Tuesday, 27 May 2014
A host of hopefuls headed to the Potteries over the Bank Holiday weekend for the latest leg of the Genting Poker Series and after three day's of hard fought action Iwan Jones was the last man standing.
Jones outlasted a field of 360 runners in Stoke to walk away with a career best first prize of just north of £32,000. The Welshman started day 3 second in the chip counts and was there or thereabouts throughout a rapid fire finale. After Jack Allen departed in third Richard Horton looked odds on to take the title, starting heads up play with a 7.5m to 1.5m chip lead.Jones won a flip with pocket twos against Horton's KQ shortly into two-handed action and didn't look back from there. He took control when his Q10 held against Horton's open ender on a 10 high board and sealed the deal soon after. The man from Cardiff moved all in with 8-10o and was called by Horton who tabled pocket 3s. A double up looked on the cards after a 6-6-2 flop but an 8 on the turn gave Jones the lead which held after a blank on the river.The final table positions and payouts were as follows:1st - £32,030 - Iwan Jones2nd - £25,200 - Richard Horton3rd - £18,435 - Jack Allen4th - £12,020 - Matt Simpson5th - £8,715 - Alex Spencer6th - £6,880 - Will Kassouf7th - £5,475 - Dominic Kay8th - £4,175 - Andreas Olympios9th - £2,880 - Chen Tam The Genting Poker Series returns in July when the tour heads north to Newcastle. Qualify online at Genting Poker.
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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