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Anjouan Poker Licenses Questioned as Comoros Seeks UK Help
Anjouan's disputed gambling licensing network includes poker-related platforms, raising questions about regulation, player funds and the UK connection.
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GUKPT Blackpool Returns With Final Kav Cup
GUKPT Blackpool 2026 brings £610,000 in guarantees, a £250,000 Main Event, 20 years of winners and the final Kav Cup charity tournament.
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UK’s Grosvenor Casinos to Pay £5m After Safer-Gambling Failures
Grosvenor Casinos will pay £5 million and face an independent audit after the Gambling Commission found failures in safer-gambling and anti-money-laundering controls. The case did not involve poker tournaments, but it puts the operator’s wider casino standards in focus.
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Poker’s Family Cost: BBC Film Follows Two Pros on Tour
The BBC’s 2024 documentary follows Niall Farrell’s return to the tournament circuit and David Docherty’s push for a breakthrough, revealing the family pressures and financial swings behind poker’s professional life.
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Ian Simpson Wins UKPL Manchester High Roller and Main Event
Ian Simpson has managed the poker tournament equivalent of winning both legs of a cup tie, taking down the UKPL Manchester High Roller and then following it with victory in…
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Stephen Chidwick
Stephen Chidwick has spent much of the past decade playing poker tournaments most professionals would consider terrifying. Buy-ins of $25,000, $50,000, $100,000 and considerably more have become his normal workplace.…
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100-Year-Old Poker Legend Ivor Ward Joins GGPoker as Ambassador
At an age when most people have long since retired, Britain's oldest poker player is beginning a new chapter. Just days after celebrating his 100th birthday and sharing the secrets…
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Jamie Dwan Wins Goliath Super High Roller Weeks After WSOP Bracelet
Jamie Dwan’s remarkable summer continued in Coventry as the British poker player won the £2,000 Goliath Super High Roller for £47,200. Dwan defeated Brandon Sheils heads-up at the Grosvenor Goliath,…
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100-Year-Old Poker Player Reveals His Winning Tips and Secret to Staying Sharp
At 100 years old, most people would be forgiven for choosing a quieter way to spend their time. Ivor Ward, however, is still calculating pot odds, studying opponents and competing…
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Why Bobby James Has Become One of Britain’s Biggest Poker Creators
As poker enjoys another boom following the 2026 World Series of Poker, content creators have become one of the biggest reasons new players are discovering the game. Among the growing…