Monday, 9 November 2015
The final stages of the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) main event began yesterday in Las Vegas and its first day ended with American competitor Joe McKeehen holding a commanding lead.
The 24-year-old from Pennsylvania began the finale at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in the lead and was subsequently able to build on this thanks to a trio of eliminations. Fellow American Patrick Chan was the first ‘November Nine’ competitor to go as his KsQc was unable to outrun McKeehen's Ad4h while Italy’s Federico Butteroni followed 35 hands later after moving in with AhJc only to run into McKeehen's AsKs.McKeehen made it a hat-trick soon after by despatching Belgian veteran Pierre Neuville. The 72-year-old looked in great shape for a double up after tabling AcJc against his opponent’s Jh6h especially as just a single heart appeared on the flop. But, two more followed on the turn and river to give the die-hard Philadelphia Flyers fan an unlikely flush and the victory.Chan pocketed $1.001 million for finishing in ninth while Butteroni is now richer to the tune of $1.097 million with Neuville’s efforts earning him $1.203 million.Play resumes today from 4:30pm local time with each of the remaining six players guaranteed a pay-day of at least $1.426 million. The eventual winner will pocket $7,863,346 in cash with McKeehen and his enormous 91.45 million chip stack, which is almost 60 million ahead of closest rivals Zvi Stern and Neil Blumenfield, certain to be in the final mix.WSOP Main Event Chip Counts:Joe McKeehen - 91,450,000Zvi Stern - 32,400,000Neil Blumenfield - 31,500,000Max Steinberg - 16,000,000Josh Beckley - 10,875,000Thomas Cannuli - 10,425,000
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.
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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.”
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