John Duthie, the founder and former CEO of the European Poker Tour (EPT), has agreed a five-year deal to become President of partypoker’s new poker tour, partypoker LIVE. The new live global tour was only announced in January of this year. As a poker player, Duthie has over $3.2 million in live tournament winnings and won the inaugural Poker Million …
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Warren Lush: Why Devilfish is a lock for Poker Hall of Fame
There seems to be popular acclaim for Dave Ulliott – the Devilfish – to get into the Poker Hall of Fame, and consultant Warren Lush believes that this year it will happen. Early this year legendary UK poker player Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott passed away and there was much talk about whether he will be inducted into the Poker Hall of …
Read More »Victoria Coren Mitchell quits PokerStars sponsorship over casino product inventory
UK TV personality and European Poker Tour champion Victoria Coren-Mitchell has terminated her sponsorship deal with PokerStars. Coren-Mitchell citied the introduction of casino product to its inventory as the reason for the termination of her representation of PokerStars. Coren-Mitchell made a statement announcing the termination through her blog – VictoriaCoren.com. “On Friday night, PokerStars.com announced that it will be …
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