Thursday, 17 June 2010
Day two of the World Championship Limit Hold'em event is in the book with just 13 players still in the hunt for the $425,969 first prize.
American Kyle Ray is in front with a stack of 643,000 just ahead of Canada's Daniel Idema on 634,000. Lincolshire's Darren Woods is still very much in with a shout for the title, ending the day fifth on the leader board with over half a million chips. The 888 pro has two previous cashes at the WSOP and is already in line for his biggest tournament payout.There are some big names hovering at the bottom of the chip counts too with David Chiu, multiple bracelet winner Brock Parker and 2010 Mixed Game Champion Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi all still in contention. The chip counts going into the final day are as follows:Kyle Ray 643,000Daniel Idema 634,000Jameson Painter 574,000Dave Baker 542,000Darren Woods 529,000Matt Keikoan 418,000Simon Morris 364,000Brock Parker 351,000Zvi Groysman 278,000Anh Van Nguyen 274,000Michael Mizrachi 256,000Mark Klecan 169,000David Chiu 144,000The action resumes at 11pm tonight UK time. Join us to see who has won the coveted title tomorrow.
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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