Saturday, 2 February 2013
The PartyPoker Premier League heads to London next month with organisers revealing that Daniel Negreanu and defending champion Scott Seiver are the first confirmed participants.
Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford will be the venue for the $125,000 buy-in event which will run from 17th to 23rd March 2013. "I'm really excited to be back playing the Premier League this year!” said Negreanu. “I love the format and unique events like this are great for poker. I'm honored to be invited and happily support the event and plan on winning it!"The format in question will see 16 players split up into two groups of eight in the Main Event, each competing in four league matches showcasing the famous point system ($2,000 per point). The top three from each group will automatically go through to the final table, while the fourth and fifth seeds will square off in a series of heads-up matches (best of three) for spots in the eight-handed finale.Seiver added, “I really enjoyed the interesting format last year and it was great to win. I am lookingforward to defending my title.”The East London venue will also play host to the WPT National London from 15th to 19th March 2013. The £1,500 buy-in event will be a re-entry tournament with two opening day flights. Qualifiers are up and running at PartyPoker.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.
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