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The EPT Grand Final has arrived with live streaming coverage from all 10 days of the festival right here on PokerListings.com!

Catch feature-table action for a full seven days of the Main Event, including cards-up coverage of the final table, plus an extra three days of Super High Roller action!

Commentary provided by James Hartigan, Joe Stapleton and special guests. Enjoy!

Click through/read on for the full webcast schedule.

The EPT Berlin main event final table is here with live streaming coverage right here on PokerListings.com!

Commentary provided by James Hartigan, Joe Stapleton and special guests. Enjoy!

Click here to watch on iPad and iPhone.

Terrence Chan has been a big part of the poker world for more than a decade. First as a member of the team that developed PokerStars and later as a high-stakes, heads-up Limit Hold'em specialist.

You could say Chan had it made. So why did the 32-year-old from Vancouver, Canada put it all on the line to pursue a career in mixed martial arts?

In the latest episode of our poker documentary series Easy Game, we follow Chan to find out.

We go to his gym, his home and all over his native Vancouver to learn how Terrence Chan is going to make it to the UFC.

More Easy Game Episodes:

• Dan "Jungleman12" Cates
• Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger
• Shaun Deeb
• Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti
• Barry Greenstein

Day 4 Day 5 at EPT London is underway with live streaming coverage from the feature table available right here!

Check back here every day for feature-table coverage all week until a winner is crowned.

Big names who've already spent some time under the lights and cameras include Eugene Katchalov, Johnny Lodden, Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, Jake Cody and Scott Seiver.

Commentary provided by James Hartigan, Joe Stapleton and special guests. Enjoy!

Think it’s hard to get a date or find a relationship in your line of work? Try being a poker pro.

They've hit Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 at EPT Deauville and those who will be there in the end playing for the €770,000 first-place prize are right in the thick of it.

Watch the feature table streaming live from Deauville right here until a victor is crowned!

Big names who've already spent some time under the lights and cameras include Vanessa Rousso, Jake Cody and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier.

Commentary provided by James Hartigan, Joe Stapleton and special guests. Enjoy!

Anyone who’s traveled the poker circuit can tell you it’s not exactly good for your health.

That’s what you get when you combine long hours of sitting, generally unhealthy food and excessive drinking. It’s just kind of how it goes.

That’s why it’s impressive when people who spend time on the poker circuit actually manage to get better looking as time goes on. Mike “Timex” McDonald is one such player that springs to mind.

Well you’ll have to add Annette Obrestad to that list. Despite busting from the Aussie Millions Main Event earlier today, the young Norwegian has plenty to be happy about. She says that she’s been working out more recently and it’s certainly paid off. Good on her.

Check after the jump for a couple more shots of the new Annette_15.

If you play poker you love poker chips.

Looking at them, touching them, playing with them. Dragging enormous piles of them and meticulously arranging them into intricate vertical structures.

We've compiled our favorite photos of poker chips from over seven years of traveling the international live tournament circuit, and we'll keep adding more as we go.

Continue down the page to get up close and personal with poker chips from all over the world.

Photo credits: Matt Showell for PokerListings.com.

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They say Texas Hold'em takes five minutes to learn and a lifetime to master but we're here to tell you there are a handful of special moves that can make the difference between winning and losing at the poker table.

Over the last year we've been bringing you the most effective of those moves but to make it even easier we've put the ten best on this infographic.

Click the picture above to see the infographic in full size and use the links below to see the expanded versions of all the moves.

Read More Essential Texas Hold'em Moves:

• The Limp Re-Raise
• Push/Fold Strategy
• The Isolation Play
• The Over-Bet
• The Blocking Bet
• Defending the Blinds
• Floating the Flop
• Set-Mining
• The Reverse Tell
• The Light Three-Bet
• The Semi-Bluff
• The Soul Read
• The Stop and Go
• The Triple-Barrel Bluff
• The Squeeze Play
• The Bluff Catcher
• The Check-Raise

The fifth episode of our poker documentary series Easy Game takes us to Malta for a conversation with high-stakes legend Dan “Jungleman12” Cates.

Cates' Jungleman12 account on Full Tilt Poker is ranked as the fifth most profitable in the history of online poker, earning more than $7 million since 2008.

Cates has played and beaten the best players in the world, but took a serious hit when his FTP account was frozen on Black Friday.

Over the last year and a half Cates has been traveling the world playing poker live and online, and we were able to spend some time with him on the Mediterranean.

Check out the video and keep an eye out for more Easy Game episodes coming soon.

More Easy Game Epsiodes:

• Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger
• Shaun Deeb
• Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti
• Barry Greenstein

In Episode 4 of our poker documentary series Easy Game we fly to Toronto to tell the story of Griffin Benger, one of the greatest Counterstrike players to ever play the game and now one of the most successful online poker players on the planet.

Before Benger ever played a hand of poker he was traveling the world making money playing video games, but since making the switch he's earned millions of dollars and risen to the very top of the online MTT rankings.

We speak to Griffin's father and close friend Mike Stroh and go on to join Benger in Las Vegas at the WSOP Main Event final table where he had 2% of world champion Greg Merson.

Stay tuned for more episodes of Easy Game as we show you the many sides of online poker culture.

More Easy Game Epsiodes:

• Dan "Jungleman12" Cates
• Shaun Deeb
• Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti
• Barry Greenstein

We're proud to present Episode 3 of our ongoing documentary video series Easy Game and even prouder that we were able to do it with the legendary Shaun Deeb.

From an early age Deeb was a rounder, taught by his grandmother to play cards before most kids learned to ride a bike. Now he's one of the most successful online poker players on the planet and an inspiration to a new generation of online grinders coming up through the ranks.

We flew to Playa del Carmen, Mexico where Deeb has relocated to continue playing poker after the US lockout on Black Friday.

Join us as Deeb shares his story, a story of a college dropout from New York who went on to win millions playing poker from his laptop computer.

More Easy Game Epsiodes:

• Dan "Jungleman12" Cates
• Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger
• Barry Greenstein
• Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti

The PokerListings Battle of Malta is over and BOM host Kara Scott is signing off with a full video recap of all the action.

Kara gives us an inside look at the week's highlights including interview clips with Dan "Jungleman" Cates, American freeroller Don Ford and BOM champion Nicodemo Piccolo.

High-stakes online legend Daniel "Jungleman" Cates was on the Mediterranean for the first ever PokerListings Battle of Malta but he did more than just play poker.

Cates took a few hours to visit the Malta Marine Park to swim with the dolphins. Little did the dolphins know they'd be swimming with a shark. (Sorry for that but had to do it)

Check out the photos from Jungleman's adventure below!

Photos by Martin Pettersson.

The first ever PokerListings Battle of Malta is over and Nicodemo Piccolo is champion!

BOM host Kara Scott is back to give you a rundown on how this retired Italian anesthesiologist managed to beat out a tough final table to take €35,000 and the inaugural BOM title.

Get the full news recap right here and head over to our dedicated Battle of Malta page for more information.

Daniel Dalsborg and Cato Vonheim, two friends from Norway, decided to take a weekend holiday to the Mediterranean when they heard about the PokerListings Battle of Malta and it's a good thing they did.

They both ended up cashing in the tournament, Dalsborg in 7th for €5,500 and Vonheim in 13th for €2,000.

BOM host Kara Scott speaks to them both about taking a shot at the first ever Battle of Malta title.

The PokerListings.com Battle of Malta is in full swing and we're here to record it all.

We'll be posting photos on this page as the tournament plays down to a winner so check back here to see what it's like to play poker on the Mediterranean.

Professional poker player Chris Kiefert is originally from Birmingham, England but recently moved to Malta to ply his trade online.

Kiefert entered the first ever Battle of Malta and made it all the way to the final table before hitting the rail in 8th place for €4,600.

Kiefert speaks with BOM host Kara Scott before going bust and tells her about living in Malta and playing for a shot at the first BOM title.

After a long day of playing poker on Day 1B of the PokerListings.com Battle of Malta players unwind at the BOM VIP party, hosted by Level 22 at the Hilton Malta.

From magnums of Grey Goose to beautiful women on the dance floor Kara Scott gives us an inside look at the festivities.

Day 2 is done at the PokerListings Battle of Malta and just 16 players are still in with a shot at the title.

Since most of you weren't able to come to Malta yourself we're giving you the next best thing with a behind-the-scenes look brought to you by event host Kara Scott.

Kara speaks to online nosebleed-stakes legend Dan "Jungleman" Cates and recaps the action from Day 2.

Get the full news recap from Day 2 of the Battle of Malta here and check out our dedicated BOM page for continuing updates!

Dan "Jungleman" Cates has played in the highest cash games online, earning close to $10 million over the course of his career, so it was surprising when he agreed to come down and play the PokerListings Battle of Malta.

Event host Kara Scott was just as curious as us so she spoke with Cates to find out what drew him to this particular Mediterranean island.

Keep an eye on our Battle of Malta page for continuing updates as we play down to the first ever Battle of Malta champion.

The action has come to a close on Day 1B at the PokerListings Battle of Malta and host Kara Scott is here to bring you up to speed via our daily video show.

Kara joined the players on the felt today and earned a spot on Day 2 with right around the average stack.

She also spoke to American Don Ford who won his seat to the BOM via a giveaway on the Mirror UK website.

It was actually his best friend Michael Schmidt who won the seat but since his wife is 36 weeks pregnant he called in Don to take his place.

Get a taste for what the Battle of Malta is all about and hear how Don flew 24 hours to arrive five minutes before the cards went in the air on Day 1B.

Check out more updates from the Battle of Malta and keep an eye right here on the blog for more videos.

Day 1b of the 2012 Battle of Malta is complete with a total of 97 players making it to Day 2. We've got the chip counts from Day 1b below:

American Mark Mattson qualified for the PokerListings Battle of Malta through a freeroll on HogWildPoker but the real obstacle was convincing his wife to let him take a poker trip on Thanksgiving weekend.

Mattson's route to the BOM began when he wrote a blog post about his most memorable poker experience. From there he was entered into a qualifying tournament for a seat here in Malta.

Kara Scott speaks to Mattson about the trip and how it feels to be one of the only Americans competing in the Battle of Malta.

French poker pro Gaelle Baumann broke out on the poker scene in a big way this summer when she bubbled the WSOP Main Event final table and now she's in Malta showing the PokerListings Battle of Malta who's boss.

Baumann finished Day 1a with 72,000 chips and event host Kara Scott speaks with her to find out how she did it.

Keep an eye on our Battle of Malta page for continuing updates as we play down to the first ever Battle of Malta champion.

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