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Things To Do Before 30: High Rolling Poker

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I have always been a very low-risk type of person, but in another alternate universe I am not such a mouse. I am a hard-core, high-stakes, high-rolling poker millionaire. Poker is something that has become hugely popular in recent years. It is glamarous and the stakes are super high. You can lose big but you can also become a millionaire. There is also a certain amount of skill involved, so you can tip the odds in your favour. Victoria Coren is one of the big names that made poker mainstream. She has total winnings of a staggering £1.43million after becoming the first ever two-time winner of the European Poker Tour. This year she won a cash prize of £391,932 – and a watch worth more than £4,000.

I would have loved to have taken part in the PCA 10 Poker 2013 – $100k Super High Roller Poker. Unfortunately I don’t have the skill yet, but hopefully one day. Until then I can live vicariously through episode one of the $100k PCA 2013 Super High Roller live Poker Star, starring Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari, Steve O’Dwyer and Ike Haxton, with cameo appearances from Phil Hellmuth and Tom Dwan. Poker 2013 live tournament series. Day 2 at PCA 2013 live poker tournament and the prizepool is set at a cool $5.7m, with over $2m going to the winner. Who will win the battle of the finest mind in Poker? Our feature table line-up is stellar: Tom Dwan, Antonio Esfandiari, ElkY, Dan Shak, Steve O’Dwyer, Vivek Rajkumar and JC Alvarado.

£5.7 million prize pool? Over £2 million going to the winner. Wowzers. There is also a really good cast of the great and good of poker.

After the excitement of that episode you can check out episode two which is as good as the first poker live tournament.

What do you think?

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Win Tickets To Exclusive PokerStars Launch Party

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The UK poker scene is set for a massive boost of energy with the launch of PokerStars LIVE at The Hippodrome Casino and the start of the London Poker Festival, reinforcing London’s place as one of the world’s greatest poker destinations.

Opening its doors to the public on Tuesday 5th March, PokerStars LIVE will offer tournaments and cash games 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to players of all levels of experience. Whether a seasoned poker pro or a first-timer looking to try their hand, PokerStars LIVE will offer games and tournaments to suit many tastes.

And Frost Magazine has a pair of tickets to giveaway for the launch of the new live poker experience at London’s iconic Hippodrome Casino. As part of the launch celebrations, PokerStars will be hosting a VIP/Celeb party on Monday 4th March with an informal poker tournament included in the evening.

The competition offers invited guests the chance to play against each other in a quick format for prizes including iPad minis, Kindle Fires as well as a Macbook Pro.
With the bar fully stocked, canapés on order, PokerStars launch party is set to be the talk of London town…
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PokerStars LIVE launches in grand style as host to the London Poker Festival, alongside the Grosvenor Victoria Casino on Edgware Road. The festival will incorporate events from both the UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT), and the European Poker Tour (EPT), to create a spectacular 11-day poker extravaganza.

 

Over 2,000 players from all over the world are expected to head to the capital to take part in the events with buy-ins from as little as £100.  The crown jewel of the festival will be the £5,000 buy-in EPT Main Event which will see the winner take home a top prize likely to be in the region of £1 million. Many players will have won their travel, accommodation and tournament buy-in online at PokerStars.com for as little as £1.10.

 

UK media personality and Team PokerStars Pro, Victoria Coren was the first female player to win an EPT event back in Season 3 when she won on home turf to take home the top prize of £500,000. She said “I’m very excited about my first visit to The Hippodrome Casino for the opening of PokerStars LIVE. PokerStars is without question the best online poker site, so I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do with a live card room! As for the London Poker Festival, I’m counting the days as if it was Christmas. Everyone will be flooding into London from around Britain and Ireland for the UKIPT, and from around the world for the EPT, and I love it when my home town becomes the international centre of poker action for that magical couple of weeks.”

 

The EPT is now in its 9th year, and has paid out in excess of £250 million in prize pools, and visited classically glamorous destinations such as Prague, Sanremo and Monaco.

For more details on the London Poker Festival:  www.europeanpokertour.com/tournaments/london/