Leg four of the Scottish element of the Grosvenor 25/25 Series played out from 8-10 August in Dundee, where Dany Coll was the sole survivor from a field of 170 entries to take the title and £9,000. The tournament reached the heads-up stage just before midnight when Ian Wright opened to 80k with pocket fours…
Leg one of the Midlands region’s latest edition of the 25/25 Series saw a total of 164 entries at the G Casino, Hill Street, from 8-10 August 2014. With a £200 + £20 buy-in that generated a prize pool of £62,600, with the lion’s share going to winner Paul Wilshaw, who collected £5,690 after a…
Leg 23 of the Super Stack Series at the Cromwell Mint on 10 August was the £500 + £50 High Roller. Attracting 21 entries for a total prize pool of £10,500, it was won by James Mitchell, who bagged £4,000 for his efforts. Scotland’s Jenny Sherman received £2,500 as runner-up, with Ireland’s Gerald Crone taking…
Series five of the £200+£20 Rainbow Bristol Masters from 2-3 August 2014 attracted a field of 124, plus 11 rebuys, for a total prize pool of £27,000… a third of which went to champion David Newman. Newman defeated Antonio Pietragalla heads-up to take home £8,260, with runner-up Pietragalla scooping £5,000 along with third-place finisher Aaron…
The third and final day of the Genting Poker Series Newcastle main event started with 12 players in contention but by the end of play only one remained… Tim Chung, £32,815 richer after claiming the first-place prize. Chung held a 4,970,000 to 2,535,000 chip lead going into heads-up play against Brett Angell and it proved…
Season two in the southern region of the Grosvenor 25/25 Series got off to a great start for Colin MacAndrew, who took the title and £6,850, after a four-handed deal saw all surviving players scoop £5,000 each… with MacAndrew bagging the best of the rest after defeating James Royan heads-up. A total field of 161…
Just 80 players survived from 270 entries to contest day two of leg four in the north-west region of the 25/25 Series at the G Casino in Blackpool from 25-27 July, where Paul Rigg emerged as the champion. With the top 26 getting paid, William Thompson was the man to catch at the start of…
Mint regular Kais Jawad beat Colin Marks to take leg 22 of the Super Stack Series at the Cromwell Mint from 25-27 July 2014. Jawad pocketed £6,500 for his efforts, with Marks taking home £4,100. Third place went to Paul Fontan (£2,800), with Jen Yue Chiang (£2,030) in fourth, Giuseppe Ferraro (£1,600) fifth and Chris…
The UK’s two largest pub poker leagues, Redtooth Poker and The Nuts Poker League, have merged, with Redtooth taking overall ownership of the new operation. The Nuts Poker League currently has 16 franchisees throughout Britain and all will continue to operate leagues under The Nuts Poker brand but will now join the Redtooth team. “This…
The final leg of the first season of the 25/25 Series in Yorkshire from 18-20 July finished with a flourish. A field of 174 entries created a £34,800 prize pool, with winner Stuart Allen taking home £5,660. There were 43 survivors who returned for day two at the Grosvenor Casino in Bradford playing for the…
A massive 183 entries for flight three of the Grosvenor 25/25 Series in The Poker Room at The Vic created a total field of 400 and an £80,000 prize pool, with Ghassan Chehbi the big winner taking home £14,485. Of the 111 runners who survived to day two it was Chehbi; Craig Goddard; Lucia Navarro-Martinez;…