Phil Laak and Antonio Esfandiari are set to star in a new Discovery Channel show called Underground Poker. Part of the channel’s All-In, All-Night series of card-themed shows, Underground Poker will follow the two poker pros as they travel to New Orleans in search of underground poker games. According to the blurb for the show…
The Unibet Open comes to Aspers Casino Stratford in November and in anticipation of the big event the casino is running warm-up events starting on Saturday, September 6. The events will incorporate all the benefits of the Unibet Open itself, but at a much more manageable £165 buy-in (registration fee included). The first event gets…
Mansion Poker has officially decided to close its doors to its UK customers from 15 September 2014, according to an e-mail sent out by the poker room. Customers playing from the UK, or anyone who has found this message in their inbox, should cash out immediately, with Mansion recommending Titanbet Poker as an alternative. Mansion…
The United Kindgom Gambling Commission (UKGC) has suspended the gambling licence held by Silverline Interactiv Technologies, the company that runs the independent poker room PokerCent. According to the regulator, the suspension came after the commission ordered a review of the operator’s activities following a complaint by a player who claimed he had not been able…
The sixth edition of the PokerNews Cup is scheduled to run from 9-12 October at the Montesino Pokertainment Centre in Vienna, Austria. The 2014 version of PokerNews’ own live poker series aims to repeat the success of past years and will feature a €75,000 guaranteed main event (€250 buy-in), an €8,000 guaranteed second-chance tournament (€75),…
There were 66 players who returned for day two of the 25/25 Series event at the G Casino in Reading from 29-31 August, with Sean Williams winning the heads-up battle with Mark McCloughlan for the title and £3,030 after a four-handed deal was reached that saw them both pocket £7,000 along with Kelly Saxby and…
After three opening flights bringing 273 entries, 78 players returned to the G Casino in Bolton for day two of the 25/25 Series, with a five-handed deal seeing Justin Astley take the title and £11,000. Down to the final five after John Cullen’s exit in sixth place, the players decided to do a spilt roughly…
A total of 46 players returned to the Genting Cromwell Mint in London for the final day of the August 888 Super Stack Series, with Carlo Hassan the last man standing to take the title and £4,470. At the start of the final day of leg 24 of the series, Hassan was fourth in chips…
EPT Barcelona drew the largest ever field for an EPT main event, a total of 1,496 players turning out for the 100th edition and creating a €7,480,000 prize pool, with German online poker pro Andre Lettau taking it down for his first live title and €794,058. The 27-year-old entered the final table in the middle…
The European Poker Tour Barcelona €10,300 High Roller attracted a massive 393 entries, smashing all previous records for an EPT high-roller event and the man to benefit most from the huge field was Ihar Soika from Belarus who took the title and €747,200 first-place prize. With just three tables left on Day 3 and the…
David Collins is the Boylepoker IPO Newcastle champion after beating Darren Knaggs heads-up to take the title after the pair had agreed a deal to share the remaining £1,410 prize-money, with £10 on top for the winner. With the demise of Marc Foggin in third place, Collins was ahead 2.1m to 1.6m after being the…
After six hours of final-table action, the Portsmouth leg of the 25/25 Series from 22-24 August concluded with a heads-up deal between chip leader Ben Gallaway and Colin Good, with Gallaway taking the title, the trophy and £9,800. Gallaway, ahead in the chip stakes by about 2.9m to 1.4m after eliminating Rob Udy to take…