31 May 2012
Purple Lounge Enters Liquidation
According to a release by the new management of Media Corp Plc, Purple Lounge's parent company, the “corporate failings” of the previous management has forced the new management to liquidate Purple Lounge and fire all Purple Lounge staff.
Badbeat.com freeroll winners off to Edinburgh
Online poker training and staking site Badbeat.com is sending five players to compete in the £430 buy-in main event at the Edinburgh leg of the Genting Poker Series.
30 May 2012
Genting Poker Series Edinburgh starts today
The Genting Club in Edinburgh is the venue for the third leg of the Genting Poker Series which returns today. The first of two opening day flights for the £430 Main Event starts at 1pm tomorrow with a second opening day kicking off at the same time on Friday.
$100k rake race at GR88.com starts on Friday
The most high profile races this summer are likely to be at the this year's London Olympics but poker players can get in on the race action too, and bag some cash in the process.
29 May 2012
LCI Poker Tour Brighton starts Wednesday
The new kid on the UK tournament block heads to the South Coast this week as the LCI 2012 UK Poker Tour hits Brighton's Rendezvous Casino. Top of the bill in the six-day series is a £500+£50 Main Event which features two opening flights on Saturday and Sunday and a £30,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Rakeback returns at GR88.com
Rakeback is once again on the menu for players at GR88.com. Players at the site will be able to able get up to 35% of their rake refunded from 1st June, exactly as it was before the programme was cancelled last month.
More poker players shot in Nigeria
Playing poker has become a dangerous business in Nigeria. Four players were shot and killed in the Kano Municipality over the weekend by gunmen riding motorcycles.
28 May 2012
Jones victorious at APAT Welsh Championship
The APAT Championship series hit the G Casino in Cardiff over the weekend for the William Hill Welsh Amateur Poker Championship.
New WSOP tune from SrslySirius
The World Series of Poker is the highlight of the poker year and we don't really need anyone to ratchet up the excitement levels. If we did though, then SrslySirius would be the person we'd turn to to get us in the mood for the Vegas extravaganza.
Marvin Rettenmaier wins WPT World Championship
Marvin Rettenmaier has won the World Poker Tour World Championship and $1,196,858 after defeating Philippe Ktorza heads-up at the Bellagio. With that he wins the WPT bracelet, his name on the trophy and a freeroll to the same event next year.