Friday, 16 April 2010
Last year's PokerStars EPT event in San Remo attracted a record-breaking field but if the opening day of this year's tournament is anything to go by then that record could be under threat.
A whopping 585 players paid the €5,300 buy-in for Day 1A with just 275 remaining by the close of play. Leading the way was Russian Alexey Rubin who will return on Day 2 with a stack of 213,100 followed closely by Italian Emmanuel Coppola. A host of top pros are still in the hunt including Andrew Scott, Isabelle Mercier, EPT Snowfest winner Allan Baekke, Dario Minieri, Luca Pagano, Humberto Brenes and Arnaud Mattern. It was a roller coaster day for Jude Ainsworth who saw his stack dip to just 10k at one stage. The Irish pro managed to spin it up to 110k but finished somewhere in the middle with 62k.Another big field is expected for Day 1B with the likes of Barry Greenstein, Jason Mercier, Peter Eastgate and Joe Cada all set to play. That is of course slightly dependent on the cloud of volcanic ash that is currently hanging over much of western Europe. The action resumes this afternoon. Join us later for updates.
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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