Wednesday, 29 October 2008
Irishman Fiachra Meere has won the Paddy Power Poker Irish Masters at the Winter Festival.
Meere outlasted 423 others to claim the title, defeating Chris Wood heads-up to secure his €150,000 first prize. Wood collected €106,000 as the runner-up.There was something quite unique about these two gents, as both of them won their way into the tournament for precisely nothing. Meere won his seat to the tournament at his local cardroom's freeroll, while Wood won his way in through a Paddy Power Poker online freeroll.The final standings and payouts were as follows:1st Fiachra Meere -- €150,0002nd Chris Wood -- €106,0003rd John Rafferty -- €68,5004th David Poole -- €57,0005th Peter Murphy -- €48,7006th Jamie Zambuni -- €40,500.7th Andreas Schippani -- €24,0008th Warren Woodall -- €17,180
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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