Thursday, 19 August 2010
A host of top names have headed to Northern Cyprus for the Full Tilt Poker Merit Classic and David Benyamine leads the way in the $25,000 High Roller tournament.
The Frenchman ended the opening day on 285,500 chips, just ahead of closest rival Jon Turner on 278,200 with Nicolas Chouity third on 262,100. There are plenty of top names sprinkled amongst the 24 remaining players including the likes of Sam Trickett, Carter Philips, Bluff Europe cover star Sorel Mizzi and the biggest name of all Phil Ivey.This year's WSOP November Nine are well represented too with Michael Mizrachi, John Dolan and Filippo Candio all still in the hunt. The action resumes at 5pm today. Join us tomorrow for updates.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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