The Weekly Turbo: The Last EPT, Feuding, Deadly Sins of Poker, Twerking

Back into the thick of it with your poker news roundup. This week has been pretty busy leading into the holidays, it’s like poker players don’t know when to take a break. Or playing poker is their break. Either way, we’re excited to kick it into high gear coming into the holidays. Be on the lookout for our top stories series later this coming week! Happy Holidays!

The Winner’s Circle

Leon Tsoukernik has won the last PokerStars.com EPT Super High Roller. The King’s Casino Rozvadov owner beat Charlie Carrel heads up and lifted the trophy after just six hours of play, receiving a check for €741,100.

Dan Stanwaytopped a field of 301 entrants to take the final leg of the 2016 Genting Poker Series in Sheffield for £31,700.

Marc “FrenchDawg” Ladouceur took down the $700 Super-Sized Sunday tournament at PokerStars over a field of 644 players in the progressive bounty tournament. He net $37,170.35 and an additional $23,142.95. Here are the other big online poker tournament winners from this past weekend.

Tom Marchese and Jan Schwippert chopped the WPT Five Diamond $100,000 Super High Roller after striking a deal that resulted in Schwippert taking over $1.4 million and Marchese taking just over $1 million.

Isaac Haxton has won theEPT Prague €25,500 Single-Day High Roller for €559,200.

Sam Greenwood wins the second EPT13 Prague €25,500 Single-Day High Roller for €226,600.

Check out the final table results from the six biggest tournaments held at 888poker this week.

The Game Changers

Cate Hall and Mike Dentale got into a feud online and planned a heads-up match for next March.

Now that EPT Prague is underway, check out this three-part EPT history series, which focuses on the early years in Seasons 1 through 5; the Berlin robbery, the effects of Black Friday and the “mega-schedule;” and the later years in Seasons 9-13 when the number of venues was reduced with each offering more events, along with some general stats about the venues and EPT winners.

The creator of protection poker and the action clock, Cavin Quintanilla, is trying to change the game with new products.

The Global Poker League has announced a new league for after its spring festival: GPL China.

Talks break down regarding the reverse takeover of Ladbrokes Coral by GVC Holdings.

Andrew “luckychewy” Lichtenberger announced his new poker site, Luckychewy.com, via Twitter on Dec. 12.

Partypoker launches progressive …

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