Category: UK Poker News

The Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour (GUKPT) will be visiting Luton next month, but details of the subsequent stop on the tour have just been announced.

The biggest poker festival in Europe returns to London from September 2-3, but this year’s event has been moved to Hanover Square from Leicester Square.

Christopher Webber was the biggest winner as the last two Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour (GUKPT) Summer Series events were played out in Southampton and Sheffield.

The latest leg of the PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) kicks off in Brighton this evening at the Hilton Metropole for the first day of five at the festival.

London will again host hundreds of poker players for the six-day event at the Fox Poker Club that starts on Wednesday, August 24.

Northern Ireland’s Matthew Scott picked up the top prize of £9,000 (approximately €10,200 or $14,350) for winning the £300+£25 (€340+€28/$560+$40) July Fox Poker Club main event in London last night after outlasting a 115-strong field that created a prize pool of £34,500 (€39,000/$55,000).

Former footballer Scott Eustace lifted the £18,100 (approximately $29,000 or €20,000) top prize for winning the always-popular Dusk Till Dawn Deepstack event in Nottingham, England.

UK-based software development company VueTec Limited have teamed up with Scottish television channel STV to introduce an online service that will allow players to enjoy numerous real-time games, including Texas hold’em, baccarat, blackjack and roulette.

A young British online poker player has successfully made the transition from website designer to semi-professional poker player after securing his first really big pay day with victory in the recent PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) event in Nottingham.

This weekend saw the £300+£25 Fox Poker Club Main Event taking place, with Englishman Jon Omara emerging as overall winner. Omara managed to beat a field of 111 players…