The International Stadiums Poker Tours event at Wembley Stadium at the end of May and beginning of June has definitely caught the imagination of poker fans and players across the country. You cannot help but put yourself in the place of all those happy captains and managers who have won at Wembley. If you love football, you love the idea of being a Wembley winner but of course, you don’t have to love football to love the idea of being a big poker winner at Wembley Stadium. The new look stadium may not have the same charm as the former ground but it remains an icon in the world of sport and of course, there is a lot of money to play for.
This means that every poker player should have hopes and ambitions of being a big winner at this event. There is £1m guaranteed for the winner and with the backing and patronage of the Dusk Till Dawn group, there is a lot of confidence about this event. This was not always the case and people were right to be wary or cautious about the event going ahead but now it is full steam ahead for poker at Wembley Stadium.
Play early to reach Wembley
If you love the idea of being a Wembley winner but can’t justify the cost of getting involved, you should always be on the lookout for satellite events. These are a great way to play your way to a huge poker prize without spending too much and on Sunday the 5th of May, there is a genuine opportunity for poker players to book their trip to Wembley Stadium.
The Poker 770 site is running a number of satellite events where the top 10% of each day will make their way to Wembley. Sunday the 5th of May, at 6pm, sees Day 1D begin and time is starting to run out to play your way to Wembley via a satellite game. After Sunday, there will only be two satellite events, Sunday the 12th of May and Sunday theh 19th of May to book your spot so you may as well make plans this weekend.
Today in the football, you have Hull and Watford battling it out to win automatic promotion to the Premier League, sparing them from taking a trip to Wembley in the play-offs. However, on Sunday, poker players get the chance to battle it out to make that trip to Wembley!
While the big focus for online poker sites comes with the Sunday games, there is not a day without a poker game that is worth looking out for. This is great news because we all run different lives and have separate schedules that we need to keep track of. What works for one person may not exactly work for another so it can be great to have some time when you know you can get online and enjoy some big poker action for a good amount of money. This is definitely the case on Tuesday evenings and some British poker players definitely had a Super Tuesday this week!
Going into the final table, the chips leader was David Emmons, who is known as “Betudontbet” online and he held 570,808 chips. In the third position at the table was one British player, “route666” who held 220,383 chips and in the fifth position around the table was Goldenboys, who held 320,280 chips.
There are many different activities and entertainment available to choose from when it comes to a Sunday but there are a lot worse ways to spend it than playing poker. If you make the most of Friday and Saturday, it may be that Sunday is your day of rest before you have to think about getting back to work on the Monday. In this instance it makes perfect sense for someone to have a lazy day but you can take things easy while retaining a mental focus. This is where online poker can provide the perfect platform to sharpen your mind while giving your body a rest.
We’re on the brink of another weekend and there are plenty of poker opportunities for players to get involved with. If you feel as though you need to get out of the country, for legal or illegal reasons, 
A quick look at some of the big winners from last weekend’s play on the 
It is perfectly understandable that the weekend is the time when plenty of people take to online poker sites. Even though there are poker sites running games and tournaments at every hour of the day, there is not always the time or energy to take part in these games during the week after work. It is not just a case of turning up for these games and hoping that your skills will kick in.
“TapeWormJim”, a poker player taking the name from a lovable computer character from the 1990s, took part in the $530 Sunday 500 where there was a guarantee of $300,000. Finishing in eight place, the UK player received $8,720.
The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) returns for a tenth year to PokerStars this September. This year’s championship will certainly live up to its excellent reputation as one of the biggest annual poker events and the highlight of many online players’ years. With 62 events and $30 million in prizes guaranteed, players have plenty of reason to forget the trouble that PokerStars has seen previously this year and focus instead on the positive. The main event is standard No-Limit Hold’em, and it will have a $5 million prize pool, with $1 million going to the lucky first place winner. In addition to this hefty sum, the first place winner will also get packages for the EPT Grand Final and 2012 PCA and a 2012 SCOOP seat, among other things.
In bwin Poker’s newest style of poker to be introduced into their online poker repertoire, half the players will win and half will lose.
Every Tuesday and Wednesday is a one-two punch of promotional goodness at bet365 Poker, with Guaranteed Bonus Tuesdays and the 500 Euro Freeroll.
partypoker is holding a new promotion this September called the Snowball, with every player participating able to win up to 15 prizes each.
bwin Poker has announced the 5th installment of its beloved Grand Series of Poker, along with the lower stakes but equally anticipated Mini Grand Series of Poker.