After a ten hour final table battle, the top two chip stacks at the start of the day – Steve O’Dwyer and Andrew Pantling – decided the championship of the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo, with O’Dwyer emerging as the final champion of the EPT’s Season Nine schedule. @pokernewsdaily.com

Last week’s Power Rankings saw the biggest shake up in weeks with Daniel Negreanu joining the top 20, Ole Schemion jumped five spots and Philipp Gruissem jumped nine spots in the rankings. @bluff.com

Moving on to the Phillipines after a second-place finish in the WSOP APAC $30k High Roller for $534,776, Cheong pocketed twice as much for winning one of Asia's richest tournaments. @pokerlistings.com

Ole Schemion takes Steve O'Dwyer's spot in the top 10 of the GPI rankings, while Daniel Negreanu vaults to 24. @pokernews.com

Action is heating up around the world as we prepare for the busiest time of the year for the 2013 Player of the Year race, sponsored by Lock Poker. Here.. @cardplayer.com

With his win in the World Series of Poker Asia Pacific Main Event, Daniel Negreanu is out in front of the 2013 WSOP Player of the Year Race. @pokernews.com

Today’s Boxscore Daniel Negreanu $1,038,825 – WSOP APAC Main Event Phil Ivey $51,840 – WSOP APAC Mixed Event Philipp Gruissem $825,000 – WSOP APAC High Roller Aaron Lim $233,800 – WSOP APAC Six Handed It was a fun weekend in Australia as two of the biggest names in poker captured WSOP APAC braclets. @pokerati.com

While the World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific Championship Event was reaching its final table, two side events (neither awarding a bracelet) were also finished on Sunday. @pokernewsdaily.com

With the WSOP setting up camp in Australia for a few early bracelet events this year, many were wondering how successful it would be and in terms of the main event at least it would appear to have been no less successful than the WSOP Europe 2012. @highstakesdb.com

Winning World Series of Poker bracelets back-to-back with a friend is the sort of thing you joke about when you’re drinking a beer late at night, imagining how amazing it would be. @bluff.com

Brandon Wong led the 32 survivors on Day 1 of the WSOP-APAC $2,200 Mixed Event. Phil Ivey, Bertrand Grospellier and Daniel Negreanu also advanced. @pokernews.com

Missed anything? Catch up with our weekly Saturday column, breaking down the top ten most read stories in the last seven days. There were a couple of big signings this week including “SportsStar” Ronaldo and poker pro Antonio Esfandiari. @pokernews.com

Michael Mizrachi cracks the top 10 of the GPI 300, while Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu plummet. @pokernews.com

It’s great to see pros like Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth battling it out on poker’s biggest stages for millions of dollars, but the truth is that most of us.. @cardplayer.com

Last month, Team PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu and Full Tilt Poker “Professionals” member Gus Hansen got into a friendly war of words over Twitter, resulting in Negreanu issuing a challenge to Hansen via a YouTube video. @pokernewsdaily.com

Team Negreanu and Team Hansen competed this past weekend in a heads-up format, and the former group came out as the victors in convincing fashion. The $150,000 match originated from.. @cardplayer.com

It’s great to see pros like Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth battling it out on poker’s biggest stages for millions of dollars, but the truth is that most of us.. @cardplayer.com

It’s great to see pros like Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth battling it out on poker’s biggest stages for millions of dollars, but the truth is that most of us.. @cardplayer.com

Today’s Boxscore Paul Klann $1,004,090 – 2013 WPT LA Poker Classic Jonathan Tamayo $206,020 – WSOPC Palm Beach Kennel Club Rodger Johnson $182,315 – 2013 LAPC High Roller Jon Turner $27,750 – 2013 LAPC 6-Handed PLO with rebuys The LA Poker Classic wrapped up it’s Main Event last night with Paul Klann overcoming a big.. @pokerati.com

Daniel Negreanu has released some new information regarding the Team Challenge between Team PokerStars Pro's and Team Full Tilt Poker. Negreanu released a new video blog this morning, where he reveals his picks for the challenge - Isaac "luvtheWNBA" Haxton and Bertrand "Elk.. @highstakesdb.com

A series of battleship-style heads up matches will decide the winners. It started with a needle and turned into a challenge between the faces of PokerStars and Full Tilt that’s expected to be played out in a six-player, multiple heads-up match during EPT London next month. @pokernews.com

On Thursday, Gus Hansen revived an old hand he played against Daniel Negreanu on High Stakes Poker. The 2006 pot, which was the largest the show had ever seen at.. @cardplayer.com

It’s great to see pros like Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth battling it out on poker’s biggest stages for millions of dollars, but the truth is that most of us.. @cardplayer.com

It’s great to see pros like Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth battling it out on poker’s biggest stages for millions of dollars, but the truth is that most of us.. @cardplayer.com

It’s great to see pros like Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth battling it out on poker’s biggest stages for millions of dollars, but the truth is that most of us.. @cardplayer.com

A look at the day's top poker news stories including Phil Ivey dominating the high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker, Daniel Negreanu and Scott Seiver joining the Premier League VI lineup, and more. @pokernews.com

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This week in Paris, France, the 12th annual European Poker Awards were handed out at the Aviation Club, in a ceremony that featured some of the biggest names in poker. @pokernewsboy.com

Neither Chris “Jesus” Ferguson or Annie Duke were invited to this year’s contest while fixtures Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Erik Seidel and Vanessa Rousso will return. @pokerlistings.com

The Heartland Poker Tour has already announced several big changes over the last few weeks as the start of its ninth season approaches, but more news emerged Friday as they announced a change to their tournament structures. @bluff.com

At time of publishing Cody was sitting with more than average as the PCA nears the money on Day 2. And according to the Brit he had a feeling this event would go his way. @pokerlistings.com

Card Player TV caught Daniel Negreanu trying to check former professional ice hockey player Greg Mueller when it got a behind-the-scenes look at a pickup hockey game, featuring Negreanu and.. @cardplayer.com

After Daniel Negreanu tweeted out a link to a teaser video showing himself consulting with an astrologer for an episode of Millionaire Matchmaker, my mind was immediately drawn to the past “performances” by poker players on reality TV shows, and my hope is that Daniel (whom I greatly.. @pokernewsboy.com

Here is a look at the ones that made the biggest impact on the 2012 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Lock Poker. World Poker Tour Five.. @cardplayer.com

It’s great to see pros like Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth battling it out on poker’s biggest stages for millions of dollars, but the truth is that most of us.. @cardplayer.com

Three-handed play the 2012 World Series of Poker main event final table lasted over 11 hours, and many fans and players alike thought that this marathon stretch was exacerbated by.. @cardplayer.com

Doyle Brunson agrees with Daniel Negreanu that poker is becoming too slow, and the Reid/Kyl federal poker bill still needs a lot of help to move through the lame duck session. @pokernews.com

It’s great to see pros like Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth battling it out on poker’s biggest stages for millions of dollars, but the truth is that most of us.. @cardplayer.com

See Daniel's latest VLOG and his rant about the Lederer Files. @highstakesdb.com