Wednesday, 5 November 2014
A children's hospital in Philadelphia is over $900,000 better off following the recent "All In" for Kids Poker Tournament hosted by none other than Phil Hellmuth.
Organised by the WPT Foundation and the The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the special tournament attracted a host of familiar poker faces including WPT anchor Lynn Gilmartin and commentator Vince Van Patten, event co-founder Dan Shak, Vanessa Selbst, WPT Season IX Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger and Rounders co-creator Brian Koppelma.Stars from sports, stage and screen including NFL players Mike Quick and Justin Pugh, and ice hockey favourire Ken Daneyko were on hand, as were doctors, donors and families of patients from the hospital.Plenty of cash was raised in a charity auction where guests were able to bid on sports memorabilia, vacations, and a VIP experience at the Season XIII WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open in Atlantic City.The tournament was won by Lance Breitstein from New Jersey.
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.
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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