Poker in the Park
Encyclopedia
Poker in the Park is a European poker
festival
, held yearly in London
's Leicester Square
since 2008. With its free admission, the two-day long event attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year, who come for the poker seminars held at the Poker Academy, and the poker tournaments held inside the "Poker Dome". Even though the games are free, the tables are tended by professional casino dealers
, giving participants a taste of what it is like to play in a professional event.
The 2010 edition of Poker in the Park was opened by professional poker player Liv Boeree
.
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
festival
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
, held yearly in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
's Leicester Square
Leicester Square
Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England. The Square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west...
since 2008. With its free admission, the two-day long event attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year, who come for the poker seminars held at the Poker Academy, and the poker tournaments held inside the "Poker Dome". Even though the games are free, the tables are tended by professional casino dealers
Poker dealer
A poker dealer distributes cards to players and manages the action at a poker table.-Professional dealers:Any casino with a poker room must hire a staff of dealers. Casinos generally pay dealers minimum wage. However, a dealer's primary source of income is not salary, but tips from players*...
, giving participants a taste of what it is like to play in a professional event.
The 2010 edition of Poker in the Park was opened by professional poker player Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree
Olivia “Liv” Boeree is a poker player, TV presenter and model from England who won the 2010 European Poker Tour in San Remo for €1,250,000...
.