Tuesday, 9 September 2014
The staring field of 404 at the WPT Merit Classic Northern Cyprus has been whittled down to just 30.
Antonio Buonanno (1,175,000) leads the charge for the $325,000 first prize followed by Serdar Saglam (800,000) and Christian Christner (721,000).The biggest name amongst the final 30 is Toby Lewis. The former EPT Vilamoura champion is well placed to add a World Poker Tour title to his impressive tournament CV, returning in seventh place with 617,000.The only WPT Champions Club member still in contention is Russia's Dmitry Gromov. The 2011 WPT Vienna winner is just behind Lewis in ninth place on 559,000.One notable name who won't be challenging is Sam Trickett. Retford's finest was the last man out before the close of play yesterday, departing in 31st with $9,500 to his name.Other familiar faces to make the money but hit the rail included Andrey Pateychuck, Albert Daher and Daniel Rudd.WPT Merit Classic Chip Leaders1 Antonio Buonanno 1,175,000 2 Serdar Saglam 800,000 3 Christian Christner 721,000 4 Alexander Lakhov 641,000 5 Eddy Maksoud 628,000 6 Oliver Price 626,000
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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