.

Photos from the tournament event in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria can now be seen at the photo page.

More photos to come..

The event EMOP Bulgaria is now ended and the winner is Manig Löser from Germany.

The result from the event EMOP Bulgaria can now be found under results.
The leaderboard can now be found here.

The complete leaderboard (in PDF) can be downloaded here.
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German Comes From Behind To Take Down €49,080 in EMOP Bulgaria

Manig Löser from German has won the fifth stop of season II of the European Masters of Poker in Bulgaria, topping at he field of 260 players in the €1,100 buy-in event held at the Crystal Crown Casino, Sunny Beach over the weekend.

The fourth EMOP Online tournament is now finished. 58 players participated.

Johnny Ostbjerg from Denmark won the first prize €3,352 and collected 25 valuable leaderboard points.

See the leaderboard page for the current leaderboard.

Final Results EMOP Online 4:

The tournament is a freeroll satellite, to the upcoming EMOP €10 rebuy unl. And add-on, 1 EMOP package added. If you participated in Italy and are not at the list of players in the lobby (tournaments,special) please mail and we will add you to the list of players.

The photos from the EMOP tournament at the beautiful Casino di Campione, Italy is now published and can be found here.

Homegrown Player Tops 386 Strong Field to Take Down €61,520 in Campione, Italy.

Italian Giovanni Suetra came from final table short stack to take down the European Masters of Poker Italy winning €61,520 for topping the 386 strong field in Campione.

Suetra quadrupled up three-handed to reinvigorate his challenged and, after Urek Primoz was dispatched in third place at Casino di Campione, Sutra and fellow Italian Fabio Percopo got all their chips in pre-flop whit the former holding Ac-7c and the latter holding K-T.

The board fell 7c-6x-3c, catapulting Sutera into the lead with a pair of sevens while the 9c on the turn selad Percopo’s fate, filling Setuer’s flush and sending him home champion.

Deals were made when there were three and two players left respectively.

The event EMOP Italy is now ended and the winner is Giovanni Sutera from Italy.

The result from the event EMOP Italy can now be found under results.
The leaderboard can now be found here.

The complete leaderboard (in PDF) can be downloaded here.
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Here are the results from the four side events at EMOP Italy.

€300+30 Texas NL, May 27th
1. Hans Erlandsson - €12,657
2. Jami Juutila - €7,760
3. Janne Pitko - €5,020
4. Antonio Fiore - €3,880
5. Fennel Gonnor - €3,190
6. Giuseppe Ciarramella - €2,510
7. Roberto Lazzari - €2,050
8. Guido Buchich - €1,690
9. Luca Serrentino - €1,230
10. Gianluigi Petazzi - €730
11. Issam Salem - €730
12. Andrea Lucente - €730
13. Gerard Duruz - €630
14. Marco Mazzanti - €630
15. Manig Löser - €630
16. Alexandar Dinov - €540
17. Cesare Potere - €540
18. Dieter Gerard - €540

€300+30 Mixed, May 27th
1. Timo Koivuniemi - €3,144
2. Alfio Mazzoni - €2,357
3. Mauro Mastretta - €1,571
4. Damian Porebsky - €785

€500+50 Texas NL, May 29th
1. Dennis Bilde - €22,365
2. Deaniel Piccione - €13,760
3. Issam Salem - €8,900
4. Pawel Wasik - €6,880
5. Fabrizio Leonardi - €5,660
6. Fabio Mangano - €4,450
7. Maurizio Bergamaschi - €3,640
8. Maurizio Musso - €2,990
9. Domenico Tresa - €2,180
10. Dennis Bjorn - €1,290
11. Ivano Conforti - €1,290
12. Mario Albanese - €1,290
13. Andrea Negri - €1,130
14. Janne Seppala - €1,130
15. Mario De Paola - €1,130
16. Fabrizio Rossi - €970
17. Sandi Kolar - €970
18. Anders Kjaerulff - €970

€200+200 Turbo Texas NL, May 30th
1. Maurizio Mesiti - €10,588
2. Pekka Ikonen - €6,620
3. Matteo Taddia - €4,010
4. John Almquist - €3,410
5. Claudio Cattelan - €2,810
6. Marco Della Monica - €2,200
7. Alberto Tentori - €1,800
8. Svetlana Romanova - €1,480
9. Emiliano Codella - €1,000
10. Mattia Ceraudo - €640
11. Pontus Almsenius - €640
12. Carlo Cortellini - €640
13. Fabrizio Rossi - €520
14. Aleksi Savela - €520
15. Jennifer Delle Fave - €520
16. Olli Vilppo - €480
17. Pasquale Sarno - €480
18. Reuven Dayan - €480
19. Marco Mazzanti - €440
20. Luca Venece - €440
21. Renato Orlando - €440

The players c4a_angus, olteanu17 and g_banks wins a satellite seat worth €100 after completing a survey about EMOP Lisbon. The survey was sent to most of the participants in the tournament by email. We are happy that so many players participated.

The third EMOP Online tournament is now finished. 61 players participated.

Primož Urek from Slovenia won the first prize €4,020 and collected 25 valuable leaderboard points.

See the leaderboard page for the current leaderboard.

Final Results EMOP Online 3:

Your second chance to collect valuable leaderboard points.

The tournament is a freeroll satellite, to the upcoming EMOP €10 rebuy unl. And add-on, 1 EMOP package added. If you participated in Lisbon and are not at the list of players in the lobby (tournaments,special) please mail and we will add you to the list of players.

Here are the results from the two side events in Lisbon. Local player Goncalo Estevao won the €300 event and the finish player Jenny Pussinen won the €150 event.

€300+30 March 27th
1. Goncalo Estevao (Portugal) - €10,701
2. Lars Kjestrup (Sweden) - € 7,011
3. Stelyan Georgiev (Bulgaria) - € 4,428
4. Jari Mahonen (Finland) - € 3,321
5. Stefan Lindholm (Sweden) - €2,583
6. Martin Dragun (Slovakia) - €2,214
7. Frederik Lindqvist (Sweden) - € 1,845
8. Collucci Luigi (Italy) - €1,476
9. Sami Ollila (Finland) - €1,107
10. Margarida Marques (Portugal) - € 738
11. Robin Colbin (Sweden) - € 517
12. Magnus Hilmersson (Sweden) - € 517
13. Vili Ronkainen (Finland) - € 443

€150+15 March 28th
1. Jenny Pussinen (Finland) – €5,011
2. Johan Lendenius (Sweden) - € 3 283
3. Helder Conniea (Portugal ) - € 2,074
4. Patricia Lovboao (Portugal) - € 1 555
5. Alferdo Melo (Portugal) - € 1,210
6. Kristyan Ivanov (Bulgaria) - € 1,037
7. Niclas Lundqvist (Sweden) - € 864
8. Panu Oksanen (Finland) - € 691
9. Mikael Holm (Sweden) - € 518
10. Jari Saviaho (Finland) - €346
11. Jose Campahico (Portugal) - €242
12. Sampo Ryynänen (Finland) - €242
13. Sergio Pereira (Portugal) - €207

Information about the event EMOP Italy is now available.

You can find the information here.
The information can change so check this regularly.

The event EMOP Lisbon is now ended and the winner is Timothy Timotheau from UK.

The result from the event EMOP Lisbon can now be found under results.
The leaderboard can now be found here.

The complete leaderboard (in PDF) can be downloaded here.
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UK player tops 394 strong field to take down €86,680 in Estoril, Portugal

Timothy Timotheau has beaten 393 opponents to lift the European Masters of Poker Lisbon title and the first prize of €86,680 despite having been the short stack at the end of play on day 1a with just 5,300 in chips.
The event, held at Casino Estoril, Lisbon, Portugal, from March. 25 to 28, 2010 was the third stop on season II of the EMOP tour.
After three days of play only six hands heads-up were required to find the winner and the final hand saw Povilas Purtokas from Lithuania complete the blinds and Timotheau check. The flop came K-7-4 rainbow and both players checked.
The turn fell a jack and Timotheou bet 140,000. Purtokas shoved all in, and the Brit called. Timotheau had K-9, for top pair while Purtokas had T-T. Only one of the two remaining tens could save Purtokas but the river was a four and Timotheau was crowned EMOP Lisbon champion.

The final table payouts were:
1. Timothy Timotheau (UK) - €86,680
2. Povilas Purtokas (Lithuania) - €53,190
3. Henrik Torstensson (Sweden) - €34,672
4: Diogo Borges (Portugal) - €22,064
5: Paul Lucey (Ireland) - €17,336
6: Joao Candeias (Portugal) – 13,396
7: Mikael Tholander (Sweden) - €11,820
8: Mariusz Beranden (Poland) - €10,244
9: Pyry Oksanen (Finland) - €8,668

Among the big name players attending the event were recent EPT winner and former EMOP winner Anton Wigg, Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, Joao Barbosa, Lars Kjestrup, Per Hildebrand, and Johan Storakers.

The players saschik, uldahl and LHarry89 wins a satellite seat worth €100 after completing a survey about EMOP Gran Canaria. The survey was sent to most of the participants in the tournament by email. We are happy that so many players participated in the survey and thank you for your interest!

EMOP Lisbon Challenge, a series of three tournaments with a leaderboard was arranged by Entraction.

Thirteen Guaranteed Seats Worth €26,000 to EMOP Lisbon Up for Grabs Through VIP Freerolls This March

Starting March 1 Entraction network players who have earned 50 VIP points can play a freeroll every second day (March 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15) at 20:15 CET for a €2,000 package to EMOP Lisbon. Players must earn the VIP points 24 hours prior to the freeroll they wish to play for one of the eight VIP freeroll packages.

Tuesday 20:40 (CET) - €100 buy in with five €2,000 packages guaranteed
Thursday 20:40 (CET) - €100 buy in with five €2,000 packages guaranteed
Sunday 20:40 (CET) - €200 buy in with eight €2,000 packages guaranteed

The second EMOP Online tournament is now finished. 65 players participated.

Manfred Kåvestam from Sweden won the first prize €4,283 and collected 25 valuable leaderboard points.

See the leaderboard page for the current leaderboard.

Final Results EMOP Online 2:

Your second chance to collect valuable leaderboard points.

The tournament is a freeroll satellite, to the upcoming EMOP €10 rebuy unl. And add-on, 1 EMOP package added. If you participated in Gran Canaria and are not at the list of players in the lobby (tournaments,special) please mail and we will add you to the list of players.

Photos from the event at Casino Las Palmas, Gran Canaria can now be found here.

The event on Gran Canaria is now ended and the winner is Maciej Lipny from Poland.

The results from EMOP Gran Canaria can be found here.
And the updated leaderboard after the second tournament can be found here.

Pole Axes Competition to take title and €66,240 at EMOP Gran Canaria

Maciej Lipny has won the European Masters of Poker Gran Canaria topping the sold out field of 288 players to take down €66,240 at the Casino Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.
The final table, who were vying for the bulk of the €288,000 prize pool, consisted of five Finns, a Dane, two Swedes and Lipny from Poland.
The Pole started the final nine as chip leader and despite a slow start which saw his chips begin to dwindle he knocked one player out in sixth and got a couple of double ups before finding himself heads-up with Henri Ovasta from Finland.
Heads-up lasted under 10 minutes and the final hand saw Lipny bet 155,000 preflop and Ovaska call.
The flop came Q-J-5 with two spades and Lipny checked. Ovaska bet 165,000 and Lipny called.
The turn was a 4. Lipny checked once again and faced a bet of 385,000 from the Finn, which he called.
The river fell a queen and the Pole came out betting, pushing 215,000 into the pot. Ovaska pushed all -n and Lipny called.
Lipny had J-T for two pair (queens and jacks) which was too much for Ovaska’s A-7.

Lipny becomes season II EMOP’s second champion after EMOP Ljubljana winner Vladimir Mefodichev.

The final table payouts were:

1: Maciej Lipny (Poland) - €66,240
2: Henri Ovasta (Finland) - €39,744
3: Mika Nyyssönen (Finland) - €25,920
4: Reijo Anttila (Finland) - €16,128
5: Sören Godskesen (Denmark) - €12,672
6: Jimmy Östensson (Sweden) - €9,792
7: Björn Lundgren (Sweden) - €8,640
8: Tommi Heikinniemi (Finland) - €7,488
9: Mikko Pirinen (Finland) - €6,336

Lipny’s win marked a fantastic weekend for Polish players who won three out of the seven events played.
The tour now gears up for its third stop – Casino Estoril, Lisbon, Portugal - from March. 25 to 28, 2010.
Qualification for the €1,000+€100 buy-in main event in Lisbon is now underway on all poker sites on the Entraction network for as little as €2 or 200 VIP points.
There are 32 daily satellites feeding into the main weekly qualifiers which take place each:
Tuesday 20:40 (CET) - €100 buy in with five €2,000 packages guaranteed
Thursday 20:40 (CET) - €100 buy in with five €2,000 packages guaranteed
Sunday 20:40 (CET) - €200 buy in with eight €2,000 packages guaranteed

Online poker players on the Entraction network, including premium partners 24hPoker.com, C4A.com, NoIQPoker.com, Pokerihuone.com, Pokerdassi.com, and Potraiser.com, can also participate in the special €14,500 EMOP Lisbon Challenge at the end of February.
The three tournament-long ranking challenge has 10 packages to EMOP Lisbon. The ten players that performs best overall during these three tournaments will win an EMOP Lisbon package including €1,100 buy-in and €350 for travel expenses.
In order to qualify for the EMOP Challenge players must reach the minimum VIP-point requirement between Feb 1 (00:00:00 CET) and 21 (23:59:59 CET).

In season one over 1,000 players took part in EMOP events across European destinations, battling for prize pools which totaled more than EUR1.6 million. In excess of 1,400 players are expected to attend main events during season two.

The EMOP tournament in Gran Canaria is now sold out.
The last possibilitys to qualify is in the last upcoming satellites .
The main qualifiers are Tuesday 12 Jan 20.40, Thursday 14 jan 20.40 and Sunday 17 jan 20.40 at the Entraction network.

We only have 260 seats for EMOP in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, and the interest has been enormous.
Next upcoming tournament will be in Casino Estoril, Lisbon 25-28 March.
We expect more participants in the Portugal event, probably 400 players or more.

Hotel Meliá Las Palmas are proud to welcome our tournament participators.

The Meliá Las Palmas hotel is located right alongside Las Canteras beach and in the city's commercial district.
The hotel offer leisure like an outdoor swimming pool, discotheque and a free gym for its guests.

We have seen a lot of big players in the EMOP tournaments, for example Mel Judah and Johnny Lodden. Next big name to try the EMOP tournaments will be Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott.



‘I’ve heard a lot of good things about EMOP and I’m really looking forward to playing in Gran Canaria as part of Team Devilfish. What could be better than a poker party in the sun in the middle of winter!”(Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott)

The first EMOP Online tournament is now finished. 78 players participated.

Kent Lundmark from Sweden won the first prize €5,001 and collected 25 valuable leaderboard points.

See the leaderboard page for the current leaderboard.

Final Results EMOP Online 1:

Your second chance to collect valuable leaderboard points.

It is a €200 tournament with a really nice structure and €10,000 guarantee.
You will find the tournament in the tournament lobby, special.

As appreciation for your participation in European Masters of Poker we will invite all players who played the last EMOP tournament to a freeroll with an extra added seat to the upcoming EMOP tournament.
If you play in Ljubljana you will be invited to the freeroll the month after the tournament and have a chance to qualify for EMOP Gran Canaria.
See tournament schedule for information.

We are proud to present the official tournament schedule for the EMOP tournament in Gran Canaria.

After the first stop of EMOP season two, we added new photos from the event in Ljubljana.

After the first stop in Ljubljana with a total prizepool of €253,000 and 253 players, this is how the EMOP Ljubljana finished:

Tomorrow, Saturday night, a player party will be hold in "Last bet club" at Austria Tend Hotel . Complimentary for EMOP Players.
Drink and enjoy!

Here are the chip counts from Day 1B in Ljubljana:

We are proud to present Potraiser as a premium partner.

Potraiser have decided to put in extra effort to make the European Masters of Poker even better. You can always challenge one of the Potraiser Pro Team players to a heads-up game during the EMOP tournaments.

24hPoker, Club4Aces, NoIQPoker Pokerihuone and Pokerdassi are already premium partners and more operators will join.

Here are the chip counts from Day 1A in Ljubljana:

All seats for day 1B in EMOP Ljubljana are occupied.
You can still reserve seat for day 1A

The second stop of European Masters of Poker will move from Warsaw to Las Palmas in sunny Gran Canaria . Also, the dates for the tournament will be changed – The new starting date is 28 January 2010 and the final table 31 January 2010.

The venue will be Casino Las Palmas. The players who qualify through satellites will stay at the Hotel Santa Catalina, a 5 star hotel with a perfect location in the same building as the casino. The hotel have a swimmingpool and a spa. It is also close to the beach and the city centre with all possible amusements within close range.

More information will be available soon.

A new tournament structure will be used during EMOP season two. With 20,000 in chip value to start with, all players will have plenty of time to make the best possible decisions.

After the Malta event in September the players were satisfied with the tournament structure. They started with 15,000 in chips and really enjoyed the slow structure. We will listen to player requests and give even more to start with. Enjoy the game!

We are proud to present two new premium partners to EMOP.

NoIQ Poker and Club4Aces have decided to put in an extra effort to make the European Masters of Poker even better. The players who qualifies through our premium partners will receive premium service. 24hPoker and Pokerihuone are premium partners already and more operators will join.

More than a thousand players enjoyed the first season of European Masters of Poker, and battled for more than €1,6 million , when the tour visited some of the best casinos in Europe on its way to the Grand finale in Casino di Venezia in Malta. Season Two sets off in November 2009 and at time for Season Two's thrilling final in Malta in 2010 partners in The Entraction network will have sent 1,400 players to European Masters of Poker events all over Europe, from Portugal to Poland.

European Masters of Poker Season I proved to be a great success and together with our partners the Entraction network has set out to make Season Two even better. There will be more events in new exciting venues with a high quality event that make both professionals and recreational players feel like high rollers.

European Masters of Poker’s success builds on that it is a high quality tournament with a buy-in that is affordable for recreational players.

"The players really love it and all Entraction partners within the network have shown great appreciation. EMOP Season Two is on its way and we are proud to present new great venues and we will send at least 200 qualifiers from the Entraction network to each event", says Christer Larsson, product manager European Masters of Poker.

Schedule EMOP season two:

• 25-28 Nov 2009: Grand Casino, Ljubljana, Slovenia € 1,000+100

• 3-6 Feb 2010: Olympic Casino, Warsaw, Poland € 1,000+100

• 25-28 March 2010: Casino Estoril, Lisbon, Portugal € 1,000+100

• 27-30 May 2010: Casino di Campione, Campione, Italy €1,000+100

• 28-01 July/Aug: 2010 Crystal Crown Casino, Sunny Beach, Bulgaria €1,000+100

• 23-26 Sept 2010: Casino Barcelona, Spain €1,000+100

• 17-20 Nov 2010: Casino di Venezia, Malta €1,500+150

Final 5-12 Dec 2010 EMOP Leaderboard Cruise LosAngeles- Mexican Riviera*

*Top 16 in the leaderboard participates in a pokercruise with a private tournament battling out for nice cash prizes.