Friday, 10 July 2015
There's less than a month to go now until one of the most eagerly anticipated events on the UK poker calendar – the Grosvenor Casinos' Goliath.
Thousands of hopefuls will be heading to the G Casino at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry next month, enticed by a massive guaranteed prize pool of £250,000. All for a buy-in of just £120.This year's event runs from Saturday 8 until Sunday 16 August and will feature no fewer than six opening day flights. Players will start with stacks of 20,000 chips with a 40-minute clock.As usual, there's plenty of side-event action lined up with Omaha, Blind Man's Bluff, Deep and Steep and Win the Button formats scheduled throughout a packed week.Last year's conqueror of Goliath was Ryan Foster who turned his £120 buy-in into a massive £62,230 score after topping a massive field of 3,394 entrants.If you fancy trying to qualify even more cheaply, satellites are up and running at Grosvenor Poker, with buy-ins starting from just £1+10p.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
$200 GTD ‘East of Eden’ Poker Tournament Monday night at Intertops Poker will be a freezeout tournament with no re-buys or add-ons.
Poker’s unassuming killer steps back into the limelight.
Meet one of UK poker's rising stars.
We talk to WSOP bracelet winner.
By Paul Oresteen.
Just keep smiling...
By Adam Slutsky
Pushing the envelope for a new poker generation.
Jeff KImber on fish.
So says Dara O'Kearney.
Dara O'Kearney looks at game thoery.
Dara O'K on bounty tournaments.
Rob Yong calls for competition.
A critical eye on the poker world.
Nick Wealthall on unconscious decision making.
Structure changes don't suit recreationals.