Thursday, 22 October 2015
The London stop of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) gets underway next month with attention already turning to its £2,125 ($3,282) buy-in Grand Final main event.
Always the jewel in the GUKPT’s proverbial crown and frequented by some of the top grinders in the land, this year’s eight-day London tournament is promising to be one for the ages with organisers offering a main event package that is sure to temp even the most demanding players.Running from November 22 to 29 inside the Grosvenor Victoria Casino, the GUKPT London stop will also feature a selection of turbo, six-max and Omaha events.The GUKPT Grand Final main event is to feature a prize pool guarantee worth at least £400,000 ($617,850) to ensure that the winner walks away with a healthy cash prize. Charlie Carrel made his first major mark on the live tournament scene by winning this game last year and banked £108,625 ($167,471) for his efforts. Overcoming 211 opponents including the likes of Priyan De Mel, William Kassouf, Ben Vinson and Paul Nunes, the young Englishman’s £108,625 win was truly deserved and could well temp even more runners to have a go this time out.
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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