23 August 2012
GGE to give away WPT Prague seat
WPT Prague is one of the highlights of the European poker calendar and you could be competing with poker royalty in the Czech capital courtesy of WPT Poker and Global Gaming Events (GGE). GGE's latest three-month OFC series features a series of cash added events that will culminate in a freeroll for a WPT Prague package.
61 left at EPT Barcelona - Duda leads
Just 61 players are left at PokerStars EPT Barcelona with qualifier Antonin Duda leading the charge for the €1m+ first prize. The Czech student closed the day with a stack of 1,470,000, just ahead of Samuel Rodriguez who will return with 1,416,000.
New home for EPT London
Players taking part in this season's PokerStars EPT event in London will be doing so at a new venue after organisers confirmed that The Landmark London will be hosting the £5,250 event.
Hachem causes controversy with smoking baby tweet
Former World Champion Joe Hachem has apologised after tweeting a picture of what appeared to be a baby smoking a shisha pipe. According to the Australian Herald Sun Newspaper, Hachem tweeted, “Go blues, shisha for all, can never be too young” with a link to the controversial pic.
22 August 2012
Poker a game of skill according to New York judge
Anyone who has played the game for any length of time will recognise that poker is a game of skill that features elements of luck. A US judge appears to have reached the same conclusion at a court case New York yesterday.
Juanda and Sahamies head EPT Barcelona
Just 207 of the thousand plus starters are left at PokerStars EPT Barcelona with a pair of very familiar faces at the head of the chip counts. 2008 WSOPE Main Event John Juanda winner leads the way with 732,400 followed by online legend Ilari Sahamies who returns with 523,500.
GUKPT Goliath starts today
Players looking to turn a small outlay into big bucks (and let's face it, that's pretty much all of us) should be heading to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry this week for the massive GUKPT Goliath.
21 August 2012
GUKPT Coventry up and running
The poker world is being sent to Coventry this week and it's all in a good cause as the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour hits the G Casino at the city's Ricoh Arena.
Hansen and Sahamies riding high at EPT Barcelona
The temperatures in Barcelona is red hot at the moment and the same description could be levelled at the quality of the field that has assembled in the Catalan capital for the opening event of the new European Poker Tour season.
Poker storyline set for EastEnders
Poker is set to hit mainstream TV screens in the near future as dodgy Derek Branning takes on young Anthony Moon (played by Matt Lapinskas) in a high stakes game on soap gloomfest EastEnders.