Wednesday, 8 August 2012
The starting field of 329 runners at WPT Merit Classic Cyprus has been whittled down to just 16 with Erik Cajelais leading the way.
There's plenty of talent further down the chip counts with former WPT champion Sam El Sayed, Marvin Rettenmaier and Robert Mizrachi all still in the hunt for the $287,748 first prize. The money bubble burst yesterday with the 18 remaining players all guaranteed a pay day of at least $13,420.The action resumes at 11am UK time when the field will play down to a final table of six.The chip leaders are as follows:1 Erik Cajelais 1,190,000 2 Arthur Voskanyan1,035,0003 Walid Bou Habib 986,0004 Sam El Sayed 950,0005 Ran Azor 893,0006 Andrey Shatilov 686,0007 Robert Mizrachi 586,0008 Eddy Maksoud 564,0009 Victor Parashiv 483,00010 Gilboa Yossi 464,000 Keep up to date with all the news from the poker world by following us on Twitter and Facebook.
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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