Wednesday, 25 March 2009
The name of Karl Hevroy can be added to the growing list of successful Norwegian players after he claimed the PokerStars LAPT event in Uruguay.
20 year old Karl Evroy beat a field of 327 to claim the LAPT Punta del Este event at the Mantra Resort Spa Casino in Uruguay over the weekend. The young Norwegian claimed a first prize of $283,500 in the $3,500 buy in event.A delighted Helvoy said "I'm so happy, I don't feel like I know anything. It's so sick... I had a few moments where I was in danger, and then I luckboxed my way out of it.” Three handed his A-10 outdrew Angel Guillen’s A-J to give him a 6-1 chip lead heading into heads up play. The heads up lasted just one hand with all the chips going in with Helvoy holding 9s full of 8s to leave local player Alejandro De Arruabarrena drawing dead.The event saw the first million dollar prize pool for an event in South America.The next stop for the tour will be Mar del Plata in Argentina from 14th to 15th April.
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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