Author: Harry Evans

The successful World Poker Tour remains in the hands of Adam Pliska, the current CEO of the company who recently signed a new 4-year contract extension. Pliska, who has been leading the group since 2009, is described as a visionary who tripled the value of the company within several years by greatly expanding the operations of WPT, adding new products and increasing their quality. In a February 27 press release, the company announced Chief Executive Officer Adam Pliska has agreed to a 4-year contract extension with World Poker Tour Enterprises.…

This March, the UK and Ireland would once again become an arena of various live poker tournaments. British and Irish poker lovers would be given the opportunity to enjoy live poker events offering different rules, buy-ins and prize pools. Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Leg 2 of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour was already given a start on February 25th. The tournament is to be held at Manchester’s Grosvenor Casino Bury New Road until March 4th as part of the 12th season of the GUKPT. A number of events are…

February 2018 starts with a lot of excitement for the world of poker, with a large range of live poker tournaments that are to be available to players in the UK and Ireland. Local poker lovers are to get access to a variety of buy-ins and prizes, with a number of live tournaments and events waiting for them to join. The great array of festivals across the territory of the UK and Ireland is to provide players with different bankrolls with the opportunity to try their luck in some of…

The New Year is to start with a lot of excitement on the live poker tournaments arena in the UK and Ireland. The first month of 2018 is to see a number of live poker events and tournaments start on the territory of Ireland and the UK, offering various buy-ins, options and prize pools. Some of the most popular UK and Irish casinos are to host a variety of events to suit the needs and preferences of the local live poker lovers and guarantee the best gaming experience. Here is…

PokerStars released the official schedule for the 2018 PokerStars Festival London which is to take place next year, from January 22 to January 28. It was announced the festival is to return to the Hippodrome Casino venue for its first event of 2018. Once again, the iconic gambling establishment will be home to a variety of special events, including the annual Player Party, among other great off-the-table activities. The PokerStars Festival London is to include events in different tournament formats like Pot Limit Omaha, No Limit Hold’em, and Dealer’s Choice.…

There is finally a winner of the Unibet UK Tour Manchester. Michael Gilbert has emerged victorious from the Manchester-based leg of the Unibet Poker Tour, which took place at the Manchester235 Casino. This year has seen the second season of the Unibet UK Poker Tour kick out, with a number of destinations across the UK featured by the tournament, including Brighton, Glasgow, Nottingham and Manchester. For the tour, the Unibet brand has been once again working in collaboration with Caesars Entertainment, hosting the events at some of the most lavish…

The end of the year is coming and some of the largest international poker tournaments could have been brought to an end, but the British and Irish poker players will be able to join a variety of live poker tournaments to join. December is literally packed with a great variety of live poker tournaments, with different events to match different players’ preferences to be held. Various locations, event structures, buy-ins and prize pools are guaranteed to everyone who is interested in joining a live poker event over the holiday season…

PokerStars Festival Hamburg €2,200 High Roller tournament saw a victor emerge, after Andre Haneberg managed to take down the event and take home a monetary portion estimated to €46,380. The German poker player emerged victorious after only 28 of the 90 players returned for the action, each of them having his eyes on the tournament’s trophy. Apart from the trophy, the first place of the PokerStars Festival Hamburg High Roller event also brought the winner a cash portion of €46,380. Three former winners of EPT tournaments, as well as many…

The beginning of November has brought a new variety of live poker tournaments to the games’ fans in the UK and Ireland. Poker lovers in the region will be given the chance to enter a large number of live poker events over the month. November is to see various tournaments, live poker events and festivals kick off in the UK and Ireland, and some of the have already started. The tournament will offer poker fans in the region a wide choice of buy-ins, rules and prize pools, so that players…

The latest edition of the Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) has seen a spectacular ending, with the Russian poker player Dmitry Yurasov emerging as victor of the High Roller tournament. The 2017 Asia Championship of Poker was hosted by PokerStars LIVE Macau from October 13th to 29th 2017, with the ACOP 2017 High Roller tournament being scheduled to be held from October 27th to 29th. The HKD 250,000 buy-in event gathered a total of 48 player, including 8 re-entries, who accumulated a total prize pool of HKD 11,289,600. Dmitry Yurasov,…