Thursday, 7 May 2015
The latest edition of the Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) tournament series starts at PokerStars on Sunday with prize pools expected to top the $80 million mark over the next couple of weeks.
Running from 10-24 May SCOOP 2015 will feature 138 tournaments divided into an equal number of high, medium and low buy-in levels .Highlights of the seventh online poker extravaganza include the two-day main event, which starts on 24 May and features buy-ins of $109, $1,050 and $10,300. A first prize of at least $1 million is expected. As part of the PokerStars Makes Millionaires campaign, more than 2,000 SCOOP 2015 main event tickets worth over $400,000 will be awarded on 22 May via the All-In Shootout Deposit Raffle.“Every one of the 138 tournaments has satellite qualifiers, which means that players can participate in SCOOP 2015 from just $0.11 or one FPP,” read a statement from PokerStars.“SCOOP 2015 will reward the most consistent performers across the championship with additional prizes including more than $75,000 in World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) 2015 tournament tickets, $20,000 in cash and, for the overall leaderboard winner, a PCA 2016 package.”
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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