Tuesday, 1 October 2013
The annual French poker invasion of Ireland took place over the weekend with players from across La Manche once again dominating the €550 buy-in Winamax Open Dublin.
After three days of action it was online qualifier Jérôme Guermeur who was the last man standing from the 1,086 runner field. The man from Brittany worked his way through a final table that included Scot Gordon Casey and Irishmen David Masters and Marc MacDonnell before defeating World Series of Poker November Nine finalist Sylvain Loosli heads up for the title. All the chips finally hit the middle after three hours of two-handed play with Guermeur taking the trophy and the €75,000 first prize when his King Jack won a flip against the Winamax-sponsored pro's pocket tens. The final table positions and payouts were as follows: 1. Jérôme Guermeur €75,0002. Sylvain Loosli €60,0003. Pierre Bierou €40,0004. Marc MacDonnell €30,000 5. Guillaume Mauriaucourt €24,0006. Michael Ghatty €19,0007. Gordon Casey €14,2568. David Masters €14,2569. Ivan Tononi €11,50010. Nicolas Vallee €11,500 Join Loosli and co at the Winamax Poker with a first deposit bonus of up to €500.
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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