Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Christmas has come early for one lucky Australian online poker player after they scooped $1 million in cash courtesy of a $100 buy-in Spin & Go competition at PokerStars.
Using the handle ‘GrindHeaps’, the player became the 13th to claim a million-dollar cash prize at PokerStars this year after only ten minutes and 33 hands while Irish runner-up ‘gavonater’ and third-placed competitor ‘EnglishGirl9’ each trousered $100,000 for their efforts.Despite the special promotion to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Spin & Go games at PokerStars having drawn to a close, $100 buy-in variants are set to carry on awarding $1 million maximum prizes.These rapid-fire three-maximum hyper turbo tournaments see players start with 500 chips with each featuring a randomly drawn prize pool that could reach as high as 10,000 times the buy-ins, which stand at $0.25, $1, $3, $7, $15, $30, $60 and $100.
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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