Thursday, 13 June 2013
The PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour's (UKIPT) first tournament on continetal soil got off to a flying start yesterday with 352 playing taking to the felt for Day 1A of UKIPT Marbella.
By the close of play 113 players still had chips with Russian Andrey Vladimirovich Shubin (202,500) the only player to break the 200,000 chip barrier. Also riding high after the opening flight were Robert Wybrew (181,000) and UKIPT Cork third place finisher Pawel Keller (152,700). Other notables to enjoy a good start included UKIPT Edinburgh season 3 finalist Chris Derrick (142,500) and EPT season 8 Player of the Year Ondrej Vinklarek (126,900). Two of the overall leaders from season 3 of the UKIPT also survived the day. Both Tom Hall and Neil Raine will have work to do on Friday though, resuming with 19,000 and 47,000 respectively. Those who won't be back include Genting Poker Series and GUKPT winner Albert Sapiano, Sergio AidoUKIPT London winner and our own Dan Smyth. With today's second opening flight already at the alternates only stage, the €500,000 guarantee looks set to be well and truly smashed. Join us tomorrow to see by how much.
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.”
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