Thursday, 6 January 2011
2010 was a bad year for Marty Smyth. The former WSOP PLO champion experienced a losing season at the poker tables and enjoyed only marginally more success in the sports betting arena.
Writing on his blog, the Irish pro revealed that he even considered giving up the game completely, “I've gotten fed up with poker on a number of occasions this year and I briefly considered doing a 'Peter Eastgate' and retiring from poker to live off the interest. Unfortunately the interest only works out at about three quid a week so that isn't a realistic option at this moment in time.” At least his sense of humour is still intact.In one respect, Smyth could follow in the footsteps of Eastgate though, and not just by winning millions in prize money. The Boyle Poker pro is obviously proud of his fantastic WSOP achievement but the jewellery itself? “The bracelet... doesn't really mean much. I'll never wear it and I haven't even looked at it in over a year. I know Peter is a Main Event winner and mine wouldn't fetch anything like the price that his did.”Smyth confirmed that he won't be selling on eBay but if somebody was to offer him a five-figure sum then he would consider selling it with the proceeds going to children's hospitals in Dublin and Belfast.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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