30 November 2015
Ben Winsor Wins Grand Final
The Grand Final tournament of this year’s Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) ended yesterday with Englishman Ben Winsor taking the title and its £178,600 ($268,432) cash prize.
Phil Ivey Returning To Court
The lengthy legal battle initiated by Phil Ivey in hopes of receiving the £7.8 million ($11.7 million) he won while playing punto banca at London's Crockfords Club in August of 2012 is set to continue next month.
27 November 2015
Grand Final Starts
The concluding Grand Final tournament of this year’s Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) began yesterday with its £400,000 ($601,711) guaranteed prizepool attracting many of the UK's top grinders to the Grosvenor Casino The Victoria London.
Grand Prix Poker Tour Hits Chelsea
The worlds of football and poker will collide this weekend as the Grand Prix Poker Tour visit’s the 41,000-seat Stamford Bridge stadium in London.
26 November 2015
Home Game Turns Fatal
In America, a home poker game between work colleagues turned fatal over the weekend with police blaming a deadly combination of alcohol and guns.
GUKPT Grand Final Begins
The final main event of this year’s Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) begins today from the Grosvenor Casino The Victoria London with a total of £400,000 ($603,313) set to be up for grabs over the next few days.
25 November 2015
Jeopardy! Title For Alex Jacob
Former professional poker player Alex Jacob branched out recently and won $250,000 in cash after taking down the Tournament Of Champions competition as part of the syndicated American television game show Jeopardy!.
Teenager Sentenced After Hack
A teenager from Nottinghamshire has been given a suspended twelve-month prison sentence after carrying out a cyber attack on a UK-licensed online gambling site.
24 November 2015
GUKPT Unveils 2016 Schedule
The schedule for the upcoming tenth annual edition of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) has been released with stops planned in London, Coventry, Reading, Leeds, Luton, Blackpool, Edinburgh and Manchester.
Poker-Playing Dogs Painting Sold
What can you do with $658,000? Buy a house (outside of London)? A luxury car or two? Take a world cruise? Play secret millionaire and give it all away? Or buy a painting of a group of dogs playing cards?