The final table at the Baltic Festival was an all-European table. Among the players were two PokerStars qualifiers: Johan Nilsson from Sweden and Kenneth Danielsen from Norway; the only PokerStars sponsored player was Claus Bek Nielsen. The chip leader was the Danish player Michael Fardan. The first player to bust out of the final table… Read more »
It’s almost certain that all poker players wish to win one of the biggest online tournaments, and PokerStars gives them the opportunity every weekend. The number of players who want to take a chance at the Sunday Million increases as time passes, and this weekend was no exception. There were a total of 7,962 players,… Read more »
Innovation is a very important objective at Cake Poker, since they aim to be the trend makers in an industry that has very tough competition. To stay on top of things and be able to offer new features that all players will value, Cake Poker listens to their customers’ suggestions and implements the ones that… Read more »
November is full of poker everywhere, and the November Nine will gather to play until there’s one man standing and the new world champion takes Peter Eastgate’s place. But before that happens Full Tilt Poker will be hosting the FTOPS events 48 hours from now. The added prize pool for these events will be $20… Read more »
Party Poker hosts a 1 million dollar guaranteed tournament once per month and in November that special day is this upcoming Sunday, when players will have the opportunity to win life-changing money in this outstanding tournament. All Party Poker players will be able to play at the event either by qualifying through one of the… Read more »
Tom “durrrr” Dwan is considered to be among the best poker players in the world, and this year has been a veritable seesaw for him. At the beginning of the year he had one of the biggest downswings in his career, which took his bankroll into red numbers for almost 4 million dollars. He managed… Read more »
Day 1A brought a larger field of players than last year – just like the tournament organization was expecting. A total of 307 players entered the tournament and the majority have busted out by now. The field has gotten tougher and the players remaining have had skill and luck on their side to survive up… Read more »
Absolute Poker will have hundreds of thousands of dollars on the line this weekend, and all of their players can participate in the different tournaments that will give them a chance to take some of that money home. Players will get to warm up and improve weaknesses in their game with today’s guaranteed tournament schedule… Read more »
PokerStars has become more involved in the live tournament scene, promoting some of the major tournaments world wide like the EPT, APPT, CSPT and of course the LAPT. Part of the huge logistics operation behind these great events is deciding where the tournament stops will be. Because coordinating such events cannot be done in a… Read more »
One of the most prestigious tournaments in the world will be played this upcoming January and it will have AUS $2.5 million on the line. Some of the best poker players in the world have their calendar marked for this yearly event that has the biggest prize pool in the Australian continent. In 2009 there… Read more »
The Baltic Festival has been a success all around. The city, Tallinn is a beautiful place and the Swissotel is just a top notch place where players feel comfortable in their tobacco free environment. Day 1A ended with a few notable players busting in the late stages of the day. PokerStars player Shaun Deeb unfortunately… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker Pro Phil Ivey was featured in this weeks WSOP coverage on ESPN because he is by far the player who will attract the most attention from the media as well as from the players railing the action. Like all of the ‘November Nine’, Ivey has one million dollars guaranteed in his pocket,… Read more »
Ultimate Bet has a total of $326K spread out in the different guaranteed tournaments through the day, including the largest guaranteed tournament on the internet. The first guarantees start at noon but the action gets interesting at 7 pm when a $55 $15K tournament with re-buys will have players fighting for their way into the… Read more »
A popular name at the Full Tilt high stakes tables is Ilari “Ziggmund” Sahamies, who has measured-up against some of the best poker players in the world and has demonstrated that he definitely has the skill to play against them. Ziggmund showed what he is capable of recently at Full Tilt where he ran over… Read more »
The beautiful city of Tallinn is the location for the Baltic Festival which has brought around 300 players to battle it out in hopes of leaving this gorgeous city with a fat check in their pocket. Day one A kicks off today with 130 players and play will stop when there’s probably 60 players left. … Read more »
Not only does PokerStars have some of the best promotions in the industry but they also sponsor some of the biggest live tournament series. They started out with the already famous European Poker Tour and quickly added the Asian Pacific Poker Tour and the Latin American Poker Tour. On top of all that, PokerStars has… Read more »
Absolute Poker will be hosting a Halloween Treat tournament that will have players battling to make it to the top five positions and earning their seat to the Sunday $200K. The buy-in will be $30 + $3 but there are plenty of not-so-scary satellites running around the clock at only $2.20. The Absolute Poker schedule… Read more »
Just this weekend the EPT Warsaw saw Frenchman Chistophe Benzimra win the top prize of $533K and PokerStars is already hosting satellite events to the next European Poker Tour event on schedule. This time around the tour will take poker players from around the world to the beautiful resort called Algarve in Vilamoura, Portugal. The… Read more »
All Party Poker players wait patiently for the opportunity to play at the biggest guaranteed tournament that is hosted on the first Sunday of each month. Not all poker rooms offer such an outstanding prize pool and the opportunity to win life changing money. The best part of it all is the many ways of… Read more »
It’s almost the end of the month which means FTOPS and its $20 million in guaranteed prizes is fast approaching. But before the FTOPS XIV start there will be a unique tournament hosted that will have players fighting to make it to the money and take home a chunk of the $250K that will be… Read more »
Ultimate Bet has thought of a promotion that will have all their players battling at their virtual felts for one of the five seats that will be on the line in a Halloween Treat $200K Giveaway tournament on Saturday October 31 at 8:30 pm. The top five players will be awarded a seat to the… Read more »
A new player under the screen name “Isildur1” has been spotted at the high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker. Apparently he wants to gamble it up against some of the best poker players in the world. Over his first 4K hands his balance took a dive of about half a million dollars but he… Read more »
Titan Poker will be rewarding their cash players with extra cash during the second half of October. When playing at cash games all players will earn stars and in order to qualify for the extra cash prizes there has to be a minimum of stars accumulated by each player. The higher the amount of stars… Read more »
The European Poker Tour Warsaw did not have as many players as expected, but there were still plenty of experienced players and pros among the field. PokerStars pro Dario Minieri did not have one of his best performances but he entered the High Roller event and managed to win it. After that he decided to… Read more »
It was a busy weekend at the PokerStars tables again as players from all parts of the world wanted to win a percentage of the huge prize pools up for grabs. The Sunday Million’s prize pool swelled to $1,648,400 and a total of 1,260 players would leave the tournament with extra money in their PokerStars… Read more »
