14 July 2010
Brighton Summer Breeze Festival results
Brighton's Rendezvous Casino was the venue for the six event Summer Breeze Festival last week which saw 270 players compete for a total prize pool of over £56,000.
UKIPT resumes tomorrow
After a trip across the Irish Sea the UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) heads to the south coast of England tomorrow for the next leg.
Win a trip to the Vilamoura Deepstack
The beautiful Portuguese town of Vilamoura plays host to the Deepstack Open this September and Poker770.com is giving players the chance to earn a share of the €250,000 prize pool.
13 July 2010
$500,000 in giveaways from Betfair
From 27th July until 20th August Betfair Poker will be hosting twice daily $500 freerolls with no entry requirements whatsoever. $60,000 is also up for grabs in a special rake race with the top 100 finishers in the league table earning cash prizes ranging $75 up to $10,000 for the winner. Players will earn 1 point for every £0.05 in rake.
London Poker Circuit adds midweek events
Londoners on the lookout for some decent midweek tournament action could do worse than check out the London Poker Circuit which has added tournaments on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
$1,000 to be won each week in Lucky Ace Poker's freeroll
Bluff Europe has teamed up with Lucky Ace Poker for its next Card Gang freeroll with $1,000 in prize money to be won every week.
12 July 2010
Betfair Poker to join Ongame Network
There had been a number of rumours swirling around the internet poker world in recent weeks that Betfair Poker was going to move from a standalone site to a poker network. Those rumours have been confirmed with the news that the site will be moving to the Ongame Network later this month.
Poker Academy schedule confirmed
Organisers have confirmed the schedule for the next Bluff Europe Poker Academy in association with Blackbeltpoker.com that takes place at London's Victoria Casino on Saturday 31st July 2010.
BLOG - I'm ninety seven years old, you know!
So it’s only taken six whole entire days, each consisting of eight to twelve hours of poker as thousands of players went up against one another with $10,000 to back up their beliefs that they are good enough, lucky enough, deserving enough to win the near $9m first prize and eternal glory that comes with a WSOP Main Event bracelet. As I write, they are sleeping off the grind on their only day off remaining until they hit the rail.
Jennifer Tilly wins $5,000 Bellagio Cup VI for $125,000
Poker couple Phil Laak and Jennifer Tilly didn’t have a great WSOP – no final tables, no notable cashes; Phil set an endurance record that was promptly smashed by Austrians... not great. However, Liar Liar and Bride of Chucky star turned WSOP Ladies’ bracelet-winner Jennifer Tilly managed to make up for it.