The first big winner of 2015 was Phillip Corion, who took down the Genting Poker Link South from 2-4 January. Luton has proved a happy hunting ground for Corion, who finished runner-up in the GUKPT Luton Main Event in October, and he added another £11,100 to his bankroll after topping a 312-runner field in the…
Paul Carr emerged €16,450 richer after winning the Irish Poker Championship at the Radisson Hotel in Galway from 3-4 January. A field of 258 players for the €315, plus €35, main event produced an €81,270 prize pool, with Carr agreeing a four-handed deal with Paul McCaffery, Damien Collins and Jarlath Noone to claim the trophy.…
Dermot Blain has completed a hat-trick of Global Poker Index player of the year awards after finishing top of the Irish 2014 leaderboard, having also topped the rankings in 2012 and 2013. The 30-year old from Sligo started 2014 strongly with a victory in a €1,100 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha event at European Poker Tour…
When the Global Poker Index (GPI) updated its database for the final time in 2014 on New Year’s Eve, Oliver Price was the name on top of United Kingdom player of the year standings. Price finished the year with 3,444.07 points, beating Stephen Chidwick (3,063.69) by almost 400 points. It was a three-horse race to…
December is traditionally the season of Christmas Crackers and this year was no exception with the Unibet Christmas Cracker taking place at Aspers Casino in London from 18-21 December, the North West Christmas Cracker in Bolton at the G Casino on 21 December and the Edinburgh version at the Genting Club from 27-29 December. At…
Popular British grinder Simon Deadman capped a fantastic 2014 with a fourth-place finish in the EPT Prague High Roller from 15-17 December at the Hilton Prague Hotel. Deadman has had a remarkable 2014, one that is by far his best ever on the live tournament circuit and one that has seen him win more than…
Stuart Kirby claimed the 25/25 Series title at the G Casino in Luton from 12-14 December and picked up a cool £12,920, after 226 entries contributed to a whopping £45,200 prize pool. The 54-strong field returning for Day 2 on Sunday was led by Garry Bush on 292,700, with Kirby in second place on 276,100…
Dave Etherington took the trophy in the 25/25 Series event at the Grosvenor Casino in Huddersfield from 12-14 December after a three-way chop that saw Matt Wood take the biggest slice of the prize pool. Wood pocketed £7,100, with Etherington and Rob Knights taking £4,350 each. The players then played on for the trophy, Etherington…
Mark Evans walked away from the Genting Club Sheffield £54,060 richer after beating Tom Langley heads-up to become GPS Grand Final champion. Just 14 players from the 255-runner field returned for the final day’s play with Dahe Liu leading the way on 1,086,000 and Yucel “Mad Turk” Eminoglu in second place on 993,000. And that…
Leg 7 of the Bristol Masters at the Rainbow Casino from 6-7 December saw Nicholas Blake take the title after a heads-up deal with Richard Swatton that saw the players split the £18,490 for the top two places. Robert Astle finished in third place for ££4,060, with Angelos Goulianos fourth, Sebastian Parsons fifth, Aaron Wilson…
The £200 + £20 WSOP Christmas Cracker at the Rendezvous Casino in Brighton from 5-7 December attracted 113 entries, with 31 players returning on Day 2 to battle it out for a share of the £22,600 prize pool. The lion’s share of the loot went to Siamak Siamak, who beat Shah Athar heads-up to take…
The Nottingham leg of the 25/25 Series at the G Casino produced an enormous £9,000 overlay and one man not complaining about that is Liam Batey, who took down his second 25/25 title in the space of two months to pocket £7,875 after beating Steve Brown heads-up. Following on from his great win in Sheffield…