Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Sam Trickett is the latest big name to sign on with the International Stadiums Poker Tour which will be hosting a potentially huge outdoor event at Wembley next year.
The WSOP $1m One Drop runner up tweeted “I just want to announce that I will be an @ispt_poker official ambassador. Will be one of the Biggest tournaments ever held May 31, 2013”. The high stakes pro also said, “As a poker player, I have to be associated with such an enormous event. Being part of this tournament means being part of the history of poker.”Trickett joins Michael Mizrachi in an ambassadorial role for the Wembley showpiece after the Grinder signed on with ISPT last month.Next May's event received the green light last week after local authority Brent Council awarded Wembley a Temporary Use Notice allowing it to be used for poker. Organisers of the tournament also confirmed details of a new partnership agreement with the Amateur Poker Association and Tour.The massive Wembley event is scheduled to take place from 31 May 2013 when organisers hope up to 30,000 players will compete using their own laptops. The final 3,000 will then take to the Wembley turf to battle it out for a prize pool estimated to reach €20m.The initial buy-in is €600 but organisers are also offering a €1,200 option with a rebuy or add on and a €6,000 option for players wanting to buy directly into the live element of the contest.More information can be found 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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