Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Just 24 of the 811 starters are still in contention for the €850,000 first prize at EPT Barcelona with Tomeu Gomila leading the chip counts.
The Spaniard will return today with a stack 2,547,000 putting him just ahead of Raul Mestre on 2,363,000. Other notables still in the hunt include Eugene Katchalov on 1,452,000 and Belgian pro Matthias de Meulder on 1,376,000. British hopes are over now after Craig Hopkins was eliminated in 48th place for €16,000. Other Brits to make the money included former UKIPT Main Event winner and Poker in the Park lecturer Sam Razavi, Jack Ellwood, Nigel Goldman, Balhar Singh and Ka Kan Lau. High profile names to join them on the rail yesterday were the likes of Vanessa Selbst, Victor Ramdin, David Sonelin and former Wimbledon champ Boris Becker.The action resumes at lunchtime today.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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