Easter by the Seaside
Posted on 06 Jun 2011 at 12:06 by Daiva Barauskaite
I really enjoy travelling, and I was looking forward to getting out of London for the Easter bank holiday weekend and having a few days off from Poker. We were quite lucky with the weather and, being as hot as it was, I didn’t need to travel far - Br...
Las Vegas Team Challenge II Update
Posted on 28 Apr 2011 at 14:04 by Alan Young
With the second part of Round 7 finishing tonight, we’re past the halfway stage of what is quickly becoming ‘the best team poker game on the internet’, and due an update on how we're all progressing. The story of the Challenge so far is: 80 teams...
Daiva at the PBBG April
Posted on 28 Apr 2011 at 12:04 by Daiva Barauskaite
First Monday of April and I was looking forward to playing the Palm Beach Big Game again.
This month’s event was extremely popular, and with the total of 85 runners, including some of the biggest names in UK poker right now such as JP Kelly, Jam...
UKIPT Manchester
Posted on 26 Apr 2011 at 21:04 by Alan Young
2 hours and 15 minutes, 206 miles by train, 8200 words consumed on poker, 2 distinctly average train sandwiches, 1 carton of Ribena and 1 x person talking too loud on their mobile and I had finally arrived in Manchester for the UKIPT!The excitement h...
Two Tourneys in 48 Hours
Posted on 28 Mar 2011 at 18:03 by Daiva Barauskaite
I'd spent most of the week taking bad beats online and putting together my team ready for the Las Vegas Challenge on Genting Poker. I decided to take a break on Saturday, explore Knightsbridge a little and enjoy a day off poker.
This lasted until...
Waldorf1 At The LVTC Final
Posted on 28 Mar 2011 at 19:03 by Daiva Barauskaite
The Las Vegas Team Challenge Live Final gave me a rare opportunity to play competitive poker in our own casino, one I’d been looking forward to for weeks. Having run for the best part of three and a half months, the Team Challenge came to a 190 pl...
Daiva at Palm Beach
Posted on 28 Feb 2011 at 12:02 by Daiva Barauskaite
The Big GameThe Palm Beach Casino is slap bang in the middle of Mayfair. Walking there you can pass through the high fashion district just up on New Bond Street. What more incentive does a young poker playing lady need, than the temptation of new sho...
Baltic Blonde Blogs for Genting
Posted on 07 Feb 2011 at 13:02 by Daiva Barauskaite
Firstly I would like to thank Genting Poker for inviting me to write here. I am very excited about this opportunity, and look forward to providing insightful, creative and hopefully interesting poker content on a weekly basis.My name is Daiva Barausk...
Genting Poker Launches Flips
Posted on 31 Jan 2011 at 17:01 by Alan Young
Flips – A quick fix for poker players in a rush
With the inception of Full Tilt's Rush Poker, is seems that many poker players want a speedy game with loads of action, so the boffins at Genting Poker got our heads together and came up with Flips.
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Dominic Kay lands inaugural Genting Poker Players Championship
Posted on 27 Jan 2011 at 09:01 by Alan Young
The first Genting Poker Players Championship culminated at Circus Casino, Birmingham on Sunday 21st November with 33yr old Dominic Kay from London the first name that will be engraved on the prestigious Winners Trophy.
In total, 302 players sat down...
Waldorf1 takes on The Fox Poker Club
Posted on 31 Jan 2011 at 16:01 by Alan Young
With the Las Vegas Team Challenge Live Final just around the proverbial corner (19th and 20th Feb), I thought it was time to polish up on my live poker game, after all it's been many months since I last played live. Having spent the day in London mee...
Poker professional Paul Jackson hails Genting Poker Players Championship
Posted on 27 Jan 2011 at 09:01 by Alan Young
As a native of the City, poker professional Paul ‘Action Jack’ Jackson expects to feel right at home in Birmingham’s Circus Casino, Star City, in this weekend’s Genting Poker Players Championship.
“I absolutely applaud Gentings creation of this ev...
November Palm Beach Big Game attracts record turnout
Posted on 27 Jan 2011 at 09:01 by Alan Young
The November Palm Beach Big Game poker tournament attracted a record 79 players, generating a prize pool of £79,000. The tournament ran on until 7am on Tuesday morning, with Karen Frank proving to have the stamina to hold off the challenge of Jeff Ki...