Thursday, 18 December 2014
Jared Jaffee leads the charge for the the huge $1,477,890 first prize heading into day four of the WPT Five Diamond Poker Classic.
Last year's WPT Jacksonville winner will return to Bellagio later today with 768,000 putting him well ahead of Chane Kampanatsanyakorn (584,500), Ralph Thomas (582,000) and Keven Stammen (533,500) who were the only other players to crack the half a million chip mark.A total of 78 players are still in the hunt for the huge pre-Christmas windfall including Kathy Liebert (388,500), Brandon Adams (363,500), Will Failla (292,500), Ben Tollerene (277,000) and Daniel Negreanu (246,000).Antonio Esfandiari's hopes of reaching the Five Diamond final table for a fourth time are still alive. He has work to do though, returning with just 69,500.54 players will win a share of the $5,684,000 prize pool with the min-cash set at $22,737.WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Leaders.1. Jared Jaffee - 768,0002. Chane Kampanatsanyakorn - 584,5003. Ralph Thomas - 582,0004. Keven Stammen - 533,5005. Aaron Massey - 463,000
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.
After launching the first installment of its three-step Vegas Milli Maker satellite tournament series early last month, Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes have announced that they will be reprising the lucrative competition from Wednesday.
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