Friday, 21 August 2009
The PokerStars European Poker Tour is still in Kyiv, Ukraine, as 68 players who remain out of a 263-strong field are battling towards a first-place prize of €330,000 (£286,000).
The eliminations today were fast and furious, with the 203 day one survivors being quickly whittled down to just 68 players. Russia’s Max Lykov leads the field and is probably wondering more than anyone; why the hell he can’t play this awesome game in Russia anymore.During the first 75-minute blind level, 40 players hit the rail including PokerStars pro Katja Thater as well as WSOP bracelet holders Vitaly Lunkin and Alex Kravchenko. Cristian Dragomir, Ivan Demidov, Faraz Jaka, and Nicolas Levi also failed to make it to Day 3.American tournament pro and online fan favourite Shaun Deeb was having a good run of it, making it to the late stages of Day 2 before a check-raise bluff with 33 on a jack-high board got ugly, his opponent – German player Jonas Kronwitter – tabled QQ and held to eliminate Deeb.Day 3 is kicking off this afternoon, with 68 players remaining and 40 making the money. It’s too late for the EPT Kyiv, but if you want to qualify for future events – including London – then head to PokerStars for cheap satellites.
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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