Friday, 19 November 2010
It will be a busy few days for London's poker lovers with a couple of top notch events to keep the tournament junkies happy.
In addition to the World Heads Up Championship and GUKPT Grand Final side events at The Vic there's also the small matter of the latest leg of the Paradise Poker Tour at The Fox Poker Club in Shaftesbury Avenue.The £500+£50 buy-in Main Event has a guaranteed prize pool of £125,000 with the first of two opening flights starting at 2pm today. A second opening day will kick off at the same time on Saturday with the winner crowned on Sunday evening. There is also a £100+£10 side event on Sunday at 4pm.Georges Tohme won last year's Paradise Poker Tour London, outlasting a field of 257 players to pocket a first prize of £23,500.Keep up to date with all the news from the poker world by following us on Twitter and Facebook.
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