23 January 2013
Stars shine at GPI European Poker Awards
Last night saw poker luminaries from across Europe head to the Aviation Club De Paris for the inaugural annual European Poker Awards sponsored by Global Poker Index (GPI).
The Western Club resumes guaranteed tournaments
After some wrangling with local authorities, The Western Club venue in west London is set to resume offering guaranteed prize pool tournaments from tonight.
22 January 2013
Second Aussie Millions event won by Vakili
The second event of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship came to a close yesterday and saw Australian competitor Sam Vakili walk away with the top prize of $53,600.
Brazilian bests Brits in Edinburgh
Despite British pre-final favourites Jamie Sykes and David Vamplew attracting the support of the crowd, it was Brazilian player Nicolau Villa-Lobos who has claimed the first UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) title of 2013.
Betfair begins Ongame split
Betfair Poker has started its transition to the iPoker Network in the last 24 hours after making a first announcement on the subject only two weeks ago.
21 January 2013
NBC to put 64 players head-to-head
American television network NBC is bringing back its Heads-Up Championship programme in March and has just released the full roster of 64 entrants.
Elder scoops opening Aussie event
After three days of action in Australia, English grinder Rupert Elder has won the opening event of the Aussie Millions over Martin Finger for $250,000.
UKIPT Edinburgh final gets underway
Despite snow blanketing much of the UK, a bumper field of 612 players turned out for the Edinburgh stop of this year's UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) with Przemyslaw Dajer from Poland holding the chip lead going into today's final.
18 January 2013
Batey, Vamplew Head UKIPT Edinburgh
The opening flight of UKIPT Edinburgh is in the book with Liam Batey the man with the big stack. A total of 254 players took to the tables at the beautiful Balmoral hotel for Day 1a and by the close of play just 124 remained with Batey out in front on 115,400.
Aussie Millions 2013 Kicks Off
Yesterday saw the start of the Aussie Millions at the Crown Casino, Melbourne. The festival is one of the most popular on the poker calendar and will feature a host of games for all bankrolls.