Monday, 2 November 2015
Niall Farrell is toasting the biggest win of his career after taking down the main event at the Malta stop of the European Poker Tour (EPT) from PokerStars over the weekend.
The Scot pocketed a first prize of €534,300 ($588,450) by topping a field of 651 runners at the Portomaso Casino.The day started with a flurry of eliminations as four members of the six-man final table hit the rail before 33 hands had been completed. When long-time leader Jaroslaw Sikora busted out in third, just Alen Bilic stood between Farrell and the biggest win of his career.The pair agreed a chop before playing on for the title and a very decent chunk of change. It took a couple of hours for Farrell to seal the deal, picking off a Bilic bluff with a more than good enough two pair.“It feels incredible,” said Farrell.“I ran so pure the last two days. When we got to heads-up, I got good cards but there was one big bluff I made, which felt like a momentum swinger. Bilic is a really good player. I’ve played a lot online with him. He played really tough.”Next up on the EPT docket is a trip to Prague with the action from the Czech capital running from December 5 to 16.EPT Malta Main Event Result:1 Niall Farrell (UK) - €534,3302 Alen Bilic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) €440,0003 Jaroslaw Sikora (Poland) €265,8404 Giulio Spaminato (Italy) €203,6405 Rainer Kempe (Germany) €161,3406 Sam Greenwood (Canada) €125,660
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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