Inaugural British Poker Awards will take place on September 13th at Kensington Close Hotel in London. The event, which is designed to honour the best of UK’s poker talent, includes 11 awards over various categories, including the Best Overall Poker Player, Best Cash Player, Best Tournament Player, Best Online Player and Best UK Card Room. The first annual event will be co-compered by celebrity poker player Antonio ‘The Magician’ Esfandiari and online gaming expert-editor Michael Caselli.

Asian Americans living in the United States are almost 11 million. They represent close to 5 % of the population and are the third largest minority group in the country. As Asia itself is the world's most populated continent, with approximately four billion people, online poker websites have long looked at the area as the new frontier for gaming. So the online poker industry is always looking for some Asian poker players who have glamorous personality. People like Cuong (Soi) Nguyen, a 37-year-old Vietnamese-American medical-supply company employee and amateur poker player from Orange County, California, came out of nowhere to book a spot at the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event this summer, where he left his mark with his aggressive style and strong reads.

WBF Heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield showed his poker skills winning his heads up challenge match at London festival Poker in the Park. “Playing poker it’s like fighting” claimed Holyfield before the kick off of London live tournament. “If you want to win you have to focus and prepare and that’s exactly what I did for this tournament just like I do for any challenge.”