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Meet Vicky C at her new book launch!

August 29th, 2009 g5_rob No comments

LONDONERS GET THE CHANCE TO MEET POKER PRO AT BOOK LAUNCH

Broadcast Journalist and Poker professional, Victoria Coren, will be

launching her latest book, ‘For Richer, For Poorer’ on Thursday 10th

September at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London.

From 7pm, Victoria will be available to share her poker tips, as well as

sell copies of her latest book. The casino will also be hosting additional

Poker games with Victoria, in celebration of the launch.

A poker memoir, ‘For Richer, For Poorer’ tells Victoria’s story of how she

managed to climb to the top of her game from when poker was relatively

unknown, to high class tournaments in casinos around the world, earning her

lifetime winnings of $1.5 million

Victoria was the first woman ever to win an event on the European Poker

Tour in 2006, winning £500,000 as well as being the first player to win

both a televised professional tournament and a televised celebrity

tournament.

As a poker commentator, she has presented Late Night Poker and The Poker

Nations Cup for Channel 4, World Poker Tour for ITV2, The Grosvenor UK

Poker Tour (Channel 4) and The William Hill Poker Grand Prix 2 (Sky

Sports).

Martin Ramskill, General Manager at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London

said: “We are delighted to be hosting Victoria’s book launch, as she has

been playing poker at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino for years. This looks

to be a big event, so we would recommend getting here early so that you can

have the chance to meet Victoria and learn the secrets of the game.”

Attendance is free to anyone aged 18 years and over. Photographic ID will

be required for all customers.

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The International Poker School

August 22nd, 2009 admin No comments

TIPS

THE INTERNATIONAL POKER SCHOOL

1st Seminar September 12th 2009 @ The Village Hotel, Hertfordshire

TIPS offers poker players a chance to not only improve their game and go to the next level but also to play against Europe’s best pros for big prizes and entry into the world’s biggest tournaments.

TIPS guarantee that the best player of the day will get much more back then just his course fee.

Over the next 12 months they’ll be offering courses all over the UK with a target of providing players with different specialist courses to accommodate all types of players and every kind of poker game.

TIPS will open this September with their launch being taught by some of the most recognized names in the poker world.

Paul “Action Jack” Jackson, Julian “YoYo” Thew, Marc “Mr. Cool” Goodwin, Nikhil Persaud, Carlo Citrone, Liv Boerre and Paul Zimbler will all be available to teach you their secrets.

There are a many other big names joining TIPS to help and teach you in the future. See website for details.

Hosted at the Village Hotel in London this full-day course will provide you with:

  • Three sessions each one with different professional players
  • The ability to ask the pro’s any questions you want
  • Q & A session
  • Sit & Go Tournaments with the pro’s to practice your skills and win prizes
  • A final Shootout Tournament with seats to the WSOPE side event on offer
  • Food & Drink

This event costs only £325 but you’ll have to hurry as the day is being capped at just 50 players.

So if you want to reach that next plateau, play against the best or just to have a lot of fun then visit www.theinternationalpokerschool.com and purchase you ticket.

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