Wednesday, 17 December 2014
While European eyes have been focused on Prague, our American cousins have gathered at the Bellagio for the latest leg of the World Poker Tour.
A total of 582 entrants took to the tables for the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic with some very familiar faces heading to the top of the chip counts by the close of day two.Chief among them is Daniel Negreanu. The PokerStars pro fired multiple re-entry bullets but it seems to have been worth it as he closed the day in fifth place on 224,000.The remaining field of 210 runners is led by Iulian Iacob (288,700) who is followed closely by Larry Greenberg (282,000). A host of big names are still in the hunt for a bumper pre-Christmas payday including Dan O'Brien (175,000), Fabian Quoss (174,300), Robert Mizrachi (172,000), Yevgeniy Timoshenko (163,400), Faraz Jaka (140,000), Ben Tollerene (136,000) and Darren Elias (110,000).Antonio Esfandiari's (78,000) hopes of a second Five Diamond Classic title are alive, as are Joe Hachem's (70,100).Phil Hellmuth headlined the early bust outs. Joining the brat on the rail were the likes of Phil Laak, Liv Boeree and former NFL star Richard Seymour.WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Leaders1 Iulian Iacob 288,700 2 Larry Greenberg 282,000 3 Farshad Fardad 261,900 4 Chane Kampanatsanyakorn 230,800 5 Daniel Negreanu 224,600 6 Jared Jaffee 203,000
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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