The PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour is taking a stop in beautiful Playa Conchal as Day 1 began Thursday afternoon. The day began with 259 poker players ready to play the $2,700 buy-in main event. No player likes to bust to a tournament but these players have the opportunity of relaxing at the Paradisus Playa Conchal resort so it’s hard to feel too sorry for them. At the end of Day 1 Rob Woodcock is holding the chip lead with 147,600 in chips and not too far behind him sitting in second place is Matias Bienen Wald with 124,400 in chips. They’ll try to hold off the rest of the field as play resumes on Friday.

Online cash games have just been crazy as of late and there is no one shining any brighter than the unknown Swedish player ‘Isildur1’. I have never heard the name Isildur1 until recent weeks and now every time I browse the internet his name comes up almost everywhere. It’s been report that he is up around 5 million dollars this month as plays high stakes against some of the top players in the world. Isildur1 did a take hit as he was a part of the largest Omaha pot in online history ($878,000) as Patrik Antonius spiked the winning hand on the river. Maybe someday we will all figure out who this mystery player is.

The European Poker Tour makes its first ever stop in Portugal as it makes a stop at Vilamoura. The PokerStars sponsored event will be a 5 day no-limit hold’em event kicking off November 17th with a staggering buy in of €5,300. Vilamoura is the 5th stop for EPT Season 6 as previous stops consisted of Kyiv, Barcelona, London, and Warsaw. Each day 1 of the Vilamoura event will be capped at 600 players as the Portuguese look to showcase their poker skills to the world. Visit EuropeanPokerTour.com for all the news and information from this tournament and all the tournaments that make up EPT season 6.

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What in the world is going on in the world of poker? The World Series of Poker Circuit made a stop in Lake Tahoe to host the Ladies Championship and the winner seems a bit out of place. Greg Sessler, who just happens to be a man, comes out on top as the winner of the ‘Ladies Championship’. I understand that there is no ‘Gentleman Championships’ but how could you walk away feeling good about winning this tournament? Maybe it’s just me but you wouldn’t find me enter a ladies tournament due to the fact that it is a ‘ladies tournament’. I suppose you have to take the victory when you can get it.