Friday, 27 November 2009
The body of missing poker player John Regan has been found in a London canal. The 30-year-old sports analyst was last seen on Thursday night, leaving a pub in Camden.
A statement for the Metropolitan Police confirmed the tragic news. "At around 3am on Thursday, 26 November, officers on patrol saw a body in the water near West Quay in Camden. The body was recovered and a man was pronounced dead at the scene. Although we await formal identification, we are satisfied that the deceased is 30-year-old John Regan of Chalcot Road, NW1, who had previously been reported missing to police. Next of kin have been informed.A post-mortem examination will be arranged in due course. At this stage, the death is not being treated as suspicious."The news has been greeted with shock in the London poker community. Writing on her blog, Victoria Coren spoke for many saying, “Thanks to all those who responded to the Twitter appeal, it was an immediate surge of kindness and support and help towards the family of this person that none of you knew, and that response was a sign of all the goodness in the world. I know we all send all our sympathy and warmest condolences to his family”.
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.”
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