Pepe Martinez Wins Second Leg of PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour

Pepe Martinez has won €70,148 for his first place finish in the Alicante leg of the PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour. The 62-year-old local outlasted a field of 305 players of which 118 of them had won their seats online at PokerStars, with the rest paying €1,000 for their seat resulting in a huge €266,448 prize pool.

Martinez was joined on the final table by Team PokerStars Pro Juan Maceiras, who he eventually beat during the heads-up stage, Team PokerStars Pro Juan Manual Pastor and Maceiras’s father, Juan Maceiras Sr (Veitcong01).

Dusk Till Dawn WSOP Satellites

With the World Series Of Poker getting under way in Las Vegas tomorrow, Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham are offering a great last chance package to get out there and get a piece of the action.

Their £500+50 Live Club Satellite takes place on Bank Holiday Monday at 3pm, with 10 guaranteed packages worth £8,300 up for grabs. Each package includes seven nights at the 5* MGM Grand from 5th-12th July, $10,000 cash, £1,000 flight expenses with airport pick-up, VIP check-in and VIP access.

There’s still a chance to qualify for the Live Club Satellite through a last chance Live Super Satellite taking place at DTD on Sunday at 3pm.

PokerStars Baltic Festival back in Tallinn

The PokerStars Baltic Festival heads back to Estonia this June as the luxurious Swissôtel in Tallinn plays host to the popular event between June 16-20.

Last October, 307 players made their way to Tallinn for a shot at the big prize. It was Britain’s Thomas Partridge (pictured) who came out on top for thed €75,000 first place prize. Despite the WSOP running during this year’s event, organisers are hopeful of an equally big turnout.

This year’s PokerStars Baltic Festival will cost a buy-in of €1,500. That is up from €1,100 from last year as PokerStars look to boost the overall prize pool.

World Team Poker begins Tomorrow

40 top poker players representing eight different countries will be arriving at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas tomorrow for their chance to be crowned World Team Poker champions.

They will be participating in five table shootouts for the filmed event comprising rounds of limit Hold’em, pot limit Omaha and no limit Hold’em. The last two players from each shootout will compete in a final table showdown. Each team’s buy-in will be set at $50,000.

An assortment of poker stars are set to play including team captains Phil Hellmuth (Team USA), co-captains Johnny Chan and David Chiu

UKIPT Nottingham – Day 1a & 1b Complete

Days 1a & 1b have concluded at the £500 Main Event of the PokerStars.com UK and Ireland Poker Tour, at Dusk Till Dawn Nottingham after a total field of 650 started Day 1a yesterday.

On Day 1a, 119 players remained from a starting field of 268, with 24 year old company director Aman Atwal of Birmingham leading the field on 117,600.

With Day 1b just wrapping up it looks like around 160 have survived from the 382 who began this morning. An unofficial chip count at this point puts Joseph McCormick (no relation of South Park’s Kenny) in the end of day chip lead with 113,000.

Dave Harris Wins British Masters Poker Bristol

Local player David Harris has won the Coral.co.uk British Masters first leg in Bristol.

The two day main event attracted 109 competitors to do battle at Harris’ regular, the Gala, Harbourside in Bristol.

With 89 players busting out on the first day, the final table formed in no time. However action slowed down as the final table formed on level 12.

It took until level 17 for things to pick up. First George Stewart exited as Tom Fielding rivered an ace. Then in the space of ten minutes four players headed to the door after unsuccessful all-ins.

Coral.co.uk British Masters Starts In Bristol

The Coral.co.uk British Masters Poker Tour 2010 season kicked off in Bristol today at the Gala Harbourside Casino.

The £500+50 No Limit Holdem Freezeout Main Event starts tomorrow at 3.00pm.

Play got under way today with a £200+20 NL Freezeout and more side action follows on Sunday with a £100+10 NL Freezeout at 5pm.

Places are still available in Bristol either through buying in directly at any Gala cash desk, by calling the Harbourside on 0117 9069970 or qualifying through Coral.co.uk

UKIPT Nottingham Preview

Leg four of the first season of the PokerStars.com UK and Ireland Poker Tour is on its way to Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham next week.

With more side events than ever before in Nottingham from 12th to 17th May, UK Poker News Headlines brings you an advance preview of the event so you can make the most out of it.

The main event will be a £500+60 NL Freezeout boasting a guaranteed prize pool of £100,000 with two day ones starting at midday on the 12th and 13th May.

WPT London Confirmed

Last month’s controversial rumour about the WPT coming to London has been confirmed.

The WPT London Classic will take place at the Palm Beach Casino at The Mayfair Casino between 29th August and 5th September. The main event will be a £5,000 +£300 NLH, with a two day ones and a cap of 400 entrants. The event will be filmed for television broadcast, sponsored by PartyPoker.

The announcement from the WPT has ended a month of online speculation, following a post by Simon Tomsett on the Hendon Mob forum.

WPT’s President, Adam Pliska commented, ““London is a great poker destination and has always been a major target in our ongoing expansion.”