Punters Lounge Poker
September 4, 2008
Punter’s Lounge is a forum for all sorts of tips and betting advice, more often than not very good advice. It is also a live friendly forum, which means regular meet ups. Occasionally you will see members appearing on AT THE RACES along with race sponsorships. Usually these kind of race days involve copeous amounts of alcohol and a game of poker afterwards. This usually is a freeroll, played for forum bragging rights, with a few spot prizes. The atmosphere at these games is absolutely top notch!!
This Sunday coming they will be participating in such a game, at Bearwood, we have held 5 previous poker nights for Punter’s Lounge and they have all been a great success. Beer, Karaoke, Play Your Cards Right, Entertainment and poker, makes sure all members that participate go home with smiles on their faces. I cannot recommend enough. But, if you think that you would like something more serious, Punter’s Lounge will be holding their PLWSOP at Dusk Till Dawn later on this month, which will have two events (No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha) and there are still a few spaces free, get ones ass over to their forum ASAP
See you all there!!!
Yongsta’s Home Game
August 30, 2008
Continues from the last post regarding this, the invited players so far are as follows:
Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott (well you all know him)
Julian “Yo Yo” Thew ( The biggest Talent in the UK. GUKPT, EPT winner)
Jon “Skalie” Kalmar (Final table in WSOP main event last Year)
Dave Smith (GUKPT winner)
Michael Greco ( actor and poker player, now sponsored by Littlewoods)
Marc “MrCool” Goodwin (Numerous EPT final tables including Monte Carlo Millions PLO specialist)
Rob “The Yongsta Himself” Yong
+ 2 satellite winners from Sundays £50 comp, get your arse down there get qualified and I promise you will have a whale of a time.
If you do miss out this month, I am sure it will become a regular feature!!
Poker Trillion?
August 19, 2008
OK anyone know what the fcuk is going here? The talk on all the forums was the press release yesterday from Poker Trillion and the fact that they have succeeded in crippling Boss’s Malta operation. Every poker forum has been hit with this press release, but none state why this action has taken place? Players on the Boss network have been steadily withdrawing their funds due to this press release. But the fact of the matter is yet to be announced. All we know for certain is that Boss repeatedly warned Trillion for breaking the terms of their contract, then they booted them out as they did not comply with Boss’s Terms and conditions. So WTF is going on?? Boss has been busy replying to threads that have released Trillion statement with their own. Both are here;
Trillions Press Release
POKERTRILLION.com Successful in its Application to Seize Boss Media Servers in Malta
Malta August 18, 2008 –The online poker site POKERTRILLION.com has announced that on 18th August 2008 at the First Hall Civil Court, Malta (Court record and Complaint Number 755-0, Judge Gino Camilleri issued a judgement authorising Trillion Ltd to enforce seizure of the Boss Media Malta Limited and Boss Media AB servers, and that these servers cease being used for any commercial activity as from 18th September 2008 with Boss Media not being allowed to appeal the court’s decision any further.This judgement, which relates to Trillion Limited’s multi-million Euro law suit for breach of contract against Boss Media AB and their associated companies, comes off the back of a number of successful applications made to the courts in Malta by Trillion Ltd. POKERTRILLION.com C.E.O Andy Pyrah explains, “Today’s decision will in effect bring down Boss Media’s operation in their licensed jurisdiction of Malta on September 18, and any partner still on the Boss (IPN) Poker Network at this stage will see their service closed down too”.
The judge further ordered that the cosignatory which is now responsible for the equipment also provides full accounts of the revenues being generated from this equipment.
Pyrah comments further, “It should also be noted that despite appeals from Boss Media, we’ve been successful in every one of our applications that we’ve filed with the courts in Malta and this includes having our initial garnishee order increased from €5million to €20million earlier this month, this in turn means that there is now a €20million freezing order on all Boss Media’s assets within this jurisdiction, and in accordance with European law we will be applying for this to be executed all over Europe”.
2008-08-19
Boss Media assures player funds and no disruption in services
In relation to the statements made by Poker Trillion August 18 (“Trillion Limited -v- Boss Media Malta Poker Limited and Boss Media AB”), Boss Media has issued the following statement.Poker Trillion’s recent comments are a reckless attempt to support a legal action that is without merit and initiated as retribution for their dismissal from the Boss Media network. To be clear, player funds are not affected by the current proceedings. All players’ funds are held separately under the control of the Malta Lotteries and Gaming Authority and cannot be seized by any court.
Poker Trillion is a former customer of Boss Media who was terminated because of rake back violations. They have since then repeatedly tried to disrupt the Boss Media business through the dissemination of groundless rumors. In April 2008 Poker Trillion alleged in a press release a claim that among other things, Boss Media player funds were frozen. The allegations were false but typical of the type of tactics employed by Poker Trillion.
While there has been no hearing on the merits of the Poker Trillion suit, there have been preliminary hearings on the matter. Boss Media has assured that adequate security is provided in Malta in the event of an award of damages against it which we believe to be unlikely.
Boss Media is currently exploring various legal options regarding our Maltese assets and can assure that Boss Media has the requisite assets in place to ensure that our business will continue to operate with the highest standards. In the extremely unlikely event that any Malta operations would be affected, Boss Media have high-performance back-up systems in place to ensure continued service to all our customers and their players.
Under One Roof
August 5, 2008
Betfair have announced that all the tournaments at this years World Series Of Poker Europe will take place all under one roof, as opposed to last year which was held at four seperate venues. This will mean that all the tournament players wont be as confused as before as they know which venue to travel too.
The tournaments will be held at the Empire in Leicester Square, as I haven’t been there as of yet I don’t know what their capacity is? I would be grateful if any readers can confirm the maximum number of players this venue can handle.
What I do know, is that the side games and cash games will be held around the clock at the Sportsman and the Fifty Club, IMO this may backfire a little as other venues, apart from the LCI clubs could be hosting the larger cash games (a serious revenue for casinos). The Vic and the Loose Cannon Club (which will be holding the Virgin Festival at the same time) could also be in for some mega action.
The tournament schedule is as folows:
September 19th , 2008 - Event #1 - £1,500 – No-Limit Hold’em Day 1A (3-day event)
September 22nd , 2008 - Event #2 - £2,500 – H.O.R.S.E. (3-day event)
September 24th , 2008 - Event #3 - £5,000 – Pot Limit Omaha (2-day event)
September 27th , 2008 - Event #4 - £10,000 – World Championship No-Limit Hold’em (6-day event)
Some of the bigger names that are flying in may even use this event as an excuse to sample the delights of Nottingham?
Poker in the Park
August 1, 2008
Not phonetically btw!!
The place to be in August on the weekend of the 15th and 16th is Leicester Square in Central London. The extravaganza will be in association with PKR and Bluff Magazine Europe. An expected 25,000 poker enthusiasts will descend to Leicester Square for what is billed as Europes largest Poker Show.
There will be a series of lectures by some of the best known players in Europe, stalls which will be selling books, merchandise and paraphernalia. It is free to attend, and also free poker tournaments will be offered every hour. In two locations, PKR Poker Dome and The Fox Club Area.
Also if you there is an Area set aside for Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker, god knows what will go on in there??? Apart from this will be where the lectures will be held.
Lectures will be given by the likes of Marc Goodwin, Paul Jackson, Liv Boeree, Neil Channing, Nik Persaud, Dave Ulliott, Tony Holden, Ian Frazer and Montel Williams amongst others.
I am feeling the need to attend this 
details can be found here
http://www.bluffeurope.com/pokerinthepark/
A Big Change At DTD
July 29, 2008
Rob Yong , the owner and brainchild has made public a statement of his thoughts and now actions leading to a big change at Dusk till Dawn, if you frequent the Poker Mecca then please keep reading.
After a chat with his mom this weekend, she asked why he didn’t go to DTD anymore? He must have dwelled seriously on this question and has now gone back to the basic principle of why DTD opened in the first place.
DTD was originally opened after Himself and Nick Whitten got turned away from a local comp due to their local rules. Whilst looking for a game on their way back they came up with the original concept of the now called Dusk Till Dawn.
It was never supposed to be a business, it was a place where he could socialise with his friends, entertain business partners and have a decent game of poker when he wanted. Recently Rob has not been into the club very often, and the emphasis was leaning more and more to the business side. To his credit he has taken a step back and reassesed the situation, and now has taken steps back to achieve his original goal.
Dusk Till Dawn will now be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays!! Rebuys are a thing of the past, all comps will be freeze outs. This will start from 4th August 2008.
Hopefully the place will now start buzzing again as the atmosphere IMO had started to get a little flat, the locals were now spreading their attendance over 7 days, by condensing the fields should now get back to how they were. His statement can be read here. ….. Rob Yong’s Press Release
Fantastic decision IMO but some of the staff seem very downhearted by the looks of facebook comments, only time will tell
World Championships of Online Poker
July 3, 2008
ISLE OF MAN, U.K. (PRESS RELEASE) The 7th PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), starts Sept 5th and they are guaranteeing a prize pool of $30mill – twice last years’ event.
The WCOOP has multiplied a number of times over the last 2 years and is THE major event on the online poker calender, features 33 events in total, covering a wide range of poker games covering all the old favourites and many new events including : $10,300 NLHE, 8 Game Mixed tourney, 4-Max NLHE, Mixed Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha with one rebuy, one add-on, $25,500 Heads up NLHE, 6 Max Mixed Hold’em, No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw, 6 Max NLHE with rebuys.
This year’s event will be the largest online poker tourny series in the world; attracting players globally for huge cash prizes and coveted WCOOP gold bracelets. Each event has a mega guaranteed prize pool, most more than $2Million
This is the ultimate online poker championship, and a chance to test your metal against the world’s best. With Satellites into most comps from as little as $2.20 starting after the poker million on Sunday July 6th. For existing PokerStars members there will be freerolls with value added from PS of £1.5mill for seats.
The online festival will run from September 5th -22nd,
Complete Schedule
http://www.pokerstars.com/wcoop/
DTD Regular on Final Table WSOP
June 28, 2008
Event 46 at the World Series of Poker is due to air on http://www.bwin-wsoplive.com/ @ 23.10 CET
On this Final Table of the short handed (6 max) the fourth chip leader is non other than Dusk till Dawn regular Sam Trickett. 805 entered the $5000 NLHE short handed event and we are down to the last six players. Sam has average chips in 4th place and guaranteed $120,693, but I am sure he will be aiming for the $911,855 top prize and the illusive WSOP Bracelet. It’s about time the English get a little success as we have not faired too well this year so far.
Chip counts as follows
Ladbrokes Million live satellite @ DTD
June 16, 2008
Win A Seat To Ladbrokespoker.com Poker Million!
Regardless of entries into this satellite, the winner will receive a Ladbrokes Poker Million package worth £10,500. Any remaining prizepool will be paid out using our standard structure.
Don’t miss your chance of winning the $1,000,000 first prize and being part of Europe’s richest and most prestigious televised poker tournament!
The winner will have to be available to play their heat between the 22nd and 29th July.