Victoria Gate Casino Poker Tournaments

Jul 30, 2020 Leeds’ Victoria Gate casino is renowned in the north for its spectacular atmosphere, luxury casino environment, and friendly and helpful staff. Moreover, the venue plays host to the Poker Bonanza tournament. Attracting the best poker players from the UK and beyond. A player from Leeds won one of Victoria Gates’s Poker events in recent years. The Victoria Casino is owned and operated by Grosvenor Casinos Limited (a company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 00877080), whose registered office address is TOR, Saint-Cloud Way, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 8BN. V ictoria Gate Casino, Yorkshire’s premier entertainment venue, is celebrating a hugely successful Christmas Bonanza poker tournament which attracted players from across the UK, Ireland and Europe generating a huge £200,900 prize pool, more than doubling the initial £100,000 guarantee.

Poker players at the Victoria Gate Casino in Leeds can now use PP LIVE Dollars to buy into tournaments thanks to the casino forging a partnership with the partypoker LIVE team. Partypoker LIVE are kicking off the new partnership by sponsoring a weekly tournament at Victoria Gate Casino that runs every Monday at 7:30 p.m. Victoria Gate poker tournament schedule and information, including starting times, buy-ins, prize pool guarantees, and freerolls. Attention Poker Rooms: Get your Real-Time Live Action on PokerAtlas!

Leeds’ Victoria Gate Casino has expanded its poker offering with the launch of one of the biggest poker rooms outside of London, as well as an exclusive gaming area called the Ruby Lounge.

The £30m super casino’s new poker room features up to 20 full-sized tables, with space for a full house of up to 180 players, an increase of 80.

For a more exclusive gaming experience, VIP customers can visit the brand new Ruby Lounge – a private area with their own dedicated croupiers, gaming tables, bar and access to the venue’s V Restaurant.

As one of the largest gaming destinations in the north of England, Victoria Gate Casino will also host poker tournaments throughout the year, with experienced players travelling from across the globe to place their bets.

Patrick Noakes, managing director at Victoria Gate Casino, said: “We are delighted to be enhancing our offer with a new VIP area and an expansion to our poker offer in response to demand.

“Poker is massively popular in Leeds, so we’re very excited to be launching the largest poker room in Yorkshire – and one of the biggest outside of London – right here in the city.

“As well as providing a great space for our regular players, the new area will host huge poker tournaments with prize pools of up to £20,000.

“These tournaments attract players from around the world, so it’s a fantastic opportunity to welcome some of the best and brightest poker stars to visit the region.”

The 50,000 sq ft entertainment and gaming destination is the first and only ‘super casino’ in the north and sits alongside John Lewis at the top of the city’s Victoria Gate development.

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Victoria Gate Casino, Yorkshire’s premier entertainment venue, is celebrating a hugely successful Christmas Bonanza poker tournament which attracted players from across the UK, Ireland and Europe generating a huge £200,900 prize pool, more than doubling the initial £100,000 guarantee.

The Victoria Gate Casino Poker Bonanza was by the far the biggest event in the UK this Christmas with more than twice the prize pool of the next largest competition held in London.

The record-breaking event attracted 2,009 entries compared to 830 in 2017 which was a 142% growth for entries and prize pool year-on-year demonstrating the growing popularity of poker tournaments.

Each contestant paid £115 to enter or for the first time they could qualify through PP LIVE Dollars on Partypoker Live. The tournament featured eight starting flights which were held between 22nd and 30th December 2018. Each starting flight saw players sit down with 20,000 chips and play 16 levels of 30-minute poker games, with an additional two partypoker online days 1’s with blind levels of 15-minutes each.

A total of 163 prizes were paid out with the tournament culminating with 208 players qualifying for Day 2 on 30th December. After 10 hours of play 208 became nine and with a short burst of knock-outs there were just six players left who asked for an ICM (Independent Chip Model) payout. Therefore, the remaining £116,000 was split between the six final players which left £6,000, the trophy and of course, bragging rights to play for the final three players.

A tense two-hours of further play resulted in Midlands-based player, Karolis Norinkevicius being crowned the newest Victoria Gate Casino poker champion. He turned his £115 entry into a £26,000 pay cheque. Norwegian player Erik Hanson travelled all the way from Norway to take part and walked away with second prize of £16,630.

Local Leeds’ player, Ezaldin Adams who turned his free entry (after previously winning an earlier in-house promotion) into a cool £28,280 the day before his birthday. He was chip-leader when the initial table deal was done, so as he had the highest amount of chips (13 million) he secured the majority of the prize pool.

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Patrick Noakes, managing director of Victoria Gate Casino commented:

“Our Christmas Poker Bonanza was the biggest poker event in the UK over the Christmas period and one of the busiest events of the year. It was great to partner with partypoker LIVE which opened up the game to even more players. It topped off an excellent 2018 for us where we’ve welcomed tens of thousands of gamers from around the UK, Ireland and across Europe through our doors.

“Victoria Gate Casino is an all-round entertainment venue which offers a brilliant night out for everyone, whether you’re a gamer, want to watch football or boxing on the largest sports screen in Leeds or just want a delicious meal accompanied with a cocktail.”