UKIPT London final table: Level 26-27 updates (25,000-50,000 5,000 ante)
2.05pm: One for Aido, one for Ward True to form the last two hands at this final table saw pre-flop raising wars break out, both involved Sergio Aido. In the first Wim Neys opened to 100,000 from the...
View ArticleUKIPT3 London: Sergio Aido wins UKIPT London and £144,555
Today saw us bid adios to Season 3 of the UKIPT, the first stop of Season 4 sees the UKIPT pack it's suitcase and head off on holiday to Marbella, Spain. Fitting then that a Spaniard should win the...
View ArticleEPT London Day 1B: Merging the tours to create a mega-festival
Before seeing the schedule for the ninth season of the European Poker Tour, I would have expected to have gone to my grave without ever having uttered the phrase "mega-festival". But not only have I...
View ArticleEPT9 London: Marc Daubach wins UKIPT High Roller for £101,950
Marc Dubach last night topped the UKIPT High Roller beating out a tough final table to secure his first six-figure score. The likes of Byron Kaverman ($1,296,799 career live winnings), Martin Hanowski...
View ArticleUKIPT3 Champion of Champions: Level 1-18 updates (blinds 3,000-6,000 ante 500)
1.05am: Richard Evans wins UKIPT Champion of Champions Congratulations to Richard Evans who has just won the UKIPT Champion of Champions. In the final hand he raised to 12,000 on the button and Robert...
View ArticleUKIPT3: Good Evans! Richard Evans wins UKIPT3 Champion of Champions
Gareth Bale is not the only Welsh wizard with a grin permanently etched on his face, for tonight Richard Evans won the UKIPT Champion of Champions. And as we saw when he took down UKIPT Dublin in May...
View Article£275 UKIPT Series launches this Friday
The UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) has been a runaway success since it opened its doors for business back in December 2009. Three seasons and multiple record-breaking fields later the UKIPT is on...
View ArticleLiv Boeree and Jake Cody confirmed for UKIPT Series
The inaugural UKIPT Series event starts this Friday and both Liv Boeree and Jake Cody have confirmed that they'll be playing the £275 tournament. We told you yesterday how great the event was and it...
View ArticleUKIPT Series 1, London: Day 1A, Level 1-6 updates (Blinds 200-400 ante 50)
5.45pm: Halfway there That's six of the 12 levels done and dusted. You'll find the second half of today's entertainment in a new post. 5.35pm: Someone's going to hit a set So said Robert Panayi as the...
View ArticleUKIPT Series 1, London: Day 1A, Level 7-12 updates (Blinds 1,000-2,000 ante 300)
9.10pm: Done for the day Play is over for the day, it appears that roughly 46 of the 147 players made it through the day, a wrap of the day's play is on the way. 8.55pm: Last three hands The clock has...
View ArticleUKIPT Series 1, London: Pat Simcoe cooking on gas, leads after Day 1A
In December 2009 PokerStars took a bit of step into the unknown when they launched a regional tour in the shape of the UKIPT. Three and a half years on and they've launched the UKIPT Series. It's...
View ArticleUKIPT Series 1: Day 1B Level 1 updates (Blinds 25-50)
2.15pm: Cards are in the air Players are still dribbling in here but cards are in the air and play is underway, a lot of tables are playing six handed or so at the moment. 2.10pm: B is for bigger...
View ArticleUKIPT Series 1: Day 1B, Level 7-12 updates (Blinds 1,000-2,000 ante 300)
9pm: Play is done for the day Roughly 60 players made it through to Day 2, a wrap of the day's play is on the way. 8.40pm: Last four hands The clock has been paused and the remaining players will play...
View ArticleUKIPT Series 1: Nikolay Ponomarev leads after Day 1B
With another 196 players entering the fray today when they were added to the 147 from Day 1A the final number of runners for the first ever UKIPT Series event was confirmed at 343. A short time later...
View ArticleUKIPT Series 1: Day 2 Level 13-17 updates (Blinds 3,000-6,000 ante 500)
2.45pm: Chip counts I've just flowed chip counts for the entire remaning field (as of the start of level 17) into the chip counts page. The top 10 is as below, Enzo Gomez leads from Lydia Cugudda. Enzo...
View ArticleUKIPT Series 1: Day 2 Level 19-24 updates (blinds 15,000 - 30,000 ante 4,000)
8.10pm: Break time The players are now on a 15 minute break whilst tournament staff colour up and race off the 1k chips. You'll find level 25 updates in a new post. 8pm: Jake Cody wins a million chip...
View ArticleUKIPT Series 1: Day 2 Level 25-30 updates (blinds 60,000 - 120,000 ante 20,000)
11.30pm: Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody wins UKIPT Series 1 It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out that with the stacks as they were and the blinds high that the next all-in would decide this...
View ArticleUKIPT Series: Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody wins UKIPT Series 1 and £19,400
The inaugural UKIPT Series is going to be tough to top as Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody defeated a field of 343 to claim the first prize of £19,400 and his first tournament victory since he completed...
View ArticleSatellite into UKIPT Marbella today!
The UKIPT team have been onto us to write something about the upcoming UKIPT Marbella event. We're going on holiday, they say. The UKIPT is joining up with the ESPT, they add. So what? Why should we...
View ArticlePokerStars Marbella Festival: Day 1B, level 5-8 updates (400-800, ante 100)
9.45pm: June not feeling so August It's always great to see a healthy contingent of ladies turn out for the pokers to break up the rivers of machismo that tend to pool at the poker tables. Sadly the...
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