Bookmaker Boylesports has opened up a book on today’s BlackBeltPoker London Live with the double WSOP Main Event finalist James Akenhead installed as the 33/1 favourite.

The third of Betfair Poker’s series of LIVE! festivals takes place at the Olympic Casino in Tallinn from 8th to 11th April with a variety of events, including both Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha, with buy-ins to suit all levels of bankroll.

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Another 196 players have entered the World Poker Tour’s $10,000 buy-in event at Bay 101, including 25 players with a $5,000 bounty on their scalp. Fellow bounty Eli Elezra took David Williams’ $5,000 for the first bounty of the day and they dropped like flies from there.

Isildur1 has had an amazing past 36 hours. He took on Cole South, winning $785,000, before making over half a million from Brian Hastings. South then fell victim to the Swedish player again, losing a further $465,000.

With buy-ins one-tenth the size of FTOPS XV but $6,000,000 guaranteed across 27 events, the MiniFTOPS series at Full Tilt Poker kicked off last night with a $22 NLHE 6-max event boasting a $350,000 prize pool.

Poker players from south Wales should have plenty to cheer about later this month with the arrival of new poker room Les Croupiers.

William Hill Poker is getting behind the oldest cup competition in the world by sending one player and a guest on a VIP trip to Wembley for this year’s FA Cup Final.

The latest episode of High Stakes Poker was bloody good for a number of reasons. There were plenty of interesting hands – for example, Negreanu exposing the nine of his 9h-6h then catching his gutshot to make the nuts – and plenty of interesting table talk.

Almost two thirds of the field was lost at Day 1a of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Stars $10,000 event. The field was spiced up nicely with the $5,000 bounties on pros, meaning there was $100,000 extra to be won in the opening flight.