The first Welsh Poker Series event of 2014 comes to a conclusion at the G Casino in Cardiff on Sunday, 30 March 2014. Day 1A at Swansea on Friday put £8,700 into the prize pool and day 1B in Cardiff saw the money swell to a massive £23,800, more than £8,000 above the £15,000 guarantee.…
The Super Stack Stack series returns to the Genting Cromwell Mint casino in London for leg six this weekend, 28-30 March 2014. There are two flights today, the second of which gets underway at 8pm, and two on Saturday, with day two of the £150 + £15 buy-in event on Sunday. Day 1b registration tomorrow…
The 25/25 Series in Huddersfield kicks off tonight at the Grosvenor Casino. Leg three of the Yorkshire series takes place from 28-30 March 2014 and has a £200 + £20 buy-in with an unconditional £25,000 guarantee. The starting stack is 25,000 chips and there are three starting flights. Leg one which took place in Leeds…
Another deal and another fist full of dollars, well pounds actually, as Ali Mallu continued his amazing run of form at the G Casino in Manchester from 21-23 March 2014, when he took down the Grosvenor 25/25 Series event. With five remaining, the players cut a deal which saw Mallu add a further £15,260 to…
Mohammed Istakhar Sadiq walked away with £11,300 and the title after winning the £50,000 guaranteed Six Max tournament at Dusk Till Dawn from 20-23 March 2014. Among the 192 runners were some of the country’s top poker talent including Matt Perrins, Willie Tann and Paul Jackson, but it was Sadiq who took top honours. Mike…
With just the trophy to play for after a three-handed deal was hatched in the Grosvenor 25/25 Series London leg at The Victoria casino from 14-16 March 2014, it was Adrian Soriano Aleman who got to take it home. Soriano Aleman had already scooped £15,000 after the deal was done, but it took a further…
Dean Lyall took down the Grosvenor 25/25 Series event at the Merchant City Casino from 14-16 March 2014, beating David Gillies heads-up to claim the title and £12,000. Of the 212 players who began the tournament, it came down to two, with heads-up play starting with Lyall enjoying a 2:1 chip advantage over Gillies. And…
South African James Parker took down the second leg of the Genting Poker Series in Sheffield from 12-16 March 2014. Parker outlasted the 21 hopefuls who returned for Sunday’s final day and picked up £22,120 and the trophy to take home to SA after a heads-up battle with Richard Kellett. When it got to heads-up…
Andrea Dato made it third time lucky at the WPT Venice Carnival 2014 main event, defeating Britain’s Sam Trickett heads-up for the title and €105,000, after having made the final table twice before in 2011 and 2012. Trickett, who signed a sponsorship deal with Everest Poker earlier this week, held an almost 3:1 chip lead…
Just two weeks left to win a place in the first Welsh Poker Series event of 2014. The Grosvenor Casinos-organised tournament runs from 28-30 March 2014, with two day ones at Swansea and Cardiff respectively, followed by day two in Cardiff on 30 March. Satellites are running on Monday in Swansea and on a Wednesday…
Sam Trickett heads the cast going into today’s final day of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Venice Carnival. The new face of Everest Poker and Britain’s biggest live tournament earner is second in chips as he pursues his maiden WPT title. But the man leading the way is Andrea Dato, who will be hoping it’s…
Aspers Casino was the venue for Apat’s Newcastle ‘Lite’ festival from 1-2 March 2014. The two-day mini-festival included four events. First up on the Saturday was a £50+£5 hold’em deepstack; followed by a £25+£5 hold’em tournament. On Sunday there was a repeat of the opening event, followed by a £25+£5 PLO competition. Mark Robinson took…