Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Rather like snooker players, poker professionals aren't usually renowned for their amazing physical prowess.
One player who counters that stereotype though is Phil Laak who has just officially entered the Guinness Book of Records for the 'longest marathon playing poker by an individual'.Laak, played uninterrupted for an incredible 115 hours at the Bellagio Poker Room in Las Vegas last year. Not only did the Unabomber complete the epic session, he also managed to show a $6,766 profit over the five days playing $10/$20 no limit hold'em. "I was shooting for 80 hours all along and eventually it came. The obvious next step was to honour the moment by making the most of it. A gambling degenerate by trade this was a once in a lifetime opportunity to see what my inner vampire was really made of," stated Laak. "Well we sure found out! This has been one of the most wonderful journeys I've ever taken, touchingly human and beautiful on so many levels." We'll take his word for it.
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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