Entries categorized as ‘UK’
It’s a full house in Chorley as poker fever takes over the town.
The town’s newest club has opened in a garage and is now struggling to cope with spiralling demand.
Interest has boomed since Chorley poker pro, Jonathan Kalmar, won $1.25m at the World Championships in Las Vegas earlier this year.
Fan David McDermott was bitten by the bug and converted his garage into a fully loaded poker den in September last year when he wife bought him a poker table for his 50th birthday.
But since then interest in his poker games has really taken off.
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Categories: League · UK
THE chips are down for amateur poker players in Wilmslow.
Gamblers have found the odds stacked against them after being told they can no longer hold weekly card games at their usual town centre pub.
Every Thursday the group of 25 keen players gather at The Hogs Head on Parsonage Green. They enjoy a friendly game of cards, without having to stake any money, as part of the national non-gambling poker league – Poker Project.
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Categories: League · UK
“New licensing minister and past National Pubwatch president Gerry Sutcliffe tells John Harrington that the trade will have to wait on some big decisions affecting pubs
Q: Why are maximum stakes and prizes for poker under the Gambling Act set at half the figure for pubs as private members’ clubs?
A: As with the current legislation, the Gambling Act draws a clear distinction between the respective regulatory regimes for pubs and clubs. Social gaming in clubs has a long and largely unblemished track record, whereas pubs have historically been limited to offering one or two low-risk games, such as dominoes and cribbage…”
Morning Advertiser (08/09/07)
Categories: Legal · UK
“PokerStars.com, the online poker group that operates illegally in the US, will be allowed to advertise on British TV and radio from next month even though it is not regulated by the government’s new Gambling Commission.
It is just one of hundreds of internet gambling groups, unlicensed in the UK, which are to be granted freedom to advertise in Britain under the government’s Gambling Act 2005. They will not be regulated here or pay British tax.
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Categories: Legal · PokerStars · UK
“UK Open Is the First Stop on the NPL World Circuit Tour
The National Poker League announced on August 17 that it will host the first annual NPL UK Open at the Loose Cannon Club in London. The tournament will feature five events that begin on August 12 and end with the final table of the main event on August 18, which is a ₤2,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament.
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Categories: Tournament · UK
“Gamblers Anonymous in Scotland is stepping into the virtual world to extend its reach even further in the nation. It is planning to purchase VOIP phones that will allow members in remote areas to phone in for sessions via the Internet.
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Categories: UK
“Pubs will be able to host games of poker for stakes of £5 and a maximum prize of £100 from 1 September.
The Gambling Act regulations also remove the requirement for pubs to seek permission from local authorities, provided children and young people are not allowed to play.
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Categories: UK
Many hours later, there will be one last man standing, and his victory will be the catalyst for a year’s worth of corporate sponsorship, publicity tours, countless interviews, lucrative endorsements and serious TV time in the world’s major poker tournaments. It is the dream of every poker player, from the battle-hardened pros to the amateur recreational players who try to qualify for the $10,000 buy-in event by winning cheap online tournaments.
With its world-wide popularity boom over the last few years, poker is no longer just a great American pastime, but a global phenomenon. More than half the final table are from overseas. Along with the four Americans, there is a Vietnamese-born Canadian, an Englishmen, a Dane living in the UK, a Russian and a South African.
MSNBC (07/17/07)
Categories: Canada · Russia · South Africa · UK · Vietnam · WSOP
“Poker is alive and thriving in London, and to prove it, hundreds of people showed up for the World Poker Tour’s “Poker in the Park” at Leicester Square.
The event was a chance for poker enthusiasts to head to the park to play in mini-tournaments for fun or get some advice about their game with complementary poker tutoring. Welcoming players to the event and helping out were actress Mimi Rogers and WPT board members.
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Categories: UK · WPT
“WPT Enterprises, Inc. announced today the official launch of its new online real money and “play for fun” gaming site, WorldPokerTour.com. WPT executives are in London to celebrate the launch and invite players from around the globe to register and receive the $1500 “You Play, We Pay” bonus program, one of the industry’s largest bonuses ever offered.
Five years ago televised poker sparked the global poker boom and skyrocketed the online gaming business into a multi-billion dollar-per-year industry, yet gaming laws prompted WPTE to tailor its rules accordingly and not accept US bets. In April, WPT moved its online global gaming platform to develop a new site with leading software developer, CryptoLogic, whose shared network offers a constant, substantial player liquidity.”
WPT Enterprises (07/05/07)
Categories: Legal · Online · UK
