Wednesday, 3 June 2009
There may have been no entry fee and no million dollar pay day but the competition was as fierce as you would expect from a line up which featured 20 former winners of the WSOP Main Event.
The first ever Champions Invitational has been won by 1983 Main Event winner Tom McEvoy who picked up the winner takes all prize of a shiny red 1970 Corvette Stingray convertible, not to mention substantial bragging rights. McEvoy, a four time WSOP bracelet winner beat a final table which included Dan Harrington, Carlos Mortensen and Phil Hellmuth before beating Robert Varkonyi heads up to become the first winner of the Binion Cup.The trophy, named in honour of Benny Binion, the founder of the WSOP and Binion's Casino was presented by son Jack.
For fans of poker that like to enjoy games on the go, Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker have introduced a new mobile service for users of smartphones and tablet computers.
Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker will hold their special May Day online poker tournament with a guaranteed $2,000 in the prize pool on May 1 and players are being offered the chance to qualify from Monday to April 30 via a series of satellites.
The Easter holidays are now upon us and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are celebrating by holding a pair of special online poker tournaments.
Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker will be launching their three-stage Vegas Milli Maker tournament series from tomorrow offering players the chance to win a prize package to compete in the upcoming Millionaire Maker event at the 48th annual edition of the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas.
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