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, the EPT Berlin event may be just the ticket. With budget airlines, there is no great cost in making the short trip to Germany and with some luck and great poker skills; you may be able to get your money back and a whole lot more. Even if you fail to find success at the poker table, there will be plenty of things to do in Berlin with your free time. There are great bars, great clubs, plenty of history or you could just swan about like Lou Reed and David Bowie did in the 1970s. No matter what option you take, there is definitely something of interest in Berlin this weekend.
If you are looking for something closer to home, it will not come as a shock to learn that the Aspers Casino is Stratford has a big poker event this weekend! Saturday is the official Day 2 of the Boylepoker.com IPO so this means you still have time on Friday to book your seat for the big event. Even if you don’t spend too much time playing poker, you can marvel in the great venue and get yourself used to it. With so many brilliant poker events taking place at this venue, there is every chance you will end up here sooner rather than later so get accustomed to the venue while you can!
Nottingham is also a major location in the UK poker scene
Friday also represents Day 1C of the Monte Carlo event being held at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham so that provides an opportunity to set up a weekend of poker play if you so desire. With Day 2 coming on Saturday, you could find yourself spending a bit of time in Nottingham this weekend!
However, you may think that London or Nottingham is not close enough to home as you would wish for and if this is the case, you might want to play poker from home. Unless you have a poker club in your house or you have invited your friends over for a game of poker, the best way to do this is to play online. There are always plenty of online poker tournaments to look out for at the weekend and you shouldn’t fall into the trap of thinking that you have no chance of winning these events.
A quick look at some of the big winners from last weekend’s play on the PokerStars site shows you how many UK players are grabbing success when they play online. There is no reason why you cannot emulate this success so if you are looking for some inspiration for your poker play this weekend, take a look at some of these successes and ask yourself if you can emulate them.
One player that managed to grab success was “josharp01” who received $608 for his play in the $215 Weekly FL Omaha H/L game. There was a great amount of $5,518.50 for “@m@rill0slip” in the $215 Sunday 2nd Chance game. The $215 Weekly Triple Draw 2-7 game allowed “bestofiraq” to pick up $1,680. However, one UK player who was understandably delighted with his activities at the weekend was “willis59” who took part in the $215 Sunday Million Game where $1m was guaranteed to be played for! A fourth place finish saw the poker player pick up $79,238.88 and you can bet that they had a great Monday!
What you have to remember about so many of these online poker successes is that so many of these players have really stupid online poker names! You have to think that if these players can win at online poker, surely you have a chance of success at online poker too? If you are at a loose end this weekend, get online and see if you can pick up a Saturday or Sunday bonus that will allow you to tackle next week with more confidence or at least a lot more in your bank account!