Monday, 29 December 2014
The World Series of Poker announced details of the schedule for the 2015 event and not everyone is happy.
The main bone of contention seems to be the Main Event, specifically the top-heavy nature of the prize pool.Daniel Negreanu was the highest profile player to raise his concerns about the guaranteed first prize of $10m.Kid Poker tweeted:
Re: WSOP main event payouts. I agree strongly that flatter payouts are more important than guaranteeing a $10 mill 1st prize. Increasing...— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 26, 2014
Re: WSOP main event payouts. I agree strongly that flatter payouts are more important than guaranteeing a $10 mill 1st prize. Increasing...
The chances of cashing, increases the chance that recreational players will play not only this year but in future years.— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 26, 2014
The chances of cashing, increases the chance that recreational players will play not only this year but in future years.
I see no evidence that a $10 mill first prize does anything to attract more players. Having more people leave a winner would IMO— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) December 26, 2014
I see no evidence that a $10 mill first prize does anything to attract more players. Having more people leave a winner would IMO
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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