Poker news tagged with 'london'

The capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, London, is 888poker LIVE's next stop on their live poker schedule from February 9 to 13, 2023.

Read more » 888poker LIVE goes to London on February 9-13, 2023

The partypoker LIVE and APAT (Amateur Poker Association & Tour) partnership are back again to bring an incredible few days of poker to the people.

APAT London will span 1st - 3rd April with a £120 buy-in Main Event and will be host at the amazing venue, the Aspers Stratford in London.

Read more » APAT London on partypoker LIVE from March 27 to April 3

888poker has $200,000 in Daily Freerolls for your playing pleasure! 888poker and WPTDeepStacks present:

WPTDeepStacks $2M GTD

• An online event made to capture the excitement of live poker.
• Over $2,000,000 in total prizes
• $1,000,000 multi-flight Main Event
• 16 official WPT DeepStacks trophies
• Over $200,000 in free tickets
• Dates: April 18 - 26, 2021 at 888poker
• Made To Play

Lawrence Cullen from the UK won the 2020 Unibet Poker UK Tour London £220 buy-in Main Event at the Aspers Casino. He outlasted a record-breaking field of 714 player entries to bring home the prize money worth £25,500.

Read more » Lawrence Cullen wins Record-Breaking Unibet Poker 2020 UK Tour London

The 2019 888poker LIVE Festival London £1,100 Main Event has finished with Romania's Adrian-Eugen Constantin taking the trophy after defeating Leon Luis in a heads-up match. Aside from the top cash prize worth £100,000 ($129,274), Constantin will also receive an incredible package for the 2020 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas, courtesy of the event sponsor 888poker.

Read more » €33 Satellite Qualifier wins £100,000 at 888poker LIVE London Main Event

888poker players who created their account through BankrollMob.com and have made at least 1 deposit are in for a treat on November 16 at 18:00 GMT / 19:00 CET / 13:00 EST, as there will be a Freeroll with a $2,200 Package for the 888poker LIVE London Festival Main Event!

Read more » $2200 Freeroll at 888poker!

Get ready for the biggest buy-in in poker history - at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series 2019 in London!

For the first time ever, Triton Poker is heading to London to bring you a tournament schedule featuring famous poker pros and recreational players battling it out live with nosebleed buy-ins starting at £25,000.

Read more » Triton announces Record-Breaking $1.3 Million Buy-in Charity Tournament in London, Tom Dwan gets invited to play by Paul Phua

On February 7 to 10, 888poker LIVE is back starting with their Kickoff Event in London.

The very first live event of the 888poker LIVE in 2019 would be held once more at the Aspers Casino in Stratford, London. Players can expect to see again the 888 Shot Clock being used and the comeback of the Big Blind Ante that speeds up the game and enables players to see more hands.

The series runs from February 7 to 10, featuring a £440 buy-in single event with an incredible £120,000 guarantee. Not only that, 888poker is also giving away a 2019 WSOP package as an extra prize for the top winner! Check out the 888LIVE London Kickoff 2019 schedule here.

All 888poker players have the chance to participate and win a seat to the 2019 WSOP Main Event via satellites, for as low as 1 cent!

Get $88 cash bonus when joining 888poker - no deposit required! Players residing in the UK will receive a £20 Bonus Package instead.

18+, New Customers Only, Gamble Responsibly - www.begambleaware.org - T&C's Apply.

After giving away a Battle of Malta Package last month, we are delighted to have one (1) 888poker LIVE London Festival Package worth $2,200 up for grabs this month! 

- $1,400 buy-in to the 888poker LIVE London Festival Main Event Playing Day 1C.

- $450 for 3 nights' accommodation between 30th November- 2nd December 2018

- Travel money of $350 paid into your 888poker account

- 888poker LIVE kit

How it works: 

1st Qualifier ($10 buy-in) will run Wednesday, November 14 at 20:00 GMT / 21:00 CET / 15:00 EST - Top 5 players advance to final qualifier. More info here

2nd Qualifier ($10 buy-in) will run Thursday, November 15 at 20:00 GMT / 21:00 CET / 15:00 EST - Top 5 players advance to final qualifier. More info here

Final Qualifier will run Sunday, November 18 at 20:00 GMT / 21:00 CET / 15:00 EST. 10 players from above qualifiers will compete for 1 (one) 888poker LIVE London Festival $2,200 Package. More info here

Join 888poker and get $88 Free + 100% up to $700!

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T&C's Apply.

Natalie Saul, a 37-year-old mother-of-one from Wansworth, South London, stole £350,000 from her technology firm primarily to feed an online poker addiction. According to DailyMail, Saul created over 400 fake invoices to get money from the software company between March 2015 and December 2016. She lost over £250,000 playing online poker during that time. 

Read more » Accountant Stole £350,000 To Play Online Poker - Walks Away A Free Woman!

Iraj Parvizi, a 48-year-old wealthy Iranian-Born financier, is currently taking legal action against Les Ambassadeurs Casino. Parvizi is requesting the London casino to pay him back the £10,000,000 he has lost over the past 4 years in high-stakes poker games in which he claims to have been cheated out of money by poker pros.

Read more » £10,000,000 Lawsuit Against London Casino

James Akenhead, 30, was living the poker dream back in 2009. He finished 9th in the WSOP Main Event for $1.2 million, then he followed that up by winning Full Tilt Poker Million VIII for another $500k to end the year just under $2m plus. He was the hottest name in UK poker at that time, and many predicted that he would have a long and successfull poker career.

Read more » The successful pro who quit poker for a full-time job

The first ever International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT) at the Wembley Stadium in London has come to an end. After several days of play (online and live), Jakub Michalak, from Poland, laid hands on the trophy and the first prize of €436,000. Michalak is the number one ranked online player in Poland and in the top fifty in the world.

Read more » Jakub Michalak Wins 2013 International Stadiums Poker Tour Wembley Stadium

American poker pro and high roller Phil Ivey still hasn't received the money he won at Crockfords casino (London) in August last year. Ivey, who has 9 WSOP bracelets to his name, won £7.8 million playing Punto Banco at the casino in question and the casino management assured him that the winnings would be transferred to his bank account before August 28th.

Read more » Phil Ivey Sues British Casino

A total of 1,099 players entered the UK and Ireland Poker Tour London Main Event over 3 starting days. The day is being played at the moment and there are 160 players left. Day 2 is being played at the moment and the chip leader is Salman Behbehani with 2,880,000, closely followed by Georgios Zisimopoulos. Liv Boeree was eliminated a while ago, which means that Juan Manuel Pastor (picture) from Spain is the last remaining Team PokerStars Pro in the tournament (about 70k chips).

144 players will receive a piece of the total prize pool of £746,221. The winner will take home £156,800 and the runner-up gets £104,600.

According to recent reports by several well-known newspapers, the American poker pro Phil Ivey, 35, was at Crockfords's casino in London at the end of August and gambled for huge amounts. Ivey and a female friend (described as a beautiful oriental women) played the card game Punto Banco (a variant of baccarat) for about 7 hour over 2 days. Ivey had a really bad start and lost heavily, but then he managed to eliminate the losses and walked away with a nice profit after the first day.

Read more » Won $11.5 Million In August - Still Hasn't Received His Money!

The WSOPE London High Roller event attracted a field of 103 players who could afford the buy-in of £10,350. Many of these 103 players were big names in the poker world. To mention a few, Viktor Blom (Isildur1 according to many), Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen and Erik Sagström. All of them, except the swedes Viktor Blom and Erik Sagström, are among the 32 players who will return to play Day 2 today.

Read more » WSOPE London High Roller Event: Phil Ivey & Gus Hansen through to Day 2

120 players took part in the WSOPE London £5,250 PLO event and created a prize pool of £600,000. The tournament began on Thursday and finished on Saturday night. Jeffrey Lisandro, the Italian poker pro, played fantastic poker from day 1 to the final table, where he continued playing killer poker and defeated Joe Serock in heads-up. For the win he received his 5th WSOP bracelet and £159,000.

Jeffrey Lisandro has been around for quite some time now, however, it was during last WSOP, when he won 3 bracelets, that he really made a name for himself. Lisandro is one of a very few players in the world who has a WSOP bracelet and a WSOPE bracelet.

Phil Laak has recovered very fast from the quad bike accident a few months ago, and he has also been doing very well at the poker tables. However, his first big win since the accident came yesterday when he took home the first event of 6 at WSOPE London - his first ever WSOPE (World Series of Poker Europe) win. At the moment Phil is playing Event #2 of WSOPE London and he' doing fine so far. He's one of the 49 last men standing in the tournament, however, he's far from the top of the field where notables such as Barry Greenstein, Chris Bjorin, Erik Friberg and Jeff Madsen are battling with big stacks.

Click here to read more about Phil Laak's quad bike accident.

Even though there are so many tournaments, both online and live, running at the moment, it didn't stop a big field of poker players from taking part in the 2010 English Poker Open in London. Among the field of players were notables such as Phil Laak and Liv Boeree, however, there were no familiar names who made it to the final table.

After a 6 hour battle on the final table, Fabian Quoss stood as winner of the tournament after defeating his final opponent Sebastian Crul. A big congratulations to Fabian Quoss and to his biggest cash ever, £220,650.

The WPT High Roller event in London attracted a very small field of players this time. Only 18 players were willing to pay the buy-in of £15,000, among them were notables such as Tony G, Luke Schwartz and Freddy Deeb. It ended up being Freddy Deeb, Tony G and Justin "BoostedJ" Smith who made it to the money. First player to leave the tournament was Freddy Deeb, which left Tony G and "Justin Smith playing heads up, a heads up match which Justin Smith took home after some time. For the win he received nothing less than £141,000.

Just as 2010 WSOP kicks off, the organizers have decided to release the tournament schedule for the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe. The tournament will, as usual, take place in London and 5 events will be played between 14-28 September. Lots of interesting high stakes games and side events are to expect as well. Well, let's enjoy 2010 WSOP for now!

Tuesday 14 September Event #1: £2 500 NLH 6-handed
Thursday 16 September Event #2: £5 000 PLO
Friday 17 September Event #3: £1 000 NLH

Tuesday 21 September Event #4: £10 000 NLH High Roller Heads-Up

Thursday 23 September Event #5: £10 000 WSOPE Championship NLH

A while ago, Tony G offered to stake the mysterious swede Isildur1 in Party Poker Big game IV in London. However, not many believed that Isildur1 would accept the offer -- even though he didn't have to reveal his identity. Now, Tony G writes in his latest blog post that Isildur1 has accepted his offer and that he's even thinking of playing without a mask. 

"I have some brilliant news. Isildur1 has accepted my offer to play in the PartyPoker.com Big Game IV in London. I spoke to him this morning and he has confirmed he will accept my offer to fully stake him for the event. I am delighted but I am going to crush him!
The question you all want the answer too is will he reveal his identity? This is what I am discussing with him at the moment, he is seriously thinking about just revealing himself to the world but the mask offer still stands! I will update you on this soon."; Tony G writes in his blog.

Read more » Isildur1 plays live in London this month!

111 players made it to Day 3 in the Main Event of EPT London. Among them were some of the hottest names in poker at the moment. For example: Annette Obrestad, Peter Eastgate, Kevin Schaffel, and many more. 

The tournament organizers had planned to play down to 24 players in Day 3 of the tournament, but for a long time it seemed like it wouldn't be that way. It was just thanks to some very late eliminations that everything went as planned. Among the 24 survivors we find some of the youngest and most successful players there are at the moment. 

Read more » EPT London - Live Stream: 24 players left - Peter Eastgate is one of them

Luke "__FullFlush1__" Schwartz, is well known for being a great poker player who has won lots of money during his poker career. He's also known for another thing, and that is that he got banned from The Vic Casino in London after that he refused to take off his hat. 

His friend, Eddie Hearn, is a very well known bookmaker and also a good friend of Luke. When Luke wanted to play EPT London at The Vic Casino, his friend Eddie Hearn of course wanted to help him out and therefore he decided to speak to the management. Eddie Hearn's talk with the management was successful and he managed to revoke Luke's ban. It seemed like the issue between The Vic management and Luke Schwartz finally was solved. But after that Luke got knocked out of EPT London during Day 2, he's once again banned.

Read more » EPT: Millionaire refused to pay for his sandwich