14 June 2010
Graham Pound wins GUKPT Luton Summer Series Main Event
Over 50 players gathered for the £500 GUKPT Summer Series main event in Luton over the weekend with Graham Pound emerging victorious to earn a £8,740 pay day as well as a seat in the end of season Champion of Champions tournament. Pound saw off a strong challenge from Black Belt Poker's Gavin Hall, eventually sealing the win after hitting trip aces against Hall's 8-6.
30 WSOP packages to be won courtesy of Poker 770
Poker 770 is giving players plenty of opportunities to follow in the footsteps of Joe Cada by giving away 30 WSOP Main Event packages in a special Mega Super Satellite on Sunday 20th June.
12 June 2010
Gutshot London Open starts today
There is some top quality tournament action on offer at The International Club in London over the next nine days. First up is the Gutshot London Open, a £155 buy-in, two-day event with a guaranteed prize pool of $10,000. Starting stacks are 20,000 chips with a 45-minute clock so there's plenty of value to be had.
11 June 2010
BLOG – How to pretend to be Phil Ivey, what what?
Are you a gentleman? Or just a man? Can you stand before a charging water buffalo, light your pipe; wax your moustache AND drink a full glass of fine brandy before stopping the beast with a raise of your eyebrows? Can you shoehorn in semi-colons; the true punctuation of the chap, whenever you scribe?
Andrew Feldman loses High Court cash battle
Last month we brought you news of a very strange court case involving Andrew Feldman and a spread betting rabbi. The judge at the High Court has made his ruling and it isn't good news for the Full Tilt pro.
Betfair Poker goes World Cup crazy
After all the hype the wait for the World Cup is finally over and Betfair Poker is celebrating by giving away tons of cash in a series of football inspired promotions.
10 June 2010
GUKPT Summer Series resumes this week
While attention may be focussing on the WSOP there's still plenty of action on this side of the pond to keep the tournament junkies satisfied.
Massive poker book collection goes up for sale in London
The game of poker has prompted a rich and varied literature from tomes on strategy to tall tales on the more colourful characters who populate the game. Now one of the finest collections of poker books ever assembled has gone up for sale in London.
New Poker Director at Fox Poker Club
Last week we brought you news of an exciting new poker venture in the heart of London. The Fox Poker Club will become London's first licensed poker club when it opens its doors in August and has got the ball ruling with the appointment of Paul Whiting as its new Poker Director.
09 June 2010
PartyPoker Big Game IV airs tonight
As we reported earlier this week Phil Laak has just broken the World Record for the most consecutive hours playing poker. The Unabomber is no stranger to marathon sessions though as can be witnessed in his appearance in PartyPoker's Big Game IV, the first epsiode of which airs tonight at 11.55pm on Channel 5.