Monday, 17 May 2010
The latest main event on the WPT calendar came to a conclusion on Saturday with Denmark's Theo Jorgensen celebrating in the French capital.
The 36-year-old from Copenhagen went into the last day with a massive chip advantage and kept up the pressure throughout the eight-man final table. The Dane eliminated a host of players to set up a heads up encounter with Antoine Amourette who had bobbed and weaved with a short stack for much of the day.Jorgensen held a 10 to 1 chip lead going into two handed play and he didn't allow his French opponent any chance of a comeback. The Dane sealed the win after just three hands, his AK outrunning Amourette's K6.Jorgensen, who has reached the final table of two EPT events and had multiple cashes at the WSOP, collected a first prize of €634k, the biggest of an already successful career. Final Table positions and payouts were as follows:1.Theo Jorgensen - €633,9022.Antoine Amourette - €328,6903.Per Linde - €234,780 4.Mickael Guenni - €187,825 5.Fabrice Touil - €140,8706.Nourredine Aitaleb - €93,9107.Arnaud Mattern - €82,175 8.Jimmy Ostensson - €70,435
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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