Monday, 24 May 2010
The PokerStars Asian Pacific Poker Tour has left Macau after a record field played down to one man, who wound up richer to the tune of over three million Hong Kong dollars.
Victorino Torres came to the final table with one of the smaller stacks, which makes his victory all the more impressive. He eliminated Briton Keith Hawkins when his 77 held up against Ac-3c before later eliminating Kenny Neilsen to build up an impressive stack.Torres became chip leader after busting Jeppe Drivsholm in fourth place, holding A7o after a big call and relieved to be against K5, which couldn’t find outs to win.Eventually, Torres and Cheong made it to the heads-up stages but after a few fast and furious hands it was all over. In the final play, Cheong moved in with Q6 on a T9J board for an open-ended straight draw and overcard but ran right into Torres’ 87 for the straight. It held, and that, as they say, was that.The full final table placings and payouts were as follows:1st - Victorino Torres (3,246,200 HKD)2nd - Chong Cheong (2,088,000 HKD)3rd - Cole Swannack (1,177,600 HKD)4th - Jeppe Drivsholm (891,000 HKD)5th - Kenny Nielsen (700,000 HKD)6th - Brian Green (572,900 HKD)7th - Kai Paulsen (445,600 HKD)8th - Albert Kim (350,100 HKD)9th - Keith Hawkins (254,608 HKD)
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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