Friday, 23 April 2010
Just ten players are in the running for the $1.5m pay day in the WPT Championship at the Bellagio, among them a pair of former World Champions.
Irishman John O'Shea leads the way but there's plenty of top class opposition looming in a stacked final ten. Former World Champion Scotty Nguyen is second in chips followed by cash game legend and recent PartyPoker Premier League winner David Benyamine in third.As if those two weren't enough there's also WSOP Main Event runner up David Williams, WSOP bracelet winners Bill Baxter and Cliff Josephy, Doyle Brunson Classic winner Eric Baldwin, long time chip leader Shawn Buchanan and Full Tilt Pro Nikolai Evdakov to contend with. And did I mention who's the short stack? None other than the Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth who's not a bad tournament player!The chip counts and seating positions are as follows:Seat 1. Scotty Nguyen - 2,637,000Seat 2. Phil Hellmuth - 839,000Seat 3. Nikolay Evdakov - 922,000Seat 4. John O'Shea - 3,174,000Seat 5. Billy Baxter - 2,429,000Seat 6. Eric Baldwin - 2,130,000Seat 7. David Williams - 2,454,000Seat 8. David Benyamine - 2,561,000Seat 9. Shawn Buchanan - 1,087,000Seat 10. Cliff Josephy - 1,269,000 The action resumes at 8pm UK time.
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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