Monday, 8 December 2008
The Scandinavians continue to run good as the annual battle between Finland and Sweden saw the Finns snatch a victory from their neighbouring rivals.
Finland won by a very close margin of 448-440 by points despite Sweden winning 2-1 on games. It’s some crazy north-east European scoring system, don’t ask us. Sweden winning the last event of 2008 means that they ended up with a score of 2-1 in games but Finland’s score in points means they take the title.This weekend 45 Swedes and 55 Finns turned up to the third and last event of this year's Pokerfinnkampen. Despite the numerical advantage the Swedes caught up and halfway through the event the nations found themselves with 25 players each.By the six-handed final table four Swedes and two Finns remained. After a fast and furious final table Sweden's David Nystedt met Antti Lehtinen from Finland heads-up. Eventually Nystedt moved in with bottom pair only to be crushed by a set.
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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