WSOP Predictions: Difficult task for any...

In less than a week, I’ll be packing up and leaving balmy Santa Barbara for a 6 week stint in the oven of Las Vegas. I’m really excited about it but I’ll definitely miss this awesome weather. I can’t wait to catch up with all my friends there and am very much looking forward to spending some time just hanging out and chatting poker with people again. There has...

Kara Scott: It’s the End of the Wo...

At least it seems that way… earthquakes, volcanos – whatever next!? I was due to leave England to return to the USA after a month in Europe, on the very day that volcanic ash first closed the airspace. I was one of the immensely lucky people who had a flight that was due to leave just an hour before they closed the airport. If I hadn’t managed to make that flight, I...

Kara Scott: Things are getting a bit sil...

It’s been a mad time here at Les Ambassadeurs in London for the Party Poker Big Game. The cash table is running for 48 hours straight and I’ve been hosting the 7pm to 7am sections for the TV coverage which will air later this year on UK TV before being sold internationally. We’ve reached the halfway point through our second night and there are still two players who...

Irish Open: Up and down like a yoyo...

I wish I could tell you a tale of a victorious day 1 that saw me crushing the field and bagging up a mountain of chips, but I’m afraid that’s just not the case. I drew a seat at a table that definitely wasn’t terrible but did give me two British Pros to my left (including Jon Kalmar who is a friend and a lovely bloke but I don’t want him on my left, thanks) and...

Kara Scott: Off to Dublin for the Irish ...

Once the Women’s World Open was finished, I headed to Brighton for some time off with my friends. I’ve really loved living in California but crossing into East Sussex definitely felt like coming home and it’s been a lovely week of catching up with people and running errands. One of the less pleasant errands was visiting my dentist up in London. Not that he’s a...

Women’s World Open: It all passed ...

After a great time in Toronto and a quick hop across the pond, I landed in London all fired up for the World Women’s Open. Actually, that’s a lie. I was a whingeing little cry-baby full of jet lag. I think ‘fired up’ sounds better though. After 4 hours of sleep (seriously, jet lag is just brilliant) I was off to the studio around 9am to work on the first heat...

Women’s World Open Day 1: Dreams c...

Hello guys and girls, for all the new ones, please do not ‘hendonmob’ me – I am still a rookie. Presenting and blogging is my major, but poker is my true love so with a little luck, I will be presenting myself to the final table tomorrow. I know it will sound like an absolute cliche but Party Poker is completely treating me like a diva since I got to London. Receiving...

Kara Scott’s Canadian travel adven...

After a crazy journey yesterday, I finally arrived in Toronto at the hotel JUST in time to sit down at the Party Poker VIP game as a bounty. My day started day before around 8am when I headed out to the airport. I left myself plenty of time (I’m a bit compulsive that way) and thank goodness I did as once I arrived at the airport I realised that trying to pass myself off as a...

Kara Scott: Heading back to England...

The past week has been a really great chance to relax and catch up with my friend Nick Wealthall who has been visiting us here in Southern California from the UK. Funnily enough, I’m actually heading back to England before he is as there is a lot going on back there. World Women’s & Irish Open Party Poker have asked me to play in the World Women’s Open for them and...

NBC Heads Up: It didn’t last quite...

The NBC Heads Up tournament was a pretty amazing experience. Not to give anything away (although the results have been posted pretty much everywhere online already), but it didn’t last quite as long as I would have liked it to! It was a real honour to be invited to be part of the 64 poker players taking part. The night before the tournament started we had a big red carpet and a...