30 July 2015
Players Refuse to Play Finale in Slovak Tourney
A live poker tournament at the Golden Vegas Casino, Slovakia, was thrown into chaos last weekend after the players at the final table refused to take their seats.
GUKPT Heads to Leeds
A guaranteed prize pool of £100,000 is on offer at the Grosvenor Westgate Casino in Leeds over the next few days as the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour hits Yorkshire.
29 July 2015
PokerStars Fights Prostate Cancer
PokerStars has partnered with men’s health charity Prostate Cancer UK for a special event designed to help raise money for the fight against prostate cancer.
Aspers Charity Event Tonight
The World Poker Tour heads to London this week for the partypoker WPT National UK event at Aspers Casino.
Paysafecard Cashes in on Ukash
Ukash, the electronic voucher system used by many players across the UK, will cease to be available from August.
No More Musical Chairs at Full Tilt
The way in which players can ante-up in Full Tilt's ring games has now changed. Part of the site's ongoing effort to make poker more exciting and fun (especially for casual players), the latest initiative will remove player's ability to select which table they want to sit at.
28 July 2015
Neymar Jr Bets and Raises $100K for Charity
Neymar Jr's first outing as a PokerStars Ambassador went extremely well thanks to a plethora of charitable donations worth $100,000.
Ivey Sues the Borgata
Phil Ivey's latest move in his edge sorted case against Atlantic City's Borgata Casino is to go on the defensive. After more than a year of playing off of the back foot, Ivey has now taken his own step forward and filed his own lawsuit against the case.
Massive MPN Dublin Satellite
The Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) tournament series heads to Ireland next month and you could be there too thanks to a massive super satellite scheduled for this Sunday.
27 July 2015
No More VPPs for PokerStars Live Events
PokerStars online evolution has now spread into the live arena following an announcement that offline events will no longer count towards your VPP total. Over the last few years it's been possible for players to earn additional VPP (VIP points) by anteing up in PokerStars owned live events.