Thursday, 17 February 2011
In the wee hours of 21 January, the denizens of the Bluff card room at the Mint suddenly became very rich due to the statistical improbability of quads running slap-bang into a straight flush.
Harry Robertson-MaCleod, a 21-year-old Geography student, was the main beneficiary of the bad beat jackpot, scooping £14,292 when his flopped quad eights got cracked. All the money went in on the turn, with the board showing 8d7d8h4d and Mint regular Wahba Mourad holding Jd10d. “I have an out,” cried Mourad and… boom! Odds anyone? Mourad picked up £7,146 for hitting his one-outer, while the reaming lucky punters on the table split the remaining 25%.There is plenty of top quality cash and tournament action at Bluff @ The Mint on Cromwell Road. For the full schedule visit Bluff @ The MintKeep 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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