Thursday, 17 March 2011
International bragging rights will once again be up for grabs with the World Team Championship is returning this May.
The South Point Casino in Las Vegas will be the venue for the three-day event which is scheduled for 24-26 May 2011, a few days before the start of the 2011 World Series of Poker. The event will feature teams from 20 countries plus a celebrity team led by Jerry Buss. The final line up hasn't been confirmed yet but Team England are certain to play with a Welsh team also a possibility.The format of World Team Poker tournaments is different to many other TV events with team captains allowed to coach team members on correct play strategy (although we can only imagine quite how someone like Phil Hellmuth would cope with another player telling him what to do). Similarly, skippers can also substitute team members while the tournament is in process.The Chinese team, led by co-captains Johnny Chan and David Chiu won last years championship.Keep 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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