Wednesday, 23 June 2010
It was a case of youth triumphing over experience at the latest leg of the Amateur Poker Association and Tour (APAT) over the weekend as 18-year-old Scott Wilson took the honours.
The Edinburgh youngster outlasted a field of 127-runners before seeing off Dundee's Kevin Wallace to pocket the first prize of £3,000 plus a seat in a GUKPT event courtesy of Betfair. In addition to the Main Event there was also the small matter of the latest tournament in the APAT Professional League which was won by James Edwards. Like young Mr Wilson, he collected £3,000 in prize money plus GUKPT Main Event seat.APAT now heads to the Baltic for the next leg of the series. The Northern European Amateur Poker Championships take place in Tallinn in Estonia from 31st July. Qualifiers are up and running at Betfair Poker.Image courtesy of APAT.comKeep up to date with all the news from the poker world by following us on Twitter and Facebook.
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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