POKER NEWS

07 December 2015

Matt Davenport Wins GPS Sheffield
Matt Davenport Wins GPS Sheffield

Matt Davenport collected £37,000 ($55,777) on Sunday after topping a field of 360 runners and taking down the final leg of the Genting Poker Series (GPS) in Sheffield.

Grand Prix Poker Tour Continues
Grand Prix Poker Tour Continues

After last week's trip to Stamford Bridge in London, the Grand Prix Poker Tour will hold its first land-based event of 2016 at Old Trafford, which is the home ground of Manchester United, with qualifiers already up and running.

04 December 2015

Pedro Guerrero Heads GPS Sheffield
Pedro Guerrero Heads GPS Sheffield

The tenth and final leg of the Genting Poker Series (GPS) is up and running in Sheffield with Pedro Guerrero taking the early initiative after the first live opening flight.

Andy Bloch Selling Mansion
Andy Bloch Selling Mansion

Blackjack ace turned professional poker player Andy Bloch has put his Las Vegas mansion up for sale with an asking price just shy of $9 million.

03 December 2015

Trouble For ‘Tony G’
Trouble For ‘Tony G’

Antanas ‘Tony G’ Guoga may have made it into the European Parliament but the former professional poker player’s hopes of being elected into the Lithuanian legislature have been dashed because he holds dual nationality.

PokerStars Debuts Jackpot Poker
PokerStars Debuts Jackpot Poker

PokerStars is hoping to appeal to more casual online poker players following the release of its new Jackpot Poker mobile app, which allows aficionados to take part in its Spin & Go games while on the move.

02 December 2015

EPT Coming To Prague
EPT Coming To Prague

The European Poker Tour (EPT) will be bidding farewell to 2015 in style by hosting its biggest ever festival in Prague later this week.

Poker Game Turns Violent
Poker Game Turns Violent

A poker player in the UK has been given a three-year jail sentence for biting off a part of another man's ear following a row at a tournament.

01 December 2015

Chelsea Success For Sunil Mistri
Chelsea Success For Sunil Mistri

The latest leg of the Grand Prix Poker Tour hit Chelsea’s 41,000-seat Stamford Bridge stadium over the weekend and saw Sunil ‘Sunny’ Mistri transform his £70 ($107) buy-in into a £35,000 ($52,718) pay-day.

Dutch Delight In Antwerp
Dutch Delight In Antwerp

The Davis Cup final wasn't the only top-notch competition taking place in Belgium over the weekend as many of Europe’s finest poker players were in Antwerp for the latest leg of the Unibet Open.