Saturday, 12 February 2011
The €5,000 WPT National Diamond Championship in Paris is nearing the business end with just 31 of the original 188 starters still in contention.
Sweden's Nichlas Mattson heads the chip counts at the end of day 2 but all eyes will be on Sam Trickett who is very handily placed in 6th place. Last month's Bluff Europe cover star has had an amazing start to the year with huge wins in the Macau cash games and deep runs in the High Roller events at the PCA and Aussie Millions. Nottingham's finest is firmly in contention to add a title to his impressive cash scores.The money bubble looks set to be burst later today with the eventual winner set to walk away with €243,830.The leading chip counts are as follows:Nichlas Mattson (Sweden) 319 500Benjamin Pollak (France) 307 300Tobias Wagner (Germany) 295 000Alexandre Brivot (France) 288 600Jérôme Zerbib (France) 288 400Sam Trickett (Englan) 287 000Yacoub Dori (Lebanon) 277 000Philip Jacobson (Denmark) 231 700Manuel Bevand (France) 174 400Pierre Le Dour (France) 174 000
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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