POKER NEWS

13 May 2011

Game of strip poker leads to assault
Game of strip poker leads to assault

A man from Bristol has been given a suspended jail term after pleading guilty to a number of disturbances, one of which involved attacking a man playing strip poker with his girlfriend.

12 May 2011

EPT Grand Final Live streaming
EPT Grand Final Live streaming

We are getting ever closer to finding out who will take the €1.5m first prize on offer to the winner of the EPT Grand Final in Madrid and anyone wishing to follow the action hand by hand can do so courtesy of PokerStars.TV.

Mediterranean Deepstack Poker Championships begin today
Mediterranean Deepstack Poker Championships begin today

Casino Portoroz on the coast of Slovenia is the host of much deepstacked poker action over the next few days as Day 1a of the €550 Mediterranean Deepstack Poker Championship begins today. The 500-player capacity tournament also promises “the best poker buffet you will ever get” for free, so that’s some +EV already.

GUKPT Summer Series starts today
GUKPT Summer Series starts today

It may be damp and grey in much of the UK today but Summer is in the air, at the Grosvenor Casino in Brighton and the G Casino in Dundee at any rate.

EPT Grand Final set; Alex Gomes chasing Triple Crown
EPT Grand Final set; Alex Gomes chasing Triple Crown

After a long day of play the PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final in Madrid has reached a final eight with Ivan Freitez leading the field holding just under 30% of the chips. Eyes are on PokerStars Pro Alex Gomes, though, who is attempting to join Gavin Griffin and Roland de Wolfe in the EPT-WSOP-WPT winners’ club.

55 final tables to be streamed live from this year's WSOP
55 final tables to be streamed live from this year's WSOP

If you can't make the rail at the Rio for this year's World Series then WSOP are offering what could be the next best thing. WSOP.com will be streaming the final table of 55 of the 2010 World Series on a five minute delay.

Bonomo and Haxton ponder US departure
Bonomo and Haxton ponder US departure

The Black Friday indictments have scuppered the career prospects for thousands of players in the US leading many to consider moving overseas.

Extra events added to PKR Live
Extra events added to PKR Live

PKR Live heads to The Fox Poker Club in London next week with the £750 event opened up to direct buy-ins for the first time. A bumper field is expected with a prize pool of over £200,000 a distinct possibility. In addition, organisers have now added a couple of extra events due to exceptional demand.

11 May 2011

Eugene “FishosaurusREX” Yanayt leads EPT Grand Final
Eugene “FishosaurusREX” Yanayt leads EPT Grand Final

A speedy Day 3 has left us with 24 players remaining in contention at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final. The pressure mounts as each player left is guaranteed €40,000 for making it this far and will play down to a final table today.

Kenny Nguyen the Nguyen-er at WSOP-C Harrah’s Chester
Kenny Nguyen the Nguyen-er at WSOP-C Harrah’s Chester

We told you – a man named Nguyen has won another poker tournament, this time Kenny Nguyen at the World Series of Poker Circuit event at Harrah’s Chester. Nguyen, nicknamed “Super Tuan”, beat a field of 269 players to take home $94,901 and a WSOP-C ring.