Monday, 18 July 2011
Tournament junkies in London will be heading to The Vic this week for the London Poker Championship which gets under way this evening.
A total of seven events are scheduled including a variety of hold'em, PLO, six-max and bounty tournaments culminating in a £300+£30 which starts on Saturday. 182 players battled it out for the London Poker Championship title last year generating a prize pool of almost £55,000. This year's Main Event promises to be even bigger with two opening flights starting at 2pm and 7pm. The full tournament schedule is as follows:Monday 18th - £200 + £20 NL Hold'em Freezeout - 100 player cap - 7:30pm start - 25 min clock - 10,000 stack.Tuesday 19th - £150 + £15 NL Hold'em Deep & Steep Freezeout - 100 player cap - 7:30pm start - 15 min clock - 15,000 stack. Wednesday 20th - £200 + £20 PL Omaha Freezeout - 100 player cap - 7:30pm start - 25 min clock - 10,000 stack. Wednesday 20th - £50 + £7 Main Event Super Satellite (£330 ticket) NL Hold'em Freezeout - 60 player cap - 8:30pm start - 25 min clock - 5,000 stack.Thursday 21st - £250 + £25 NL Hold'em 6-Max Freezeout - 72 player cap - 7:30pm start - 25 min clock - 10,000 stack.Friday 22nd - £50 + £7 Main Event Super Satellite (£330 ticket) NL Hold'em Freezeout - 60 player cap - 7:30pm start - 25 min clock - 5,000 stack.Saturday 23rd - £300 + £30 Main Event NL Hold'em Freezeout FLIGHT 1 - 100 player cap - 2pm start - 40 min clock - 15,000 stack.Saturday 23rd - £300 + £30 Main Event NL Hold'em Freezeout FLIGHT 2 - 100 player cap - 7pm start - 40 min clock - 15,000 stack.Sunday 24th - Main Event Final Day - 2pm start.Sunday 24th - £150 + £15 NL Hold'em Bounty Freezeout (£25 Bounty) - 80 player cap - 5pm start - 25 min clock - 7,500 stack.Sunday 24th - £100 + £12 NL Hold'em Deep & Steep Freezeout - 60 player cap - 7:30pm start - 15 min clock - 15,000 stack. Keep up to date with all the news from the poker world by following us on Twitter and Facebook.
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.”
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