05 December 2007
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Awards
Monday night saw the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Awards Ceremony take
place at the Jewel Bar in London’s Covent Garden. The tour took
place over ten legs and saw a total prizepool of over £3.
Tony G Shows Generosity in Moscow
You might be more used to people saying Tony G has a big mouth than
anything else. At the WPT Paris he told a gallery of onlookers he
had a big heart. He did it loudly, of course. The man showed he
does indeed have a big heart though after donating h
ECOOP Underway at Titan Poker
With a schedule of ten days, the European Championship of Online
Poker is well underway at Titan. The proceedings got underway on
Friday, with the first three events already having been settled at
the time of writing.
Preliminary Events at Five Diamond Classic Roll On
Two more of the preliminary events at the Five Diamond World Poker
Classic have been decided at the Bellagio, Las Vegas.
Event 4 was a $3,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament which drew 231
players and generated a prize pool in excess of $670,000.
04 December 2007
Nancy Cartwright Charity Poker Tournament Announced
The voice behind Bart Simpson is to host another charity poker
tournament on 15th December, this time in aid of Happy House.
The organisation, which was founded by Cartwright and Rose Goss,
an author and documentary producer, helps bring safer c
Professor or Pro-player?
Steven Garfinkle had a decent summer at the poker tables. Finishing
58th in the $3000 No Limit Hold’em Event at the WSOP was ok, but
the tenth place in the Main Event was the news that got him onto
the front of his local paper twice, as well as the n
Four Arrested in Raid on Illegal Poker Game
A raid on a New Jersey poker game last Friday led to the arrest of
four men on gambling and drug offences.
The raid was conducted shortly after midnight at a house in the
Englewood Cliffs district after police received complaints from
neighbour
Welsh Poker Booming
New research conducted by Market researchers Mintel has revealed
more adults are playing poker in Wales than anywhere else in
Britain. According to the study, 31 percent of the Welsh people who
took part in the study have played the game at least onc
Pokertrillion.com Launched
Reaching live tournaments is the aim for many online players, and
with the launch of Pokertrillion.com that might have just become a
little easier.
With more tournaments in the poker calendar than ever before,
and entry fees escalating to keep
30 November 2007
Dusk Till Dawn Now Open
It took over a year to come to fruition, but the Dusk Till Dawn
poker club is now officially open. Business began at the
Nottingham-based card room this Thursday, kicking off with a series
of tournaments to celebrate the event.