Poker player George Alexander won Grosvenor UK Poker Tour London (GUKPT) Main Event which had a buy-in for £550 and received a grand prize of £50,000. There were a total of 450 players who entered the Main Event and Alexander outlasted the competition to be crowned the winner. Tournament organizers had a guarantee of £100,000Read Full Article

  The UK’s gambling industry could potentially become even more consolidated after recent reports arose, suggesting that 888 Holdings and Rank Group could offer up to £3 billion for the long-standing bookmaker William Hill. This development came a few days after James Henderson stepped down from his role as the William Hill CEO. His tenure was looking unlikely toRead Full Article

It’s been revealed that the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE) has made an agreement with the UK Gambling Commission to share online poker liquidity. The agreement has just been made provisionally, as detailed have yet to be finalised or settled on. Three states in the USA have legalized online poker (Delaware, Nevada, andRead Full Article

  The recent shock result of the EU membership referendum in the UK has left many in the gambling industry wondering what the potential impact of Brexit on online poker here. Most critical attention has naturally been entirely focussed on big issues like the economy, immigration and jobs, so poker hasn’t really been a subjectRead Full Article

  The Unibet Open has had its first champion hailing from the Czech Republic after Martin Soukup won the tournament’s Main Event in Malta. He walked away with an impressive first place prize of €65,000. The final took place on the last day of the tournament and started out with ten players vying for the top prize,Read Full Article

  Two men have been charged by the Crown Court with running illegal poker tournaments after an unlicensed gambling den was discovered at a pool bar in London. The accused were ordered to pay more than £32,000 in legal costs and fines when they were found guilty for the offences which occurred in December 2014. Nicholas ClarkRead Full Article

Fans of live poker in the UK and Ireland have plenty to get excited about this month, as there’s a host of tournaments on during May well worth getting involved in. The month of May is packed full of events right across Ireland, England and Scotland for poker players to get a seat in. One of the UK’sRead Full Article

Keys dates have just been announced for the upcoming season of the European Poker Tour, with Barcelona being the kickoff location for the tournament series. The European Poker Tour Season 13 will begin in August. The first stop is scheduled to run from the 16th to the 28th of August in Barcelona will no doubt aim to continue itsRead Full Article

It’s been an established fact for some time that two of the UK’s biggest bookmaking companies, Ladbrokes and Coral, are planning to merge in a deal which is worth £2.3 billion. Individually, the two corporations are hugely successful, with high street betting shops in towns and cities across the country, but a combined Ladbrokes-Coral merger wouldRead Full Article

Professional poker star Phil Ivey has requested that a London court of appeals make a decision on the cheating scandal which rocked his career several years ago. He has asked the court to state when playing cards tactically officially crosses the line into cheating. 40 year old poker pro Phil Ivey was apprehended at the Crockfords casino in LondonRead Full Article