Author: Harry Evans

Another month of great live poker events, featuring a variety of buy-ins and guaranteed prize pools is coming up for the players in the UK and Ireland. So, do not hesitate any more and keep reading in order to learn which would be the best live poker tournaments that are to kick off over the month on the territory of Great Britain. This year’s edition of one of the largest live poker tournaments in the UK – the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour GUKPT already started on January 29th in London,…

For some time now, the UK gambling market has been a spot of interest for offshore investments. The increased market share has attracted the attention of many business people who have chosen to start their own entities on the territory of the country. The founders of the gambling company 888 Holdings Avi and Aaron Shaked are famous not only in Israel where they come from, but are currently among the most popular people in the UK gambling industry. They have built their own gambling empire, bringing the company among the…

There is something about Victor Chandler that has always been found attractive by the public. We do not know if it is Mr. Chandler’s business flair, his resourcefulness, provocative talking or the fact that he obviously knows how to attract authorities’ attention, but he has undoubtedly left his mark in the history of the UK gambling industry. The personal wealth of Victor Chandler was also a widely-commented topic, as he was known as one of the richest people in the UK gambling industry. In 2009, the Sunday Times published its…

Probably one of the most popular families in the gambling industry not only in the UK, but also worldwide – the Coates Family – has left its mark on casino, gaming and betting industry. Last year, the owners of the UK betting giant bet365 were ranked on the 24th position in The Sunday Times Richlist for 2016, with their wealth being estimated to £3.8 billion at the time. The members of the family became some of the largest moguls in the UK gambling industry. According to The Sunday Times report…

The first-ever DTD200 Six-Max tournament event kicked off last week, featuring a buy-in of £220 as well as a guaranteed prize pool amounting to £100,000. It was won by Daniel Harwood. This weekend the UK player Stephen Shayler became the one who emerged victorious from the new tournament of the Dusk Till Dawn, taking home a prize of £20,000. Shayler managed to outlast all his opponents to find himself on top of the list of the event. The weekend’s Dusk Till Dawn event attracted a total of 448 players who…

The global online gambling market is growing with every minute passing and so is the iGaming affiliate space. The affiliate cohort has turned into an important means for operators to acquire players and its significance for the industry will likely continue growing in the years to come. This is why it is particularly important for affiliates to keep up with what is new and what works best. Listing everything that is trending in the field is simply impossible. However, there are certain trends that have distinguished themselves as leading ones…

Taiwanese poker player James Chen emerged victorious from the largest ever Aussie Millions High Roller tournament in the history of the series. The event managed to gather a total of 133 entries who started the game at the poker room at Crown Casino. The player took home the massive first-place prize of the $25,000 Buy-in High Roller event, which amounted to AU$861,840. Chen was also granted with Aussie Millions Ring, especially designed by ANTON jewellery. Day 2 of the AU$25,000 Buy-in High Roller event of this year’s edition of Aussie…

The Belgian poker player Thomas Boivin emerged victorious from the AU$1,150 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Six Max Event #6 of the 2017 edition of Aussie Millions Poker Championship. The 6th event of the Championship, which took place at Crown Melbourne, attracted a total of 516 entries who competed for a massive prize pool amounting to AU$528,900. This is an extremely good start for Thomas Boivin at this year’s edition of the Aussie Millions, as he has previously managed to finish at the eight position at the tournament’s event #3 that…

The Super XL Series of the 888poker brand starts on January 19th to see the seventh edition of the tournament start. Apart from the fact that this year’s event offers players a great variety of 63 poker events with various buy-ins and prizes, the Super XL Series will feature a massive guaranteed prize pool of $5,000,000 for the first time ever in its history. The tournament is to last for twelve days, from January 19th to 31st and is expected to set a new record, after the sixth edition of…

At first, the game of poker has probably hardly even been associated with the idea of giving away. However, over the past few years, this trend has been shattered to pieces due to the fact that more and more poker players have been joining various charities to help the ones in need. Of course, big casino, betting and gaming operators and various organisations such as for example the World Series of Poker (WSOP) are also involved in charities, but more and more poker stars get engaged with altruistic causes and…