Wednesday, 21 March 2012
The stacked line up at next month's PartyPoker Premier League just got even tougher with the news that French tournament legend Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier will be playing.
The $125,000 buy-in event already features Patrik Antonius, Vanessa Selbst, Sam Trickett, Tony G, Luke ‘FullFlush’ Schwartz, Erik Seidel, Andy Frankenberger, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Eugene Katchalov, Tom Dwan, Phil Laak and Daniel Cates. One extra player will join the line-up before it gets under way on 4th April, with two players qualifying through the play-offs.ElkY said, “This will be the first time I have taken part in the Premier League and I'm super excited to compete with all those great players in such a unique and interesting format."Organisers have also confirmed that Matt Savage will be taking on the tournament director duties.“I’m very excited to be a part of the Premier League. I have long been a fan of the format as it brings together some of the world's best players with the greatest personalities in the game,” said Matt. “WPT Vienna has quickly turned into a must-attend poker festival and its importance on the global poker calendar will only continue to grow.”The Premier League takes place just before WPT Vienna which runs from 10-15 April. Qualifiers for the €3,500 Main Event are up and running at PartyPoker.com.
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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