Tuesday, 2 August 2011
The Wallonian city of Namur was the venue for the Belgian Deepstack Poker Championship over the weekend with Carlos Lopes taking the €525 Main Event.
The Frenchman beat a capacity field of 513 runners (in fact the field exceeded capacity, with 13 alternates taking their seat in the opening couple of levels). A deal was agreed when play was six handed but the remaining half dozen played on for the title with Lopes beating fellow Frenchman Maxime Durville heads up.The final tables positions and payouts were as follows:1. Carlos Lopes (France) €35,000 *€52,5002. Maxime Durville (France) €30,500 *€34,5003. Len Lauwers (Belgium) €22,500 *€21,5004. Valentin Juncu (Romania) €18,500 *€14,5005. Martin Servais (Belgium) €19,000 *€11,5006. Bayer Demirci (Netherlands) €17,000 *€9,0007. Mouhsinne Chabouni Maroc (Morocco) €7,0008. Alain Rauchs (Luxembourg) €5,2009. Nicolas Van Gorp (Belgium) €3,932* figures pre chopThe next Deepstacked tournament from D4 Events is the English Deepstack Poker Championship from Birmingham's Broadway Casino from 15th to 18th September 2011.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.”
$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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