Danish poker player forced to give up gambling winnings
Posted on Wed Sep 16 15:15:00 BST 2009 at Wed Sep 16 15:15:00 BST 2009 by Sarah Banks
A court in Denmark has ruled making a living from poker online is illegal even if it is run outside the country and ordered a 35-year-old man to hand over 194,000 kroner in winnings.The court ruled because poker had been his source of income over the...
No Californian poker bill until January
Posted on Wed Sep 16 15:14:00 BST 2009 at Wed Sep 16 15:14:00 BST 2009 by Sarah Banks
A Californian bill permitting intrastate online poker will now not appear until January next year after the tribe heading up the proposal withdrew it in the face of strong opposition from other groups.The Morongo Band of Mission Indians had been look...
Gremlins hit poker gambling site
Posted on Wed Sep 16 15:11:00 BST 2009 at Wed Sep 16 15:11:00 BST 2009 by Sarah Banks
Cake Poker Network had to call off all poker tournaments over the weekend after connectivity problems interfered with players' connections to servers.A statement on the Cake Poker Blog read: "Over the last week, the Cake Network experienced a series ...
Poker gets caught in Russian casino crackdown
Posted on Mon Jul 27 10:40:00 BST 2009 at Mon Jul 27 10:40:00 BST 2009 by Gavin Smith
Poker is now facing a shut down in Russia as the country's government continues a clampdown on casinos.Casino Gambling Web reports poker was originally expected to be safe from new laws brought in by the authorities but has now found itself caught up...
Japan to welcome 1,000 to major poker duel
Posted on Thu May 14 08:47:00 BST 2009 at Thu May 14 08:47:00 BST 2009 by Gavin Smith
Japan's simmering love affair with poker could enter a new phase as about 1,000 people are expected to play in the All Japan Poker Championship.Officials at the Japan Poker Association have said although poker is attracting more and more interest in ...
Sopranos star to front new poker show
Posted on Thu May 14 08:46:00 BST 2009 at Thu May 14 08:46:00 BST 2009 by Gavin Smith
An American television firm will pit the talents of amateur of poker players against professionals with the help of one of the stars of The Sopranos.Steve Schirripa, who played Bobby Baccalieri in the hit mob soap, will host Face The Ace when it appe...
Join our bid to get poker into the 2012 Olympics
Posted on Tue Jan 06 16:06:00 GMT 2009 at Tue Jan 06 16:06:00 GMT 2009 by Mike Wooten
Poker is the latest sport to show its hand in a bid to be recognised by the IOC as an Olympic event, but we face stiff competition from online campaigns by both women’s netball and cricket.So join our campaign to help convince Olympic organisers to ...
Poker Headgear
Posted on Mon Dec 15 09:49:00 GMT 2008 at Mon Dec 15 09:49:00 GMT 2008 by Mike Wooten
One thing we noticed walking round the floor at the £100,000 tournament recently was that hats were everywhere. And we mean everywhere. There were tea cosies, beanies, bobble hats, baseball caps, golf hats and even a trilby. It was like ladies day at...
Poker Nicknames
Posted on Wed Dec 10 14:36:00 GMT 2008 at Wed Dec 10 14:36:00 GMT 2008 by Lee Garrett
Let’s face it, poker wouldn’t be poker without the nicknames; we’ve got the Devilfish (David Ulliott), The Dice Man (Willie Tann), Fossilman (Greg Raymer), The Matador (Carlos Mortensen) and even Jesus (Chris Ferguson). And this got us thinking, do y...
Poker Talent on the Road to Success
Posted on Tue Dec 09 15:08:00 GMT 2008 at Tue Dec 09 15:08:00 GMT 2008 by Lee Garrett
Now that the dust has settled on November’s £100k tournament, we thought we’d bring you a good news story from the event, with a bit of a difference.Sally Smerdon, from Waterloo in Liverpool, entered the tournament after winning her place in one of t...
Our Favourite Poker Comebacks Part Three
Posted on Thu Nov 20 11:01:00 GMT 2008 at Thu Nov 20 11:01:00 GMT 2008 by Ben Jones
Number 3: Howard Lederer – WPT Finals 2002 – “8% to $320k”The World Poker Tour Finals of 2002 at Foxwoods was probably the best field in poker history; of the 90 players who entered, 89 were professionals. Howard Lederer made it to the final table, ...
Our Favourite Poker Comebacks Part Two
Posted on Wed Nov 19 13:34:00 GMT 2008 at Wed Nov 19 13:34:00 GMT 2008 by Ben Jones
Number 2: Stuart Ungar – 1997 WSOP – “Making the Hat Trick”Anyone who knows the story of Stu knows it has a sad ending, and if you don’t know it, just read ‘The Man Behind The Shades, the Stu Ungar Story’.Stuart Ungar was a genius - he mastered the g...
£100k 'second chance' Poker Classic Tournament – Day 2 Report
Posted on Wed Nov 12 16:20:00 GMT 2008 at Wed Nov 12 16:20:00 GMT 2008 by Waldorf 1
Our intrepid reporter, Waldorf1, spent the weekend getting close to the action at the £100k’ Second Chance’ Poker Classic tournament. Read below for his blow by blow account of Day 2. 12:36pm A text message wakes me up, I am showered, shaved and ...
Seat 7, Table 1
Posted on Wed Nov 12 12:47:00 GMT 2008 at Wed Nov 12 12:47:00 GMT 2008 by Daiva Barauskaite
So the weekend was upon me before I knew it, and I found myself in Circus Casino at Star City, Birmingham drawn in seat 7 on table 1. Was this to be a lucky omen? Well, no, as it transpired. Armed with a short-ish skirt and CircusPoker.co.uk Cap I w...
£100k 'second chance' Poker Classic Tournament – Day 1 Report
Posted on Wed Nov 05 11:11:00 GMT 2008 at Wed Nov 05 11:11:00 GMT 2008 by Waldorf 1
Our intrepid reporter, Waldorf1, spent the weekend getting close to the action at the £100k’ Second Chance’ Poker Classic tournament. Read below for his blow by blow account of Day 1. Day 1 Saturday 1st November 2008 12 noon The doors opened and 20...
I won...
Posted on Wed Nov 05 12:27:00 GMT 2008 at Wed Nov 05 12:27:00 GMT 2008 by Adam Ralph
...but not the tournament, alas! No, I went out after four hours play after one stupid play that cost me big.Things started well on day one of the Second Chance £100k tournament at the Circus Casino at Star City, Birmingham. I got involved in a few h...
I'm in!
Posted on Sat Nov 01 11:08:00 GMT 2008 at Sat Nov 01 11:08:00 GMT 2008 by Adam Ralph
Finally, after a week of playing, and failing, in several qualifiers, I've achieved my goal and won a seat at the Circus Poker £100,000 tournament in Birmingham this Saturday, albeit through the back door.I think the kind people at www.CircusPoker.co...
Hand Histories and Cold Decks
Posted on Thu Oct 30 10:33:00 GMT 2008 at Thu Oct 30 10:33:00 GMT 2008 by Daiva Barauskaite
www.CircusPoker.co.uk is sponsoring up-and-coming poker talent, Daiva Barauskaite, to play in the £100k ‘Second Chance’ poker classic tournament and she’ll be exclusively blogging about her experiences right here. The first half of last night I play...
A Successful Weekend
Posted on Fri Oct 24 12:50:00 BST 2008 at Fri Oct 24 12:50:00 BST 2008 by Daiva Barauskaite
www.CircusPoker.co.uk is sponsoring up-and-coming poker talent, Daiva Barauskaite, to play in the £100k ‘Second Chance’ Poker Classic tournament and she’ll be exclusively blogging about her experiences right here.On the back of a very successful week...
CircusPoker.co.uk is sponsoring up-and-coming poker talent, Daiva Barauskaite
Posted on Fri Oct 24 12:27:00 BST 2008 at Fri Oct 24 12:27:00 BST 2008 by Daiva Barauskaite
www.CircusPoker.co.uk is sponsoring up-and-coming poker talent, Daiva Barauskaite, to play in the £100k ‘Second Chance’ poker classic tournament and she’ll be exclusively blogging about her experiences right here.PreparationSo my preparation for the ...
Live Qualifying Tournament at the Circus Casino, Stoke
Posted on Fri Oct 24 10:14:00 BST 2008 at Fri Oct 24 10:14:00 BST 2008 by Adam Ralph
It’s week six of my mission to become a professional standard poker player, with the help of www.CircusPoker.co.uk and last Sunday I played my first live qualifying tournament in the Circus Casino, Stoke, in Hanley. Things started off fairly well. I ...
We’ve come a long long way together...
Posted on Mon Oct 20 15:09:00 BST 2008 at Mon Oct 20 15:09:00 BST 2008 by Lee Garrett
Waldorf1 is on holiday – no doubt sharpening his poker skills and focusing his mind ahead of Adam’s (hopefully) inevitable path to the £100k main event in on 1st and 2nd November. So that means I’m writing this blog entry on his behalf.Last night, A...
Paid to Play Poker: Dream Job?
Posted on Thu Oct 16 14:40:00 BST 2008 at Thu Oct 16 14:40:00 BST 2008 by Lee Garrett
During the times in between when me and fellow blogger Mike Wooten are not dreaming about winning a huge poker competition (like our very own Second Chance £100,000 Poker Classic), we’re often talking about our top five dream jobs of all time.And whe...
Our Favourite Poker Comebacks Part One...
Posted on Wed Oct 15 13:26:00 BST 2008 at Wed Oct 15 13:26:00 BST 2008 by Ben Jones
Number 1: Richard Strauss – 1982 WSOP – “A Chip and a Chair”Probably one of the most famous poker phrases originates from one of the most amazing sporting comebacks of all time. It’s definitely our Number one. It’s the 1982 WSOP and Richard Strauss ...
Heads Up: We need someone to play poker tonight...
Posted on Tue Oct 14 09:30:00 BST 2008 at Tue Oct 14 09:30:00 BST 2008 by Ben Chesters
We need someone to play a heads up game of poker tonight’ I was advised over the telephone. First of all, I didn’t know what ‘heads up’ meant, secondly, the only poker I had played is on Facebook where it’s free of charge and ‘going all in’ is about ...
Heads Up and Bad Beats
Posted on Mon Oct 13 11:57:00 BST 2008 at Mon Oct 13 11:57:00 BST 2008 by Adam Ralph
Just writing this blog today causes the seething bile, brought on by the memory of my bad beats, to rise up into my throat. I’m almost considering calling it a day because after last week’s performance I can’t see any way forward – unless Waldorf1 ca...
Fashion and poker – unusual bedfellows?
Posted on Mon Oct 13 08:46:00 BST 2008 at Mon Oct 13 08:46:00 BST 2008 by Lee Garrett
It’s not very often we mix the words ‘fashion’ with ‘poker’ here at the CircusPoker.co.uk Big Blog. And certainly not when my fellow blogger Mike Wooten is involved (his staff Christmas party ‘outfit’ last year still has colleagues in tears ten mont...
Heads Up!
Posted on Thu Oct 09 16:03:00 BST 2008 at Thu Oct 09 16:03:00 BST 2008 by Waldorf 1
Everyone who plays poker knows that heads up can be a terrifying prospect. Huge chip stacks can be rapidly corroded and even the bravest player can lose their nerve and fall apart. I’ve seen day’s worth of great tournament play wasted in a just few m...
Poker – a marathon not a sprint?
Posted on Thu Oct 09 09:43:00 BST 2008 at Thu Oct 09 09:43:00 BST 2008 by Lee Garrett
Ever wondered how long the longest ever game of continual poker lasted? Ten hours? A full day maybe? The answer is actually more than three days! Or, 74 hours to be precise. We came across this guy. His name is Dave Cain and he claims to have b...
A Lot of Patience and a Little Bit of Luck
Posted on Mon Oct 06 13:50:00 BST 2008 at Mon Oct 06 13:50:00 BST 2008 by Adam Ralph
Last Wednesday night I took part in my first live tournament at the Palm Beach casino in Mayfair, courtesy of www.circuspoker.co.uk.It cost £100 to buy-in to the tournament and there was the opportunity to re-buy as many times as you liked, up until ...
Who Wins? You Decide...
Posted on Fri Oct 03 14:37:00 BST 2008 at Fri Oct 03 14:37:00 BST 2008 by Lee Garrett
So, the ‘November Nine’ are now holed up in various locations around the globe either practicing like Billy-oh ahead of the WSOP finals, or maybe having a bit of plastic surgery to nail their Perfect Poker Face. But, in your opinion, who do you hone...
Where It Gets Serious
Posted on Wed Oct 01 12:37:00 BST 2008 at Wed Oct 01 12:37:00 BST 2008 by Waldorf 1
Tonight Adam's going to be playing a £100 Re-buy tournament at the Palm Beach Casino in Mayfair. This is where it gets serious, with approximately 60 players, and the re-buy element, the pot could easily be over £20,000. The Palm Beach is a prestigio...
News Update: £100k ‘Second Chance’ Poker Classic Attracts Pros, Colclough, Goodwin and Jackson
Posted on Mon Sep 29 14:26:00 BST 2008 at Mon Sep 29 14:26:00 BST 2008 by Mike Wooten
We’ve hit the qualification round half-way mark in our inaugural ‘Second Chance’ poker classic a unique tournament where entrants get two chances to win a guaranteed prize pot of £100,000.With only five weeks left to qualify – online or in participat...
Friday fun: The $40 Million Face - Revealed
Posted on Fri Sep 26 08:50:00 BST 2008 at Fri Sep 26 08:50:00 BST 2008 by Mike Wooten
As you might have heard, the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) kicked off last Friday (19th September) in London.This got the CircusPoker.co.uk team thinking; what would the perfect poker face look like? Being the inquisitive people we are, we got...
Working Out Pot Odds
Posted on Thu Sep 25 18:07:00 BST 2008 at Thu Sep 25 18:07:00 BST 2008 by Adam Ralph
So here we are then, week three on my quest to become a world class poker player with the poker brain of Doyle Brunson and the confidence of Phil Helmuth. This week I took part in my first multi-table tournament. It cost me $50 to buy-in and there we...
Multi Table Tournaments
Posted on Tue Sep 23 10:46:00 BST 2008 at Tue Sep 23 10:46:00 BST 2008 by Waldorf 1
After Adam’s success at his first tournament last week, we’re going to see how he gets on with an online multi-table tournament (MTT), which he’ll play tonight. As you’ll probably already know, MTTs are a very different bag to single table tournament...
My first online tournament…and how I got on
Posted on Fri Sep 19 14:27:00 BST 2008 at Fri Sep 19 14:27:00 BST 2008 by Adam Ralph
I played my first online tournament on www.CircusPoker.co.uk this week and thanks to my coach, Waldorf1’s advice, I won! I think beginner’s luck may have played a part in my success, but I couldn’t have done it without Waldorf1’s tips along the way. ...
And so the training begins…
Posted on Wed Sep 17 08:26:00 BST 2008 at Wed Sep 17 08:26:00 BST 2008 by Waldorf 1
Hi everyone. Waldorf1 here.Last night I taught Adam the basics of playing poker online and he entered his first online tournament – he’ll tell you about this later. Here’s a few of my own dos and don’ts when it comes to playing poker that I took him ...
I was Gary Lineker
Posted on Tue Sep 16 09:42:00 BST 2008 at Tue Sep 16 09:42:00 BST 2008 by Adam Ralph
Hi, my name is Adam. I write for Nuts magazine and in my spare time I occasionally play a little bit of poker. I haven't yet worked out how to win loads of money and quit my job, so when CircusPoker.co.uk and CircusCasino.com said they might be able ...
The Online Poker Expert
Posted on Mon Sep 15 12:30:00 BST 2008 at Mon Sep 15 12:30:00 BST 2008 by Waldorf 1
Hello, I’m Waldorf1, CircusCasino.com and CircusPoker.co.uk’s online poker expert. You’ll be getting to know me pretty well over the next few weeks as I help train Adam to (hopefully) become a poker powerhouse! First a little bit about myself: I’ve b...
Have you ever faked it?
Posted on Thu Sep 11 18:00:00 BST 2008 at Thu Sep 11 18:00:00 BST 2008 by Lee Garrett
Hello and welcome to the first ever entry on our new blog – you can read it on CircusCasino.com or CircusPoker.co.uk.My name’s Lee and I’m part of the online team. You’ll be hearing a lot from me over the coming weeks, as well as from my colleague M...
