Sunday, 1 February 2015
America's grinders showed they're a hardy bunch as not even a massive snowfall would get in the way of them chasing the opportunity to bag a bumper tournament score.
989 players braved the elements to reach Atlantic City for the $3m WPT Borgata Winter Open and after four days of hard-fought action at the felt it was Aaron Mermelstein who was the last man standing.The 27-year-old pocketed a career best payday of $712,305 after topping a final table that included long-time chip leader and former WPT Jacksonville winner Justin Liberto, Esther Taylor-Brady, Shawn Cunix and Randy Pfeifer.Mermelstein pipped Eugene Todd to the title, sealing victory when his AQ prevailed against Todd's Q8 on a queen high board."It's like a dream come true," Mermelstein said after the win who secured a place in April's $15,400 WPT Championship event as well asa Hublot King Power Unico Watch, and a pair of 24K® Monster Headphones.WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open presented by partypoker Final Table1st Aaron Mermelstein - $712,305 2nd Eugene Todd - $419,467 3rd Randy Pfeifer - $253,263 4th Shawn Cunix - $212,108 5th Esther Taylor-Brady - $174,118 6th Justin Liberto - $140,878
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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