Friday, 22 May 2009
The biggest names in the game head to Full Tilt for the World Heads Up Championship
In what promises to be the perfect primer for the forthcoming WSOP, Full Tilt is this weekend hosting their second annual $25k World Heads Up Championship. Many of the top high stakes players in the game, including Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen and Tom ‘durrrr; Dwan will competing for the crown. Joining them this year will be Britain’s own Luke ‘FullFlush’ Schwartz who hasn’t exactly been shy and retiring about the play of some of his fellow pros. Expect plenty of banter in the chatbox whenever he is playing.The action starts tomorrow at 8pm UK time where a potential field of 128 players will be whittled down to four. Play will recommence on Sunday at 9pm UK time to decide the winner. Last year’s event was won by David Singer who picked up $560,000 after beating Emile ‘whitelime’ Patel in the final.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
$200 GTD ‘East of Eden’ Poker Tournament Monday night at Intertops Poker will be a freezeout tournament with no re-buys or add-ons.
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