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Congratulations to Brett Angell, winner of UKIPT4 Grand Final (£115,083)
That's that for Season 4 on the UKIPT then! Ludovic Geilich, Alan Gold, Robbie Bull, Duncan McLellan (twice), Ben Mayhew, Dean Hutchison, Kevin Killeen, Rodrigo Espinosa, Joshua Hart and now Brett...
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UKIPT4 Champion of Champions
12:45pm: Dean Hucthison has been crowned Champion of Champions! Dean Hutchison is officially the "Best of the Best" after he beat all other champions from Season 4 on the UKIPT. The Edinburgh winner...
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EPT11 London: A chin-wag with the Firm
PokerStars Blog talked to members of "The Firm" - David Lappin, Daragh Davey and Dara O'Kearney -- on the morning of Day 1B at EPT London, as O'Kearney and Kevin Killeen, one of their staked players,...
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EPT11 London: On Firm foundations, the future of poker in Ireland
Poker players pride themselves on their powers of observation, but one of the most significant moments at the UKIPT/EPT London festival this week went unnoticed by all but a very select few. Up in one...
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UKIPT to open Season 5 in London
Following the success of the 2014 EPT London Poker Festival -The European Poker Tour (EPT) and United Kingdom and Ireland Poker Tour took over the capital - the PokerStars UKIPT will return to London...
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UKIPT5 London: Best of British (and beyond) congregate for High Roller
Break time in a poker tournament can look very much like break time at a secondary school does. Cliques form and stories are exchanged as players get to drink in a mental break to give them a rest...
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UKIPT5 London: Mickey Petersen, homeless but at home back in London
A funny thing happened on the way to Edinburgh... When the PokerStars Blog last caught up with Mickey Petersen in London, he'd hit a lucky break. In the process of packing up his belongings for an...
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UKIPT5 London: High Roller champion to win £44,900
Most over/under lines on the £3,000 High Roller were south of 30 but the players have turned out in their droves and completely obliterated those who claim to be able to predict these things. Late...
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UKIPT5 London: Day 1A Level 1-6 Updates (200/400 ante 50)
3:15pm: End of Level 6 The end of level 6 also means we are now having our second 15 minute break of the day. To bring you up to speed, the latest eliminations from proceedings include Luca Falaschi,...
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UKIPT5 London: Day 1A Level 7-12 Updates (1,000/2,000 ante 300)
8:10pm: Done for the day Day 1A has come to an end and it's Lawrence Bayley who leads the way with a stack of 265,000. A full wrap of the day's play is on the way. -- NW 7:50pm: The final furlong It's...
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UKIPT5 London: Bayley leads counts at end of Day 1A
Season 5 of the UKIPT opened today at The Hippodrome Casino, London with a brutal first day where reputations were shredded and previous poker acumen counted for little. Combat proved fierce and...
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UKIPT5 London Day 1B: Level 1-6 updates (200/400 ante 25)
3:22pm: End of level 6 We have played through level 6 meaning we are half way through today's play. We estimate around 215 out of the initial 244 players who entered remain.in contention. Anyway,...
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UKIPT5 London Day 1B: Level 7-12 updates (1,000/2,000 ante 300)
7:55pm: End of Day 1B A fascinating day of poker has crashed to a standstill and the final freeze frame sees Warsaw-based Pole Piotr Tuczynski cutting the pose of a champion - his gargantuan 332,100...
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Shuffle up for the UKIPT All-In Kitchen
Food, or poker? Depending on what time of day it is, and maybe the size of your stack, it's sometimes hard to work out which is the more pleasurable. So we're happy to announce we've discovered a way...
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UKIPT5 London: Piotr Tuczynski tops Day 1B field
When a tournament has two starting days, in the absence of some natural disaster you can basically bet your house on the second starting day attracting a larger field than the opening flight. But what...
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UKIPT5 London Day 1C: Level 1-6 updates (200/400 ante 50)
3:30pm: Level 6 terminated; break begins Another three in the bag, it's that smoke em if you got 'em time again for the players. Well the smokers at least. The more healthy sorts will be off for fresh...
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UKIPT5 London Day 1C: Level 7-12 updates (1,000/2,000 ante 300)
8.30pm: Day one is done The third and final starting flight is in the books and from now on the number of entrants can only go down! It looks like roughly 123 players made it through today meaning the...
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UKIPT5 London: Ross Boatman seizes Day 1C chiplead
The third slice of UKIPT5 London first day fun was played out today at The Hippodrome Casino and it was London poker stalwart Ross Boatman who carved a skilful path through the gargantuan field,...
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UKIPT5 London Day 2: Level 13-16 updates (2,500/5,000 ante 500)
2:57pm: Break time The bubble burst during the last hand of level 16 and the players can celebrate making the money during a 25 minute break. You'll find level 17 updates here. -- NW 2:55pm: Charlie...
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UKIPT5 London Day 2: Level 17-18 updates (4,000/8,000 ante 1,000)
4:40pm: We need to talk about Kevin We're not just giving large amounts of coverage to Kev Allen because he is sat next to the media desk right now He's also winning some key pots that have seen him...
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