Grosvenor Casino Portsmouth Poker Tournaments
This March, the UK and Ireland would once again become an arena of various live poker tournaments. British and Irish poker lovers would be given the opportunity to enjoy live poker events offering different rules, buy-ins and prize pools.
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT)
Leg 2 of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour was already given a start on February 25th. The tournament is to be held at Manchester’s Grosvenor Casino Bury New Road until March 4th as part of the 12th season of the GUKPT. A number of events are to be featured as part of the tournament, with a Mini Main Event, a NLHE Turbo, BLHE Bouty, Omaha 4/5/6 and Turbo Bounty event included in the schedule.
Of course, it is the main event which is most awaited by poker fans. It is to be held as a three-day event featuring two starting flights with unlimited re-entry option. The buy-in amounts to £1,100.
Genting Poker Series Mini
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This year’s edition of the Genting Poker Series Mini is to see four legs kick off in March 2018. The Genting Resorts World Birmingham Genting Casino is to become home to the £220 buy-in NLHE Main Event from March 1st to 4th. The event is to feature three starting flights and a second day, plus a guaranteed prize pool amounting to £35,000.
Then, on March 5th Leg 3 of the Genting Poker Series Main is to start at Genting Casino Luton. The guaranteed prize pool of the Main Event is estimated to £100,000, with three starting flights and two following days featured. A few other events offering different prize pools are also to be held.
The period between March 22nd and March 25th is to see Leg 4 of the Genting Poker Series Mini be held at Liverpool’s Genting Club Queen Square. The £220 buy-in Main Event, which offers a £35,000 guaranteed prize, is to be held in two game days. Over the same period, Leg 5 of the Mini Series is also to take place at the Genting Club Westcliff in Westcliff-On-Sea.
APAT Championship
The beginning of March will see the APAT Scottish Amateur Poker Championship hosted at Edinburgh’s Grosvenor Maybury Casino. On March 3rd and 4th, a number of events, including a No Limit Hold’em Main Event, two Pot Limit Omaha and two NLHE.
Then, the APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker Season 11 is to kick off at the last day of March at the Grosvenor Casino Bury New Road in Manchester.
Grosvenor 25/25 Series
The very popular and much-loved Grosvenor 25/25 Series is to see four events kick off this March. First, the Grosvenor Maybury Casino in Edinburgh and the Grosvenor Portsmouth Gunwharf casino are to become home to the series from March 8th to 11th. The two casino venues will see a £225 buy-in NLHE event featuring a guaranteed prize of £25,000 be held in two game days, with three starting flights, one of which is to be held online at Grosvenor Poker.
Then, the other two events of the series are to be held at Grosvenor Casino in Walsall and at Blackpool’s Grosvenor G Casino from March 15th to 18th. The same guaranteed prize is to be offered to everyone who decides to pay the £225 entry fee and join the competition for the NLHE first-place title.
Monthly Special and Other Events
There will be a great variety of Monthly Special events in March, with various guaranteed prize pools and affordable buy-ins.
In addition, partypoker’s Irish Poker Open 2018 is to kick off on March 7th, with the series scheduled to be held until March 25th at Dublin’s Citywest Hotel. A great number of events is set to be held as part of the PPL Season 1, with the Main Event offering a massive €1,000,000 guaranteed prize.
This March will also see the PokerStars Live London Series be held at the iconic Hippodrome Casino in London. The two-day Main Event is set to start on March 9th and is to be held until March 11th, with four starting flights and a £40,000 guaranteed prize pool.
In the period from March 11th to March 25th, London’s Empire Casino is to see the WSOP Team Empire Qualifier held, with two game days planned for the £220 buy-in NLHE event.
Then, the Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford is to become home to the 888 WPT500 Series. The latter is to take place at one of the most famous London casinos from March 11th to April 2nd, with a great variety of live poker events being included in its schedule. Another one of the most iconic casino venues in London – the Poker Room – is to host The London Deepstack from March 22nd to 25th. The tournament is features three starting flights plus a second day and feature an entry fee of £170.
Last but not least, Brighton’s Rendezvous Casino is to see the Unibet UK Poker Tour 2018 held for three days, between March 23rd and 25th. The No Limit Hold’em event is to feature £220, as well as a guaranteed prize pool amounting to £40,000.
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Harry Evans
| Industry | Gambling |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1970 |
| Headquarters | |
Number of locations | 53 |
| 6,349 | |
| Parent | The Rank Group |
| Website | grosvenorcasinos.com |
Established in 1970,[1]Grosvenor Casinos (formerly County Clubs and Grosvenor Clubs) is a UK-based chain of 53 casinos located in major towns and cities across the UK, with two unbranded sister casinos located in Belgium. Grosvenor Casinos is owned by The Rank Group who operate exclusively in the casino, bingo and online gaming industries across Belgium, Spain and the UK.
As of June 2014, revenue was reported at £391.2m, with an operating profit of £56.8m - coming from a total of over 1.7 million customers per year.[2] Of these 1.7 million customers, over 8.5 million customer visits occur every year. The Grosvenor casino network currently employs over 6,300 employees across the UK. Their online casino hosts over 250 games with themes spanning from traditional roulette, blackjack and poker - to the more modern slot styles and live gaming. Grosvenor are licensed and regulated by the UK Gambling Commission.[3]
Originally ‘County Clubs’, the casinos came to be known as ‘Grosvenor Clubs’ and in 1969 on 2 January, Grosvenor Clubs officially changed name to ‘Grosvenor Casinos’.
Grosvenor Casinos is currently the shirt sponsor for Fulham F.C. Grosvenor signed a deal to become the London club's main team partner in July 2017.
History[edit]
Acquisition of the Ricoh Arena casino[edit]
In April 2009 Grosvenor purchased the casino inside the Ricoh Arena complex in Coventry for £650,000.[4]
Leaving the British Casino Association[edit]
During 2009, Grosvenor Casinos announced they were leaving the now defunct British Casino Association (BCA). The BCA existed to promote casino best practice and influence UK government legislation surrounding gambling. Reportedly the BCA began to fail in promoting and improving the casino industry, and once annual membership fees were raised to £140,000, it saw the departure of Grosvenor, just as the large Gala Coral Group had withdrawn in October 2008.[5]
Loyalty card scheme[edit]
In May 2012, the first roll out of a new plastic card service in Grosvenor Casinos was implemented with ‘Grosvenor Play Points’ entering 35 casinos across the UK. This came as a result of the Grosvenor Casinos and Play Points brands merging to create one loyalty card.[6]
Gala takeover[edit]
Grosvenor Casinos completed their takeover of 19 casinos from the Gala Coral Group across the UK on 12 May 2013 [7] making them the largest casino network in the UK. A similar deal to acquire 23 casinos from Gala had previously stalled in 2012 due to a decision by the Competition Commission and OFT.[8] The revised deal in 2013 saw 4 casinos removed from the agreement.
Redtooth partnership[edit]
On 28 April 2014, Grosvenor Casinos announced a two-year partnership with the world's largest live pub poker tournament group Redtooth Poker. Grosvenor Casinos hosted the regional and national UK finals and online events. The move integrated Redtooth Poker and Grosvenor's own poker tournament, the Grosvenor UK Poker Tournament (GUKPT).[9]
Live events[edit]
On 25 March 2011, Grosvenor Casinos announced they were to host new poker event called the Goliath. Designed to attract up to 1,500 players, the Goliath had an initial buy-in at £100 + £20 and offered a guaranteed prize pool of £100,000, with 25% of the registration fee going to the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity.[10] The most recent Goliath event in 2014 became the largest poker tournament ever held outside of the US with a total of 3,394 players entering.[11] For the 2015 event Grosvenor estimate over 4,000 participants will enter.[12]
Grosvenor employees also played the highest poker tournament on record at the top of Mount Snowdon in September 2011. The 3,500 ft. stunt was attempted to raise money for the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity, with a total of £11,000 being collected.[13]
Controversy[edit]
In December 2006 staff walked out of four Grosvenor Casinos in London in a dispute over pay increases.[14] A month later, around 300 workers went on strike over the same ongoing dispute.[15]
In September 2014 Northern Ireland's Social Development Minister, Nelson McCausland, dismissed the idea that a Grosvenor Casino could open due to the ongoing ban on casinos.[16]
Technology[edit]
In November 2011, Grosvenor installed software that would spot cheating at roulette tables. Developed by Ipsotek, the software detects a cheat called 'top-hatting', as well as detecting cheating after 'last bets' has been called. The software is linked to CCTV cameras monitoring the table at all times.[17]
In October 2012, Grosvenor introduced a new product to the casino industry, Pinball Roulette machines. The new machine offers single player roulette game and the ball is launched by a pinball-style trigger into the wheel. The main feature of the product is that it offered the player control over when they wished to spin the ball. Thirty of the machines, developed by Austrian Gaming Industries, were installed at 22 clubs across the UK.[18]
During November 2013, Evolution Gaming joined Grosvenor Casinos to create a ‘Live Casino’ targeting players on their online casino.[19] The games include blackjack, roulette and baccarat and are available 24hrs a day, 7 days a week. The live game system is designed to produce an environment more closely matching a real casino experience.
In July 2013, Grosvenor Casinos in London, Reading and Coventry created the world's first multi-site cloud casino experience called the IGT Cloud. The new technology offers analytical reporting tools which offer insight into product performance on a game-by-game basis. Operators can remotely change the games on the floor to provide a more customized gambling experience.[20]
Grosvenor Casinos partnered with Tensator in 2014 to create virtual casino hosts. The Tensator Virtual Assistant Ultra stands 50 cm x 50 cm and replicates a live game in real time. The assistant also offers a range of information for players and other frequently asked questions.[21]
In February 2014, The Rank Group and Grosvenor Casinos joined with Jumio to use their Netverify solution. This was integrated into the casino's online database and is designed to provide customers with a more efficient identification procedure. Customers are required to scan their passport or driving license via their device camera, and Netverify then authenticates it using a range of security features.[22]
In November 2016 Grosvenor Casinos has confirmed the launch of new sports betting offering for its online and land-based players.[23]
Grosvenor awarded TCS John Huxley a new 3-year deal to service and maintain their gaming equipment across the UK, starting February 2015.[24]
Awards[edit]
International Gaming Awards[edit]
Grosvenor and Rank were awarded the 'Casino Operator of the Year' award at the 2013 International Gaming Awards.[25] Rank Group were awarded the 'Socially Responsible Operator of the Year Land Based' award in 2014 and 2015.[26][27]
Women in Gaming Awards[edit]
Grosvenor Casinos’ HR team were awarded Team of the Year at the Women in Gaming independent annual awards in June 2012. The team, led by Fiona Regan Head of HR, were awarded for their successful Hearts and Minds initiative, which focused on internal and employee recognition.[28]
In 2014 they won the same award whilst also picking up the Inspiration of the Year award.[29]
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