Saturday, 31 March 2012
Online railbirds have plenty to look forward to this weekend as Victor 'Isildur1' Blom takes on Isaac Haxton in a $1m winner takes all Superstar Showdown.
Despite a string of fine performances in previous Superstar Showdown matches, Blom will go into tomorrow's clash as the underdog with online betting exchange Matchbook.com offering the Swede at 2.06. Haxton, who won the last encounter between the pair by a tiny margin is rated a 1.91 favourite.“Last superstar showdown saw some extremely interesting and high stakes betting take place, with some well known poker professional betting up to $50,000 on either player,” read a statement from Matchbook.com.“It seemed like the majority of action favored Haxton but it will be interesting to see what the opinion is for this match since the stakes have been upped once again and the length of play may be substantially longer.”Follow the Superstar Showdown action at PokerStars.
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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