http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk Poker Information for the UK Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:45:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en @ DTD http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/321-september-154/ Day 1b saw 94 contestents shooting it out to be the next GUKPT winner. 30 Players remain with chip leader being Lawrence Gosney. Player Chip Count  Lawrence Gosney 100700  Mohammed Shoahebe 70450  Dennis Clough 58800  David Laronde 45950  Tony Cascarino 45775  Steve Higton 42900  Jorn Martinsen 37325  Surinder Sunar 36900  Roberto Romanello 36725  Justin Devonport 36625  Greg Hunt 35775  Stefan Raffay 35400  Kenny Burke 32200  Michael Humphries 31450  Sunny Chattha 29000  Philippa Flanders 27575  Bill White 24225  Sid Harris 23475  Kevin Oleary 23025  Ash Hussain 22625  Alan Mower 19100  Gareth Jones 17700  Tim Flanders 17500  Kevin Steward 17000  Andreas Olympios 16425  Waseem Shahid 16075  Andrew ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/gukpt-bolton-2-153/ Day one (a of the GUKPT got underway yesterday with a total of 81 runners (a pretty low turnout really) higher expectations for todays day 1 (b. They played down to either 18 players or 500/1000 75. As it happens they were just at the end of that level. when ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/gukpt-bolton-152/ 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 ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/punters-lounge-poker-151/ to play poker apparently! Yes Poker Europa winners for 2008, best poker destination is the capital of the Emerald Isle. Last Year it was London, but Dublin beat Vienna, Amsterdam, Paris and Barcelona. Although the host of the WSOPE and EPT came in second place. Although the EPT in Dublin has ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/dublin-is-the-place-150/ This week saw the APAT championship at The Grosvenor Victoria (The Vic) Among the events were Pot Limit Omaha, Razz, Hold'em, and Stud. The over winner was Neil Jenkins who fought off 200 other amatuer players to win, not just £3,500 and the title, but an $8,000 package to the GUKPT ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/championshiapat-champion-149/ ITV Wales is due to air a series of programs later this week called  "How to Become a Poker Millionaire".  The idea behind it, is that he takes 4 losing poker players and trains them for a month. Each week a player will be eliminated and the last man standing ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/devilfish-on-tv-148/ I thank you. That is all   KTHXBYE   http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/poker-is-shit-147/ 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 ( ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/yongstas-home-game-146/ The time is fast approaching the next fantastic Virgin Festival, after the exceptional atmosphere at all previous venues (Broadway, Aspers and DTD), Virgin will be taking the experience down south in the Capital. Loose Cannons will be holding the prestigious, fun competition, that always sees Mr Branson add a little extra ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/londons-virgin-festival-145/ Brian Townsend is at the centre of a multi account scandal at Pokerstars and FullTilt. The online megastar could usually be seen at the highest stake HORSE or Omaha on both sites, under aba20 on stars or more noticeably Sbrugby on Fulltilt and has been conspicuous by his abscence. It seems he ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/brian-townsend-144/ There has been lots of talk on all forums, whether poker is a sport or should it be included in the Olympics etc, well this week sees the fourth World Firefighters Games. Previously held in Las Vegas, Sheffield and New Zealand, this weeks games is underway in Liverpool. Great Britain ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/world-firefighters-games-143/ With the recent economic effect in Casinos, with closures, redundancies and cut backs, the future looks bleaker and bleaker. Just take a look at any gaming shares or related shares. Grosvenor however had a tiny bit of luck today. They had appealed via a Duties tribunal over a Gaming Machine ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/a-little-light-142/ It looked like the main event was going to be a washout, with only 46 players with 2 minutes to go, however Bank Holiday Traffic was accredited as to the reason of the low turnout. This may have been correct as by the end of level 2 there was a ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/dtd-fessie-round-up-141/ The battle in Northwich took place last night, and apparently the beer flowed that much, that everyone is taking a day to recover. I am presuming the night was a great success as always, and the only news so far that i have, is that the hot favourite Tom (Billyboy) ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/the-coachman-results-139/ Well, what can I say about Scotty Nguyens display at the final of the $50k HORSE competition at the WSOP? From someone who enjoyed the Poker Princes exploits, I find this kind of behaviour at a poker table, an absolute disgrace. In no way was the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy ever ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/the-poker-prince-138/ So where will you be this August Bank Holiday? For those of the pro's not whisking themselves down to Northwich for The Coachman Extravaganza (piss up), there is a choice of 3 circuit events to get your teeth into. There is a strange common denominator between these three, that the ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/bank-holiday-comps-137/ OK you miserable tax draining piss heads, Dusk till Dawn is now catering for your c-bet, pot odds, maths compulsion game, on a Friday night. It has been announced that starting from the 26th September that all you studious folks can play in a £20 Freezeout (BUT YOU MUST PROVE ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/student-comp-136/ 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 ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/poker-trillion-135/ The only place to be this Bank Holiday Friday (the 22nd) Is the Coachman Pub, in Northwich, hosted by the the one and only Squirmy.  Originally UKPL was supposed to be fronting a team to challenge the Northwich regulars, headed by the infamous (around Northwich anyway) Devilneck. Demand to get ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/the-devilneck-challenge-134/ The time is coming for that fantastic value comp, that sees the qualifiers only comp, due to take place in October, qualifiers will be on Blue Sq or at your local Grosvenor. AND...... They are adding £25,000, woo hoo I hear you shout. A pot limit Hold'em deepstack comp with ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/grosvenor-grand-prix-133/ Review of the Gala Bristol Harbourside Casino and Card Room The Casino is located on a new development in the recently regenerated Harbourside area of Bristol. A multi-storey garage situated next to the Casino provides ample and secure parking with a lift directly to the casino lobby and complimentary parking available ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/review-of-the-gala-bristol-harbourside-casino-and-card-room-132/ It has been recently announced that Ladbrokes will be switching networks along with a few other companies, the recipiants of Ladbrokes players will be Microgaming Network. I feel this is a strange move as Ladbrokes platform at the moment is just right. However with the announcements from the CEO that ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/ladbrokes-migrating-131/ Usually the DealerEM Championship starts off an EPT Tour, and has been held in places such as Barcelona, or Vienna etc, but this years venue of choice is in the docklands off Newcastle :). Yes, you heard it right, this year it is to be held at Aspers Newcastle. It will ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/dealer-championships-130/ OK so i thought I would experiment with a few different games in a competition format, The game itself was 4000 pts + 2000pt lifeline, so a total of 6000pts on a 30 minute clock. The idea is that this is a cheap way to introduce players into dealers choice, ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/bearwood-trial-129/ A five day extravaganza has been announced at Dusk Till Dawn to celebrate their one year anniversary. Starting on the 3rd of December, the first comp will be a £50 satellite into the £1000 main event. The main event itself starts on the 4th of December and lasts for 4 ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/dtd-anniversary-127/ Sam Trickett continues his assault on the poker world this year, after his remarkable cash in the $5k event at the WSOP, he hit the third day of the GUKPT as massive chip leader with 12 players left. Final 12 Man Chip Counts Sam Trickett 942,000 David La Ronde 521,000 James Mitchell 375,000 Martin Jarvis ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/gukpt-result-126/ The GUKPT kicked off in Luton yesterday with 191 runners day 1a looked like this: Seating arrangements at start of play Table 1 1…..Dave Penly 2…..Phillip Mildon 3…..Tony Ringe 4…..David Amos 5…..Martin Jarvis 6…..Colin Bord 7…..Ricky Vedhara 8…..Pete Linton 9…..Daniel Samson Table 2 1…..Olaf Zeeuw 2…..Mohammed Zahour 3…..R Nicholas 4…..Lawrence Windish 5…..Richard Scott 6…..Alexander Masterman 7…..Richard Pain 8…..Pippa Flanders 9…..Graham Rogers Table 3 1…..Mark Dalimore 2…..Peter Singleton 3…..Paul Crowson 4…..Mortis Schmejkal 5…..Phil Cooklin 6…..Paul Bellamy 7…..Justin Oshaughnessy 8…..Karl Mahrenholz 9…..Matthias Willsch Table ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/gukpt-121/ After their quarterly results this year pre-tax profits fell from £154.400,000 to £126.700,000, and the recent economic situation in the UK and US. The Managing Director John O'Reilly hinted yesterday that they may enter the US Market. They had already put in place an entry into the poker and betting ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/ladbrokes-rumours-120/ The Victoria Casino London will be hosting Season 5's London EPT main event from the 1st-5th October 2008. The price will be £5,200 + £200. PokerStars will be adding £250,000 to make sure that the winner will for the first time take home £1,000,000 (bar deals). (Max entry 500).Satellites and side ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/ept-london-119/