Friday, 6 March 2009
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Final is now only weeks away and the Monte Carlo classic promises to be huge.
In spite of the recession, 1,000 players are expected for the Main Event, for a prize pool of €10 million. Also up for grabs are the inaugural €5K European Pot Limit Omaha Championship, a 25K High Roller Championship and a host of side events, poker clinics and a Battleship Poker championship. 22 year old Canadian qualifier Glen Chorny claimed the title last year. Will an unknown claim the crown or will the old guard fight back? We’ll soon find out.There is one last step though before we head to Monte Carlo... After last month’s Copenhagen adventure the European Poker Tour now heads to Germany next week for the EPT Dortmund where Bertrand ‘Elky’ Grospellier will be looking to maintain his lead at the top of the EPT leaderboard. A capacity field of 700 is expected for the €5.3K buy in event. 18 year old Mike ‘Timex’ McDonald took the €933,000 first prize last year.
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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