Sussex Masters at the Rendezvous Casino
The Sussex Masters will take place at the Rendezvous Casino in Brighton from Monday, 31 March, to Sunday, 6 April 2014. See the poster for details.
Benito wins Super Stack second leg
Juan Benito won £6,240 after taking down the second leg of the Super Stack Series at the Mint Casino in London from 21-23 February 2014. Benito was the only survivor from a starting field of 158 entries, which put £23,700 in the prize pool for the £150 (plus £15) tournament. Benjamin Garcia (£5,600) finished runner-up…
Pike spikes Classic victory at Hippodrome
Allan Pike has taken down the Spring Classic at London’s Hippodrome Casino from 7-9 March 2014. Pike, who picked up the £10,959 top prize, trophy and a seat to the Hippodrome’s Summer Classic, went into his heads-up duel with Jeraint Hazan a 1:3 dog but took a huge bite out of Hazan’s stack early on…
Jones win leaves Simon runner-up again
Rhys Jones has been crowned champion of the second leg of the 2014 GUKPT in Manchester from 2-9 March. Jones wins £42,000 for his exploits, which included leaving Simon Deadman as the bridesmaid once again. Deadman was runner-up in the opening leg of the 2014 Genting Poker Series in Birmingham last month, runner-up in the…
Invitation to NH Poker Open
Rainbow Bristol Masters satellites
The next Bristol Masters main event at the Rainbow Casino is scheduled for 5 April 2014. Satellites to the £220 buy-in event are running every Monday and Thursday at the casino, with a 7.30pm start. The satellites are free to enter (3000 chips), with optional £10 rebuys (3000 chips); plus an optional £10 add-on (6000…
Gorgeous! George scoops Coventry 25/25
George Westwood survived the longest final table ever in the 25/25 Series to take down the Coventry leg from 28 February-2 March 2014 at the Ricoh Arena. Westwood battled it out for 17 hours – from 12 noon on Sunday to 5am on Monday morning – before beating David Stephenson heads-up to claim the title.…
Bounty on Biessek at Reading Megastack
Ellie Biessek, winner of the Newcastle leg of last year’s Genting Poker Series, will have a £100 bounty on her head on Friday, 7 March 2014, when day 1A of the Genting Club Reading’s March Megastack gets underway at 7.30pm. The Megastack is a £100+£10 tournament with multiple re-entries and a £10,000 guarantee. Day 1B…
Big two months at Aspers Stratford City!
Aspers Casino Stratford City is set for a big two months, with March and April 2014 bringing plenty of top-quality poker action to the venue. After last weekend’s highly-successful WPT National at the casino, which crowned Laurence Houghton as its champion, next up is the Coral 30/30 from 15-16 March. The previous instalment brought a…
Live satellite to Hippodrome Spring Classic
Win your Way into the £250+25 Spring Classic at the Hippodrome Casino from 7-9 March 2014 in the live satellite at the casino on 6 March. Entry is £35+£5 with a 7pm start, 5k starting stack, 20-minute clock and one rebuy permitted Online satellites are also running on PokerStars. See the website for more details.
Killeen’s Silver bullet brings UKIPT crown
Ireland’s Kevin Killeen won the Dublin leg of the UK and Ireland Poker Tour at the historic Round Room at the Mansion House in the heart of the city centre from 27 February-3 March 2014. Killeen’s heads-up battle with Max Silver, looking for his second UKIPT title, lasted around two-and-a-half hours but it was almost…
Houghton runs away with National treasure
Laurence Houghton has won the WPT National London over the first weekend in March 2014 at Aspers Stratford City. Houghton collected £29,500, winning a terrific heads-up battle with Arvin Ravindran. In the decisive hand Ravindran, who had just 1.6 million chips (10 big blinds after the blinds popped up before the last deal) shoved all-in…