Thursday, 19 August 2010
After a sedatary afternoon , the evening session sees players beginning to feel the pressure.
Perhaps it was the blind structure. Perhaps it was the weather. It was sunny today in Edinburgh. In August. Unheard of. Perhaps it was the influence of the nearby festival ,inspiring players to turn to thoughts on the aesthetics of the game rather than the raw pursuit of chips but certainly the beginning of this tournament saw a softly softly approach to poker. This however is beginning to change. On many tables we are seeing more preflop all ins , more desperate pushes with draws and pairs and more people openly bemoaning their 'luck' rather than philosphically accepting flops with a shrug and a smile.For the seasoned professionals this is all part and parcel of a daily routine. For many of the players here however, this tournament represents the pinnacle of their poker careers to date. Speaking to those players you begin to understand the strain of playing at a level higher than they are used to , for stakes way above their norm. With each decision becoming increasingly important it is these players that are really beginning to feel the heat. The tournament is certainly hotting up.
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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