Friday, 16 November 2012
Anyone who feared that online poker might be suffering a dip in popularity need fear no more as the opening day of PokerStars' Micro Millions event certainly proved otherwise.
A total of seven events kicked off yesterday and when the final numbers had been counted a staggering 188,423 participants had registered for these events alone.The mammoth number not only proves the online poker is as popular as ever, but the Micro Millions is one of the best value online series in the world. After wading through the masses “poker izrrod8” was the first person to pick up a Micro Millions title courtesy of Event 1. The $0.11 rebuy attracted more than 50,000 runners and 171,788 rebuys, pushing the prizepool way beyond $20,000. The meant the Bulgarian grinder took home $1,761 after beating the Netherlands’ “wilco1983” heads-up. Also boosting their bankroll yesterday was “AAligator33” ($17,952), “Devil_DuckDK” ($11,580), “adp1985” ($14,096) and “Alfons777999” ($7,371).New players can try and turn pennies into a fortune at PokerStars with a first deposit bonus of up to $600. 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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