Wednesday, 4 August 2010
Yesterday we reported the true identity of heads-up specialist and the next durrrr challenge contender jungleman12 as 20-year-old economics student Daniel Cates.
Now, another 20-year-old has stepped out of the shadows to put a face to a screen name – this time it is nosebleed grinder and PLO favourite URnotINdanger2.Scott Palmer, 20, began playing $10 and $20 tournaments with his friends at the age of 15 when the poker bug bit. He played (illegally) in live $1/$2 cash games before depositing $90 online and playing $2/$4 within a month.Coincidentally, URnotINdanger2 lives in Maryland where Daniel Cates is studying economics. Palmer now plays as high as $100/$200 and $200/$400 online and considers his best game to be heads-up PLO. This year, Palmers has made over $200,000 at Full Tilt Poker with a year’s peak of more than $600,000 in April.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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