Wednesday, 3 August 2011
Season 8 of the European Poker Tour got under way in Estonia yesterday with Maxsim Kolosov leading the way after the opening flight of EPT Tallinn.
Despite being seated at an extremely tough table that included Roberto Romanello, Kent Lundmark, Fernando Brito the Russian closed the day with a stack of 102,725, almost 20,000 ahead of closest rival Romanello.There are plenty of big names dotted amongst the 68 Day 1A survivors including Praz Bansi, Martin Jacobson, David Vamplew, Rupert Elder, Arnaud Mattern and David Sonelin.The second opening flight has just got under way with 183 players sitting down, that around double the number that started yesterday. The leading chip counts from Day 1a were as follows:Maksim Kolosov Russia 102725Roberto Romanello UK 83175Albert Mykhaylyuta Ukraine 75950Martin Jacobson Sweden 74650Praz Bansi UK 73975Katri Kasper Estonia 73300Stefan Jedlicka Austria 72425Matt Frankland UK 70475Robin Ylitalo Sweden 66525Tim Ludwig Germany 64050 Qualify for future EPT events at PokerStars with a 100% sign up bonus up to $500. Sign up here.
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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