New Genting Poker Series Announced

The Genting Poker Series is an exciting new tour for 2012, brought to the UK by Genting, the largest casino operator in the UK and one of the biggest gaming and leisure companies in the world.

With 7 great legs, over £800,000 in prize pools guaranteed, and 6 great casinos, the Genting Poker Series offers an affordable tour, with one of the best structures around, run by the UK's biggest casino operator.
 The Genting Poker Series is the only UK tour where one of the legs is being held online, so it doesn't matter where you live, you'll be able to take part in the hottest new tour in the calendar!

In Summary

Leg 1, Star City (Birmingham) - Wed 1st to Sun 5th Feb 2012
Leg 2, Southend-On-Sea - Wed 28th Mar to Sun 1st Apr 2012
Leg 3, Edinburgh - Wed 30th May to Sun 3rd Jun 2012
Leg 4, Stoke-On-Trent - Wed 1st to Sun 5th August 2012
Leg 5, Sheffield - Wed 26th to Sun 30th Sept 2012
Leg 6 Online - Fri 10th to Sun 13th Nov 2012
Leg 7 The Palm Beach Casino, London - Wed 7th to Sun 11th Dec 2012

Main Events £400+£30 25k chips on a 1 hour clock (Palm Beach £1,500 buy in and online leg 20min clock)
In addition to some smaller side events, and satellites to the main events.

Alan Reed wins again as the race for the top ten heats up

There are only 5 weeks remaining for season two of the Friday Freezeout, and the race for top spot and the race to be in the top ten is as tight as ever.  Alan’s ten points with his win on Friday brings him into contention for the top spot if he goes on a good run, with any one of about 6 in with a shout, of claiming the title and the FREE UK poker package for 2012.  The race to be in the top ten is even more exciting with plenty of players still in with a chance for a free package.  Here are the players around the top ten and in with a chance of making it.

6th	Warren	50
7th	Soxy	46
8th	Dave Corbel	46
9th	Ronnie	43
10th	JT	41
	Craig Festou	41
	Jamie Fraser	38
	Ricky Weir	32
	Mick Le Nourey	26
	Sam Jackson	23
	Nick Atkins	23
	The Rock	20
	Ewan	20

New UKIPT schedule announced

 

The new UKIPT schedule has recently been announce and see’s the return of the very popular Pokerstars tour that many Jersey players had the chance of playing in last year.  The format has changed slightly with buy-ins increasing from £550 to £770 for the majority of the legs, and the Ireland legs increasing to €770.  Here are the first four legs that have been scheduled in, with a few more to follow – I fully expect Manchester or Brighton will be back on there, so if anyone fancies a UK poker tour which is also televised on Channel 4 this is a great one to try and get involved with.

Galway, Ireland (February 16 - 20)

Nottingham, England (April 12 - 16)

Dublin, Ireland (May 17 - 21)

Newcastle, England (September 6 - 10)