POKER NEWS

28 September 2009

RedTooth Pub Poker Prize Pool Increased to £80,000
RedTooth Pub Poker Prize Pool Increased to £80,000

RedTooth, the largest pub poker league in the UK with over 65,000 players, has heard some good news after recent changes in live poker legislation – since their national final is played in a casino and not a pub, they can offer a much large prize pool – to the tune of £80,000; in fact.

PKR announces return of the Oktoberfest
PKR announces return of the Oktoberfest

If your idea of Oktoberfest is lederhosen, drunken Germans and extraordinary amounts of lager then think again. PKR.com has announced its very own poker Oktoberfest starting on 15th October.

Sarah Champion is the new face of Sky Poker
Sarah Champion is the new face of Sky Poker

Actress and radio presenter Sarah Champion will join Tony Kendall, Ed Giddins and co. as the latest member of Sky Poker’s presenting team. Miss Champion who was a model before starting her journalistic career, was deemed the sexiest women in radio by FHM Magazine.

26 September 2009

Freeroll your way to the Irish Winter Festival
Freeroll your way to the Irish Winter Festival

If you’re not busy keeping an eye on Leicester Square, join us at PaddyPower on Sunday 27th at 19:30 UK time.

25 September 2009

Oliver Busquet Leads Borgata 6-max Final Table
Oliver Busquet Leads Borgata 6-max Final Table

The final table of the $2,000,000 Guaranteed WPT Borgata Poker Open has been set, with six players slogging it through a field of over 1,000 to make it to the coveted last piece of felt.

PartyPoker player uses Player Points to pay for his honeymoon
PartyPoker player uses Player Points to pay for his honeymoon

Weddings are very expensive occassions and after all the flowers, food and string quartets there’s often not much change left for the honeymoon. One PartyPoker player has found a novel solution to this financial quandary by using his hard won PartyPoints to pay for his honeymoon.

Join the Devilfish at the Final Table From Hell III
Join the Devilfish at the Final Table From Hell III

If the thought of tangling with Dave Ulliott excites rather than frightens you then Devilfish Poker has just the thing. It has launched its third Final Table From Hell promotion where winners from a series of weekly bounty events will meet the Devilfish himself in a single table tournament.

24 September 2009

Chris Moorman becomes one of Doyle Brunson’s chosen few
Chris Moorman becomes one of Doyle Brunson’s chosen few

Doyle Brunson hasn’t confined himself to just playing poker on his latest visit to the UK. He’s been doing a bit of shopping for his Brunson 10 pro team, signing up and coming UK pro Chris Moorman.

PKR launches Mac-friendly Version
PKR launches Mac-friendly Version

After the third birthday and 3,000,000th customer milestones recently passed by PKR, they can announce another – a wave of Mac users may now descend upon the site which has recently launched a Mac version.

Patrik Antonius talks frankly in Interview
Patrik Antonius talks frankly in Interview

In a candid interview with Inside Poker magazine, Full Tilt pro Patrik Antonius has spoken at length about his online play, tilt, why Gus Hansen is better than Phil Galfond and who he’d like to punch.