Saturday, 2 October 2010
The opening season of the PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) comes to a conclusion as part of EPT London next week but players won't have to wait long for season two to arrive.
Organisers have revealed details of season two of the UKIPT starting with a stop in Galway in December. There will be a total of 10 events with prize money expected to top the £2m mark. The full schedule is as follows:Galway, Ireland:** Dec 2-5 - €1,000 + 100Nottingham, UK:** Feb 11-14 - £500 + 60Manchester, UK:** Mar 10-14 - £500 + 50Cork, Ireland:** May 19-22 - €500 + 60Newcastle, UK:** Jun 16-20 - £500 + 50Brighton, UK:** Jul 14-18 - £500 + 50Edinburgh, UK:** Aug 11-15 - £500 + 50Dublin, Ireland:** Sept 8-11 - €500 + 60London, UK:** TBCUKIPT Host Nick Wealthall said, “The response from players to the first season was overwhelming and really exciting to be a part of. Season 2 promises to be even bigger, but we won’t lose what makes the tour special: great value, local character and the most fun you can have at a poker tournament.”Plenty of PokerStars pros will be playing UKIPT season two events including EPT San Remo winner Liv Boeree. The new Team PokerStars pro said, “I can’t wait to play the UKIPT this year as a Team PokerStars Pro. The first stop in Galway is sure to have a stellar field and a huge prize pool, so it would be great to kick off the season with a win there!”The Galway event will be a €1,000+€100 buy-in event with a guaranteed prize pool of €250,000. For more information and details of how to qualify visit www.ukipt.com.Keep up to date with all the news from the poker world by following us on Twitter and Facebook.
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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