The PKR Masters will take place on the last Saturday each month at 8 p.m. (GMT) and feature the biggest prize pool ever seen on PKR.
With a $75,000 prize pool guaranteed each time, the winner will walk away with at least $18,000 from the tournament. All it takes for a shot at the money is a $250 buy-in, or players can get into daily satellites for the event for as little as $1.28.
"The PKR Masters offers players an exciting new prize pool to aim for in a highly playable format that allows the cream to rise to the top," said Neil Wright, PKR cardroom manager.
When players sit down at the PKR Masters, their buy-in gets them a starting stack of $5,000 in chips. Plus there is a 20-minute clock and broader blind structures that will bring more playability for the tournament according to PKR.
"We're really excited about this and are looking forward to offering players ever increasing guaranteed prize pools as PkR's player base continues to grow," Wright said.
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FTOPS VII: H.A., Razz find winners
First up was the $200+$16 H.A. (Pot-Limit Hold'em and Pot-Limit Omaha) event hosted by Rino Mathis. With 777 players showing up for the event, the guaranteed $100,000 prize pool was boosted to $155,400.
Paying out to 72 places, the person who benefited the most in the event was Gigid. The Canadian took the top spot and the $37,296 first-place prize.
The top 10 players in the event were:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Gigid | $37,296 |
| 2nd | Teledonk | $23,310 |
| 3rd | Nate Jizzle | $17,482.50 |
| 4th | guillaumezur69 | $13,209 |
| 5th | 1shini1 | $10,101 |
| 6th | Bedard | $6,993 |
| 7th | BrickMaterial | $4,817.40 |
| 8th | theGrooouuuch | $3,729.60 |
| 9th | sactophillycnxn | $2,797.20 |
| 10th | StackemDeep | $1,554 |
Also making it into the Money was Scott Fischman. He came in 51st place for $427.35. This is his fifth cash in the FTOPS VII so far, with his best be 12th place in Event 2.
The second event on the agenda Thursday was the $300+$22 Razz tournament hosted by Huck Seed. Even with a relatively low turnout of 592 players, the guaranteed $150,000 prize pool ended up at $177,600. That paid out to 64 spots with first place receiving $41,185.44.
It was American player scotyno who proved he knew how to play the low hands best and was the beneficiary of the first-place prize.
The top 10 players in the event were:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | scotyno | $41,185.44 |
| 2nd | DrOfDonkology | $27,084 |
| 3rd | Q_Q_Q | $18,825.60 |
| 4th | TheOriginalLP | $12,076.80 |
| 5th | Snowpeak | $7,459.20 |
| 6th | dreamguy4real | $5,150.40 |
| 7th | 1BIGpoppapump1 | $3,907.20 |
| 8th | mman_status | $2,664 |
| 9th | Keysus84 | $1,864.80 |
| 10th | MattyDaCobra | $1,864.80 |
Full Tilt Poker pro Chip Jett also managed to crack the money, coming in at 63rd.
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U.K. court upholds Gutshot conviction
Kelly was originally convicted last year of violating the Gaming Act 1968. His offense was hosting Texas Hold'em tournaments at the Gutshot Club in December 2004 and January 2005 and collecting a rake on the games, which British law considered "games of chance."
The judge at the time fined Kelly £10,000 and sentenced him to two years' jail time, though Kelly received an immediate conditional discharge based upon his character. Kelly immediately appealed the conviction, leading to the decision this week.
The appeal was based on several factors. Kelly's defense team suggested that the first judge had ordered the jury to base its decision on the earlier Betting and Gaming Act 1960, rather than the later, more relevant Gaming Act 1968.
The team also submitted to the Court several decisions from courts in Canada and the United States regarding games of mixed skill and chance, such as contract bridge.
The Court upheld the appeal based on its interpretation of the 1968 law, which it said did not distinguish between games that were mostly skill and those that were mostly chance. It also noted that the judge in the original case had properly instructed the jury, and in some regards may have even had them lean in Kelly's favor.
While some media outlets have reported the case as resolving once and for all that poker is a game of luck, the facts of the case argue differently. The judge in the original case noted that the expression "game of chance," as defined in the 1968 statute, was meant to include any game that combined chance and skill.
If the definition of "game of chance" were changed by Parliament, Hold'em - which the Court accepted in Kelly's original case as being approximately 70% skill and 30% chance - could be classified differently.
As of today, Kelly has issued no comment on the court's decision.
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