Saturday, 23 June 2012
David Einhorn is the latest name to be added to the $1m Big One For One Drop tournament that gets under way at the WSOP next week.
The founder of Greenlight Capital Inc hedge fund is no stranger to the poker felt having enjoyed a deep run in the 2006 Main Event. Einhorn eventually busted out in 18th place, good for a score of $659k which he donated to the Michael J Fox Foundation. A spokesman for Einhorn yesterday confirmed that he would once again be giving away any profit that he makes in the Big One to the City Year project in Boston.Einhorn's registration takes the number of confirmed runners in the the Big One up to 42. With five final tables already at this year's WSOP (and in all probability some big side action) Phil Ivey is expected to join the field, as is Marvin Rettenmaier who is still selling shares.The winner of the tournament will walk away with a first prize of at least $16.4m.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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