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• PKR to feature Lucien Laviscount's debut single video

  24 January 2012 - Next-gen online poker room provides props & personalities for video shoot

• PKR qualifier reaches WPT Ireland final table

  12 January 2012 - 46 online qualifiers compete with an elite field

• PKR unveils full stocking of Christmas goodies

  16 December 2011 - Electronics, poker gifts and MTT tickets giveaway

• PKR's Caribbean Stud Poker Jackpot approaches $150.000

  12 December 2011 - Milestone prize yet to be won

• Cody takes silver on super Sunday for Team PKR pro

  5 December 2011 - Jake Cody marks Team PKR Pro debut with blistering 2nd place

• PKR.com WPT Ireland seats up for grabs in live events across Ireland

  25 November 2011 - The PKR.com World Poker Tour Ireland is running a series of over 200 live poker satellites

• Triple crown star Jake Cody signs for PKR

  17 November 2011 - Jake Cody becomes the seventh member of Team PKR Pro

• PKR.com offers exclusive packages to the WPT Ireland

  08 November 2011 - Next-gen poker room set to send at least 60 qualifiers to Dublin event

• 'Main Event' a huge hit at PKR.com

  09 March 2011 - Two-day spectacle highlights a standout tournament weekend

• PKR Release Version 2.04

  09 March 2011 - PKR Release Version 2.04

• Buy-in Direct to PKR Social London

  04 March 2011 - PKR Social London seats are just a mouse-click away

• BAMMA Delivers KO for First PKR Social

  01 March 2011 - News and action from the first PKR Social meet-up

• PKR Live VI Hits the Big Time

  23 February 2011 - PKR Live VI hits London in May for PKR's biggest tournament ever

• Shuffle Up and Deal for PKR Social London

  16 February 2011 - PKR Social hits London for a weekend of poker fun and frolics

• German High Roller-Coaster

  16 February 2011 - Team PKR Pro Beyne makes his début appearance on the German's biggest poker show the High Roller

• 20% Off BAMMA 5 Tickets

  15 February 2011 - PKR.com and BAMMA offer an exclusive discount for poker fans

• The Main Event

  14 February 2011 - PKR.com Introduces its first ever ultra deep tournament - The Main Event

• Make a Date with PKR.com this Valentines

  14 February 2011 - Make a Date with PKR.com this Valentines

• PKR Social Midlands Annouced

  28 January 2011 - PKR Social - Midlands, Join the PKR Community for a weekend of golf

• PKR.com is Poker Operator of the Year

  25 January 2011 - PKR.com is Poker Operator of the Year

• Introducing The PKR Social

  14 January 2011 - Introducing The PKR Social - Community style meet-ups coming to a city near you

• PKR.com Partner with BAMMA

  12 January 2011 - Next generation poker room PKR.com sponsors the World’s fastest growing sport - BAMMA

• Win Your Way to the 2011 APT

  10 January 2011 - Win Your Way to the 2011 APT

• Sascha Walter Joins Team PKR Pro

  03 December 2011 - PKR.com is proud to welcome Sascha ‘locodice’ Walter to Team PKR Pro as the first German signing for the next-generation poker room.

• PKR In The Spotlight

  25 November 2010 - PKR.com wins EGR Poker Operator of the Year Award

• JJCooler Goes All In For $20,000 Prize

  16 November 2011 - Andy Sherwood is crowned champion of PKR Live V

• PKR.com Short-listed For Industry Award

  24 November 2010 - PKR.com in the running for Poker Operator of the Year

• PKR Live Day One

  14 November 2010 - Players make PKR Tournament history at Day One of PKR Live V

• PKR Live Kicks Off In Style

  11 November 2010 - PKR players flock to London Tower Bridge for PKR Live V Welcome party

• PKR Live V Is Upon Us

  11 November 2010 - With two days to go until PKR Live V kicks off with its welcome event at London’s Tower Bridge, players are flocking to the UK capital from 21 different countries to participate in the most fun festival in poker.

• Poker To The People

  10 November 2010 - ‘PKR.com Presents London Calling’, the UK’s biggest poker festival, has finished and the response has been fantastic. Poker enthusiasts travelled across the globe to take part in the month long - 57 tournament event which provided high quality, dealer-dealt tournaments at affordable buy-ins to the poker community at large.

• Raise Your Game With PKR.com

  09 November 2010 - Next generation poker site PKR.com has today added a beginners section to its extensive library of free online poker strategy content – Raise Your Game. Written by PKR Team Pros, top poker journalists and industry legends, this new content is aimed specifically at those players who are starting out and in need of a confidence boost to take them to the next level.

• Simon Wing Scoop's London Calling Title

  08 November 2010 - The UK’s biggest poker festival drew to a close this week when Simon ‘tigerwing’ Wing defeated Gem Husnu with AQ against A9 to take first prize of £15,171 and coveted title at the London Calling £300 Main Event.

• PKR Livens Up The Holiday Season

  03 November 2010 - The nights are drawing in and that means one thing for PKR players... Christmas is on the horizon and The Christmas Cracker is back with a bang.

• London Calling's Main Event Kicks Off

  03 November 2010 - After three weeks of twice-daily tournaments at the Fox Poker Club, London Calling, the UK’s biggest poker festival reaches its culmination tomorrow with the start of the £300 Main Event.

• PKR Reaches 4 Million Registered Players

  02 November 2010 - Next generation poker site PKR.com has today reached another milestone when it signed up its 4 millionth player.

• PKR Teams Up With EGR

  27 October 2010 - PKR.com has signed a sponsorship deal that will see them sponsor the ‘Innovative Gaming Site of the Year Award’ at the 2010 E-Gaming Review Awards.

• Great Scott Week Concludes!

  25 October 2010 - ‘Great Scott Week’, PKR.com’s week-long celebration of Scott Shelley came to a close on Friday after an action packed week of Bounty Tournaments, Heads Up challenges and weird and wonderful questions from the PKR.com forumites.

• Great Scott!

  20 October 2010 - ‘Great Scott Week’ , PKR’s week-long celebration of Scott Shelley’s addition to Team PKR Pro, is in full flow as players have grabbed the opportunity to get up close and personal with PKR’s overnight sensation.

• Scott Shelley Joins Team PKR Pro

  07 October 2010 – PKR.com announced today that Home grown poker sensation Scott Shelley is to be the newest member of Team PKR Pro. The 24 year old from North London is the first member of Team PKR Pro to win a coveted World Series of Poker bracelet.

• London Calling - Bringing Poker to the People

  29 September 2010 - The newly-opened Fox Poker Club in association with PKR.com announces the launch of London Calling, the capital’s biggest ever poker festival.

• PKR Opens To French Players

  24 September 2010 - Poker players throughout France can now experience PKR’s unique take on online poker in a fully licensed and regulated environment as PKR.fr opens to the public.

• PKR staff member takes down WSOPE event

  22 September 2010 - Popular PKR staff member Scott Shelley, better known to thousands of PKR players as PKR_Scott, last night outlasted a field of 582 players to win the £1,000 buy-in WSOPE event at Leicester Square’s Empire Casino.

• PKR Top Sunday Times Tech Track 100

  20 September 2010 - Next-generation online poker room PKR (www.pkr.com) has been named as the UK’s most successful technology company in the 2010 Sunday Times Tech Track 100.

• PKR Live V kicks off at London's Tower Bridge

  01 September 2010 - PKR.com announces the much awaited PKR LIVE V pre-party with a location set to rival their Vegas events - London’s iconic Tower Bridge. With an exclusive drinks reception in the walkways 42 metres above the Thames, it will give PKR players the opportunity to meet and greet with the panorama of London as a background.

• PKR Goes Back to School

  01 September 2010 – It’s Back to School Season, and during the next six weeks PKR.com is taking its Facebook fans back to Poker School.

• Getting ahead of the game

  01 September 2010 - Most people associate poker with chips, cards and betting but a look behind a poker face shows individuals with skill, patience and determination. The art of poker can not only help you stack up the chips but can also help accelerate your career or get you through the daily grind of life.

• PKR Presents 'London Calling'

  31 August 2010 – PKR.com and The Fox Poker Club have teamed up to present a new breed of poker festival that promises to bring ‘poker to the people’ by offering high quality, dealer dealt tournaments at affordable buy-ins.

• PKR Live Five

  20 August 2010 - PKR Live is back and bigger and better than ever! PKR Live V returns on November 12-14 2010 with a new home – the Fox Poker Club in association with PKR.com, in the heart of London’s West End.

• V2.0 Touches down at PKR.com

  18 August 2010 - Next generation poker site PKR.com has launched its single biggest software update since it first came to market four years ago. The release of version 2.0 of PKR’s award-winning software features a completely new user interface that makes playing poker both easier and more enjoyable.

• PKR celebrates its fourth birthday

  17 August 2010 - PKR.com has come a long way since its historic launch on August 17, 2006 with a bold promise to change the way online poker is played forever.

• PKR scoops top industry award

  02 February 2010 – PKR.com has picked up its first award of 2010 by winning the International Gaming Awards Online Poker Operator of the Year title.

• Phil Galfond joins PKR TV

  22 January 2010 – High Stakes cash game legend Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond will join the crew of PKR TV to commentate on some of the best ring game action on PKR.com, including footage from a special ‘Galfond TV Cash Game’.

• PKR Heads Up Grand Slam debuts on Sky TV

  05 January 2010 – Coverage of the inaugural PKR Heads-Up Grand Slam starts today on Sky Sports with eight action-packed episodes to be shown over the next two months.

• PKR partners with Nuts and Loaded

  17 December, 2009 – Next-gen online poker site PKR.com has today unveiled a major new partnership with IPC Media’s award winning men’s magazine brands, Nuts and Loaded.

• High roller Russian signs for PKR

  27 November 2009 - APPT High Roller Event and PKR Heads Up Grand Slam Champion Vladimir 'beyne' Geshkenbein has put pen to paper to become the latest member of Team PKR Pro.

• Champions crowned at PKR Live III

  24 November 2009 - $5 satellite qualifier Vincent ‘vd12345’ Diver made history by scooping the biggest ever PKR Live payout when he won the PKR Live III main event at London’s Loose Cannon this weekend

• New Ivey makes PKR history

  13 November 2009 - PKR.com player ‘PatIvey’ has gone down in PKR history after producing a performance which saw him claim back-to-back Masters titles.

• PKR nominated for industry awards

  05 November 2009- PKR.com has been shortlisted for three categories for the 2009 e-Gaming Review Awards.

• PKR announce new tournament schedule

  29 October 2009 - Online poker site PKR.com has unveiled details of a new tournament schedule designed to appeal to every kind of player with more tournaments and bigger prize pools up for grabs.

• PKR signs up APT winner zlatan35

  05 October 2009 - APT Macau Main Event winner Adrien ‘zlatan35’ Allain is the latest up and coming star to join poker’s coolest collective Team PKR Pro.

• Oktoberfest returns to PKR

  28 September 2009 - Next-gen online poker room PKR.com has released details of its 2009 Oktoberfest poker festival which will see ten tournaments played over as many days starting October 15.

• PKR releases Mac version of poker client

  24 September 2009 - Next-gen online poker site PKR.com has announced today the release of a Mac compatible version of its popular software, bringing the market-leading 3D poker room to Apple users worldwide.

• PKR Pros to get full treatment at WSOPE

  18 September 2009 - Team PKR Pros will be able to kick back in style as they tackle this year’s World Series of Poker Europe - thanks to PKR.com’s exclusive deal with the Xhilarate poker massage therapists.

• PKR.com selects GBE to provide iBroker, their unique new sportsbook solution

  15 September 2009 - Global Betting Exchange (GBE), the leading provider of exchange and sportsbook software, has today announced it will provide PKR.com, the world’s most advanced online poker room with its revolutionary iBroker sportsbook software.

• PKR players shine in the live arena

  08 September 2009 - Online poker site PKR.com has had a number of its regular online players produce some fantastic achievements at recent major live poker events.

• PKR Heads-Up Grand Slam launches in London in October

  04 September 2009 - Matchroom Sport and PKR.com are delighted to announce the inaugural PKR Heads-Up Grand Slam in London from October 8-10, 2009.

• PKR qualifier crowned king of APT in Macau

  24 August 2009 - Twenty three year-old PKR.com player Adrien ‘zlatan35’ Allain from Rennes, France, has won the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival Main Event.

• PKR gets fired up for third Live event

  21 August 2009 - PKR Live will make its highly anticipated return on November 20-22, and this time promises to be bigger and better with an expected $180,000 in prizes to be won.

• PKR hits the magic number

  18 August 2009 - It was a double celebration at PKR Headquarters yesterday as the next-gen online poker room marked both its third birthday and the registration of its 3,000,000th player.

• PKR unveils new software update

  12 August 2009 - Online poker site PKR.com has today released a new software update that has added a host of new features and improvements.

• PKR team up with Xhilarate Poker

  11 August 2009 – PKR.com has today announced a partnership with pioneers of poker massage therapists Xhilarate. The deal means that Xhilarate will act as the exclusive massage supplier for all PKR Live tournaments and PR functions.

• PKR headline Poker in The Park

  07 August 2009 – Poker in the Park returns to London’s Leicester Square from August 13 to 14 with lead sponsor PKR.com joining with Bluff Europe to headline another two-day poker extravaganza.

• PKR parties in Playboy style

  17 July 2009 - It’s a bold statement to make, especially in Sin City, but the verdict was unanimous – the official PKR.com Vegas shindig was the party of the 2009 World Series of Poker!

• Watch live WSOP* $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. action only on PKR

  29 June 2009 - The final table of the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E, the event widely regarded by the purists as the true benchmark of the world’s most complete poker player, is set to get underway this Tuesday at 21:00 GMT, and will be broadcast around the globe live and exclusively at http://wsop.pkr.com – PKR.com’s very own WSOP micro-site.

• New PKR site set to demonstrate value of brand communities in online gaming space

  17 June 2009 - Next-generation online poker room PKR.com has today announced the re-launch of its consumer facing website at www.pkr.com. Showcasing a new look and feel, the site brings PKR’s 2.75m registered customers a range of new social networking and community features designed to increase engagement levels and enhance customer experience.

• PKR gets up to some monkey business

  16 June 2009 - PKR.com community favourite and PKR Live II main event winner Karl ‘discomonkey’ Fenton has put pen to paper to become the seventh member of the recently formed Team PKR Pro.

• Team PKR Pro goes deep at WSOP

  11 June 2009 - Team PKR Pro James ‘James666’ Sudworth last night scooped a cool $54,777 after battling his way through a field of over a thousand competitors to finish in seventh place in the WSOP $2,500 No Limit six-handed event (event #19).

• PKR.com scores exclusive 2009 WSOP* TV deal

  22 May 2009 - Next generation online poker room PKR.com today announced that they have agreed a blockbuster deal with Bluff media that will see PKR.com act as the exclusive sole live broadcaster of 24 bracelet events from this year’s World Series of Poker*.

• PKR to party in the Palms

  18 May 2009 - It’s official - the world’s slickest online poker brand PKR.com today announced the highly anticipated details of their WSOP Welcome Party. To be held on the evening of July 1st, the party will take place in the exclusive Hugh Hefner Sky Villa at the Palms.

• PKR Sponsors children's charity event

  13 May 2009 - PKR.com teamed up with charity One to One Children’s Fund on Sunday to raise money for disadvantaged children all over the world. An array of celebrities arrived at London’s trendy Sketch restaurant to take part in the Omar Sharif One to One PKR poker & backgammon tournament.

• A blast of a weekend

  22 April 2009 - The second ever live PKR.com event took place at London’s trendy Loose Cannon poker club last weekend with 150 of the best online players travelling from far and wide to take part in PKR Live II. Billed as the friendliest poker event around, PKR Live II provided a fantastic weekend of fun, banter and top class poker that surpassed even the highest of expectations.

• ‘Team PKR Pro’ are go!

  16 April 2009 - After weeks of suspense, next generation online poker site PKR.com today officially announces the full line up of its new ‘Team PKR Pro’; a collection of the brightest poker players plucked from PKR.com who will now represent the site at major poker events.

• PKR set to announce 'Team PKR Pro'

  April 14, 2009 – On the eve of PKR Live II, next-generation poker site PKR.com has announced that it is to unveil six players who will make up ‘Team PKR Pro’ – a carefully chosen stable of poker players who will represent PKR.com and act as brand ambassadors for the website.

• PKR ups the ante

  06 April 2009 - Next-generation poker room PKR.com has released a new upgrade to its award-winning software that adds a range of new games and features to its already market leading offering.

• PKR sends players to Champions League Final

  27 March 2009 - State-of-the-art online poker room PKR.com is giving away six luxury VIP packages each worth over $3,500 for this year’s Champions League final in Rome as part of the Club PKR loyalty scheme.

• PKR.com soars to new heights

  20 March 2009 - PKR.com continues to grow and is now officially the 14th biggest poker room on the web according to Pokerscout.com, the respected industry source for online traffic rankings.

• PKR's Big Shot hits the target

  13 March 2009 - Swedish PKR stalwart fatboyflex beat off a classy field of 70 participants, including fierce rival Scopey on his way to pocketing over $10,000 in PKR.com’s inaugural Saturday Big Shot.

• PKR.com gets fired up

  11 March 2009 - Next-generation online poker room PKR.com has today revealed plans to team up with Bluefire Poker, the new poker training resource highlighted by the site’s lead pro, high stakes legend and WSOP bracelet winner Phil Galfond.

• Springfest set to bloom on PKR

  03 March 2009 - Online poker room PKR.com has announced the return of Springfest. This fantastic series of events kicks off on March 14 and rolls for more than two weeks with over $360,000 in guaranteed prizes and a World Series package to be won.

• PKR to host online poker's biggest Saturday night tournament

  26 February 2009 - Next-generation online poker site PKR.com has today announced the launch of its new ‘Saturday Big Shot’ tournament. Running every Saturday* at 20:00 GMT, the $500 tournament will be the largest buy-in event to be found anywhere online on a Saturday night.

• PKR add weekly $50,000 guarantee to schedule

  20 February 2009 - Online poker room PKR.com has announced that the popular Sunday Classic tournament is now even bigger and better with the guaranteed prize pool of $50,000.

• PKR.com announce PKR Live II

  10 February 2009 - PKR.com has announced that its hugely popular land based festival PKR Live will return to London’s Loose Cannon this spring.

• PKR scoops another award

  28 January 2009 - Online poker room PKR.com has another cause for celebration after winning the Gambling Online Magazine award for best poker software.

• PKR.com gathers steam

  15 January 2009 - Online poker room PKR.com continues to gain momentum and brings some fantastic credentials with it into the New Year...

• PKR.com launch huge game update

  07 January 2009 - Not content with developing ‘the world’s most advanced poker room’ the pioneers at PKR.com have raised the bar yet again with the release of their latest game update.

• PKR's Christmas set to be a cracker

  19 December 2008 - Christmas is on the horizon and PKR.com has pulled together a fantastic present for its players...

• Ashley Hames lines up for PKR

  03 December 2008 - PKR.com has announced that London based TV presenter Ashley Hames will represent the next-gen site at this week’s GCBPT held in Bristol.

• JC TRAN WINS FOR PKR!

  01 December 2008 - WSOP hero takes down Premier League III in style...

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