Friday, 18 May 2012
The Champion was in charge at the end of the opening flight at PokerStars UKIPT Dublin yesterday. In this case, it wasn't a former UKIPT winner, but William Champion who was nursing the chip lead.
The Northern Irishman closed the day with a stack of 129,700, putting him just ahead of Irishmen Paul McCaffrey on 112,000 and Marc McDonnell on 106,600. 91 of the 199 Day 1A starters will be back for Day 2 tomorrow with the average stack at 32,802.Barny and Ross Boatman, Nicky Power, Rob Yong and Team PokerStars Pro Jude Ainsworth were among the high profile casualties from the opening day. Former UKIPT Cork winner Sam Razavi will be back on Saturday though, albeit with a below average stack of 20,800.A much bigger field is expected for day 1B which is just about to begin. The opening flight chip leaders are as follows:William Champion UK 129,700 Paul McCaffrey Ireland 112,000 Marc McDonnell Ireland 106,600 Michael Farrelly Ireland 90,400 Graeme Crozier UK 86,900 Pat Rooney Ireland 73,700 Bruce Jones UK 73,500 Shyam Markus USA 66,300 Szymon Gajda Poland 61,300 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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