Scott Grenney, runner-up at the Bristol final has sent us through this fantastic write-up of his experience.

They say practice makes perfect so the 2 weeks running up I Read the rest of this entry »

A little while ago, Mark Hampton, a player from the Zoar Inn emailed in this story:

“I just thought you might be interested to hear. During our game 2 weeks ago (11th of March), Bernard Ferrie, the landlord of the Zoar Inn, Forfar, who only started playing poker 2 weeks before,  was playing with 4 other players, myself included Read the rest of this entry »

There are three kinds of people in this world, to misquote the Ugly, from The Good The Bad and The Ugly. There are those that buy poker instruction manuals, and those that buy poker narrative books, which inspire the reader with tales of adventure, glamour and excitement. And we’ll forget about those who aren’t interested in the good things in life. Or life for that matter. Read the rest of this entry »

LADY LUCK SMILES FOR FOOTBALL HATER A woman who hates football won £242,000 last year. Angela Taylor, 44, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, was so fed up with her husband talking about the beautiful game that she decided to beat him at his own game; placing a £2,000 accumulator. Read the rest of this entry »

Stuart Rutter is the latest star to emerge from the poker hotbed that is Birmingham.

Factfile

Name: Stuart Rutter

Age: 24

Born: Birmingham Read the rest of this entry »

1 Casino Royale (2006) Daniel Craig, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright

Bond is back and he’s holding the nuts! 007 is brought bang up to date as Bond’s game of chance, baccarat, is replaced with a high-stakes Texas Hold ‘em game at the Casino Royale, featuring 007, evil blood-crying banker Le Chiffre, CIA’s finest, Felix Leiter and a host of fishy millionaires. Read the rest of this entry »

GOLDEN NUGGET Financial workers around the world gambled tens of thousands of pounds in 2005 on a Chicken McNugget-eating contest. A huge spread betting craze sprung up when two colleagues at Dresdner Bank fought it out to scoff as many as they could. Read the rest of this entry »

Welcome to the Champions Poker League’s brand new editorials section. Here we will be featuring tutorials, anecdotes and interviews both written by ourselves and donated by mainstream poker magazines and websites!