Carl Norris

Norris takes his golden shot in Leeds

APAT’s first visit to Leeds for the UK Amateur Poker Championship attracted 123 players, with Carl Norris the sole survivor after two gruelling days at the felt to take home a gold medal and £2,815, plus a seat into the APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker next year. Norris defeated APAT legend Rob Swindells heads-up…

Michael Crawford

Crawford has knack of building Edinburgh stack

Michael Crawford, not aka Frank Spencer, did find The Knack for success like his more famous theatrical namesake though when he took down the 25/25 Series in Edinburgh from 9-12 October. With 232 runners over the three opening flights producing a £46,400 prize pool at the Maybury Casino, it was Crawford who bagged the biggest…

Dave Corbin

Corbin deals in Cardiff PokerPlayer success

Start-of-day chip leader David Corbin was crowned PokerPlayer Tour Cardiff champion after 10 players came back for Day 2 at the G Casino on 12 October. The final 10 returned with only eight set to get paid but before any cards had been dealt a deal was done to see all players picking up some…

Brett Angell

Angell delight at scooping UKIPT London title

Brett Angell topped a field of 1,089 runners at UKIPT London to net the biggest live score of his career, securing a bumper £115,083 payout after beating Switzerland’s Fabrizio Fuchs heads-up. With both players holding deep stacks at the start of heads-up play they agreed a chop that saw £10,000 left to play for with…

Dan Colman

Colman’s rich vein of form continues in Alpha8

Dan Colman, who took down the WSOP Big One For One Drop event in Las Vegas in the summer, is on a winning streak at the moment having emerged triumphant in the WPT Alpha8 at the Palm Beach casino to extend his earnings to almost $22 million in 2014 – and there are still two…

Vasos Petrou

Petrou deals his way to Bristol Masters title

The only Welshman at the table, Vasos Petrou, took the title in series six of the Rainbow Bristol Masters from 4-5 October after a four-way deal saw the remaining £20,000 in the prize pool evenly split with Jake Dursley, Neil Whitby and Yadi Ahmadi. A total field of 136 players, plus 19 rebuys, put £31,000…

Josh Hart

Josh shows Hart to scoop Isle of Man title

The man to emerge as champion at the Villa Marina in Douglas, Isle of Man, was 24-year old poker pro Josh Hart, who collected £57,484 and a coveted UKIPT trophy as his reward. Englishman Hart beat Irishman Ciaran Heaney heads-up after the pair had agreed a deal that left £5,000 and the trophy to play…

Stephen Allan

Allan has the key to Salford success

Stephen Allan was the sole survivor from a field of 168 entries, pocketing £8,920 after beating Jason Barton heads-up to win the Salford 25/25 from 3-5 October and also collecting a GUKPT seat from the last-man standing pot. After the players had agreed a deal with £8,920 going to first place and £7,500 for second,…

PokerStars and Full Tilt call quits in 30 countries

Poker players from 30 countries have been informed they no longer have the opportunity to play at real-money tables on PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. The decision to end PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker operations in so many countries from 1 October comes as part of a new policy adopted by Amaya Gaming, which has…

Antoine Bernheim

Bernheim makes a Mint with Super Stack win

Antoine Bernheim won leg 10 of the 2014 Super Stack Series at the Genting Cromwell Mint from 26-28 September. Bernheim won the heads-up duel with Terry Mitford to take home the £4,000 top prize, runner-up Mitford heading home £3,000 richer. A total of 115 entries generated a £17,250 prize pool for the £150+£15 event, with…

Sam Brennan

Brennan agrees to take Leeds 25/25 title

Samuel Brennan took the 25/25 Leeds title and £10,385 after agreeing a deal with Dominic Mahoney at the G Casino, Leeds Westgate. The opening leg of the second Yorkshire series of the 25/25 this year, the Leeds 25/25 attracted 219 entries and produced a prize pool of £43,800, with 23 making the money from the…

Gabriel Tuna

Tuna swims to Brighton to net 25/25

WPT National London champion Gabriel Tuna bagged another title at the weekend, taking down the 25/25 Brighton event at the Grosvenor Casino. Tuna outlasted a field of 171 to take the biggest portion of the £34,200 prize pool in the £200+£20 tournament. Tuna beat Nathan Burfoot heads-up to pocket £6,146 after going in with 9-5…