POKER NEWS

29 May 2015

Sports Betting Goes Live on PokerStars
Sports Betting Goes Live on PokerStars

After months of talk, PokerStars has finally released its sports betting platform in the UK. Going live yesterday afternoon, the new portal is fully integrated into the main PokerStars client and contains a small but diverse range of betting options.

28 May 2015

Jeff Madsen's WSOP Warm Up
Jeff Madsen's WSOP Warm Up

Jeff Madsen is a poker pro who is never afraid to speak his mind and last night the WSOP bracelet winner caused a mini-stir on Twitter by announcing that he was playing an employee tournament at the Bicycle Casino.

PokersStars Adds Ronaldo
PokersStars Adds Ronaldo

The links between football and poker have got even closer with the news that Cristiano Ronaldo has joined PokerStars as a site ambassador.

GUKPT Cardiff ME Starts Today
GUKPT Cardiff ME Starts Today

Cardiff is the venue for the latest stop on the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) with a guaranteed Main Event prize pool of £100,000 guaranteed this weekend.

27 May 2015

Win a Trip to CPT Punta Cana
Win a Trip to CPT Punta Cana

Poker in the Caribbean. What's not to like? You could be enjoying the poker trip of a lifetime thanks to Juicy Stakes Poker which is sending at least one lucky player to the$500,000 CPT Punta Cana Main Event this autumn.

Tiger Woods Poker Night Raises $500k
Tiger Woods Poker Night Raises $500k

Stars from stage, screen and sports were on hand at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas earlier this month for the latest instalment of the Tiger Woods Poker Night.

Demidov: WSOP Backer
Demidov: WSOP Backer "Did Not Pay Me".

With the WSOP now underway, thoughts of the Main Event are now looming large, but for one player the tournament brings back some bad memories. According to a recent article by All In Magazine, the 2008 runner-up, Ivan Demidov, didn't ever receive his $5.8 million consolation prize.

Mustapha Kanit Takes SCOOP Main
Mustapha Kanit Takes SCOOP Main

The 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) gets underway today and if there's one player who could be in line for a bracelet this summer, it's Mustapha Kanit.

26 May 2015

Robert Franks wins 25/25 Dundee
Robert Franks wins 25/25 Dundee

The latter stages of the Grosvenor 25/25 Series sometimes look more like an episode of Deal or No Deal than the business end of a poker tournament. There was no talk of chops in Dundee over the weekend though as Robert Franks turned his £200 buy-in into a five-figure payout.

Antonius Samuel wins DTD Grand Prix Million
Antonius Samuel wins DTD Grand Prix Million

DTD regular Antonius Samuel has won the maiden Dusk Till Dawn Party Poker Grand Prix Million.