POKER NEWS

03 September 2010

Poker Hall of Fame nominees announced
Poker Hall of Fame nominees announced

The list of potential candidates to enter the Poker Hall of Fame has been announced with ten players in with a chance this year.

New, two day deep stack tournaments at Bluff Europe at Mint
New, two day deep stack tournaments at Bluff Europe at Mint

Players who like their tournaments to run a bit deeper than normal with bigger starting stacks and a longer than usual clock should head down to Bluff Europe at Mint over the next couple of weeks.

02 September 2010

Poker in the Park begins at 4pm today!
Poker in the Park begins at 4pm today!

Are you excited? You should be. In a few hours the beautiful EPT San Remo winner and friend of Bluff Europe Liv Boeree will be opening the events in Leicester Square today.

Sheringham in British invasion of EPT Vilamoura final
Sheringham in British invasion of EPT Vilamoura final

The odds of a British EPT champion in Portugal look strong as three Britons have managed to conquer the final eight players of the PokerStars EPT Vilamoura; Toby Lewis, Sam Trickett and footballing legend Teddy Sheringham occupy the top three spots and hold well over three-quarters of the chips in play with Lewis leading Trickett by just two antes.

World Poker Tour London Classic Day 2 completed
World Poker Tour London Classic Day 2 completed

Today the 39 remaining players in the World Poker Tour London Classic will reconvene to play down to a final table. In total, 171 players entered to create a prize pool of over £800,000 and a first place prize of nearly a quarter of a million pounds.

GUKPT seat on offer at auction site Bidibot.com
GUKPT seat on offer at auction site Bidibot.com

New penny auction site Bidibot.com is giving bidders the opportunity to win a seat to a GUKPT event for a bargain price in a special auction that will take place this Sunday. Players could end up paying just pennies for a seat worth hundreds of pounds.

WSOPE Main Event seats to be won at UB.com
WSOPE Main Event seats to be won at UB.com

The World Series of Poker Europe promises to be one of the highlights of the London Poker Festival and you could be there courtesy of UB.com.

01 September 2010

Poker in the Park lecture schedule confirmed
Poker in the Park lecture schedule confirmed

The lecture marquee is the place to be if you want to listen to the wit and wisdom of some of the biggest names in the game at this week's Poker in the Park.

World Poker Tour London Classic Day 1B complete
World Poker Tour London Classic Day 1B complete

The second opening flight of the inaugural World Poker Tour London Classic concluded late last night with a total of 94 entrants; 54 players will return and attempt to overtake the monster chip stack of eight-time WSOP bracelet-winner Erik Seidel this afternoon. In total, 90 players will sit down at the felt for Day 2 with late registration available for the first level of play today.

PokerStars EPT Vilamoura - Martin Jacobson leads last 24
PokerStars EPT Vilamoura - Martin Jacobson leads last 24

It was an explosive day of poker in Portugal yesterday when the remaining 69 players of the PokerStars EPT Vilamoura whittled themselves down to just 24. Martin Jacobson is way out in front on 1,362,000 chips; he knocked out bubble boy Ayaz Sadrudin Manji before hand-for-hand play could even be announced to the room.