Big tournaments done and dusted but circus rolls on nationwide; UK AND IRISH LIVE POKER SCENE.AFTER the World Series of Poker The World Series of Poker is the largest set of poker tournaments in the world. It is held annually in Las Vegas, lasting just over a month. A bracelet is awarded to the winner of each of the fifty-plus events which include all the major varieties of poker. and European Poker poker, card game, believed to have originated in Asia and first played in the United States in the 19th cent. A traditional cutthroat gambling game at first, it is now also an internationally popular social pastime. Tour events in London this month, you might have thought the British live poker scene would be taking a well-deserved break. Nothing could be further from the truth, however, with some good-quality events taking place up and down the country. This weekend sees the final leg of the British Masters Poker Tour at the Harbourside Casino casino or cassino (both: kəsē`nō). 1 Card game played with a full deck by two to four players. Its origins are obscure though it probably traces back to the Italian game of Scopa. in Bristol. The pounds 500 + pounds 50 event kicks off at 3pm today. Nottingham's Dusk Till Dawn will host its new monthly festival, the 20Twenty weekend. There will be a guaranteed prize pool of pounds 20,000 both today and tomorrow. The buy-in on each day is pounds 112. In Bolton, at the Grosvenor Casino, you will find the English Amateur Poker Championship. It is a pounds 75 deepstack tournament and this popular event will sell out early. There is big action going on in Ireland, too, with the Paddy Power Irish Winter Festival taking place in the Citiwest Hotel in Dublin. A big weekend of poker would not be complete without a tournament in the Vic in Edgware Road, London. The Littlewoods Poker Heads Up Championships start there today. Rory Anderson |
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