The format is tournament poker so there is a winner at each event. The top players from each venue are then invited to play in the finals, for prizes. Each player is registered to a venue and their results are entered onto a league table. The idea is simple, we find pubs / bars which have quiet nights and put bums on seats. Upon returning to the UK and a frantic search on ebay for equipment The Nuts Poker League held the first event on 21st Nov 2005. SB: I first saw the concept of poker in bars in Canada on a visit to see my father in Oct 2005. readers or anyone familiar with the Dragons Den show) please tell us a bit about The Nuts Poker League and how it all came about.
HB: For our readers who are not in the know (which likely excludes our U.K. Holdemback: Steve Bellis, thank you for taking time out from running The Nuts Poker League and answering a few questions.
