Friday, 4 January 2013
The World Poker Tour made its annual stop in Dublin yesterday for four days of action and, of course, Guinness.
Taking place at the Citywest Hotel and sponsored by PKR.com, the event has already seen some well respected names eager to get 2013 off to a winning start.In addition to PKR’s finest, including Vladimir Geshkenbein, Scott Shelley and Sofia Lovgren, the likes of James Dempsey and Andy Black are in attendance.Day 1a of the 1,320 Main Event came to a conclusion yesterday and after a cagey day of action it was Jeremy Nock who topped the chip counts with 227,200 chips.Last year’s event attracted 338 entrants and after defeating Chaz Chattha heads-up, Dave Shallow walked away with $289,032 and his first WPT title. The chip leaders are as follows:Jeremy Nock 227,200 Noel O'Brien 158,000 Lloyd Healy 131,200 Daniel Hardy 126,200 Joachim Haraldstad 125,500 Sean Prendiville 125,000 Simon Deadman 102,000 Chris Kiefert 95,500 Rory Brown 95,300 David Wilkes 86,200
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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