Monday, 7 March 2011
The poker circuit will be heading to the Mediterranean this month for the Merit Spring Classic which features a week of tournament action and a guaranteed prize pool of $750,000.
The action at the Merit Crytstal Cove Hotel and Casino in Kyrenia Northern Cyprus runs from Monday 7 until Sunday 13 March with a variety of events to suit all buy-ins. Top billing goes to the $5,000+$500 Main Event which gets under way on Saturday 12 March and features a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000. The full schedule is as follows:Monday 7 March $150+$15 rebuy satellite Tuesday 8 March$200+$20 rebuy - $60,000 guaranteedWednesday 9 March$1,000+$100 - Bounty KO event $200 for each KO $800 to prize pool 1st gets seat to main event Thursday 10 March$300+$20 satellite to the Main Event – 20 seats guaranteedFriday 11 March$400+$40 Re-Buy Add on Event Buy-in - $150,000.00 guaranteed (two day event)Saturday 12 March$5,000+$500 Main Event - $500,000 guaranteed (two day event)Sunday 13 March$250+$25 NLH Turbo (last chance) 4 levels of rebuy & add-on available - $50,000 guaranteedFor more information visit Merit Spring Open 2011Keep 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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