Poker Lifestyle

The Spanish poker player Luis Rodriguez Cruz emerged victorious from the partypoker WPT Main Event Nottingham, taking home a massive prize of £200,000 as well as a $15,000 seat at the WPT Tournament of Champions. After surviving the five days of epic tournament action and outlasting all his opponents, Cruz added his name to the list of all winners in the WPT series, becoming a member of the Champions Club at the WPT. The last day of the WPT Main Event Nottingham started at fast pace, which led to quick…

The American professional poker player Phil Ivey has lost his legal battle against the Crockfords Club’s owners. The case was estimated to £7.7 million. The court has officially announced that the player had lost the appeal against the previous ruling. In some reports, the case has been described as the the most serious legal battle in the casino history. Two years ago, Ivey lost the High Court case against Crockfords Club in London. The player was accused by the casino owners that he had cheated to win a £7.7-million Punto…

Lucas Blanco Oliver emerged victorious from the first-ever Devilfish Cup, taking home a massive prize of £250,000, as well as the winner’s trophy and a guitar especially signed by Brian May. The tournament featured a guaranteed prize of £1 million and managed to gather a total players base of 204 entrants. Among the total of 204 participants there were some of the most popular poker players in both the UK and Europe, who usually take part in some of the most elite tournaments. Some of the poker stars who took…

Qui Nguyen emerged victorious from the Main Event of the 2016 edition of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). The 39-year-old US player took home the tournament’s prize which was worth $8,005,310 as well as first-ever WSOP bracelet. The last day of the 2016 WSOP Main Event was marked with action and a lot of drama, no matter there were only three players left. As a matter of fact, this was not an easy victory for the American, who still managed to hold the chip lead for most of the…

Ben Winsor managed to emerge victorious from the 2016 edition of partypoker’s WPT 500 UK, taking home the tournament’s trophy and a first-place cash prize estimated to £150,000. This is the second largest live tournament prize won by Winsor in his career so far. This year’s edition of partypoker’s WPT 500 UK event featured a buy-in of £550. In return, all players received 30,000 chips to start with. Ben Winsor outlasted his 1,834 competitors to top the field, making another great six-figure win in his career. Over the last few…

In November, all poker lovers in the UK and Ireland will be able to choose from a variety of live poker tournaments. More than a dozen festivals and tournaments will kick off and will give all British players the chance to win massive prizes and enjoy themselves while having a lot of fun. The first poker tournament that is scheduled to start at the beginning of November is the Grosvenor 25/25 Series. The tournament is to take place from November 3rd to November 6th in London, where it will be…

The Belorussian Aliaksei Boika emerged victorious from the third and final EPT Malta Main Event, taking home the winner’s trophy as well as a cash prize amounting to €355,700. The 28-year-old player managed to beat the Mats Karlsson who was a long-time chip leader in the tournament and got the largest cash portion out of the tournament’s guaranteed prize pool estimated to €2,269,800. On the other hand, the 59-year-old Swedish player Mats Karlsson experienced a personal downfall at the EPT Malta Main Event, especially considering the fact that the became…

The events within the World Poker Tour (WPT) are to be broadcast in the UK on the Front Runner Channel, which is a free-to-air one. With the WPT events available on the channel, WPT lovers will be given the opportunity to watch the latest tournaments directly at home. The fact that the WPT coverage is to be added on Front Runner TV is expected to be well-received by UK-based poker fans, especially due to the fact that they have very limited choice of poker on TV channels up to date.…

The team of PokerStars is to honour Chad Brown in a special Charity Event which is to be released over their live festival in New Jersey. The event is the third Chad Brown Memorial Charity Poker Tournament which is held on annual basis and is to begin on November 3rd. The tournament is aimed at raising some funds for the T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukaemia, Cancer and AIDS Research. The tournament is to take place at the Atlantic City’s Resorts Casino Hotel, with the tournament being hosted by one of…

The WPT 500 UK is to kick off at Dusk Till Dawn on October 28th. The partypoker tournament which features a guaranteed prize of £1,000,000 is to be held in a total of three days, including two play days and a Final Day. Although there were five WPT 500 Online Days from October 23rd to Thursday 27th, the Live Event is to start tomorrow and is to end on October 31st. The WPT 500 UK is part of partypoker’s WPT UK Festival of Poker, which began on October 22nd and…