The event has promised 16 tournaments including the £5K main event and a £20K High Roller game, all to be played at the London Hilton, from the 20th of January.

www.hilton.co.uk

26th September

Phil Hellmuth’s Grand Entrance

Phil Hellmuth arrived late for the WSOPE main event dressed as Julius Caesar.

Arriving by a horse drawn chariot trotting into Leicester Square London.

Hellmuth continues to insist that he is the Emperor of Poker, even though he is a Texan.

Good on you Phil!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqTEj3bfOpk

www.bluffeurope.com

SECRET SYSTEM

Ban for Roulette Man.

Balvinder Sambhi a roulette player from Birmingham UK, has been banned from every Grosvenor Casino in Britain.

www.grosvenorcasinos.com

Sambhi won £28,000 in two months, never leaving the tables with more than a £4K win.

Strangely Sambhi says that he has never lost with
his system, but lost thousands every day before perfecting it?

This should be good publicity for his new book

Sequential Roulette End Game.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218061

27th September

Betfair ordered to use over 25’s

Online betting firm Betfair has been ordered not to use people under the age of 25 for their advertisements.

Betfair online poker site showed a photograph of a young woman and stated “ online experience is measured in games, not years. Join the new breed. Annette Obrestad “ Annette 15 “

Annette Obrestad a Norwegian who has just turned 21 is part of the Betfair Poker Pro team.

Betfair operates betting exchanges in Britain Australia and Malta.

www.betfair.com

It is part of the $1.9 Billion portfolio of Balderton Capital run by venture capitalist Barry Maloney.

www.sbpost.ie

30th September

Betonsports chief

David Carruthers

The long running saga of David Carruthers under house arrest in Missouri for the last three years.

Carruthers was arrested in 2006 whilst changing planes at Dallas airport en rout from Britain to Costa Rica.

He is being held on a $1 million dollar bail bond and charged with presiding over a company that accepted unlawful sports bets on the internet from Americans.

Several other Betonsports executives are still pleading guilty including the company founder Garry Kaplan.

Carruthers changed his guilty plea under a deal were by the prosecutors would have recommended a penalty of 33 months in jail.

Having already served most of this time under house arrest, most observers of his case are perplexed by his change of heart.

Neither Carruthers or his lawyer Scott Roseblum responded to a request for clarification.

Both the above are back in court on the 14th of October.

Watch this space!!!

www.theguardian.co.uk

www.moneyweek.com

Late News

WSOP London

A new record has been established for the WSOP London with an attendance of 608 entrants

www.casinocitytimes.com
Poker Tip

No matter what sort of fan fair players make, only the very best can get away with it.

Phil Hellmuth is an outstanding player and a great showman.

Rare qualities as most poker players are either one or the other!

Terry Poole