Monday, 19 March 2012
Dan Haglund has taken down the latest leg of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour yesterday evening. The Swede outlasted a 153 runner field in Walsall to pocket a first prize of £45,100.
Haglund beat a final nine that included Simon Deadman (who made the GUKPT Walsall final table last year too), Dave Clark and Martin Holmes to set up a heads up finale with local Steve Holden. The Aston Villa fan held the chip lead for all but the final two hands of the day eventually succumbing when his pocket fours couldn't overturn Haglund's pocket nines.The final table positions and payouts were as follows:1st Daniel Haglund £45,1002nd Steve Holden £31,7503rd Martin Holmes £19,8904th Dave Clark £12,2405th Chris Gavriel £9,5606th Terry Owens £7,7207th Jonathan McCann £5,7408th Arulmaran Sivaguru £4,2109th Simon Deadman £3,060The GUKPT heads to Stockton next month. Qualify online at BlueSq with an initial bonus of up to $500. Sign up here.
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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