In 2008 the main event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure awarded $3 million to Canadian player Poorya Nazari for defeating a field that had 1,347 players. Nazari won the biggest prize in a live tournament event with the exception of the WSOP main event. PokerStars will have free satellite events that will start today at… Read more »
There were a total of 130 players that started day two and the day would end as soon as the field was narrowed to 32 of them. When the field was down to 90 players there were three that stood out from the rest, they were the only females left from the starting field. Among… Read more »
Players will have to choose wisely when picking the tournaments that they want to participate in this weekend as there are hundreds of thousands of dollars up for grabs starting today. Players will also get the chance to experiment with the new feature that FTP has activated on a few tables called “Run It Twice”. … Read more »
Considered among the top poker pros in the world, Phil Laak is definitely a serious contender in any tournament he enters. His career earnings at live tournament events exceed $1.7 million, he has cashed a total of eight times in the WSOP and has won one WPT title and cashed six times in those events.… Read more »
Absolute Poker will have a busy schedule for all their players this weekend. Starting today they will host several guaranteed tournaments in different type of formats. The first big tourney will be played out in the No Limit Hold’em re-buy format at 7 pm ET for $15K. Two hours later a knockout tournament with $25K… Read more »
For players who are familiar with TV shows like High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark, the request of running a hand more than once is not new. Players get a better value for their money and the probabilities of hitting the card or cards they need increases. It’s mostly used when players have all… Read more »
The World Poker Open had a limited amount of seats, which meant that only 48 players that would get the chance to play for the $250K top prize. Among those players there were a few Party Poker qualifiers that earned their seat after battling tough fields in the tournaments that were available in previous months.… Read more »
The Ultimate Bet ‘Raise’ benefit program was changed recently and they have better rewards for all their players. The new features include an improved Ultimate Shopping store where players can exchange their Ultimate Points for electronics, Ultimate Bet gear, and other goodies. The Raise program has several levels, which are dictated by the amount of… Read more »
In level six on day 1B the Australian Pro Tony Hachem announced that he was all-in when the board was Kd-10d-2d-Ks-Qd. There were no callers but Tony showed his royal flush anyway. Unfortunately, the best hand in poker went to waste as nobody else wanted to push their chips into the middle of the table.… Read more »
The first episode of PokerStars’ Million Dollar Challenge featured the unlikeliest of faces as Catholic Priest Andrew Trapp hit the felt in search of a million dollars. Trapp’s first opponent, NBA star John Salley, didn’t put up much of a fight versus the Daniel Negreanu-coached priest. Daniel had an accurate read on the priests’ opponent… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker has created a tournament that will have players battling to reach the money and win a chunk of the massive $250K in a tournament called The FTOPS XIV Warm Up that will be held on November 1st. The winner of the event will also win a $535 seat to the FTOPS XIV… Read more »
Ultimate Bet pro Tiffany Michelle one of the new contestants at the Amazing Race, and she will be traveling around the world for upcoming episodes. Players can now follow the show and win cash prizes and best part of it all, it’s all free. There will be daily freeroll qualifiers that will award seats to… Read more »
Cake Poker will be giving all their players the chance to play in the European Poker Tour event in Prague and have recently announced a series of tournaments that will award seats to the live tournament. Season six of the EPT will have players making a stop at Prague. In the event last year there… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker pro Patrik Antonius is considered one of the best poker players in the world and he prefers to play cash games because he can win more money in a shorter time period. But even though he does not play in many live tournaments, he is considered a successful player in tournaments and… Read more »
PokerStars sponsored player Lee “Final Table” Nelson warned the entire day 1A field that they should stay out of his way. Unfortunately for Lee, things didn’t go as planned as on just on his second hand in the tournament all the chips were pushed in on a board that ran Q-4-5-7-4. Lee held pocket sevens… Read more »
Titan Poker is awarding packages to the Irish Winter Festival that will run from October 24th-26th. The Festival will take place in the City West Hotel in Ireland. Each package will include the $2,300 main event buy-in, four night accommodations at the City West Hotel worth about $500, $1025 for traveling expenses and some additional… Read more »
The Asian Pacific Poker tour has made its scheduled stop in Auckland and the festivities will run from October 10th and extend until October 18th. The tour is hosted at the Skycity Casino in New Zealand. The main event will start tomorrow – the buy-in is $3,250. Other tournaments that stand out are a ladies… Read more »
The Party Poker Open V got underway, but not before some controversy surrounding Luke “FullFlush1” Schwartz, who he recently got into some trouble at a London casino after grabbing a sandwich and refusing to pay for it. Luke was initially banned from the casino, but after some negotiating he was able to play on the… Read more »
The durrrr Challenge railbirds could be disappointed since durrrr and Patrick played against each other but their session was not at the official challenge tables. They played over 170 hands and their session lasted around 30 minutes. Patrik was ahead at the end and ended with a profit that was more or less $115K. The… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker has thousands of dollars on the line every weekend. Players will be able to warm-up for the weekend tournaments with several big guaranteed prize pools later today. At 6 pm a No Limit Hold’em turbo tournament with a buy-in of $200 + $16 will have a minimum of $40K up for grabs.… Read more »
PokerStars is hosting a tournament that will have players fighting for thousands of dollars in online tournament freerolls. All players that enter the tournament and finish in the top ten positions can submit an original video that will be reviewed by PokerStars and if it’s chosen the player will get to face-off against a few… Read more »
Some of the top players in the world come from the Nordic countries, including the 2008 WSOP champion Peter Eastgate who hails from Denmark. Players in Sweden created a buzz in online forums as they debated if the online screen name “martonas”, who hit the spot light at Full Tilt a few months ago, was… Read more »
The poker brat sat with the 63rd best stack when action started on day three at the Ultimate Bet 10th Anniversary Aruba Poker Classic and was still in contention for the big money. At that particular point in the tournament, Robert Mizrachi held the chips lead with 353 thousand chips. Phil is a tight player… Read more »
RedKings Poker will be offering a new promotion for all their players in which thousands of dollars up for grabs. All players have to do to participate is play poker and they will receive daily race points. Players will choose from the three different levels available. The first level requires the player to accumulate 50… Read more »
Now that the live events have ended in London, the Red Pros are hitting the virtual felt more often. Gus Hansen started the action yesterday and Cole South was crushing him, but Hansen was able to turn things around and win back a large percentage of his losses back. As action heated up at the… Read more »
