Tuesday, 11 January 2005
The ninth stop on the World Poker Tour is on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. It has attracted 461 players for a $3,462,400 total prize pool, a $1,804,902 increase over last year's event which drew 219 players.
The ninth stop on the World Poker Tour is on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. It has attracted 461 players for a $3,462,400 total prize pool, a $1,804,902 increase over last year's event which drew 219 players. The winner of this year's $8,000 buy-in event will take home $865,600 and will advance to the WPT World Championship when the Tour's season culminates at Bellagio in April 2005. The World Poker Tour is the highest rated series in the history of the Travel Channel, airing Wednesday nights at 9 pm ET/PT. Season Three's total prize pool has already topped the $30 million mark, a $14,602,274 increase over Season Two stops to date. The high stakes No-Limit Texas Hold'em tournaments are increasing the number of players at every stop on the Tour and are averaging a 'poker millionaire a month.' This season's prize pool is anticipated to reach $70 million. Many recognizable faces were spotted at the tables, including the likes of John Juanda, Kathy Liebert, Chris Moneymaker, Daniel Negreanu, Evelyn Ng, and David Williams. The public is invited to be a part of the WPT Final Table television audience when the PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure concludes at Atlantis on Tuesday, January 11 at the Dragon's Patio. Admission is free and taping begins at 11:00am for the standing room only event.
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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