This time of year should be a difficult time of year for students. This is the time of year when the allure of Jägerbombs and meeting up with potential sexual partners takes a slightly back seat to ensure that they are in perfect condition for their exams. Some students will already be involved in their exam period whereas others will find that they are in the final days of studying. With so much resting on these exams, you would expect to find that most students were knuckling down and studying hard. Then again, first year students may be a little bit more relaxed about the whole thing. There are plenty of chances at University and college and the thought of having one or two exams to resit is hardly the worst thing in the world for some students.
This may have been the rationale behind the decision of Liam O’Brien to enter the Dusk Till Dawn £150 Deepstack event but whatever the reason for his involvement, he will be delighted. This is because O’Brien has become the latest poker player to add his name to the list of winners at this prestigious poker event. He may be a first year student studying philosophy but he had to overcome 363 other players to get to the top of the pack. His skill and talent, not to mention a lot of effort was well rewarded with the £12,435 that he picked up for the first price. That will certainly buy a lot of Jagerbombs when he gets back to the student union and Liam should find that he has a lot more friends on campus when he returns.
A big poker prize pool on offer
The overall prize pool was £54,600 which was higher than what was expected. Given the good weather and the Bank Holiday weekend, not everyone was confident of such a good turnout but it just goes to show that poker is big business these days. There were a number of big name poker players at the event including Colburn Tomlin, Ben Vinson, Maria Demetriou, Mark McCluskey, Mitchell Johnson and Julian Thew.
This success for O’Brien is his second major placing, with the previous big finish coming back in February 2011. This also happened at the Dusk Till Dawn club as O’Brien found his way into the money places at the UKIPT Nottingham Main Event. In an event with more than 1,000 players involved, O’Brien finished in 86th place. It wasn’t a huge cash prize but it gave him some money and no doubt boosted his confidence. This recent triumph will definitely go a long way to providing O’Brien with the chance to make some real money and develop his poker game.
The build-up to the FA Cup final may have begun in earnest with Manchester City and Wigan looking forward to a trip to Wembley on Saturday. The FA Cup may be more about kudos than cash but both clubs can still expect a financial boost from making it to Wembley. This will be of greater benefit to Wigan than City, especially if they are relegated this season from the Premier League but this is not the only focus on Wembley cash this week.
Events that bring celebrity names together, combine different activities and also help to raise much needed funds for worthwhile causes are always going to be popular. This can be seen in the latest charity event which brought snooker and poker together. The event was organised by snooker promoter legend Barry Hearn and was held at the G Casino in Sheffield.
Given that it is the biggest poker event launched in the United Kingdom, it is understandable that there is going to be a lot of structural importance and planning about the ISPT event at Wembley Stadium. There may still be some time to go until the event takes place but we are pretty much looking forward to the big event and we are sure that there are plenty of poker players around the country looking forward to it too. This is why we make no apologies for providing as much information as and when it is released because it is going to be one of the premier poker events in the UK this year so why shouldn’t we talk a lot about it!
Day 3 gets underway at midday on Sunday the 2nd of June, Day 4 takes place on Monday the 3rd of June, it will come as no surprise to learn that Day 5 will be on Tuesday the 4th of June and then it rolls onto the 5th of June. This is the Wednesday and it will be the Grand Final where some poker player will win a minimum of €1m.
Life is simple when things go along as they are. Occasionally change can be a good thing but it is often something that brings about a lot of hassle and stress for the people involved. When you add in the fact that the Government is involved in bringing a change about and you just know that it is not going to be something that brings about positive benefits for people. Whenever the Government, any Government gets involved, people miss out. It is almost as if the bye-word for any ruling party is to stop people having fun.
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All of the satellite events that will be taking place during the week will be leading towards to the big GUKPT Stockton Main Event. This event is a £500+£50 event and will take place over three days. The guaranteed prize pool for the event is £50,000 but if it turns out to be a popular event, there could be more money to play for. However, there is no doubt that even if the guarantee stays as it is, it will be a big step on from last year when the guaranteed prize pool was £36,500. This is still a decent poker prize but you would always choose to play for £50,000 as opposed to play for £50,000.
If you are winding down in work already and looking forward to a good break from the office, you will be planning what to do with your time off. There are plenty of options available to you and if you are a poker fan, you are in for a treat. Two of the most popular and famous poker venues in the country are serving up some great value poker this weekend. Even if you don’t want to spend a lot of money when it comes to this Bank Holiday weekend, there will still be plenty of poker opportunities for you to enjoy.
While many people in the poker community look up to champions, it is best to remember that all poker players are just people too. This means that there are good and bad elements to the poker community but even with this in mind, the poker community have been shocked at 
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.