27 July 2010
Force is strong with Luke in Sheffield
57 players gathered at Sheffield's G Casino for the latest leg of the GUKPT Summer Series over the weekend. Amongst them were current GUKPT ranking point leader Alli Mallu, Newcastle Summer Series Main Event winner Hugh Frew and Gavin Hall who was aiming for his third GUKPT final table in a row.
Win a trip to the Munich Oktoberfest
Poker and boozing don't normally go together (just ask Scotty Nguyen) but in the case of this promotion from PartyPoker.com we'll make an exception.
26 July 2010
Mark Brittain wins SPT Swansea
Mark 'Ratboy71' Brittain has been crowned the latest winner on the Sky Poker Tour. The 38-year-old outlasted a field of 125 players that was made up of Sky Poker qualifiers and a variety of special guests including former boxing champ Nicky Piper, WSOP bracelet winner James Dempsey and Sky Poker presenter and arguably the worst batsman ever to play for England, Ed Giddins.
BLOG – Is playing tight a retro fashion?
Ten years ago, when Chris Ferguson had just beaten TJ Cloutier heads-up to win the 2000 WSOP Main Event, the tight-aggressive, patient style was king. Professional players waited for premium cards or hands with good implied odds before entering a pot, only bluffing in the ideal situations and exploiting their image as someone who always has the nuts.
Escaped Aussie prisoner caught thanks to poker game
As anyone who has ever been to an Ashes cricket match will know, the Poms take great delight in reminding their Aussie cousins about their supposed convict roots.
Win a trip to APT Philippines
The event in Philippines is one of the highlights of the Asian Poker Tour and you could be there courtesy of bet365.
24 July 2010
Tom Dwan back on the online grind
The last few weeks have seen Tom Dwan concentrating on winning at the World Series, not so much for the bracelet itself, more so for the money he'd win in prop bets if he took a title. After a few very near misses at the Rio, Durrrr is back to his bread and butter of high stakes online action, racking up the best part of 10,000 hands in a marathon session yesterday.
Win a Lamborghini Gallardo supercar
The generous people at PokerStars certainly know a thing or two when it comes to top of the range prizes and their latest promotion is no exception.
23 July 2010
Win the chance to knock out Evander Holyfield!
The knock out would of course be in poker rather than boxing but would be an impressive feat nevertheless. RealDealPoker.com is running a series of online qualifiers which will culminate in a heavyweight poker final against the champ at London's Poker in the Park Festival on 2nd September.
BLOG – Is Poker Gambling?
When you spend a lot of time talking poker, reading poker, playing poker; you find certain patterns repeating – people don’t like Jamie Gold but they like Greg Raymer, Isildur1 is still a hot topic and poker isn’t gambling. Or is it? Or isn’t it? Or is- sorry, I’ll stop.