Tuesday, 12 June 2012
The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour ignored the UK part of their name and crossed the North Sea over the weekend for their first ever event in Belgium.
A total on 97 player hit the Grosvenor Casino in Blenkenberge and after three days of play there was a home winner in the €1,000 Main Event. Arne Coulier beat a final table that included Anthony Rodrigues and Daniel Pearson before coming back from a three to one chip deficit to beat Jeffrey Slaniyinka to the €29,165 first prize.1st Arne Coulier € 29,165 2nd Jeffrey Slaniyinka € 20,700 3rd Elzbieta Biessek-Piechota € 13,170 4th Dieter Van Itterbeeck € 8,000 5th Reiner Slabbekoorn € 6,585 6th Johan DeClerq € 4,705 7th Daniel Pearson € 3,765 8th Christiaan Vanzieleghem € 2,820 9th Anthony Rodrigues € 2,590 10th Jonas Mols € 2,590 The GUKPT heads to the more familiar territory of Plymouth for its next stop which takes place at the city's G Casino from 1-9 July. The Main Event is a £500 affair starting on 6th July 2012. Qualify online at BlueSquare Poker with a first deposit bonus of up to $500. Sign up here.
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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