Saturday, 30 April 2011
Just 164 of the 928 EPT San Remo starters were left at the close of Day 2 meaning that 20 will be going home disappointed later today as the bubble will burst at 144 players.
Leading the way is Georgios Manousos from Greece who closed the day with a stack of 573,900, just ahead of Italian Germano Martucci on 545,300. There are a host of big names looming though with EPT Snowfest runner-up Kevin Vandermissen, former EPT Barcelona winner Carter Phillips and 2009 WSOP Main Event champion Joe Cada all in the top 10 of the chip counts.Other notables still in contention include Victor Ramdin, Max Lykov, Ted Forrest, Ludovic Lacay and Vanessa Selbst. London's Kamal Choraria heads a strong British challenge which also includes John Eames, David Vamplew, Roberto Romanello, Andrew Teng, Rupert Elder, James Sudworth and Tom Macdonald.The first goal for players returning today is to survive the bubble and make a min cash of €7,500. A trip to the final table will guarantee a pay day of at least €81,950 with the winner set to walk away with €930,000.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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