Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Portsmouth based John Murray has won the APAT UK Amateur Championship which took place at The Vic this past weekend.
The Irishman outran a sold out field of 150 runners to take the first prize of £3,500 plus a seat in a GUKPT Main Event. Murray sealed the win beating Don Roberts heads up getting that little bit of luck just when he needed it. The chips went in pre flop with Roberts holding Queens and Murray KJ. A 10-3-2 flop offered Murray little help but a 9 on the turn gave him more outs. Sure enough a Queen appeared on the river to give the APAT Solent captain a tournament winning straight. Roberts collected £2,000 for his second place finish.Murray is no stranger to APAT success, having previously been a member of the Irish line up that won the 2008 APAT Team Championship.There was plenty of action in the side events too with GUKPT Brighton winner Bernard Litman taking the PL Hold'em League event with Steve Maskell taking the honours in the Razz tournament.The next event on the ever popular APAT calendar is the Central European Amateur Championship which takes place in Austria on 15th and 16th May. If you fancy joining the APAT regulars (and getting some very handy sign up bonuses) then qualifiers are up and running at Betfair Poker.Image courtesy of APAT.
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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