7 March 2010 - PKR Springfest 2010 is coming Starting on 26 March PKR is running eleven big tourneys with guaranteed prize pools and different kind of games. Get ready for the best online poker festival this spring. There will be tons of qualifing tournaments to these big events. Full schedule will be online soon on
PKR website.
4 February 2010 - PKR Operator of the Year PKR.com has become the Online Poker Operator of the Year by winning the International Gaming Awards title. PKR has been chosen to be the most innovative operator during the year of 2009. Operators are judged according to originality, usability, growth and scale and marketing. “It is a wonderful achievement for us to be named Online Poker Operator of the Year. We are absolutely delighted to be honoured by the International Gaming Awards in this way.” said Malcolm Graham, PKR CEO.
8 January 2010 - PKR opens Sportsbook Sports betting arrives at PKR. iBroker sportsbook software is provided by Global Betting Exchange. PKR Sportsbook cover a wide range of games including soccer, horse racing, basketball and tennis. There is a 24/7 customer support for the sportsbook and a variety of deposit methods. Visit
PKR.com and go to Game Zone and Sports Betting to try the new
PKR Sportsbook.
10 October 2009 - PKR releases Mac version Great news! PKR is now available for download on the Mac. Mac Players will find all of the features of the Windows-based version. “We are delighted to bring our award-winning software to Apple Mac users" said PKR.com CEO Malcolm Graham. To download the game for free just visit
PKR and click Download PKR now.
12 September 2009 - PKR Heads Up Grand Slam PKR.com and Matchroom Sport announce the inaugural PKR Heads-Up Grand Slam in London. Invite only, the PKR Heads Up Grand Slam will present 32 of the world’s best poker players and you can be a part of it thanks to the special satellites running now. The tournament will be shown around the world in eight two hour shows. Play against Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Sammy “Any Two” George, Tom “Durrrr” Dwan, Luke “Full Flush” Schwartz, Annette Obrestad, Roberto Romanello, Vicky Coren, Nam Le, Roland de Wolfe, JC Tran and Andrew Feldman for the prize pool of $350,000 and $100,000 first prize.
4 August 2009 - New PKR.com website launched PKR has recently introduced new website with fully upgraded MyPKR section offering players friends management system, personal profiles and player to player messaging. Players now have also access to the collection of poker strategy content provided by Dennis Publishing. Check out these new features and much more at
PKR.
18 May 2009 - PKR Omar Sharif Charity Poker Tournament The Omar Sharif One to One
PKR Poker & Backgammon Charity Tournament took place on Sunday, May 10th at London’s Sketch restaurant and club. Many celebrities attended the tournament and there was also a performance by “Blake”, a Brit-award winning band. This charity tournament is known worldwide as the UK’s leading charity poker event and raises funds for the childrens’ charity One to One. The auctions that took place at the event also raised much needed funds.
7 April 2009 - PKR To Become Bluefire Poker's Partner for Content, Training Subscriptions Bluefire Poker and PKR signed an agreement this week in terms whereof PKR will become Bluefire Poker's exclusive partner in Europe. Bluefire Poker is a poker training site focusing on cash games while PKR ranks as the 14th largest poker site worldwide. Bluefire Poker pros will provide strategy content for PKR's website and PKR TV and should become the most popular web-based poker training service available. Bluefire Poker has a library of 46 videos and are looking forward to producing content for PKR. PKR hosts many guaranteed tournaments as well as daily high-stakes guaranteed events on their popular online poker site.
27 March 2009 - PKR Officially The 14th Biggest Online Poker Room Pokerscout.com, who are highly regarded for online traffic ranking, has officially ranked PKR.com to be the 14th biggest poker room on the web. By ranking higher than their rival poker room Bodog, PKR.com not only won a second Hitwise award at the end of 2008 but also acquired the eGaming Review award for Hotshot Operator of the Year. PKR.com received the Hitwise award despite stiff competition from William Hill, Betfair and Ladbrokers. PKR.com Marketing Director has reported that they are thrilled to have achieved this ranking twice in one year.
24 March 2009 - PKR Saturday Big Shot comes with Big Money The first PKR Saturday Big Shot tournament proved impressive in many ways. With a prize pool of more than $34k this weekly tournament is expected to become extremely popular among poker players looking for the big bucks. The first round saw a field of 70 players and the $500 buy-in event was won by the Swedish fatboyflex. This gave him a neat sum of $10,000 and he also managed to beat his rival Scopey. In third spot the popular PKR.com player Discomonkey was found. Players will be able to get a spot in this exciting tournament through satellites for as little as $5.
17 March 2009 - PKR.com brings on Poker Training Service Millions of players from all over the world enjoy great poker at PKR.com. Poker is heavily dependent on skills and now PKR players will be able to enjoy the popular training services of Bluefire.com. Through the poker site's loyalty program, player points will be exchangeable for advice and training from professionals. The cooperation between PKR and Bluefire is expected to help many players raise their level of poker play. The team of pros from Bluefire is ready to help players reach each individual player reach his target whether this is a small side income or big amounts of money.
10 March 2009 - PKR Hosted Saturday Tournament PKR is quickly becoming one of the most popular poker rooms in the world. The website is growing extremely fast and with good reason. PKR offers a number of fantastic promotions and lucrative tournaments. This past Saturday, February 28th, 2009, the site hosted a huge buy-in tournament. It was titled the “$500 Big Shot”. Each individual received 10,000 in chips and 20 minute levels (10/20). Players could participate for only $500 + $30 buy-in.
7 February 2009 - PKR to Begin Hosting Ongoing Saturday Night Tournaments PKR, the quickly growing and popular, online poker room has begun hosting Saturday night tournaments. This ongoing promotion is titled “Saturday Big Shot” and will be played every Saturday starting at 8 p.m. GMT. The buy in is $530. Tables will seat six and the chip stacks will start at 10,000 and 20 minute levels. As a result, the quality of play should be very high. Individuals fortunate to make it the final table will find themselves filmed by PKR Tournament TV. Shows will air on Sky Channel 166. The actual buy in is not $500 but $530. “Saturday Big Shot” games will be played the first 3 Saturdays of the month. No tournaments will be played on the final Saturday.
25 January 2009 - Sunday Classic Pot Increases at PKR The Sunday Classic Prize Pot is one of the most popular promotions at PKR. The popular poker room is upping the ante a bit to make it even more fun and much more lucrative. They have increased the prize pot for this ongoing event to $50,000, allowing players to win even more money. PKR is becoming one of the most notable poker rooms on the internet. They host hundreds of games each day. A nice chunk of these games offer quite sizeable prize pots. However, perhaps the most popular game is the Sunday Classic tournament and it has just likely become even more popular due to this recent increase in pot size. The previous prize was $30,000, not a paltry figure by any estimation. The buy-in for this tournament will still be affordable for most players at only $65. This is inexpensive enough for most serious poker players (and even those who are just learning the game) to participate.