Saturday, 7 January 2012
Just 36 of the 338 starters at the inaugural WPT Ireland are still in the hunt for the $289,031 with British online grinder Dave Shallow leading the chase.
Shallow, who plays online as Dubai, closed the day with 951,000 chips followed by Franck Boyer 873,000, Steve Watts 628,000, William Dorey 576,000 with Charles Harvey rounding out the top five with 567,000. The bubble burst just before the close and there are plenty of notable names who have made the money. Among that number are Hendon Mobster Ross Boatman, former World Snooker champion Ken Doherty, Sam MacDonald, Dermot Blain and Hit Squadee Charles Chattha.Jake Cody and James Dempsey both departed early on day with McLean Karr, Marty Smyth, Matt Perrins and Kara Scott other high profile casualties.The chip leaders heading into Day 3 are as follows:1 Dave Shallow 951,000 2 Franck Boyer 873,000 3 Steve Watts 628,000 4 William Dorey 576,000 5 Charles Harvey 567,000 6 Stuart Fox 494,000 7 Shaun Conning 445,000 8 Jan Larsen 411,000 9 Tim Farrelly 397,000 10 Ken Doherty 319,000The action resumes at 2pm today with the field playing down to a final table of six. 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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