Action this Sunday was fast and furious with the Sunday Warm-Up attracting 4,236 players – an increase of over 250 players from last week’s event – which created a prize pool of $847,200. After 10 hours of play the tournament awarded “ShiFtYFiNGeR” $132,950 for 1st place. The final table results were: 1st place – ShiFtYFiNGeR… Read more »
The rumours have been floating around for a while now but it is now confirmed that on September 1st 2010, Dan Fleyshman, the founder and CEO of Victory Poker, will officially announce the news of Victory Poker moving away from the Everleaf network and over to the Cake network. The Everleaf network is one of… Read more »
Party Gaming and Bwin have recently issued a joint statement which confirms long time rumours of the two companies merging. As they stand on their own both companies are giants, but with this merger it will form the largest listed online gaming companies with a net worth of approximately US$4 billion. This merger will effectively… Read more »
We are half way through UBOC5 now and had some exciting results so far with hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake. Event #1 was a $320 No Limit Hold’em event with a prize pool of $243,810. The tournament was won by “PBDRUNKS” for $54,759. UB.com came close to having a sponsored pro at the… Read more »
The first tournament that begins a long Sunday grind for players was the Sunday Warm-Up had 3,984 players enrolled and created a prize pool of $796,800. This 10 hour tournament led to an eventual win for “YugiohPro” taking home $104,060 which was agreed after a 3-way chop. The final table results were: 1st place –… Read more »
FTOPS XVII has come to an end, and a champion has been crowned. Mike “chapmoney” Chappus secured two wins during the 34 event series, a truly awesome accomplishment. Chapmoney’s first win came in Event #3, the $322 buy-in 6-max No Limit Holdem 4x Shootout Turbo, netting him $68,040. His second win came later in Event… Read more »
August 18th officially kicks off UB.com’s multi-million dollar series UBOC5. The series runs over 12 days and hosts 20 events. Running concurrently with the UBOC is the Mini-UBOC, a series of games with lower buy-ins. Regardless of your bankroll, the UBOC series has an event to suit all players The UBOC’s buy-ins for the events… Read more »
Another Sunday, another action-packed day at the virtual felt of PokerStars. Starting with the Sunday Warm-Up, which hosted 4,337 entrants, created a prize pool of $867,400. The tournament ran a little over 10 hours and gave the winner “Ansgar2000” over $136,000. The final table results were: 1st place – Ansgar2000 – $136,079 2nd place –… Read more »
It is less than four weeks now until online poker’s biggest event starts. The much anticipated World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) kicks off Sunday September 5th on PokerStars. The series runs over 23 days and hosts 62 events. Buy-ins for the events range from $215 up to $25,500 and all disciplines of poker are… Read more »
FTOPS XVII has been running for over a week now and we are halfway through another exciting event. Highlights from the popular tournament series includes Event 3 which saw Full Tilt Pro Jeff Madsen come so close to a win with a 3rd place finish that pocketed him a nice payday of $28,000. Coming in… Read more »
Whether you’re looking for to buy-in directly to a main event satellite or win a seat as cheaply has possible, Bodog Poker has a tournament for you. Main Event Cheap Seat Tournaments run every day at 3:30am and 2:15pm ET. The buy-in is just $1 and two $16.50 seats are guaranteed in every satellite. Primary… Read more »
Walking into the Rio – home of the World Series of Poker -is a surefire way to bump into at least a few familiar faces you’ve seen on T.V. over the years. Unlike most other professional games, the Average Joes get to sit with the greats on a regular basis. Whether it be Phily Ivey,… Read more »
Team Titan member Marvin Rettenmaier, who hails from Germany, made waves in Event #11: $1500 No Limit Hold’em at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Rettenmaier and eight other players outlasted 2,563 runners to reach the final table. Among those who had a shot at a bracelet was Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan, who also stood to… Read more »
Prior to the most recent Latin American Poker Tour event in Lima, Peru, no player had two LAPT titles to their name. However, with his victory in Peru – worth a hefty $250K – Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero became the first player to complete the feat. What’s perhaps more impressive is that this marks back-to-back LAPT… Read more »
As always, PokerStars was full of action this past weekend, with scores of players showing up to try to win life-changing money. Numbers were slightly down across the board, probably in part because of the weekend tournaments at the World Series of Poker, but there was still plenty of money to be won. First on… Read more »
DoylesRoom, which is part of the Cake Poker Network, recently unveiled their version of knockout tournaments – Prime Time Fights. Every Tuesday and Thursday night, DoylesRoom will now feature $30+3 tournaments where every player has a $5 bounty on their head. Additionally, there’s incentive to play in the Prime Time Fights regularly as there are… Read more »
The World Series of Poker kicked-off last Friday, but there’s still a month before the Main Event begins, which means there’s plenty of time for online players to win their seat on PokerStars. The world’s largest online poker site remains the best place to qualify for the prestigious tournament, with winners receiving packages that include… Read more »
To coincide with the start of the 2010 Word Series of Poker, PartyPoker recently launched their WSOP for Life promotion.The prize up for grabs is exactly what it sounds like: paid entry to the World Series of Poker Main Event for life (which, for the purposes of this promotion, is 20 years). The details of… Read more »
In his blog, poker legend Doyle Brunson recently discussed the trials and tribulations of the CEREUS Network. For those who are unaware, the CEREUS Network, which has found itself in the news for all the wrong reasons lately, suffered a security breach that cast another dark cloud over both UB.com and Absolute Poker. UB.com has… Read more »
As usual, PokerStars was action packed over the weekend. Things kicked-off with the Sunday Warm-Up, which garnered 4029 players and a $805K prize-pool. When all was said and done, Boruzze came out on top, taking home $126.5K for his efforts. Losing the heads up battle and settling for $94K was ryanghall, whie Cule100 grabbed $66K… Read more »
Beginning June 1st, Cake Poker is sweetening their Super Turbo prizes by 50%. With the Gold Stacks Cash grab, Super Turbo frequent player rewards are twice as juicy and, what’s more, there’s no cap on how much you can win. Between June 1st and June 30th, Cake Poker players are invited to win as much… Read more »
Bodog Poker, a site that is trying to break back into the market following a significant loss of traffic after the UIGEA, recently unveiled a new software update. The details of the update can be found below, as per Bodog Poker’s press release: 1. Flaming Hands for Good Hands: When a player gets a flush… Read more »
With pro sponsored poker tables like the new Ivey Room in the Aria popping up all over the place, big name endorsements are all the rage right now. Never one to to fall behind the times, PokerStars recently unveiled Daniel’s Room – a set of exclusive high-stakes cash games tables sponsored by Team Pro Daniel… Read more »
So you can’t make it out to Vegas this year for the World Series of Poker? Never fear, Full Tilt Poker has you covered with their Mini Series of Poker, which begins the same day as the big series – May 28th. Full Tilt Poker will be hosting 57 shadow events that are 1/100th the… Read more »
This coming Sunday, UB.com and partner site Absolute Poker will be rewarding every ring game player across the CEREUS Network with twice the number of UltimatePoints and AbsolutePoints for a full 24-hours. The Pour Hour promotion, which is normally offered for a six hour period, is being upped to a full day by UB.com. For… Read more »
