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UKIPT Cork: Day 4. Meet the finalists
Seat 1: Fridjon Thordarson, Iceland (PokerStars Qualifier) - 336,000 Fridjon Thordarson was meant to be "partying in London" this weekend but reckons his friends might have extended this period to...
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UKIPT Cork: Day 4, level 26 & 27 updates (Blinds 25,000-50,000 ante 5,000)
7.15pm: Adios Cork, hola London Stay tuned for the wrap of today's final table, which will be on it's way shortly. There's not long to wait for the next stop of the UKIPT, which takes place in London...
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UKIPT3 Cork: Fantastic Finneran defeats all-comers to claim title
A clinical final table performance by Thomas Finneran means the UKIPT Cork title will return to Emerald Isle. A fun-filled week of poker climaxed when he defeated nearly man Stephen McGrath in a very...
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PokerStars LIVE at The Hippodrome Casino is go!
PokerStars LIVE at The Hippodrome Casino officially launched last night with a champagne reception and twin freerolls. A media charity bounty tournament started the evening off, featuring Team...
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UKIPT London Day 1A: Level 1-6 updates (150-300 ante 25)
6.40pm: Dinner break That's the end of level six and the players are now on a one hour dinner break. The tournament board was showing that 108 players of the 194 who started remain. When they return...
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UKIPT London Day 1A: Level 7-11 updates (600-1,200 ante 100)
1.05am: Day 1A is done That ladies and gentleman is the end of the first of three monster Day ones at UKIPT London. According to the tournament clock just 45 of the 194 players who began today with...
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UKIPT London Day 1A: Ben Jackson blasts through opening flight
It was a long and gruelling day at UKIPT London, a fact supported by the raw stats. We started with 194 players, we played 11 levels of an hour each, and we finished with a mere 43 left. That was...
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UKIPT London Day 1B: Level 1 updates (25-50)
1pm: Kickstart for Kimber A good start for UKIPT stalwart Jeff Kimber: "Ukipt London day one. Table draw coulda been kinder but off to a quick start. Flopping sets is something I could get used to—...
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UKIPT London Day 1B: Level 7-11 updates (600-1,200 100 ante)
1.20am: Day 1B is in the books So the second of the three starting flights of UKIPT London is done and dusted. A total of 414 players joined the 194 who played Day 1A and with around 450 players...
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UKIPT London Day 1B: Luke Bird flies highest on Day 1B
Unlike the average poker player, tournament organisers are a risk-averse bunch. Knowing that the card room of the Victoria Casino could seat only about 430 players, they scheduled three opening flights...
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UKIPT London Day 1C: Levels 1-6 updates (150-300 ante 25)
6.40pm: Dinner break The players are now on a one hour dinner break. You'll find level seven updates in a new post. -- NW 6.35pm: Lots of chips There's lots of chips on Liv Boeree's table,...
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UKIPT London Day 1C: Level 7-11 updates (600-1,200 ante 100)
1.15am: Moving on to Day 2 That ladies and gentlemen is the end of three monster Day ones here in London. Around 33 hours of play have reduced a field of 1,099 to under 250. They'll return at noon...
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UKIPT London Day 1C: Another remarkable chapter in Wojtek Barzantny's...
There was a lot that was familiar about Day 1C at UKIPT London, similar to the two days gone before, and similar to the entire season. There was a huge field -- 491 players to be precise -- and they...
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UKIPT London Day 2: Level 12-15 updates (1,500-3,000 300 ante)
NEW POST! Head over to a new post for updates from level 16 onwards. 4.25pm: Break time In the 40 minutes since the bubble burst 24 players have been eliminated. The 120 remaining players are now on a...
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UKIPT London Day 2: Levels 16-19 updates (4,000-8,000 1,000 ante)
9.20pm: End of play Play has ended here in London, with 49 players left in the mix. They've bagged and tagged their chips and wandered off into the night/the bar/a cash game. We'll be doing the same...
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UKIPT London Day 2: Sergio Aido leads chase for final table
During its first four days at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino, UKIPT London has shown us what a peculiar game poker can be. Just when we were readying to proclaim that the cream of the crop always rises...
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UKIPT London Day 3: Level 20-21 updates (6,000-12,000 1,000 ante)
1.40pm: Aido reassumes lead in personal Spanish duel Sergio Aido began today as chip leader, but by the end of the first level, he wasn't even the Spaniard with the most chips in the field. That was...
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UKIPT London Day 3: Wim Neys sweeps all before him, leads final table
When we looked at the field at the end of Day 2 last night, we realised that our final table (due to be decided at the end of Day 3) could take pretty much any complexion. There were a host of...
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UKIPT London: Final table player profiles
Here's some more information on the eight players contesting today's UKIPT final table. Seat 1: Guy Goossens, Belgium - 1,250,000 Belgian player Guy Goossens, 50, has a formidable live tournament...
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UKIPT London High Roller Day 2 seat draw
The UKIPT High Roller resumes today with 28 players battling it out for the £101,950 first place prize. All the remaining players are now in the money with Martin Hanowski best positioned to make the...
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