Friday, 24 April 2009
The latest leg of the GUKPT at the G Casino, Manchester is well under way now with a number of side events already won.
Darren McCormack took the opening £100 NL Hold ‘em Freezeout event for a cash of £5,490 with Iain Potter claiming the £150 NL Hold ‘em title for a cash of £4,810. Martin Silke, fresh from his victory at the GUKPT London Main Event continued his excellent form taking £10,860 after winning the £200 buy in NL Hold ‘em event. The £300 Double Chance Freezeout was won by Iqbal Patel who took prize money of almost £12,500. Reyaaz Mulla beat a field of 54 runners to claim the £250 Pot Limit Omaha event and the first prize of £5,040. The winners of all the side events now qualify for the Champion of Champions tournament later this year. Day 1A of the £1,000 Main Event started yesterday with the 122 starters already whittled down to 30. Jeff Kimber is in the lead with 88,400 chips. Day 1B starts today at 2pm. We’ll know the winner by Sunday evening.
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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