Monday, 5 March 2012
Ruslan Vlasov has bagged his second live title in a month after taking down the Fox Poker Club Main Event over the weekend.
The former DTD dealer got his live career off to a flying start in Birmingham last month by winning the first ever Genting Poker Series event and added another £9,370 to his bankroll after outlasting a 105-runner field at the Fox.Ruslan sealed the win against Adrian Smith, when his pocket tens held on against Smith's Ad2d. Two diamonds on the flop gave Ruslan a sweat but the turn a river were blanks, consigning the unfortunate Smith to his second runner up finish in the Fox Main Event this year. £7,470 should provide some consolation though.The final table positions and payouts were as follows: 1 Ruslan Vlasov £9,370 2 Adrian Smith £7,470 3 Jen-Yue Chiang £4,130 4 Leo Lim £3,070 5 Grant Pirie £2,130 6 Rashid Elqmache £1,500 7 Peter Vu £1,260 8 Tim Maxwell £940 9 Roland Redhead £630 Qualifiers are up and running at the Fox and online at Genting Poker for Leg 2 of the Genting Poker Series which takes place at the Shaftesbury Avenue venue from 17th April until 1st April.
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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