Tuesday, 5 March 2013
March is shaping up to be a massive month for UK poker. No sooner has the London leg of the GUKPT drawn to a close than the PokerStars UKIPT rolls into town.
The Vic is the venue for the UKIPT's season three finale with the first of three opening flights for the £700+£70 Main Event starting at noon today. Further Day 1s will take place at the same time and at the same place on Wednesday and Thursday.The UKIPT London Main Event is part of the huge EPT London festivities which will feature a host of tournaments at the Vic and at PokerStars' newest venue, the Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square.Festival highlights are set to include the £330 Spring Fling Turbo which a guaranteed prize pool of £25,000, the £10,300 EPT High Roller, a £550 No Limit Deepstack event, the £550 PokerStars Women event and the ever-popular £2,100 No Limit Turbo. The EPT London Main Event gets under way on Sunday 10 March, the same day as the UKIPT crowns its winner. The complete schedule for the 12-day festival is available at the PokerStars UKIPT site.Germany's Benny Spindler was the big winner on the EPT's last visit to the capital, pocketing £750,000 for the win.New players can try and qualify online at PokerStars with a 100% first deposit bonus of up to $500.
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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