Wednesday, 25 May 2005
Phil Ivey, a member of Full Tilt Poker's 'Team Full Tilt' is on a winning streak after landing at the final tables of four major television events in a row, three with buy-ins of $10,000.
Phil Ivey, a member of Full Tilt Poker's 'Team Full Tilt' is on a winning streak after landing at the final tables of four major television events in a row, three with buy-ins of $10,000. Over the past two months, Phil Ivey has been giving competitors a run for their money, winning close to $800,000. Phil started his historic winning streak with a $10,000 buy-in at the World Series of Poker Circuit Tournament Event at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas on March 22nd. Finishing in 8th place, Phil took home $63,270. The tournament will air on ESPN this summer. On April 1st at the 2005 World Poker Challenge at the Reno Hilton, which will air on the Travel Channel, Phil finished 3rd, with a $5,000 buy-in, winning $163,908. Building on his success, on April 24th Phil entered the 2005 Third Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas with a $10,000 buy-in, finishing 6th and taking home $264,195. Topping off his historic winning streak, he went on to finish 2nd at 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament Circuit in Lake Tahoe on May 11th with a $10,000 buy-in. This was the longest final table in WSOPC history. Coming in second, Phil took home $299,360. The tournament will air on ESPN.
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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