POKER NEWS

23 June 2010

Fox Poker Club to host PartyPoker.com's Drive the Dream finale
Fox Poker Club to host PartyPoker.com's Drive the Dream finale

The Fox Poker Club will be opening in Shaftesbury Avenue in London in August and PartyPoker has revealed that it will be hosting the finale to its Drive The Dream competition there.

22 June 2010

Debut episode of The Poker Lounge airs tonight
Debut episode of The Poker Lounge airs tonight

The latest addition to the poker TV schedules can be seen for the first time tonight when The Poker Lounge makes its debut on Channel 4 at 12.05am.

UKIPT Edinburgh confirmed for August
UKIPT Edinburgh confirmed for August

The PokerStars sponsored UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) has already featured events from Ireland and England and now the Scots are getting in on the act with an event in Edinburgh.

PartyPoker's Card Rush XL is back
PartyPoker's Card Rush XL is back

The good people at PartyPoker are giving away 1.8 million scratchcards in their Card Rush XL promotion with prizes to be won in each and every one of them.

21 June 2010

WPT London qualifiers start today
WPT London qualifiers start today

The World Poker Tour is coming to London this autumn and partypoker.com is giving players the chance of being there with qualifiers starting today.

BLOG – Women – can’t live with ‘em; can’t bust ‘em out of poker tournaments
BLOG – Women – can’t live with ‘em; can’t bust ‘em out of poker tournaments

We’ve had the Year of the Amateur in 2003; the Year of the Pro in 2009; is 2010 to be the Year of the Woman? When Shaun Deeb and other male players entered the $1,000 Ladies’ Event there was a bit of a storm kicked up, albeit one contained to a poker-related teacup. Men aren’t technically disallowed from entering the event because of equality and discrimination laws, however most don’t for obvious reasons.

William Thorsson wins Baltic Festival
William Thorsson wins Baltic Festival

Swedish professional William Thorson has been crowned king of the Baltic after winning the Main Event of the PokerStars Baltic Festival in Tallinn, Estonia over the weekend.

19 June 2010

Massive weekend of WSOP qualifiers
Massive weekend of WSOP qualifiers

There is still time to bag yourself a seat in the Main Event of this year's World Series of Poker with PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker both running massive super satellites this Sunday.

18 June 2010

Win a seat to the WSOP Main Event courtesy of RealDealPoker.com
Win a seat to the WSOP Main Event courtesy of RealDealPoker.com

Revolutionary new online poker room RealDealPoker.com is sending one lucky player to this year's World Series of Poker thanks to it's new SNG to WSOP promotion.

UKIPT Killarney seats to be won at Dusk Till Dawn tonight
UKIPT Killarney seats to be won at Dusk Till Dawn tonight

England's World Cup clash with Algeria has meant a change in the schedule at Dusk Till Dawn tonight. Instead of the usual £40 rebuy there will be a special £50 rebuy event with two packages to next month's PokerStars UKIPT event in Killarney up for grabs.