17 August 2010
Date change for GUKPT Brighton
Yesterday we brought you news of Neil Channing's maiden GUKPT Main Event win. Players hoping to follow in Bad Beat's footsteps will have to wait a little longer as organisers have revealed that the next leg of the GUKPT in Brighton has been put back by a couple of weeks.
UKIPT Edinburgh registration information
The PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) makes a very welcome return later this week with the first stop on Scottish soil starting on Thursday. The £500+£50 UKIPT Edinburgh Main Event takes place at the Corn Exchange and organisers have issued a reminder to players about registration.
Penny auction site Bidibot.com open for business
Bidibot.com, a new website offering poker and casino players a cheap way to get hold of tournaments and credits, is open for business.
16 August 2010
Neil Channing wins GUKPT Luton
After a number of tantalisingly close finishes at this year's WSOP Neil Channing has a victory to celebrate this year after taking the honours at the latest leg of the GUKPT in Luton.
Arnaud Mattern leads EPT Tallinn final table
Arnaud Mattern is looking to increase his $1.56m in tournament winnings by another €400,000 ($512,000) as he leads the chip counts going into the final eight players. The Parisian PokerStars Pro, who finished third in the EPT London and seventh at the Grand Prix de Paris, has a better than good chance of becoming the first player to win two EPT events.
BLOG – Walk a mile in his shoes; then sit him at a poker table
Astute readers will notice that besides some print article previews I haven’t spoken about poker strategy for a while. Is it because I have realised that I’m in fact a gigantic fish who has no right to be teaching anyone anything about how to play poker? You would be forgiven for thinking that but actually, I have simply been preoccupied with the intense sport of T-Ball.
Just who the hell is Chris Olaafson?
For the past week or two, plenty of buzz in the poker industry has been to do with a man known only as Chris Olaafson, ‘the man behind the greatest poker players on earth’. The launch of his new training site Up Your Ante has been met with excitement and scepticism, the latter from those who figured it was a joke or viral campaign.
GSN to begin broadcasting $50,000 Doubles Poker
GSN is famous in the poker world for their broadcasting of popular televised cash game High Stakes Poker, which features the likes of Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan and Doyle Brunson playing with millions of dollars on the table.
PokerStars announce ‘extreme’ WCoOP satellites
When the world’s largest online poker room announces that $500,000 in seats will be won to their flagship tournament series the World Championship of Online Poker, you don’t expect entry fees for satellites to start as low as $5.50... well, they do.
13 August 2010
Updates on World Poker Tour London Classic
We all know that the World Poker Tour’s first ever stop in London will be taking place at The Palm Beach Casino, Mayfair, from August 30 until September 4. It will be a £5,300 buy-in event and bring out some of poker’s superstars.