Thursday, 11 September 2014
The PokerStars Italian Poker Tour paid its second visit to San Remo of the year this week, with 392 players taking to the tables in the €1,000 Main Event.
Walking away with biggest chunk of the €380,240 prize pool was Riccardo Lacchinelli. The Italian is no stranger to success on the IPT after a final table appearance in Saint Vincent last year and a deep run in the first IPT San Remo event in April this year.Lacchinelli secured the biggest score of his career after beating Frenchman Michel Segui heads up. The pair had agreed a chop but played on for the title and some extra cash with Lacchinelli coming from behind to hit trips with J3 to beat Segui's Q3.The final table positions and payouts were as follows:1. Riccardo Lacchinelli €70,500* (deal)2. Michel Segui €59,500* (deal)3. Roberto Masullo €32,0004. Giuseppe Di Stasio €25,0005. Antonio Illiano €20,0006. Muhamet Perati €15,0007. Carlo Savinelli €11,0008. Alessandro Peppino Reich €8,770Saimon Omar Pisano made it an Italian double after taking down the €300 IPT Mini. Pisano topped a 534 runner field to pocket €30,000.
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.
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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