The hot sunny days have clearly gone to the head of the guys at Paddy Power Poker. Tomorrow sees the launch of their new "I can't believe it's not winter" promotion. more
Stuart “Easy Pickings” Rutter reports once more from the far-flung reaches of the European tournaments circuit; this time from two locations that held festivals in close chronological proximity; Dublin in Ireland and Helsinki in Finland. more
UK Poker News is very pleased to say that leading UK poker professional and WPT winner, John Gale, has once again written for us – this time from a crowded room somewhere in Paris! more
UK Poker News introduces Part 2 of the fascinating interview with David Lu, a talented young poker player who is currently studying at Warwick University and also President of its Poker Society. more
Forget about the World Cup and Rooney's foot. The real action this summer is in a Great Britain vrs Ireland poker heads-up game. This charity event looks set to be one of the most popular tournaments of the year. more
If there is one certain fact about the online world of poker, it is that we, the lucky players, have a huge choice of places to play. However, life is sometimes made easier by the willingness of a poker site to make a new player feel particularly welcome more
As regular readers of UK Poker News will know, we closely followed the special poker tournament laid on at the City West Hotel near Dublin on 1st June, which was ultimately won by 1999 WSOP Champion Noel Furlong. This event was run on behalf of the Dublin more
MANSION is a name on the move! The fast-growing and aggressively-promoted online gaming, betting and poker group is certainly splashing the cash in all the right places. more
In the last week, UK Poker News has reported the proposed openings of new or extended casinos in Manchester and Blackpool, and a similar story is being witnessed throughout the UK, topped off by the race to build the first licensed super-casino more
Once again, UK Poker News brings you an interview with another of the increasing numbers of bright young things carving themselves a niche in poker, and making money and reputations along the way. David Lu is a student at the University of Warwick more
Picture if you will a forlorn and lone figure enclosed by four dark walls, his troubled mind preoccupied with the stark, flickering image of a monitor sat before him; all the while babbling at various decibel levels more
Richard Prew reports from a hot and sticky West Midlands, as Grosvenor Walsall played host to the Midlands Meltdown festival. Many of the big UK poker names braved the heat to take their seats at one of the nations favourite venues. more
For those who like a mature but feisty brew, the title of this feature will be recognised as coming from the original Sham 69 punk-rock classic “Hurry Up Harry” rather than the re-hashed version made for the current World Cup in Germany, “The People more
In the concluding part of our interview with Paul Jackson, Paul talks about THAT hand with Phil Ivey from The Monte Carlo Millions and explains what Uncover Poker is all about more
On 24th May, UK Poker News highlighted the unique opportunity for poker players to play any of ten online freeroll tournaments and bag a chance to play poker in up to ten Norwegian towns – each tournament professionally dealt by FHM models! more
One of the remaining eight locations short-listed to develop Britain’s first so-called “Super Casino” is Manchester, whose SportCity Commonwealth Games site (near Manchester City Football Club) would be used for the purpose. more
After the recent Irish Poker Tour festival in Dublin UK Poker News Editor Paul Sandells met up with Paul "Action Jack" Jackson for a chat about his recent tournament cashes and his hopes for European ranking success in 2006. more
Bookmakers Paddy Power and betting exchange giants Betfair have already launched markets for the World Series of Poker. If you fancy a punt on this years main event then you'll have plenty of interesting bets to choose from. more
Summer is almost upon us which, for those living in the South of England, might mean the odd trip down to the Rose Bowl – home of Hampshire Cricket - for a relaxing day’s sun-worshipping while watching the ball sail over deep square leg or seeing the more
Ollie Boyce, World Speed Poker Open Champion of 2005, has been busy in his native Ireland this week, as the Boyle Poker / Pokerevents Irish Poker Tour Festival worked itself out at City West in Dublin. more