POKER NEWS

23 September 2010

Ofir Mor leads WPT Borgata final table
Ofir Mor leads WPT Borgata final table

Like JP Kelly, WPT Borgata champion Oliver Busquet will not be defending his title. He lead the field in Day 3 for quite some time, prompting talk of an amazing back-to-back WPT win, but wound up in fifth place out of the 27 remaining players who would return for Day 4.

Hellmuth set for a “GaGa” WSOPE entrance
Hellmuth set for a “GaGa” WSOPE entrance

Shy and retiring - two words that could never be used to describe Phil Hellmuth. The Poker Brat will be living up to his larger than life reputation by making another grand entrance at the WSOPE Main Event in Leicester Square at 4pm today.

PokerStars to host EPT London charity event
PokerStars to host EPT London charity event

Poker players at next week's EPT London will be able to take part in some top quality tournament action and help a very worthy thanks to PokerStars next month.

22 September 2010

Charity event at Crockfords Casino tonight
Charity event at Crockfords Casino tonight

Crockfords, the most exclusive casino in London, is hosting a special charity event tonight with a couple of very special guests set to attend.

Scott Shelley beats JP Kelly to WSOPE Event 3 title
Scott Shelley beats JP Kelly to WSOPE Event 3 title

When young Brit JP Kelly won the £1,075 World Series of Poker Europe event in 2009, it was history-making; along with his $1,500 Pot Limit Hold ‘em WSOP 2009 bracelet it made him the first player to win WSOP gold on both sides of the Atlantic.

Massive line-up for WSOPE Heads-Up High Roller
Massive line-up for WSOPE Heads-Up High Roller

The penultimate event before the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe carried the same hefty £10,300 price tag as the feature tournament, but the heads-up format promised to bring the cream of the crop to the event.

John D’Agostino leads WPT Borgata Open Day 3
John D’Agostino leads WPT Borgata Open Day 3

The Borgata Poker Open World Poker Tour event has been through two days of slow, deepstacked play and the field has been reduced to almost one-tenth as 165 of the record-breaking 1,040 field remains in contention for Day 3.

PokerStars 50,000,000,000th hand to be dealt today
PokerStars 50,000,000,000th hand to be dealt today

In February, PokerStars dealt their 40,000,000,000th (that’s forty billion, folks) hand at the tables; now just eight months later we are anticipating the 50th. For most of this month, players have been winning big prizes left right and centre every millionth hand. They receive $50 for each VPP earned in the past 50 hands (the winner gets $500 extra); we’ve seen some awards touching five figures.

PKR wins top technology award
PKR wins top technology award

3D poker room PKR.com has been named the most successful technology company in Britain according to the 2010 Sunday Times Tech Track 100.

21 September 2010

Win! - GUKPT Brighton freeroll this Sunday
Win! - GUKPT Brighton freeroll this Sunday

The GUKPT heads to Brighton next month (8th to 10th October) and you could be there too thanks to our fantastic freeroll this Sunday.