Poker Tournaments: The Great British Poker Tour

The Great British Poker Tour - GBPT

The Great British Poker Tour (GBPT) is becoming the most important set of Poker tournaments in the UK. It gathers the best proffesional players in the world of Poker and amateur players as well. It consists of five big tournaments and a final round that are held around the UK. All of the tournaments of the Great British Poker Tour are televised. The GBPT it is an event organised by Gala Casinos.

Gala Casinos is one of the main companies in UKs gaming industry and has hosted the GBPT since its beggining. It also offers a special program for qualifying rounds provided by Eurobetpoker.com, Galapoker.co.uk and Coralpoker.com, along Gala Casinos, with a wide range of possibilities to clasify through Online Poker tournaments and qualifying rounds.

The Great British Poker Tour has been growing year after year and offering bigger prizes. Its 2008 edition will grant a 500.000 pound prize to the final tournament winner, with the addition of a 5000 pounds plus, courtesy of Gala Casinos.

Another important UK Poker tournament that has been drawing the attention of Poker players from the UK and abroad is the British Poker Open (BPO).