The Hippodrome Winter Series Runs January 30 to February 2

The primary PokerStars at The Hippodrome sequence of 2025 is true across the nook, with the Winter Sequence operating in London from January 30 to February 2. Though the Winter Sequence solely spans 4 days, that quartet is crammed stuffed with poker motion, together with a £550 buy-in Primary Occasion.

Head to The Hippodrome in London’s Leicester Sq. at midday on January 30 if you would like the prospect to play within the £1,100 No-Restrict Maintain’em Excessive Curler for a fraction of its price. That is when a £125 satellite tv for pc shuffles up and offers.

The £1,100 Excessive Curler kicks off at 2:00 p.m. GMT on January 30, with an £85 buy-in satellite tv for pc to the £550 Primary Occasion scheduled to run from 6:00 p.m. GMT. The final time The Hippodrome ran a £1,100 buy-in event outdoors of the UKIPT was in April 2023, when Sunil Mistri outlasted 140 opponents within the April Mega Sequence Primary Occasion. Mistri banked £32,825 that day.

The primary of three £550 No-Restrict Maintain’em Primary Occasion flights commences at midday on January 31. Primary Occasion gamers begin armed with 30,000 chips and play to 30-minute ranges. Limitless re-entries are permitted throughout late registration, and every flight ends when solely 15% of the sector stays. These within the high 15% head into Day 2 on February 2 with a min-cash locked in.

Anticipate an honest turnout for this Primary Occasion as a result of a similar-sized PokerStars London Poker Sequence in July 2022 noticed over 340 gamers prove in pressure. Portugal’s Henrique Mendes got here out on high and obtained £33,550 of the £172,660 prize pool.

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The Winter Sequence comes scorching on the heels of the Ladies’s Winter Pageant held in November 2024. Charlie Waters triumphed within the £1,000 Excessive Curler for £10,020, with Maria Lampropulos topped the Ladies’s Winter Primary Occasion champion, turning £400 into £20,000. Here is hoping loads of women head to The Hippodrome in late January for the Winter Sequence, and never just for the £220 Ladies’s occasion.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker trade since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he grew to become the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from stay reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his function of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.