Independent, The (London) - Poker

November 13, 2008 -- For many UK players this week's Master Classic of Poker in Amsterdam is an annual pilgrimage. The Dutch capital is easily and cheaply accessible...

Independent, The (London) - Poker

November 6, 2008 -- Pot limit hold'em and no-limit hold'em have one major difference, which is missed by many of the modern game's tournament enthusiasts. In the...

Independent, The (London) - Poker

October 23, 2008 -- Heads-up poker, one-against-one, is vastly different from the game which is contested by a full table of up to 10 players. And the heads-up...

Independent, The (London) - Poker

October 16, 2008 -- Perhaps the poker economy is starting to show the same signs of fragility as the global economy. That is one conclusion that could be drawn from the...

Independent, The (London) - Poker

October 9, 2008 -- At 6.40am last Friday a new record was set at the Empire Casino, London for the longest-lasting final table in poker history. American John Juanda...

Independent, The (London) - Poker

October 2, 2008 -- Opportunities to win seven-figure purses used to turn up only a couple of times a year across the whole of Europe but this week and next there are...

Independent, The (London) - Poker

September 25, 2008 -- Poker history has it on record that a young German, Sebastian Ruthenberg, earned 1.3m for winning the recent European Poker Tour tournament in...

Independent, The (London) - Poker

August 28, 2008 -- Next month sees the start of the fifth "season" of the European Poker Tour which now comprises 11 tournaments - nine events in major European cities,...

Independent on Sunday, The - POKER

August 24, 2008 -- It is one of the harsh facts of tournament poker that the best hand (with a card or cards to come) does not always win. Obviously this holds true for...

Independent, The (London) - Poker

August 21, 2008 -- Poker, like life, is full of surprises. Most of them are rather unpleasant, but one that bucked the trend happened in a micro stakes hold'em game...