Friday, 2 July 2010
Day 2 of the $1,500 Limit Hold ‘em Shootout saw 63 remaining players take to eight tables of eight in order to play down to a final table from the field of 548.
The mathematical minded among you have noticed the disparity – Yueqi Zhu was disqualified from the tournament between Days 1 and 2; staff were not specific but Jack Effel announced that there was to be “no deal making” at WSOP tournaments.Joseph McGowan took down his table earliest, securing his spot at the final table. He was followed by seven more players including Full Tilt pro Jonathan Little, online player Mike “Schneids” Schneider and Limit Hold ‘em specialist and part time 2+2 Pokercast host Terrence Chan. Each of the eight players will start tomorrow with 360,000 chips with betting limits of 5,000/10,000. The first prize is $184,950 with each player currently guaranteed $12,961. The full list of final table players is as follows:1. Brian Tate2. Michael Schneider3. Jonathan Little4. Terrence Chan5. Sijbrand Maal6. Ben Yu7. Brendan Taylor8. Joseph McGowanKeep up to date with all the news from the poker world by following us on Twitter and Facebook.
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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