Thursday, 11 December 2008
Rebuy events, such as the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event won this year by Phil Galfond, could no longer be a fixture in the World Series of Poker come 2009, an inside source has claimed.
WSOP Communications Director Seth Palanksy has stated that the WSOP organisers are strongly considering the removal of rebuy events, which would mean that the $1,000 No-Limit Hold ‘em with rebuys; $5,000 2-7 Lowball with rebuys; $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha with rebuys and the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha with rebuys would be written off.“There is a movement to not have any rebuy events,” said Palansky. “There is the growing concern that a pro can buy a bracelet in a rebuy event.” However he did stress that it is an unconfirmed decision, saying: “There’s as good a chance that there won’t be rebuys as there is that there will be.”The potential decision has set named pros warring with Daniel Negreanu being all for it. “Frankly, it gives players like me an unfair advantage in terms of winning the Player of the Year award,” said Negreanu. “[Rebuy tournaments] are fine for other venues but not for a bracelet.”However, 2008 Pot-Limit Omaha with rebuys winner Layne Flack described the consideration as “bullshit,” saying: “You want to talk about buying a bracelet? Let’s talk about Doyle’s bracelet when there were eight people in the tournament,” said Flack. “The critics should look back in history and see where a bracelet has been bought.”Personally, we at Bluff Towers feel that people who can’t afford a considerable amount of rebuys probably shouldn’t be playing a rebuy tournament anyway. If you only have $5,000 in your pocket then there’s not much point entering a $1k rebuy tournament.
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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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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