POKER NEWS

21 June 2013

Sheldon Adelson: Online Gaming is “Fool’s Gold”
Sheldon Adelson: Online Gaming is “Fool’s Gold”

Sheldon Adelson has made his dislike of online gaming very public over the last few years and in a recent article on Forbes.com he launched another verbal attack on the industry.

£10,000 GTD at the Western this Saturday
£10,000 GTD at the Western this Saturday

London's Western Club will be celebrating the birthday one of the biggest character's on the capital's poker circuit this weekend and rather than cracking out the candles and cake, the Acton venue is hosting a special 50th birthday inspired tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of £10,000.

20 June 2013

Graham Outlasts Greenstein to Claim Bracelet
Graham Outlasts Greenstein to Claim Bracelet

Only one WSOP winner has been crowned in the last 24 hours but before Jarred Graham was able to lift his hands in celebration he had to overcome some stiff opposition.

Big Things Planned for Galway Poker Festival
Big Things Planned for Galway Poker Festival

UKIPT Marbella might have only just come to a conclusion but that doesn’t mean the organisers behind the increasingly popular tour have had a chance to rest.

EPT Renews Slyde Partnership
EPT Renews Slyde Partnership

The European Poker Tour (EPT) will be continue its partnership with luxury Swiss watch maker, Slyde, next season according to a recent press release from PokerStars.

New Trickett Documentary
New Trickett Documentary

Just what does it take to go deep in a million dollar buy-in tournament? Viewers of a new documentary produced by Matchbook.com should get a good idea, after cameras followed the fortunes of Sam Trickett at last year's WSOP Big One for One Drop tournament.

19 June 2013

PokerStars’ Golden Tickets
PokerStars’ Golden Tickets

PokerStars' penchant for turning everything and everyone around them into gold continued on Monday with the start of their Golden Sit & Go promotion.

Schneider’s WSOP Double
Schneider’s WSOP Double

Tom Schneider has become the first player at this year’s WSOP to scoop two bracelets after taking down Event #29 earlier today.

GUKPT Reading Main Event starts tomorrow
GUKPT Reading Main Event starts tomorrow

While most attention is fixed on Las Vegas and the World Series of Poker the staples of the UK tournament circuit continue with the latest leg of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) hitting Reading this week.

18 June 2013

Hagerling and Duval Bag Bracelets
Hagerling and Duval Bag Bracelets

Two more WSOP bracelet winners were crowned inside the Rio earlier today in the form of Isaac Hagerling and Jason Duval.