The high stakes Omaha tables on Full Tilt have seen a lot of action recently; Full Tilt Poker Pro Gus Hansen experienced some large swings on Wednesday the 29th, taking a $550K loss. However, the downswing did not affect him as he recovered on Thursday and Friday with an estimated $900K in winnings. Cole South,… Read more »
With the World Series of Poker coming to a close, you may have thought that the lucrative, big prize pool tournaments of the summer were over… think again! FTOPS XIII kicks off Wednesday August, 6th on Full Tilt Poker and will feature $16 million in guaranteed prize pools, spread over 25 events, each of which… Read more »
PokerStars’ newly founded Australia New Zealand Poker Tour continued this week in Queenstown, New Zealand and when all was said and done a local man, Danny Chevalier, walked away with the top prize and championship trophy. The $2,500 Main Event drew 135 entrants for a combined prize pool of $303,750, paying out 18 positions. Chevalier,… Read more »
Ultimate Bet will be hosting two $30+$3 buy-in No Limit Hold’em rebuy tournaments, each with a $15K Guaranteed prize pool tonight at 7pm, and 10pm EST. The winners will take home $7,500, the runners up $4,500 and the third place finishers will earn $3,000 for their efforts. The tournament will have plenty of play, with… Read more »
PokerStars hosted the first No Limit Hold’em Turbo Tourney that awarded the first five entries to the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker, which will take place on September 3rd through the 20th. The tournament will host 45 events that will be played in 18 days, and the main event will have a buy-in of… Read more »
Cake Poker launched the Gold Card Race a month ago, and Jotun665 has shown to be the indisputable leader week after week, winning or placing every week of the race so far and positioned in the lead for this week already. The Cake Poker blog enthuses about Jotun665’s prowess: “He took down first place last… Read more »
The high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker have been very busy lately, with Full Tilt Poker Pros Phil Ivey, Patrick Antonius, Richard Ashby, Brian Townsend and Gus Hansen playing on a daily basis and taking home big profits. Some of the players they have faced are Tom “durrrr” Dwan, DIN_FRU, HarrisMP, OMGClayAiken and David Benyamine to… Read more »
Titan Poker is giving out $50K in Cash Game Jackpots, split among different categories so every player has the opportunity to take home a piece of the action. Titan Poker players will earn points by playing at cash tables; those points will rank on Daily Races and accumulate towards the Weekly $5,000 Jackpot and the… Read more »
The online poker site CD Poker has begun running satellites to the yearly Irish Winter Festival, a tournament series to be held in Dublin, Ireland in October. CD Poker is offering a variety of ways to win one of their $4,000 packages; the packages include $1,025 for airfare and spending money, €360 for four nights… Read more »
Absolute Poker has signed on as an official sponsor of the upcoming Sports Legends Challenge to be held September 14-17th. This unique competition allows for fans to not only visit with legendary athletes, but provides them the opportunity to compete with them head to head. Throughout the four day competition participants will compete with their… Read more »
Starting on August 2nd Titan Poker will be hosting the Scandinavian Titan Championship, a competition that allows for players in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland to play for cash prizes and a prestigious title. Titan Poker is offering multiple opportunities to qualify for the final tournament in December, where 50 players will play for… Read more »
The online poker room Betsafe is stepping up their normal promotions and offering an enormous $150,000 in race promotions to their players throughout the month of August. Betsafe’s race programs are unique in that they appeal to all players; those who play tournaments and cash games will both have an opportunity to win lucrative cash… Read more »
Ultimate Bet’s Blog Tournament has proven a great success over the last 7 months, rallying up to 2000 players for the blogger-only freeroll. This has prompted Ultimate Bet to increase the prize pool to $1,000 and run a special edition: the Delicious Blog Freeroll. Delicious is a well known social bookmarking site that allows users… Read more »
The Bodog Mini Poker Series ended last week, and as a result there is already one player on his way to next year’s WSOP Main Event. Many players entered the 13 Mini Poker Series events, placed in the Semifinal Tournament or got a seat by being in the top ten of the Series’ Tournament Leaderboard.… Read more »
Though they may not be playing for a share of $9,000,000, the 9 finalists of Everest Poker’s Anniversary $500,000 Guaranteed Tournament will play in the same table where the November Nine are battling it out later this year. Everest Poker will offer a stepladder of qualifiers in August and September so players can pay or… Read more »
Joe Cada, the youngest member of this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event “November 9” continued his incredible month this past Sunday while reaching the final table of UltimateBet‘s $500 buy-in $100K Guaranteed tournament. While his 5th place finish at the final table yesterday was not much in comparison to the over $1.2 million… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker experienced another successful Sunday as all of their major ‘Guaranteed’ tournaments far exceeded expectations. The flagship Sunday tournament, the 6:00pm EST $750K guaranteed boasted the largest prize pool it has seen all summer, with 4,401 players putting up the $200+$16 entry fee in hopes of taking home the $155,434 first prize. Full… Read more »
Playing under the name Wu_Wizard, Kevin MacPhee (known as ImaLuckSac on PokerStars) was able to maneuver through the field of 487 players that entered the tournament to ultimately claim the $25,000 top prize; his second Bodog $100K victory this month. Read more »
Matt "ch0ppy" Kay claimed his second win in a PokerStars Million Dollar Guaranteed tournament this past Sunday by taking first place in the monthly PokerStars Turbo Takedown. Read more »
Just like the WSOP has a popular Media Event every year, Bodog is hosting its own version by inviting all poker bloggers to apply for an entry into the Bodog Poker Blogger tournament. The tournament is open to any poker bloggers or owners of legitimate gaming or sports-related blogs, and the dates for the event… Read more »
Titan Poker and the EC Poker Tour reach the Mediterranean island of Malta for a few days of luxury and poker, and Titan Poker is sending players out to enjoy this experience and have a shot at the big money. The EC Poker Tour Championship event will take place at the luxurious five-star Casino di… Read more »
Cake Poker is giving out large guaranteed prizes this weekend: from $15,000 today through $250,000 tomorrow and up to $1,000,000 to be won at the English Poker Open. Today at 3pm ET the $15,000 Guaranteed Bounty tournament will take place, with a buy-in of only $55. This is an unusual tournament because every player has… Read more »
Ultimate Bet has enhanced its software with two main improvements: the use of “username” instead of “nickname” and an improved and more secure P2P transfer system. Users who got confused with the difference between “username” and “nickname” are bound to have an easier time now: the word nickname has been completely discontinued at UB, so… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker is currently running online satellite tournaments to its new Live Tournament Series in Spain. The series of four tournaments played throughout Spain began last month with the €1,500 + €150 buy-in freeze-out. The winner, Ruben Merino Velasco walked away from Casino Gran Madrid in Torrelodones, Spain with $139,439 and the prestigious event… Read more »
This past Monday, July 20th, Party Poker launched their newest promotion: ‘The Jackpot Hunter’. This Sit-N-Go tournament promotion offers huge amounts of extra cash for players that are able to win five consecutive 10-handed Sit-N-Go tournaments at the same buy-in level. The Promotion features three different jackpots, all providing great value for the casual and… Read more »
