Welcome to some great news this week!  Have a look through and we're sure you'll find something that will be of interest . . . your feedback is always appreciated!

Let's start with what we'll be talking about: what's happening with Poker in the Pub and our Regional and National finals over the next year, 2010 Shuffle Up and Deal UK poker tour and then finally our fantastic new product launch called Masters Poker Academy and the 2010 European tour that starts in March 2010.

Regional and National Finals

Well after another successful National finals we had a good final table with the out come being:

• Cy Taylor Goodrest Tavern (Top Four)
• Carol Graham Macclures (Top Four)
• James Strickland The Windmill (Top Four)
• George Parker Viking Bar (Top Four)
• Gordon Entwistle The Talbot (5th Place)
• Simon Thompson The Talbot (6th Place)
• Christopher Harvey Porchester Social Club (7th Place)
• Margaret Flavell Yorkshire Grey (8th Place)
• Andrew Morrison The George (9th Place) 

Poker in the Pub has quietly gone about its business over the last twelve months establishing itself in new venues across the UK. We have lost many pubs to bankruptcy and as a result many loyal players. Fortunately many have found new venues and we have about the same amount of players that we had twelve months ago. We have noticed many new leagues start up both on a regional and national level and that this is starting to overheat the market. Our view is that in the summer pub poker reached saturation point and that several leagues will start to disappear over the next six months or will be bought by other leagues.

We will not be buying anybody (or selling); instead... [Read more]

Shuffle Up and Deal Festival 2009 and 2010

This month we are running our first "Shuffle Up and Deal" poker and entertainment festival in Plymouth. Once we have tested this event we will be running two tours next year. One on a European level and one UK only. These events will offer low entry affordable tournaments and cash games. [Read more]

Masters Poker Academy 2010

In March 2010 we will run in Manchester the first ever Masters Poker Academy. In May we will run one in Stockholm and then there will be 5 more across Europe in 2010. We may run extra events in the UK if the registrations oversubscribe.

The aim of the Masters Poker Academy is to bring together poker players of all levels that are interested in improving their game, learning from experienced players, playing in a value orientated poker tournament and meeting like-minded people. It is a rare opportunity to offer something that is not available anywhere else within the poker community on a European level and at an affordable price. Tickets for this will range between £20 to £150.  [Read more]

We'll be able to give you more info on these exciting features in the next couple of newsletters - if you are interested in registering etc before that, please get in touch.

Living it Loving it Team