01 December 2011
GUKPT Grand Final Main Event starts today
The 2011 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) reaches a climax this weekend in the form of the £2,500 buy-in season ending Grand Final at London's Victoria Casino. The first of two opening flights starts at noon today with a second day 1 starting at the same time tomorrow.
30 November 2011
Martin Staszko is latest Team PokerStars Pro
This year's World Series of Poker Main Event runner up Martin Staszko is the latest player to become a Team PokerStars Pro.
$100m tournament for Macau?
It's been home to some of the biggest cash games ever seen but could Macau now be in line to host the world's richest tournament? That is what American businessman William Murray hinted at in an interview with Gaming Today magazine.
Prague Poker Festival starts tomorrow
Prague will vie with Macau and Las Vegas for the title of capital of the poker universe, for the next couple of weeks at least, with a whole host of events scheduled for the Prague Poker Festival over the next 12 days.
International Club has licence revoked
Popular London club The International has had its licence revoked by Hackney Council which alleges that the venue has been operating as a large scale poker venue.
29 November 2011
12 Paydays of Christmas from paddypowerpoker.com
Who wants a partridge in a pear tree when you could have cash, a netbook and Xbox or other great electrical goodies? The latter are all on offer courtesy of paddypowerpoker.com's 12 Paydays of Christmas which starts tomorrow and runs until 23rd December.
Tobey Maguire settles poker lawsuit
Earlier this year we brought you news that actor Tobey Maguire and 21 other players, including former High Stakes Poker host Gabe Kaplan, had been sued for their involvement in a high stakes poker game.
Christmas comes early at Victor Chandler Poker
Christmas is coming early for players at Victor Chandler Poker in the form of the site's 25-day Advent Calendar which starts on Thursday. Prizes worth €40,000 are on offer. To find out what's up for grabs and how it can be won, all players have to do is log onto the site after 5am every morning (UK time).
Barney Frank won't seek re-election
US poker players are set to lose an influential political voice with the news that Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank will not be standing for re-election in 2012.
Las Vegas Team Challenge up and running
The Las Vegas Team Challenge is up and running at PokerEncore.com with teams battling for a place in March's live final where at trip Sin City for the WSOP worth a cool $48,000 will be won.