Tuesday, 12 April 2011
A record breaking field of 1,329 runners were in attendance at the Casino Grand Lisboa this past week for for a record-breaking Macau Millions.
In the end it was Taiwan's Hung-Sheng "Shaq" Lin who took the honours at Sunday's final table. After eliminating fellow big stack Khiem Nguyen, Shaq needed only one hand to seal the victory, his pocket Jacks holding up against Brice Renaud's K6.Shaq, who pocketed HKD$400,000 (around £30,000) for the win said, “"I'm very happy butalso very tired. I didn't sleep last night because I was so excited about today," adding, “I want to win the APOY (Asian Player of the Year) and show that I am worthy of gaining my family's support. I won't stop playing just because I have a lead. I'm going to work hard and play all the (Official Asia Player of the Year) events.""This year the popularity of the Macau Millions is so much greater, particularly within the region." said the PokerStars Director of Live Operations for Asia-Pacific, Danny McDonagh, "Poker is really taking off in Asia. It's a proud moment for our PokerStars Macau team and speaks volumes about Grand Lisboa's well deserved reputation for quality and success."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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