Day: 8 October 2018

Ioannis Angelou-Konstas Conquers partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK Main Event’s Title for £940,000

Mon 8 Oct 2018 11.26 Harry Evans
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas Conquers partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK Main Event’s Title for £940,000

The most-expected event over the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK festival – the £5,300 NLHE Main Event – was brought to an end after five days of tough competition. The champion’s title was conquered by the Greek poker player Ioannis Angelou-Konstas after him defeating Alex Foxen in an intense heads-up play to take home the lion’s share of the overall prize pool amount. Apart from being granted the Main Event’s trophy, Angelou-Konstas scooped a massive first-place prize amounting to £940,000 ($1,224,228) following a heads-up deal between him and his last standing…

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Problem Gambling Expert Warns There Are More than 45,000 Gambling Addicts in Ireland

Mon 8 Oct 2018 8.07 Daniel Williams
Problem Gambling Expert Warns There Are More than 45,000 Gambling Addicts in Ireland

Mental health specialists and representatives of GambleAware have revealed that Ireland needs to urgently roll out a nation-wide survey to reveal actual problem gambling and gambling addiction rates in the country. As reported by the Irish Examiner, the Health Research Board (HRB) reveived a freedom of information request, has shown that a total of 195 people were assessed as problem gamblers and faced treatment for gambling addiction back in 2016. In comparison, there were 208 such cases in 2015. Unfortunately, Colin O’Gara, a psychiatrist and addiction therapist, claims that the…

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