by Mary Ashton
Sunday ,26 Jul 2009
London’s Leicester Square is set to host the two day Poker in the Park tournament complete with Poker favourites and guest lectures all free of charge.
London’s Leicester Square is gearing up to host Poker in the Park – a unique two day poker festival complete with free tournaments, special lectures and top tips from the professionals. Poker in the Park will take place on 15th August between 16.00 to 21.00 and on 16th August between 10.30 and 18.30.
The Poker Dome, sponsored by PKR, will be running No Limit Texas Hold’em tournaments every hour, completely free of charge!
Tournament Schedule
Date Time Event
15. 08. 09 16.30 Event 1
17.30 Event 2
18.30 Event 3 (SubTV Student Poker League Cup)
19.30 Event 4 (LondonPubPoker Trophy)
16. 08. 09 11.00 Event 5 (Royal Surrey Tournament)
12.00 Event 6
13.00 Event 7 (Poker Project Trophy)
14.00 Event 8 (Nuts Poker League Challenge)
15.00 Event 9
16.00 Event 10 (England Poker League Cup)
17.00 Event 11 (Bluff Europe Championship)
Poker Academy
A Poker Academy tent will be up and running courtesy of UltimateBet and Absolute Poker where you can learn from the professionals.
Lecture and Reading Schedule
Date Time Event
15. 08.09 17.00 Tony Holden (Reading from Bigger Deal)
18.00 Ian Frazer (How to dominate short-handed games)
19.00 Marc Goodwin (Insight into Omaha)
20.00 Paul Jackson (Tells: Reading opponents through body language and other tales).
16.08.09 11.30 Liv Boeree (The beginner’s guide to No-Limit Hold’em)
12.30 Nik Persaud (The pro’s guide to online poker)
13.30 Neil Channing (Cash games vs. Tournament poker)
14.30 Dave Ulliott (Table Image: Dominate the table using table talk to bully players)
15.30 Liv Boeree (Pre-flop Play: Hand selection and playing position)
16.30 Tom Sandbrook (Player Poker the professional way)
17.30 Montel Williams (The International Poker Federation and the future of poker)
Please see for further details