Friday, 10 July 2009
With over a third of the field eliminated in the Main Event already, Bluff Europe bring you a numerical breakdown of the action thus far.
3 – members of the Brunson family who sat down at the 2009 Main Event5 – Black Belt Brown pros still in the running. Neil Channing must be delighted9 – the number of former World Champions still in11 – the number of former World Champions who have busted out27 – the number of Jack Link’s Beef Jerky special packs given away to players hitting quad jacks31 – the percentage of starters who have made it through to Day 342 – the number of non Americans in the top 100 at the end of Day 268 – the percentage of players who survived Day 196 – the age of the oldest player, Jack Ury who was eliminated on Day 1484 – where eventual winner Peter Eastgate was placed at the same stage of the 2008 Main Event648 – the number of people who will make the money105,000 – the average stack size at the end of Day 22,044 – the number of players left in the Main Event3,100 – the amount in chips held by current short stack Peter Clive21,365 – make the money and a player will win at least this amount in dollars610,500 – the stack of the current chip leader Amir Lehavot1,263,602 – make the final table and a player will win at least this amount in dollars8,546,435 – how much the 2009 Main Event winner will take home61,043,600 – the total prize pool
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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