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Brazil reign supreme as POWERFEST goes out with a bang

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$69m awarded throughout partypoker’s largest festival to date The latest installment in partypoker’s flagship POWERFEST series concluded this past Sunday, 23 September, to sign off the site’s largest online festival to date. Across the course of the 22-day series, more than $69 million in prize money was awarded over 669 events, with 20 Championship Event […]

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1995 | #TBT: John Kabbaj wins a Cracker of a tournament!

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1995 | #TBT: John Kabbaj wins a Cracker of a tournament!

It was on this day 20 years ago where two-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner John Kabbaj would win for the very first time on the live tournament circuit. Kabbaj would defeat fellow English pro Dave Gardner to win the Christmas Cracker 2005 tournament in London. The 42-year-old Londoner has earned a total of 14 wins on the circuit. Fab Five | Christmas Cracker 2005 1. John Kabbaj (UK) 2. Dave Gardner (UK)…

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1st | Big first win for Matas Cimbolas

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1st | Big first win for Matas Cimbolas

  It was on this day, one year ago today, that Matas Cimbolas became the very first player from Lithuania to win an open event on the World Poker Tour, securing the victory, and the £200,000 first-place prize, at the inaugural edition of WPT UK in Nottingham. Cimbolas would defeat UK star Ben Warrington heads-up for the title at a final table that also included former November Niner Antoine Saout and online poker star Patrick…

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10/31 | Halloween victory for Charlambos Xanthos

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10/31 | Halloween victory for Charlambos Xanthos

It was all treat and no trick for Charalambos Xanthos on Halloween night in 2009. Xanthos would defeat UK veteran James Mitchell to win the World Heads-Up Championships held in London. Happy Halloween everyone! Fab Four | 2009 World Heads-Up Championships 1. Charalambos Xanthos (CYP), £65,000 2. James Mitchell (UK), £30,000 3. Victor Ilyukhin (UK), £15,500 4. Laurence Houghton (UK), £15,500 *Photo credit: The Hendon Mob  

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Incredible value awaits you in the UK Community Forum

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You’re probably already aware that partypoker has a vibrant Facebook page, but did you know that we also have a secret group on Facebook? One that is private. One that is hosted by our very own Colette Stewart and Dusk Till Dawn’s Nicola Veitch and Michelle Orpe. One with incredible value for its members. One […]

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partypoker and Loaded team up to offer party package for WPT National London

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partypoker has combined forces with Loaded, the UK’s original  male magazine, to offer an incredible package, valued at over £600, for WPT’s upcoming National London poker extravaganza, which takes place at Aspers Casino in Stratford from 12 – 15 Feb. This Valentines package speaks for itself with the lucky winner receiving a buy-in to two accumulator flights […]

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