21 November 2013
GUKPT Grand Final Starts Today
The great and the good of the UK poker scene will be heading to the capital over the next few days as the 2013 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) season reaches its conclusion.
Nadal Targets Prague
Rafa Nadal is an ace on pretty much every surface he plays on whether that be clay, grass or the hard courts but what is he like on the felt? We'll find out soon enough as the Spaniard will be turning his attention to his second great love, poker, later this year in a special tournament at the Prague Poker Festival.
PokerStars Overlooked in New Jersey
Many of the poker world's largest operators might be gearing up for their much anticipated launch into New Jersey's virtual market space, but there will be one site notable by its absence. Despite having forged a relationship with Resorts Casino Hotel, PokerStars won't be able to launch a version of their software in the US this month.
20 November 2013
Jaffee Crushes Jacksonville Finale
Jared Jaffee ended yesterday's WPT Jacksonville final table as strongly as he started it and eventually walked away with the title and $252,749. Having started the session with an imposing chip lead, Jaffee made light work of his fellow finalists to claim his first WPT trophy.
PartyPoker's Premier League Starts Today
PartyPoker recently finalised the line-up for its forthcoming Premier League event in Canada. Having made the move to Montreal's Playground Poker Club for this year's incarnation, the $125,000 buy-in tournament will welcome an all-star cast of pros for six days of action.
UKIPT Nottingham Freeroll
The UKIPT heads to Nottingham later this month and you could be rubbing shoulders with the best of British poker on the cheap courtesy of a fantastic freeroll from Dusk Till Dawn.
Cody's Christmas Jumper Challenge
It's getting close to that time of year when we here at Bluff Towers crack out the decorations and don the Christmas jumper. It seems that we're not the only fans of festive knitwear as Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody has thrown out Christmas inspired sartorial challenge.
19 November 2013
Aspers Charity Tournament
Poker players are being the opportunity to win some fantastic prizes, as well as helping a very worth cause, courtesy of a special tournament at Aspers Westfield in London tomorrow.
Jaffee in Front in Jacksonville
Another day of action inside Jacksonville's bestbet casino saw Cong Pham lose his place at the top of the chip counts and fall by the wayside as 26 players became six. With the final table and its $252,749 top prize drawing ever closer as Day 3 gradually drew to a conclusion, a number of players began to feel the pressure.
Another Triple Crown For Moorman
Chris Moorman is having one of his of best ever years at the online felt in 2013 and things are going from strength-to-strength. Having already broken the record for the number of Triple Crowns (winning three online tournaments in the space of a week) this year, Chris also managed to recapture his spot at the top of the global online MTT rankings at PocketFives.com.