After a remarkable ’09 in terms of high stakes action, the high stakes tables at Full Tilt don’t look so interesting. Railbirds miss the insane action that invaded the tables at the end of the year but there’s a reason why things have cooled at Full Tilt. First of all the suspension imposed to Brian… Read more »
After having a field of more than fifteen hundred players and two tough days of competition at the tables, the field was cut back to 884 players for day two. The final numbers are out and the first place winner will be taking a $2.2 million prize and a total of 224 players will take… Read more »
The Euro City Poker Tour will be hosting its next event in Barcelona, the event will start on March 19th and it will run until March 21st. Titan Poker has already awarded a total of twelve packages and there are more available each week. Each package will include the buy-in into the main event plus… Read more »
PokerStars recently announced that all US players will get the chance to meet Joe Cada in person, in the epic city of Las Vegas and what’s better, it will cost zero dollars. The date with cada will be around the main event of the recently announced North American Poker Tour, but there is no set… Read more »
Even as the huge PCA event is taking place in the Bahamas, PokerStars is working to run interesting live tournaments in all parts of the world, and it has been successful at it in most parts of the world thus far. One tour that was definitely missing was in North America, which has finally become… Read more »
One more year has passed by and the poker community will remember the remarkable action that was seen at Full Tilt Poker. One of the first events that remained as a hot topic for many months of last year and still pops-up as a hot topic is the durrrr challenge. The online sensation Tom “durrrr”… Read more »
After the world faced a bump in the economy, millions of people lost their jobs and most countries world wide had to help boost their local economies. The good news is that things are improving slowly and the world economy is gaining momentum. The casino and gambling industry was also affected by the world economy… Read more »
Being recognized for a whole year’s worth of hard work is something that all poker rooms would like to receive, but in such a competitive market only the best can receive the top prize for each category. The popular eGaming magazine (EGR) recently recognized the industry’s top online poker rooms and casinos with eighteen different… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker has been hosting the FTOPS events since ’06, and the series has undergone some important changes since then. The most remarkable change is in the total prize pool at stake which has grown extremely fast. The first series had a total prize pool of one million dollars distributed in eight tournaments and… Read more »
Just as estimated the 2010 PCA will break all records from previous years, as Day1A garnered a total of 668 players at the Atlantis Resort Casino. The chip lead is currently held by UK PokerStars qualifier Wayne Bentley, who managed to amass a chip stack that exceeds three hundred and twenty nine thousand which is… Read more »
Party Poker players will have their last chance to win a seat to the Premier League IV that will take place in Las Vegas. Players will have to participate in a $450 buy-in tourney on Sunday January 10th at 3:20 pm. The winner of the tournament will receive a package that will be send them… Read more »
Being only a few days away from the multi-million dollar series of events called UBOC surely builds anxiety. After all, players don’t get the chance to play for such great prizes every day and play against some members of team UB as well. Since UB wants to start the year with great prizes for all… Read more »
After six years and many million dollars awarded throughout a large amount of tournaments, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is back and bigger than ever before. There are a total of fifty events scheduled in just twelve days of play. The main event had a list of registered players that exceeded eleven hundred before the live… Read more »
December was a very good month for some Full Tilt regulars; it’s interesting to see how regulars at the $50/$100 blind level reach profits of up to $1 million per month. The outstanding feat was performed by URnotINdanger2, who has been playing remarkable sessions in the past thirty days which have taken his bankroll into… Read more »
Yesterday was the first Big Money Sunday of the year and it had four tournaments that captured the attention of thousands of players. In addition to the regular Sunday tournaments, the first Big Little Tournament was played and it received a great turnout as over 46K players registered for the $5 buy-in tournament and a… Read more »
A recently announced promotion will have all Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker players fighting their way to the top in one of the three No Limit Hold’em tournaments that will award a package to the Super Bowl, worth $12K. There will be a total of three packages at stake and only one package will be… Read more »
Titan Poker has started the New Year with a promotion that will have players from all parts of the world representing their country in a live tournament that will be held in Las Vegas. The promotion will consist of two rounds in which the players will accumulate points on one of the twelve different leaderboards,… Read more »
The holidays are over and they have taken some bad memories along with them for some players. A few Full Tilt Pros had some really bad runs in ’09 that took their bankrolls on massive roller coaster rides. Gus Hansen had a terrible ‘09 and his overall results for the past twelve months show how… Read more »
The New Year has started and millions of dollars will be awarded by PokerStars in both live and online tournaments. This past weekend was no exception, as The Sunday Million garnered eighty nine hundred players, which boosted the prize pool up to $1.7 million. The top 1,350 players made it to the money and after… Read more »
During the holiday season players tend to have a lot of time off from work to spend with their families and friends. But some players like to earn some extra bucks on the side while they celebrate their holidays and why blame them when there are so many tournaments with thousands of dollars at stake.… Read more »
Being the biggest online poker room in the world is not enough for PokerStars, they also want to have important world records under their belt, like most players at an internet poker room and largest online poker tournament. The fun part is that they already hold those world records but they enjoy breaking them. The… Read more »
Winning the WPT Five Diamond Classic earns a player respect, and because of that, some of the best players in the world take the time to enter the $15K buy-in tournament. But that’s not the only reason why players enter the tournament, they also want to take a shot at the top prizes. In ’08… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker has been hosting a weekly satellite tournament since November 2nd and will continue to do so until January 10th, 2010. Each satellite event will award at least one package to the Aussie millions, which includes the buy-in to the main event, hotel accommodations, cash to help with the traveling expenses, and an… Read more »
When Isildur1 appeared on the high stakes scene, all the regular and Full Tilt Pros wanted to play against him but he proved to be one tough opponent. He showed a lot of skill and stamina at the tables as his sessions lasted for many hours and he was able to multi-table profitably against some… Read more »
The first season of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour was a complete success. A total of 1,309 players registered for the different events. Season One schedule had five stops and the final was held at the Gold Coast, the total prize pool was $950K. Season two was recently announced by PokerStars and one more… Read more »
