Monday, 10 December 2012
Tournament poker is often said to be a young man's game so it proved in Luton this weekend as Andy Young took the honours in the final Sky Poker Tour event of 2012.
Young, who plays online as 'chicknmelt', worked his way through a field of more than 200 runners to take the £5,600 first prize, sealing victory after defeating Steve Wright heads up (no, not that one).The final table positions and payouts were as follows:1 Andy Young chicknmelt £56002 Steve Wright Supersteve £38003 Niall Bradley david666 £24504 William De Ritter Wilhelm £14505 Chris Pillay Kristofer £11006 Barry Wright whipit £9007 Abdul Miah MiahStar £7008 Nev Osman jigsaw222 £5509 Vikrum Mehta VIK1 £400The Sky Poker Tour returns in the new year with stops announced for Aspers Newcastle, Sporting Emporium, Dublin, Broadway Casino, Birmingham, Aspers, Stratford (London) and Dusk Till Dawn (Grand Final).Qualifiers will be on the site shortly. Sky Poker has also announced details of its 600 millionth hand promotion which offers the players a chance to win up to £600. New players can try their luck with free £10. Sign up here
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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