Thursday, 11 October 2012
The starting field of 797 players at EPT San Remo is down to a final table of eight with Jason Lavallee leading the hunt for the €800,000 first prize.
The Canadian returns with a stack of 5,545,000 chips, just ahead of Ludovic Lacay. The French pro has reached WSOP, EPT and WPT final tables but never claimed a major title but is well placed on 5,366,000.The EPT San Remo title has remained in British hands for the past few years and it could be making the short hop over the Irish Sea this time around should Jason Tompkins' good run continue. The 27-year-old from Kildare earned his biggest live score of $86,000 at this year's WSOP and returns in third with 3,605,000.Rounding out the international final table are Germany's Ismael Bojang 2,845,000, Poland's Adrian Piasecki 2,045,000, American Micah Raskin 1,550,000, Italy's Angelo Recchio 1,755,000 with Russia's Artem Litvinov the short stack at 800,000.The action resumes at 3pm local time (2pm UK time), with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and 5,000 ante. Railbirds can follow the action as it happens courtesy of a live stream from PokerStars.tv.
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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