Thursday, 17 May 2012
It's been a quiet couple of weeks on the live tournament circuit but the action resumes today as the PokerStars UKIPT hits Dublin.
A bumper field is expected at the CityWest for the €700+€70 Main Event with the first of two opening flights getting under way at noon today and a second following at the same time tomorrow. As usual, there's plenty of side action scheduled including PLO, bounty and turbo events as well as €2,000 High Roller.Joeri Zandvliet won last year's UKIPT Dublin Main Event, taking home €83,500 after outlasting a 717-runner field.The full line up for this year's event can be seen below:May 17 - Thursday 12:00 3 Main Event Day 1A €700 + €70 16:00 4 NL – Holdem Turbo ‘Win the Button’ €50 + €5 18:00 5 NL – Holdem Super Satellite to ME €150 + €15 21:30 6 NL – Holdem Turbo €100 + €10 May 18 - Friday 12:00 3 Main Event Day 1B €700 + €70 18:00 7 NL – Holdem Re-buy – Super Satellite to High Roller (Add on available after 4 levels for 4,000 chips) €100 + €10 Rebuys - €50 21:30 8 NL – Holdem Turbo Bounty (€50 Bounty on each player) €100+€50+€10 May 19 - Saturday 12:00 3 Main Event Day 2 14:00 9 NL – Holdem 1R1A Satellite to High Roller (Add on 5,000 chips) €150 + €15 18:00 10 NL – High Roller Day 1 €2,000 + €150 21:00 11 NL – Holdem Day 1 €300 + €30 May 20 - Sunday 12:00 3 Main Event Day 3 13:00 12 PL - Omaha €200 + €20 13:00 10 NL – High Roller Day 2 14:00 13 NL – Charity Bounty Hunter €150+€20+€10 15:00 11 NL – Holdem Day 2 17:00 14 NL – Turbo Deepstack €100 + €10 May 21 - Monday 12:00 3 Main Event Final Table Qualify for future UKIPT events at PokerStars with a first deposit bonus of up to £400. Sign up here.
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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“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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