GUKPT Summer Series Continues

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour’s Summer Series continues this week stopping off in Luton and Aberdeen.

Action in Luton begins today at the G Casino with three days of side events before the £500 No Limit Hold’em Main Event takes place from Saturday 12 June through to Sunday.

Aberdeen’s side events start tomorrow Thursday 10th June at the G Casino before the £300 Main Event over the weekend.

Players are to be reminded that all action from the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be shown live at the casinos, so don’t worry about missing a thing.

Buy-ins can be made directly from any Grosvenor or G Casino, as well as via gcasino.com where weekly satellites are taking place on Friday and Sunday nights at 8.30pm.

Oppsummering eventene #9 til #12

Det ble britisk seier i event #9 med proffen James Dempsey. Han vant dermed sitt første bracelet i karrieren i denne $1.500 Pot Limit Holdem turnering. Han slo Steve Chanthabouasy heads-up og fikk med seg $197,470 for denne seieren. Totalt var det 650 spillere som stilte til start i dette eventet.

Dusk Till Dawn June Deepstack Chopped

In Nottingham at Dusk Till Dawn, the monthly deepstack tournament was chopped after the blinds reached crapshoot levels.

269 players turned out for the monthly £300 NL tournament meeting DTD’s guaranteed £80,000 prizepool. But as play went four handed with increasing blinds logic overruled ending the tournament in anticlimax.

Eventually the pot was split between Fan Cao, Ray Ryder, Andrew Ferguson and Mark Aldridge based on Independent Chip Model. Ryder made an awesome come back starting the final table as short stack with only four big blinds to finish in second place.

The final payout in Nottingham:

WSOP 2010: The First Week – Rule Britannia

It’s been a fascinating week of poker at the 2010 WSOP in Las Vegas. We’ve had scandal in the form of chip stealing and, ultimately, a lifetime ban. We’ve seen the big names go deep in most events too. However, if the opening week of the “big dance” belonged to anybody it was the British.

UK players had a fine 2009 with dozens of cashes and bracelets galore, but it looks like 2010 could eclipse that as the British invasion of Las Vegas pays dividends once again.

Most recently, James “Flushy” Dempsey picked up the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold’em bracelet. The Brighton based pro’ picked up $197,470 for his efforts.

Red Kings Poker $500 Freeroll THIS WEEK!

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James ‘Flushy’ Dempsey din Brighton a castigat Evenimentul 9, $1,500 Pot Limit Hold’em de la World Series Of Poker in Las Vegas, castigand $197,470 si a doua bratara de aur pentru Marea Britanie la 2010 WSOP.

Aceasta victorie a lui Dempsey este mult mai edilica pentru ca este al doilea an la rand cand un britanic a castigat $1,500 PLH – JP Kelly a fost castigatorul de anul trecut.

James Dempsey Wins WSOP Event #9 $1,500 PL Hold’em

James ‘Flushy’ Dempsey of Brighton has won the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold’em at the World Series Of Poker in Las Vegas, taking down $197,470 and winning Britain’s second bracelet of the 2010 WSOP.

Dempsey’s win means the $1,500 PLH has been won by a Briton two years in a row, after JP Kelly’s victory last year.

Despite arriving late on Day 1, Dempsey finished the day in chip lead. He held the lead until the end of Day 2 when his eventual heads up opponent Steve Chanthabouasy took control, going into the final table just 5000 in front of Dempsey.

As the final table formed, God Save The Queen was playing for Praz Bansi’s bracelet ceremony, an omen for what was to come.

Andreas Høivold: Første WSOP blogg – Stang ut!

Vi gjengir her Andreas Høivolds egen blogg som vi har hentet fra hans facebook sider.

Siden sist så har WSOP kommet i gang. Jeg var supergira før start og jeg hadde stor tro på resultater! Jeg begynte WSOP med å spille satellitt til “Player’s Championship”, en turnering med 8 forskjellige spill og med innkjøp 50.000 dollar. Innkjøp i satellitten var 2250 dollar, så det var ikke alt for galt. Det var 36 spillere til start i turneringen, noe som ga ett sete pluss ca 30k dollar til andre plassen. Med i satellitten var blant andre Thor Hansen.

Annette: Kvinner stinker i poker!

Full Tilt Poker proffen Annette Obrestad som i allerede ung alder oppnådde det mange kanskje aldri klarer, nemlig å vinne en stor internasjonal turnering.
I 2007 vant hun som den yngste (18 år) en WSOP/WSOPE tittel, nemlig den første WSOPE Main Event i London.
Nå som hun er fylt 21 år blir dette Annette Obrestad sin debut i WSOP.