01 December 2010
Rush to Full Tilt Poker for Rush Poker Week and win money
This week is Rush Week at Full Tilt Poker which means that you need to head over to the tables and play Rush Poker in order to win up to $250 and entry to a $50,000 freeroll where you can wind up with a four-figure score just by playing your usual game.
Schedule changes for UK and Ireland Championship of Online Poker
PokerStars have announced that the 11 events at the inaugural UK and Ireland Championship of Online Poker will now start earlier than previously advertised.
Michael 'Wazz' Piper's encounter with Jimmy Carr
When Michael 'Wazz' Piper bought tickets to see comedian Jimmy Carr's live show he can't have expected to have ended up on stage but that was exactly what happened at a recent performance.
30 November 2010
World Poker Tour Marrakech final table set
After two opening flights the field at the WPT Marrakech event sponsored by Chilipoker had reduced the starting field of 222 players to 82 remaining hopefuls looking to make it into the money at 27 players or even further to the final table.
BLOG – Poker at school
Yeah, I’m pretty much dying of this illness. But enough about me, let’s talk poker. No, really, don’t worry about me. I’m fine. Honestly, you don’t have to be so concerned. So, yeah, poker – I found the story that students at a high school in Virginia have an after-school poker club really cool. As a man who played a ton of poker in school I have the utmost support for the activity – if you can avoid bunking lessons and still get your poker fix after school then all the better.
Brian Martin crowned APAT European champion
150 players gathered at the G Casino in Coventry over the weekend to compete for a share of £11,250 and the title of European Amateur Poker Champion. In the end it was Brian Martin who emerged victorious.
US high school condones extra-curricular poker
As anyone who doesn’t like football and went to a school in the UK knows; sport at school is pretty much just something that the unintelligent do for self-esteem. However, what if there was a sport or game that taught mathematics, psychology, logic a- oh, wait! I thought of one.
2011 English Deepstack Championships announced
Tournament lovers who like their stacks deep will be in for a treat next spring after tour organisers D4 announced details of the English Deepstack Poker Championships .
WSOP boosts US online traffic
After the banning of internet poker in Washington State many had predicted hard times for the online game in America. That pessimism appears to be misplaced if a new survey from comScore Media Matrix is to be believed.
29 November 2010
Leon Bui wins GUKPT Grand Final
207 players gathered at the Vic over the weekend for the Grand Final of the Grosevenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) and in the end it was Leon Bui who was the last man standing.