Wednesday, 17 February 2016
The 47th edition of the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) is due to kick off in late-May and may well be about to feature a team event for the first time since 1983.
Still to be officially confirmed, the news was reportedly broke recently on French radio programme RMC Poker Show by Gregory Chochon, WSOP Director for parent firm Caesars Interactive Entertainment.Although not history-making, the news is significant in that it has been over three decades since the last team event was won by husband and wife duo Jim and Donna Doman. Held at the 1983 edition of the WSOP, the tournament carried an $800 buy-in and saw the victors pocket $10,000 each.Word on the poker grapevine is that the upcoming WSOP team event will be a $1,000 buy-in affair with teams consisting of two to four players. Each entrant from the winning team is expected to receive a bracelet while a special team bracelet will additionally be created.Alex Dreyfus, the man behind the unaffiliated Global Poker League and Chief Executive Officer for Mediarex Sports And Entertainment revealed that he is excited about the rumoured move as it could assist his efforts to ‘sportify’ the game.“Excited that @WSOP will have $1,000 team event, like a tag-team format, with a bracelet each player/team,” he posted via Twitter.“2016 will be the first year where the concept of team poker will really take off thanks to the power of the WSOP.”
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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