POKER NEWS

13 October 2010

WPT London Classic TV coverage starts tonight
WPT London Classic TV coverage starts tonight

The WPT London Classic was one of the biggest events of last month's London Poker Festival and TV viewers will get to see what all the fuss was about with coverage starting tonight.

Fox Poker Club opens in style
Fox Poker Club opens in style

London's newest card room, the Fox Poker Club is officially open for business. The Shaftesbury Avenue venue celebrated its launch with a special opening party that attracted poker players and poker loving celebs alike.

12 October 2010

LPC announces new shoot out event
LPC announces new shoot out event

Taking down the lion's share of a prize pool of £50,000 for winning three single table tournaments. Sounds simple doesn't it. And that's what one player will do at next month's UK Poker Shoot Out.

Martin Emanuelsson wins GSOP Riga
Martin Emanuelsson wins GSOP Riga

Another day, another new poker tour, this time in Riga. The Latvian capital played host to the opening leg of the GSOP Tour and attracted 283 players creating a prize pool of over $500,000.

PKR.com London Calling under way
PKR.com London Calling under way

After all the high stakes action in London over the past month there's something to whet the appetite of players with a more limited bankroll in the form of the PKR.com London Calling festival.

Audley Harrison is a Full Tilt pro
Audley Harrison is a Full Tilt pro

Full Tilt Poker has added a new and somewhat unlikely name to its pro roster. Former Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison has signed a deal with the site prior to his World Heavyweight Championship showdown against David Haye next month.

Russian spy Anna Chapman and the poker connection
Russian spy Anna Chapman and the poker connection

In the good old (bad) days of the KGB an exposed Russian spy could expect an all expenses paid winter holiday to a salt mine in Siberia. It appears that the sanctions for getting busted these days aren't quite so severe if the case of Anna Chapman is anything to go by.

Maxim Lykov is the latest Team PokersStars Pro
Maxim Lykov is the latest Team PokersStars Pro

Great oaks grow from small acorns so the cliché says. Sometimes clichés are true though and Max Lykov's imperious bankroll march is a prime example.

11 October 2010

Paul Foltyn wins second GUKPT title at Brighton
Paul Foltyn wins second GUKPT title at Brighton

The GUKPT returned to the poker scene last weekend and opened the tables up in Brighton for a £1,070 event that promised a strong home defence - the likes of Chris "moorman1" Moorman and James "Flushy" Dempsey hail from the seaside city.

BLOG - BadBeat/MyPokerLab Journalist Challenge
BLOG - BadBeat/MyPokerLab Journalist Challenge

In the words of The Lion King's wise old mandrill, Rafiki; "it is time". Today is the official commencement of the MyPokerLab Journalist Challenge in association with sponsorship site BadBeat.