Wednesday, 13 March 2013
After an impressive opening leg in Birmingham last month that attracted a bumper field of 590 runners, the Genting Poker Series heads north for its next stop in Newcastle next week.
All the indications are that it will be another big affair with 52 players having already secured their seats in the £100,000 guaranteed event. In addition to the bevy of online satellites running at GentingPoker.com, PokerEncore.com and CircusCasino players in the north east will also be able to qualify via a series of live satellites at Newcastle's Genting Casino.The first of two opening flights in the three-day, £400+£40 Main Event gets under way at 1pm on Wednesday 20 March with a second following at the same time on Thursday. In addition to the Main Event there's plenty of side action on offer including PLO, button poker and bounty events. The full schedule is available at GentingPokerSeries.com.Players will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of the prolific Julian Thew who took the honours in the 2013 season opener at Star City. YoYo walked away with a first prize of £55,000 which was more than double the guaranteed first prize.
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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