Railbirds were once again exited to see Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius at the durrrr Challenge tables at Full Tilt Poker as they provided a few thrills throughout the small 400 hand session they played. The small lead that Patrik had over durrrr was quickly erased as Tom took control and won a few… Read more »
Ultimate Bet has announced a unique tournament that will be played during the final table broadcast of the WSOP main on ESPN. There will be $50K up for grabs, as well as $2,000 per day spread between the top three of the Points Race and the SNG Tournament leaderboards. First place will be awarded $500,… Read more »
American poker player Jason Mercier is not new to the European Poker Tour – in season four he won the EPT San Remo and won $1,372,893 for his effort. Also in 2008, Mercier won the High Roller event in the EPT London, taking home $944K. Jason won his first World Series of Poker bracelet this… Read more »
Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies is an unpredictable player, and his aggression at the poker tables makes him a much respected opponent. He is mainly an online poker player and specializes in Omaha cash games but he can be seen occasionally in live tournaments. His live tournament winnings exceed $320K. His online earnings for 2007 were more… Read more »
The high stakes tables at Full Tilt have been getting some crazy action, and some bankrolls are taking big downswings. Players are finding time to play online even tough most of them are in Europe playing at the different events that started last week and will extend until next week. David “POKERBLUFFS” Eldar has had… Read more »
The last few days have been busy for all PokerStars pros as there are plenty of live tournaments going on in London and players have been quite busy representing their teams. At the WSOPE main event things have heated up and there are down to twelve extremely experienced players. The chip lead is currently held… Read more »
The European Poker Tour London events kick off today with a high roller tournament that boasts an impressive list of players including PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson and Ashton Griffin. Day one of the high roller event looks quite promising for all the PokerStars pros since six of the first 15 positions… Read more »
Party Poker will be hosting the World Poker Open V which is an exclusive event that will have only forty eight players fighting for the $489K prize pool in front of TV cameras in London. The event will start on October 11th. The odds are out and one of the favorites to take down the… Read more »
Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberte was blasted off into space to become the first clown and high stakes poker player to leave earth literally. He will be going to the international space station, his trip will last 12 days before returning to earth. Guy Laliberte was brought up on a middle-class family in Canada; he left… Read more »
The high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker where once again busy and a lot of action took place last night. The unidentified until now “martonas” heated things up at the tables. He started playing against Cole South in the $300/$600 and was running hot, winning nearly $230K after almost one thousand hands played. After… Read more »
Carbon Poker wants to reward players for their loyalty and they have improved their benefits program to reflect just that. Players will earn VIP points when playing real money cash games and when they buy into a tournament as well. Points will only be awarded to players that are involved in a hand and get… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker has just announced that they will be hosting the FTOPS XIV from November 4th through the 15th. The total guaranteed prize pool is $16 million, but given the success of recent FTOPS’, prizes will increase and in some cases double, so the total prize pool will be well over sixteen million. The… Read more »
Canadian player Daniel Negreanu is among the best poker players in the world, with live tournament earnings in excess of $11 million. He currently holds four World Series of Poker bracelets, and has won back to back events in the World Poker Tour for a combined $2.8 million. Negreanu has been around the biggest live… Read more »
September 2006 affected US poker players and a lot of poker rooms that had to stop taking action from US customers. Party Poker was the largest poker room in the world, but took a major hit after shutting their doors to US customers, and had to redirect their advertising and promotions to other parts of… Read more »
Howard Lederer is a very successful poker player; he has won two WSOP bracelets, two WPT Championship titles and three Bellagio titles. Besides his achievements as a poker player he has also succeeded in life as a business man. He is one of founders of Full Tilt Poker but all of his achievements are not… Read more »
The WCOOP event series ended a few days ago and this past weekend PokerStars had more than $2 million in guaranteed prize pools, but that is not enough for the biggest online poker room. They are now offering a brand new Porsche and cash prizes to the top 100 players in an exclusive tournament. New… Read more »
Ultimate Bet has had a busy year; they released a Mac friendly version of their software platform which will allow players to access all types of games and tournaments that are offered on the PC version. Another upgrade they recently announced was the new feature called SecureID PIN. The feature can be easily activated once… Read more »
Overall the past few days has been slow at the high stakes tables, since most of the poker pros are playing at the WSOPE and other live events that are taking place right now. But not all the high stakes players are gone; David Benyamine, Ashton “theASHMAN103” Griffin, Tom “Kingsofcards” Marchese, David “POKERBLUFFS” Eldar, Di… Read more »
Brazilian player Alexandre “Allingomes” Gomes has had a remarkable performance in the past twenty four months. He has showed that his skills are top notch in live and online tournaments. His first big career prize was the PokerStars Wednesday 150 Grand in February 2008 were he took the 1st place prize for $65K; his biggest… Read more »
Absolute Poker will have hundreds of thousands of dollars in guaranteed prize pools this weekend. The prizes will be spread among the different tournaments that will be held this weekend. Players will get a chance to warm-up for the tourneys that will be played this weekend with a $15K guaranteed re-buy tourney that will be… Read more »
PokerStars has some of the largest guaranteed prize pool tournaments each week. Today, PokerStars will be offering the following big guaranteed prize pools: the Daily Thirty Grand at 2 pm, the Daily Eighty Grand at 3 pm, a $60K guaranteed $11+R No Limit Hold’em tourney at 4pm, and a No Limit Hold’em tournament with a… Read more »
The World Series of Poker Europe has taken the spotlight in the poker world and captured the attention of some of the best players in the world. The WSOPE started on September 17th and we are one day away from the Main Event. A Pot Limit Omaha tournament started on September 23rd and the field… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker has become a favorite poker room among high stakes players; hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars switch from one bankroll to another in a matter of minutes. It’s very easy to spot some of the best players in the world playing at Full Tilt in one of the many different… Read more »
The EPT Barcelona ended just a few weeks ago; the field had 478 players and included twenty three poker stars pros such as Marcin Horecki, Noah Boeken, Thierry Van Den Berg, Jason Mercier, Johnny Lodden, Katja Thater, Peter Eastgate, Marcel Luske, Lex Veldhuis, Pieter de Korver, Vanessa Rousso, Ivan Demidov, Dario Minieri, Daniel Negreanu and… Read more »
Railbirds around the world just witnessed another session in which Full Tilt Poker pro Gus Hansen did not have his A game running. In addition to that, some of the best high stakes players in the world were in the right place at the right time to take Gus Hansen’s money. It looked like they… Read more »
