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The International Poker Open commences place in Dublin on October 6th 2007, (Shelbourne Hall, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.) -promising to be the biggest ever poker tournament in Europe.

Online Qualifiers are running on Mermaid Poker:

How to Play?
Details:Instructions for registration into what will be the biggest ever poker tournament in Europe.
1. Download and Install Mermaid Poker(usually only takes a few seconds).
2. Follow the instructions to open an account with Mermaid.
3. Click on cashier and use any of the secure options available to deposit your International Poker Open entry fee.
4. Click on ‘Multi-Table’ in the main lobby and scroll down to ‘Inter. Poker Open’ which is listed under Sept 1st for technical reasons (registration will actually close on Oct 1st).
5. Click register and the entry fee will be deducted from your account.
6. Arrive at the Shelbourne Hall, Royal Dublin Society, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 on Saturday October 6th 2007 before 12pm and your Mermaid ‘nickname’ will be displayed on a screen with your corresponding seat number. Once you take your seat you are ready to play.

Please note that only persons registered on Mermaid Poker before Oct 1st will be eligible to play and that we are asking all players to bring passport/drivers licence I.D. to the RDS on Oct 6th to confirm their identity…..

This will be an excellent sponsored event with a guaranteed prize pool. The tournament will take place in the Shelbourne Hall in the RDS on October 6th, starting at high noon, 12 midday. Day 2 will take place in the Jackpot Casino Club, Montague Street, D.2.

Tournament Information
Starting Stack: 10,000 Chips.
Event Duration: 2 Days.
Fully dealer dealt.
Registration: Registration is open. All registration will be online and all players must be paid up before Oct 1st for this tournament. Standard payout structure will be used (ie approx top 10% paid)

Stephen Mc Lean will be tournament director along with Luke Ivory, Derek ‘The Clamper’ Williams and Pamela Morris.

Blind Structure:

12:00 1. 25-50
12:40 2. 50-100
13.20 3. 75-150
14:00 4. 100-200
14:40 5. 150-300
15:20 30 minute break
15:50 6. 200-400
16:30 7. 300-600
17:10 8. 400-800
17:50 9. 500-1000
18.30 60 minute break
19:30 10. 600-1200
20:10 11. 800-1500
20:50 12. 1000-2000
21:30 13. 1500-3000
22:10 30 minute break
22:40 14. 2000-4000
23:10 15. 3000-6000
23:50 20 min break
00:10 16. 4000-8000
00:50 17. 5000-10000
01:30…end of day 1
END DAY 1.

DAY 2 Sunday 7th Oct - 1 hour levels
14:00 6000-12000
15:00 8000-15000
16:00 10000-20000
17:00 15000-30000
18:00 18000-36000
19:00 20000-40000
20:00 30000-60000
21:00 40000-80000
22:00 50000-100000

Buy In: €125 (+ €25 registration)
Location: RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Register online now: Download Mermaid Poker

(c) 2007 UK Gambling Forums.

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I arrived in Newcastle on Wednesday (expecting to play the 350 double shootout side event- and also to Satellite into the main event). I arrived the Grosvenor Casino for about 5:30pm- and the damn event was full, so I ended up 3rd on the reserve list, and my buddy Matt “donk” Dale (who was “co-ordinating things.. hah!”) was 2nd on the list. I also met up with Dan Carter who had the brains to book his spot online…

Anyway to cut a long story short, only 1 person was a no-show so neither myself nor Matt got to play that. We also met up with Graeme (”Morlspin“) from Newcastle (whom I know from playing online)… so after a few beers and some chat and looking at Morlspin’s seemingly obligatory Vegas stripper photos on his mobile (plus an amusing video clip of Simon trumper spinning around on Playboy owner Hugh Hefner’s rotating bed!) the three of us played some ₤115 Satellites to the main event.

Michael “don’t call me Beppe” Greco was to my right (he won a leg of the GUKPT recently). I asked him how he got on in Vegas. “Shit” was his reply. Anyway I was happy that he was on my right, as I figured he would be a strong player and I assumed he would be stacked before me given his live experience. After about 20 mins Matt “Donk Dale” pushed his j5o into Morlspin’s Jacks in an attempt to steal the blinds. Morlspin called, and the Local guy flipped over aces if I recall (Matt also pushed 8s2s and went busto in our next ₤115 SNG lol). When we were down to 6, Greco shoved UTG, I had played bugger all hands and looked down at pocket ladies, so I instantly reraised all in and took it down. Yeehaw I thought - I busted Beppe off Eastenders. I uttered the words “ship it” (I didn’t bellow it across the floor like some players I heard!). Greco asked why I said that. I replied that it was simply because I was shipping his chips to me. He told me that makes me sound like a c*nt before leaving. haha So I’ll just have to call him Michael “Ship-it-Beppe Holla” Greco from now on I think.

Morls soon got blinded out and I managed 3rd. A guy called Dong Steamrolled us 3 handed and the Main Event seat was his. He rolled into day 2 of the main event okay, so I don’t mind the fact that he pwned me as he obviously has the skillz… Barry Neville dominated the double chance and won just over 12 Grand. I heard he won about $60k in vegas recently - so he was running gooot.

On day one of the main event I played one more Sattelite for the main event (came 4th IIRC) - they only had one sat that day! not enough dealers apparently - so then I played some ₤115NL sngs and roulette to amuse myself while Matt and Dan Carter played the main event. Matt pushed his top pair (queens) into a low flush and busted out early in the first level. It was amusing to see Matt wearing blue-square garb (he satellited in on bluesquare) - rather than Poker.Co.UK attire (Matt’s poker site - and sponsors Daniel Carter, Pete Singleton and Lucy Rokach). Afterwards Matt claimed that since he sat’d in he was playing inverse poker. When quizzed as to what this was it turned out it involves raising with 72o and folding pocket kings Barry neville busted out of the Main event before the buffet (yummy - thanks bluesquare- Free buffet and free booze =))

Clip of Barry Neville after his bustout of the Main Event.(I manage to stagger past in the background after about 10 seconds- Anything to get on youtube! heh)

I met and gabbed to Lucy Rokach, and hob nobbed with and met a few pros and high rollers and people from blondepoker, as well Alex who is doing the official GUKPT updates (great guy - Give him a payrise !). I heard crazy gambling stories - you know - cardcounters, bad beats, gambling debts.. the whole spectrum of interesting gambling gossip you would expect I guess.

I watched Dale do his nuts in on blackjack and chinese poker before he dominated two consecutive ₤115 SNGS! (1st place in both!). I had 50% of Matt in each of them so I did nicely out of his pwnage thankyouverymuch Matt

About 3AM I boozed with Alex and we chatted to Rick Liotta (who was in my SNG earlier) It turns out he works for PokerStars - He seemed like a real nice guy and we talked about poker, donkeys, the world and everything and drank some JD’s (thanks Rick for getting me off the waters!).

The last hand of the GUKPT day 1 was a sicker (although not hand of the day for sure - as I heard tell of someones Quads getting busted by bigger quads early on). Last hand of the night was announced. Dave Colcough’s jd9d managed bust his opponents pocket aces (Colclough managed to hit a straight) - leaving his opponent with a meagre stack. Poker is harsh sometimes!

I staggered off into the night about 5am after two days of drinking casinoing and not going busto (which is always good). I managed to lose my phone (my life is in that phone) however thankfully I tipped the driver, and he remembered me and contacted me later on a different #, so I will hopefully “ship it” back to me soon I returned back home all GUKPT‘d out and phoneless and with aching guts (I must be getting old! - and I guess I missed my bed!)- but I had a super-fantastico time, and witnessed some real donkeys on the sngs and Satellites! I can definitely recommend going to these events to any player - give the side events or the satellites a shot - you gotta be in it to win it. Two of team poker.co.uk will proceeed into Day 2.

The next GUKPT event is in Luton, London next month. I will hopefull be there if it doesn’t clash with stag parties/weddings. Updates for the final day of the Newcastle Grosvenor UK Poker Tour are available on the GUKPT BLOG.

How was YOUR GUKPT?!

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Virgin Poker has just announced that they will be hosting their first ever ‘Virgin Poker Festival’ in Birmingham, UK on 25th/26th November (venue TBA).
Qualifiers will run throughout August and September on Virgin Poker (click here to download Virgin Poker)

Main Event
-£105 two day deep stacked main event
- £5,000 added to prize pot

(plus loads of Virgin bounties including flights to Las Vegas)

Low buy-in side events with added value plus loads more TBA…

What are you waiting for?! Download Virgin poker Today!

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Next week the Newcastle leg of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour kicks off.

If you have never heard of the GUKPT , here is the blurb from the web-site:

The GUKPT is the largest UK-based poker tour and takes place at 10 different Grosvenor Casinos throughout the UK.

The GUKPT is an exciting series of 11 major poker tournaments, each taking place as the main event of an existing Grosvenor Poker Festival. Each event will be televised and broadcast in the 3rd and 4th quarters of 2007 on Channel 4.

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I have been kindly sponsored by Poker.co.uk (where I play a lot) into a couple of events, so it’s another GUKPT Freeroll for me (I freerolled into the Brighton Leg of the GUKPT recently).Other players sponsored by Poker.co.uk include:

• Lucy Rokach
  Daniel Carter (recently Cashed 2nd in the World Headsup Poker Championship 2007 for $81,022)
• Matt “Donk” Dale (I own 20% of Matt in the Main event- Here’s hoping he wins(I mean comes second to me) and ships me up to £18k
• Pete “The Professor” Singleton (who recently won the the Bournemouth £500+£50 Main Event in The Great British Poker Tour)

I plan to entering a few events to maximise my chances of cashing:

-Firstly I shall play the £300 Double Chance NL Freezeout on Wednesday.
-Sometime before the GUKPT main event, a £200nl sng (for a Main Event Buyin) with some guys I know from a few Gambling Forums so this is a +ev chance to get a cheap main event entry.
-And finally, depending on how things go (I believe there is plenty of partaaaay in Newcastle), and how the hangover is, I might play the Sunday £250 NL Shootout too.

I shall of course post some GUKPT gossip, pics etc, and blog it up when I return.

(c) 2007 UK Gambling Forums | Poker Blog

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Poker Freerolls July 2007
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2nd July
UKGamblingforums Forum Freeroll (poker770)

4th July
$5000 Freeroll (10-raked hands reqd.)(Doyles Room Poker)

5th July
$2500 GUKPT Freeroll (inside poker magazine) (bluesquare)

7th July
$25000 Freeroll(Carbon Poker)

$5000 freeroll – (Full Tilt Poker)

10th July
$5000 Freeroll (Party Poker)

13th July
$13k Freeroll (32red)

14th July
$5000 Freeroll (Paradise Poker)
$2500 Freeroll - Online Forum Challenge (Cake Poker)
$5000 Freeroll (Party Poker)

$5000 Freeroll Battle of the Mags (Paddy Power Poker)
UK Gambling forums exclusive $100 Freeroll (the3DPoker)

16th July
$5000 Freeroll (Party Poker)

26th July
$2500 freeroll Luton GUKPT Freeroll (bluesquare)

31st July
Living The Dream Freeroll (PokerStars)

1st August

UKGamblingforums $400 Freeroll (leg 1 in the UKGF Poker League) (PokerNordica)

Weekly/Daily Freerolls
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Monday
06:00 $1000 Freeroll (bet365)

19:00pm Best of British qualifier (Paradise Poker)
19:00pm $200-$2k Daily Freeroll (Mermaid Poker)
18:00pm Daily $200 Freeroll (Poker.co.uk)
18:30pm $1000 Freeroll (32Red)
21:00pm $1500 Daily Freeroll (Ladbrokes)

21:15pm Cruise Daily Freeroll (Ladbrokes)
8:30pm & 12:30am Paradise - New World qualifier (Freeroll) (Paradise Poker)

Tuesday
06:00 $1000 Freeroll (bet365)

19:00pm Best of British qualifier (Paradise Poker)
19:00pm $200-$2k Daily Freeroll (Mermaid Poker)
18:00pm Daily $200 Freeroll (Poker.co.uk)
18:30pm $1000 Freeroll (32Red)
21:00pm $1500 Daily Freeroll (Ladbrokes)

21:15pm Cruise Daily Freeroll (Ladbrokes)
8:30pm & 12:30am Paradise - New World qualifier (Freeroll) (Paradise Poker)
17:00pm Paradise poker €100,000 Rush Freeroll satellite (paradise Poker)

Wednesday
06:00 $1000 Freeroll (bet365)
19:00pm Best of British qualifier (Paradise Poker)
19:00pm $200-$2k Daily Freeroll (Mermaid Poker)
18:00pm Daily $200 Freeroll (Poker.co.uk)

18:30pm $1000 Freeroll (32Red)
21:00pm $1500 Daily Freeroll (Ladbrokes)
21:15pm Cruise Daily Freeroll (Ladbrokes)
8:30pm & 12:30am Paradise - New World qualifier (Freeroll) (Paradise Poker)

17:00pm Paradise poker €100,000 Rush Freeroll satellite (paradise Poker)

Thursday
06:00 $1000 Freeroll (bet365)
19:00pm Best of British qualifier (Paradise Poker)

19:00pm $200-$2k Daily Freeroll (Mermaid Poker)
18:00pm Daily $200 Freeroll (Poker.co.uk)
18:30pm $1000 Freeroll (32Red)
21:00pm $1500 Daily Freeroll (Ladbrokes)
21:15pm Cruise Daily Freeroll (Ladbrokes)

8:30pm & 12:30am Paradise - New World qualifier (Freeroll) (Paradise Poker)
17:00pm Paradise poker €100,000 Rush Freeroll satellite (paradise Poker)

Friday
06:00 $1000 Freeroll (bet365)

19:00pm Best of British qualifier (Paradise Poker)
19:00pm $200-$2k Daily Freeroll (Mermaid Poker)
18:00pm Daily $200 Freeroll (Poker.co.uk)
18:30pm $1000 Freeroll (32Red)
21:00pm $1500 Daily Freeroll (Ladbrokes)

21:15pm Cruise Daily Freeroll (Ladbrokes)
8:30pm & 12:30am Paradise - New World qualifier (Freeroll) (Paradise Poker)
17:00pm Paradise poker €100,000 Rush Freeroll satellite (paradise Poker)

Saturday
06:00 $1000 Freeroll (bet365)
19:00pm Best of British qualifier (Paradise Poker)
19:00pm $200-$2k Daily Freeroll (Mermaid Poker)
18:00pm Daily $200 Freeroll (Poker.co.uk)

18:30pm $1000 Freeroll (32Red)
21:00pm $1500 Daily Freeroll (Ladbrokes)
21:15pm Cruise Daily Freeroll (Ladbrokes)
8:30pm & 12:30am Paradise - New World qualifier (Freeroll) (Paradise Poker)

17:00pm Paradise poker €100,000 Rush Freeroll satellite (paradise Poker)

Sunday
06:00 $1000 Freeroll (bet365)
18:00pm Daily $200 Freeroll (Poker.co.uk)

18:30pm $1000 Freeroll (32Red)
19:00pm Best of British qualifier (Paradise Poker)
19:00pm $200-$2k Daily Freeroll (Mermaid Poker)
19:30pm Vpoint Freeroll /$1000 Freeroll (Virgin Poker)
21:00pm $1500 Daily Freeroll (Ladbrokes)

21:15pm Cruise Daily Freeroll (Ladbrokes)
8:30pm & 12:30am Paradise - New World qualifier (Freeroll) (Paradise Poker)
17:00pm Paradise poker €100,000 Rush Freeroll satellite (paradise Poker)

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I am playing some live poker soon, so while I was finding out what is on where- I came across (and borrowed) this useful poker calendar from a poker forum I visit.. hope they don’t mind

Live poker tournaments 2007

JULY 2007
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World Series Of Poker Las Vegas, USA(Main Event) - 06July 2007 -17July
Bellagio Cup III Las Vegas, USA - 11th June-15th July
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - Newcastle Thursday 19th July– Sunday 22nd July
Summer Breeze - Brighton July 2nd-8th
Betfred Womens Poker Tour 23rd June -17th November
Russian Summer Poker Tournament — Casino Asia, Moscow (2nd – 8th)
Galway Poker festival (Galway, Ireland) July-August

August
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APAT: World Championship — Las Vegas (9th – 10th)
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour — Grosvenor Luton, England (9th – 12th)
Tony G Invertational — Grand Casino, Vilnius, Lithuania (9th – 12th)
Summer Festival — Napoleons Sheffield, England (15th – 18th)
Great British Poker Tour — Gala Bradford, England (15th – 19th)
Summer Shaker — Grosvenor Brighton, England (20th – 26th)
Mini-Festival — Grosvenor Leeds, England (24th – 26th)
Beach Break — Rendezvous Brighton, England (24th – 27th)
Malmo Open — Casino Cosmopol, Sweden (27th – 1st Sep)
Autumn Poker Tournament — Perla Casno, Nova Gorica, Slovenia (27th – 2nd Sep)
Bordense Poker Championship — Casino Casino Austria, Bergenz (28th – 1st Sep)
Mini-Festival — Grosvenor Leeds, England (28th – 30th)
Galway Poker festival (Galway, Ireland) July-August
Betfred Womens Poker Tour 23rd June -17th November

September
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Card Poker Challenge — Perla Casino, Nova Gorica, Slovenia (3rd – 5th)
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour — Grosvenor Plymouth, England (6th – 9th)
Welsh Poker Festival — Grosvenor Cardiff, England (21st – 23rd)
The Hold’Em Series — ACF, Paris, France (22nd – 30th)
Austrian Classics — Concord Card Casino, Vienna (26th – 4th Oct)
European Championships — Grosvenor Victoria, England (29th – 7th Oct)
Betfred Womens Poker Tour 23rd June -17th November

October
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Liverpool Challenge — Leo Casino, England (3th – 7th)
Harbour Lights — Rendezvous Brighton, England (8th – 14th)
Swedish Open Poker Championships – Casino Cosmopol, Stockholm (15th – 21st)
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour — Grosvenor Victoria, London, England (18th – 21st)
Grosvenor Grand Prix — Grosvenor Walsall, England (26th – 28th)
Last of the Summer Wins — Grosvenor Southampton, England (26th – 28th)
Great British Poker Tour Grand Final — location tba (29th – 4th Nov)
Betfred Womens Poker Tour 23rd June -17th November

November
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Master Classics of Poker — Holland Casino, Amsterdam (2nd – 10th)
Winter Festival — Napoleons Sheffield, England (14th – 17th)
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour — Grosvenor Blackpool, England (15th – 18th)
Midland Masters — Grosvenor Walsall, England (19th – 25th)
Christmas Cracker – Rendezvous Brighton, England (26th – 2nd Dec)
Perla Poker Parade — Perla Casino, Nova Gorica, Slovenia (26th – 2nd Dec)
Irish Christmas Poker Festival — Macau Sporting Club, Cork (28th – 2nd Dec)
GPT Grand Final — Grosvenor Victoria, London, England (29th – 2nd Dec)
Betfred Womens Poker Tour 23rd June -17th November

December
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Euro Finals of Poker — ACF, Paris, France (1st – 16th)
Christmas Cracker — Grosvenor Luton, England (3rd – 9th)
Christmas Poker Championship — Casino Austria, Bergenz (4th – 8th)
Tony G Invitational — Grand Casino, Vilnius, Lithuania (5th – 8th)
Christmas Poker Week — Casino Cosmopol, Gothenburg, Sweden (25th – 30th)

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