Briton Simon Deadman scooped the biggest win of his career by topping a 692-runner field to win the $2,500 Hollywood Poker Open main event at the M Resort Casino Spa in Las Vegas from 27-29 June. The first half of 2014 has been a frustrating time for Deadman who has had no-fewer than six runner-up…
There were 52 players who returned to the G Casino in Walsall for day two of the 25/25 Series from 27-29 June, with only Michael Corrigan surviving until the end of it… £7,250 richer and the proud recipient of the 25/25 Walsall trophy. A total of 179 entries contributed to a healthy £35,980 prize pool,…
Tadhg Ryan pocketed a cool €18,250 after winning the Boylepoker IPO Killarney main event from 19-23 June 2014. The final day’s play began with eight players in the hunt for the title but after an hour of play with no eliminations, the players agreed to flatten the payout structure. Two hours later the tournament was…
Leg three of the Scottish element of the Grosvenor 25/25 Series at the Merchant City Casino in Glasgow from 20-22 July attracted 190 entries and a prize pool of £38,000, with Craig Smith taking the title and £11,010 first-place loot. At the start of heads-up play Smith enjoyed a 3.1m to 1.65m chip advantage over…
Spain’s Rodrigo Espinosa emerged the champion from the eight-handed UKIPT Marbella final table after beating Germany’s Christian Bauer to win the €136,000 first prize. The final table started with Norway’s Katja Svendsen looking to become the first-ever female UKIPT champion but she had Britain’s Jake Cody and six other testosterone-fuelled guys standing in her way.…
Despite the distraction of the World Cup, the three flights of the Stockton leg in the Yorkshire section of the 25/25 Series saw a total number of 126 entries to creep above the guarantee by one runner and the major beneficiary of the £25,200 prize pool was Lauren Render, who took home £5,450 and the…
Leg three of the north-west section of the Grosvenor 25/25 Series from 6-8 June produced a £52,800 prize pool after 264 entries signed up for the three opening flights. But after 16 hours of play on day two only Rob Swindells remained from the 59 who returned to the G Casino in Didsbury after his…
A five-way deal in the fourth series of the £200+£20 Rainbow Bristol Masters from 6-8 June saw Tony Martin, Mike Ronayne, Simon Ward, Christopher Phillips and Darren Rice split the £20,000 in remaining prize money, with Martin eventually coming out on top to take the title and the £10 on top. Min Ji finished in…
With 52 players returning for day two of leg 15 of the Super Stack Series at London’s Cromwell Mint casino from 30 May-1 June it was Ion Tronaru in pole position to claim the biggest share of the £24,900 prize fund. Tronaru, the winner of leg 11 from 25-27 April, was on 344,700 chips, 25k…
Bulgaria’s Antoan Katsarov won the inaugural €550 MPNPT main event from 29 May-1 June 2014. Katsarov joined the final table as one of the short stacks but navigated the dangerous waters at Aspers Casino in London magnificently to take down the first ever event of the MPN Poker Tour. The Bulgarian started the final table…
After a three-way deal which saw Liam Oliver, Ceri Rees and Jonathan O’Brien bagging £4,400 from the second leg of the Welsh Poker Series at the Grosvenor Casino in Swansea on 1 June 2014, it was Oliver who took the trophy and £180 on top for first place. Oliver, who had qualified on Day 1A…