Wednesday, 20 August 2014
The World Poker Tour has announced details of a partnership agreement with payment processor Skrill.
The digital wallet will act as the WPT's official payment processor and as part of the deal will host a series of last-longer competitions at Main Tour events, offer special tournaments on ClubWPT.com like the Skrill $2,000 High Roller and also stage parties at select WPT events.“Skrill is proud to partner with the WPT, the premier name in poker, as part of its monumental breakthrough into the U.S. gaming scene,” said Skrill USA CEO Neil Steinhardt. “Drawing on our experience in the European market, Skrill hopes to increase awareness of our digital wallet among the players, providing them with safe, easy, and secure options to cash in and out of games. Our deep understanding of the online gaming space from our work to date will help facilitate growth for the gaming industry and improve the online experience for consumers around the world.”WPT President Adam Pliska added, “With years of experience, key functions like player-to-player transfers, and a strong dedication to the growth of poker in the United States and abroad, Skrill is a great fit with the World Poker Tour. CEO Neil Steinhardt and his team are focused on providing safe and efficient online money transfers for poker players on the digital felt, and on the actual felt at WPT events, our players are sure to enjoy the last-longers and parties facilitated by Skrill.”The first Skrill-backed event will be at the upcoming WPT Borgata Open.
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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