Poker in the Park was a huge success and almost 20,000 people from all over the UK merged onto London’s Leicester Square last week for this annual festival. There were plenty of free tournaments, live tutorials and chances to learn from the professionals.
Poker in the Park is Europe’s largest annual poker event and it was held from noon on the 13th August to nine thirty in the evening on the 14th of August. The sponsors of this event were PKR and in addition to being sponsors they also hosted tournaments that featured a number of the UK’s top pub leagues in their Poker Dome.
Unibet held another part of this event which was the Poker Lecture marquee and this is where some of the world’s most successful poker players addressed the crowds during a series of talks that were given. Jamie Gold who won the World Series of Poker in 2006 spoke on both days of this festival and he also hosted his Charity Tournament in the Casino At The Empire on Thursday evening. Other speakers at the event included Peter Eastgate, Neil Channing, Paul Jackson, Ian Frazer, Nik Persaud, John Tabatabai, Liv Boeree, and Alex Rousso.
Littlewoods Poker were also present at the festival and they had their own Littlewoods Poker Tuition Tent where players could come and compete against celebrity players including Mark Goodwin, Michael Greco, and Tony Cascsarino.
Bluff Europe also has their very own Heads Up Tent where people were offered the chance to pit their wits against each other on the PokerTek Heads Up Challenge electronic tables and they were introduced to the PTG Poker from Prime Table Games.
In the Poker Multi Tent there were things for both the amateurs and the experts and here you could find Neteller, London Poker Circuit, GamCare, Poker Shop UK, and many more great poker companies.
The event organisers Bluff Europe have stated that Poker in the Park will definitely return next year and they have promised that the event will be better than ever.
Until next time,
Play Safely
