Praz Bansi wins Five Star World Classic Event
GUKPT and WSOP winner Praz Bansi is on one hell of a heater out at the Five Star World Classic in Vegas. The UK player had already made two final tables in the festival and last week went one better when he won the $5,000 event for $133,380. He had his work cut out too, as the final table included Justin Bonomo and WSOP final table start Scott Montgomery. This result means that Bansi has nearly reached the $1 million mark in tournament earnings and continues the year of dominance by members of the Hit Squad.
UK Stars Running Hot in EPT San Remo
Wow! Did anyone expect such a massive turn out for the Pokerstars.net EPT San Remo? 1,178 players have made this the biggest ever EPT event on European soil and they will be fighting for a €1,508,000 first prize. Poker has only been legal for a short while in Italy and 444 Italians were in attendance, which makes Italy one of the fastest growing poker communities in the world.
Plenty of top UK players have made it into day two, Asa Smith was one of the chip leaders from day 1a with 74,700 and Andrew Feldman, Ben Grundy, Richard Ashby and James Akenhead are amongst the big names coming back today. You can catch all the action from this record breaking event at our world class live updates section.
Poker dealer out of World Snooker Championships
Poker dealer Martin Gould was in action in Sheffield today making his debut at the Crucible. Gould had recently hit the headlines going from a novice snooker player to the big time, and he played in his first World Snooker Championship today. The croupier from London unfortunately was beaten 10-6 by Mark Allen.
PRWeb Bans Online Gambling Content
An odd but potentially damaging blow to the online gambling industry now, as news distribution service PRWeb has been issued a Cease and Desist order from the State of Washington to stop any content related to online gambling. PRWeb is located in Washington State and they have to comply with Washington State law, which currently bans online gambling. This also means that UK based online gambling news will no longer be distributed either.
Many online poker rooms regularly use PRWeb, including Full Tilt, Titan and Everest Poker.
Prince Harry spotted with Poker Presenter......Again!
One of the most prevalent things about poker in 2009 is that it is repeatedly finding itself into mainstream news, admittedly at times rather tenuously, this time it involves the Royal Family. Prince Harry has been furthering his bad boy image and has been spotted with a potential love interest, in the form of poker presenter Caroline Flack. Flack was a former presenter of the European Poker Tour and was introduced to Harry by another former EPT presenter Natalie Pinkman, whom he was also linked to a few years ago.
So watch out Kara Scott, looks like you are next.
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