Monday, 17 August 2009
82 players gathered at Nottingham’s Gala Casino for the latest leg of the Coral British Masters Of Poker Tour over the weekend and in the end it was Chris Brammer who took the honours.
Brammer overcame a final table that included recent Italian Poker Tour winner Matt Perrins and London Poker Circuit victor Sam Trickett to claim the first prize of £16,000 and a seat in the British Masters Play Off. The victory is the latest in a string of fine results for the Southampton man who made the money in this year’s WSOP Main Event and followed it up with a cash at GUKPT Luton.The final table positions and payouts were as follows:1st Chris Brammer £14,0002nd Jonathan Butter £9,0003rd Matt Perrins £5,9504th Neil Blatchley £3,9005th Sam Trickett £2,7506th Trev Pearson £2,1507th Dewi James £1,7008th Matt Russell £1,4009th Mike Miller £1,150Sam Trickett’s disappointment at missing out on the Main Event was tempered by his success in the £200 side event.£200 Freezeout result1st Sam Trickett £4,5602nd Mick McCool £4,0003rd James Meachen £2,2004th Caroline Cove £1,4505th Phil Clarke £1,0106th Andy Woods £7607th Anthony White £6208th Sean O'Donnell £5309th Shaun Bennett £450The next leg of the Masters Tour is at Gala’s Leo Casino in Liverpool from 18th to 20th September with a further stop at Bristol’s Gala Casino Riverside from 23rd to 25th October.
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.
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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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