POKER NEWS

01 October 2010

EPT London smashes attendance record
EPT London smashes attendance record

The late Norris McWhirter would not doubt have been pleased to see yet another record broken. The record in question this time is the biggest poker tournament ever held in Britain which is now held by the current EPT London Main Event.

Latest Online Forum Challenge series the biggest yet
Latest Online Forum Challenge series the biggest yet

Global Gaming Events has teamed up with Intertops for its latest Online Forum Challenge series. Over the next four months a whopping $23,000 in cash and prizes will be added to the prize pool making this the biggest series in Global Gaming Events' four-year history.

Irish TV host aims to raise €10,000 for charity at International Poker Open
Irish TV host aims to raise €10,000 for charity at International Poker Open

TV host Aidan Cooney will have more reason than most to make a deep run at next month's International Poker Open. The Ireland AM presenter has teamed up with Boyle Poker to try and raise funds for ORBIS International, a charity that helps fight blindness in the developing world.

30 September 2010

EPT London – Day 1a complete, Porbandarwala leads
EPT London – Day 1a complete, Porbandarwala leads

A huge amount of entrants – 339, to be precise – entered the Hilton Metropole for Day 1a of the European Poker Tour London Main Event including an armada of pros, PokerStars or otherwise, and online qualifiers from PokerStars.

Annette Obrestad wins £5,250 EPT London Heads-Up event
Annette Obrestad wins £5,250 EPT London Heads-Up event

We’ve only just finished up the World Series of Poker Europe but that doesn’t mean we can’t have another major tournament series right after. The PokerStars EPT London has hit our fair city and is taking place in the Hilton Metropole hotel, Mayfair.

Charity poker tournament tonight
Charity poker tournament tonight

Top pros and poker loving celebrities will be heading to Les Ambassadeurs in Mayfair tonight for a special charity event.

Cake Poker offering Aussie Millions satellites
Cake Poker offering Aussie Millions satellites

One major tournament ends, another begins. What a wonderful world we live in – made more wonderful by the fact that you can avoid paying a $10,000 AUD entry fee to the 2011 Aussie Millions and instead qualify on Cake Poker.

At The Races launches new poker site
At The Races launches new poker site

TV horseracing channel At The Races has teamed up with bricks and mortar casino group Genting to launch a new online poker site.

29 September 2010

James Bord wins World Series of Poker Europe Main Event
James Bord wins World Series of Poker Europe Main Event

It took two opening flights, three further days and a thirteen-hour final table but the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event has come to an end. The dust has settled, the chips are won and the last man standing in a field of 346 of the world’s best players is UK pro James Bord.

Liv Boeree becomes newest member of Team PokerStars Pro
Liv Boeree becomes newest member of Team PokerStars Pro

As if a record-breaking European Poker Tour victory in San Remo earlier this year wasn’t enough for Astrophysics graduate turned poker pro Liv Boeree; the addition of her name to the roster of Team PokerStars Pros is surely proof to the poker world that this girl isn’t just a pretty face.