Nick Custerson

Full Tilts MiniFTOPS XVII is complete with some massive pay-outs made for pretty small buy-ins. Some on the most noteworthy events were: Event 16, the 2nd most expensive tournament of the series, the $109 No Limit Hold’em tournament had 4,011 entrants creating a prize pool of $401,100, over $100,000 more than the initial guarantee. The…

The second weekend of the WCOOP series had 5 events, paying out over a cool $6.6 million. Saturday’s action started with event 38, the $530 No Limit Hold’em Heads Up tournament. 943 entrants came to play, creating a prize pool of $471,500 and leaving $128,500 to PokerStars to meet the guarantee of $600,000. Day one…

It was only ten months ago when PokerStars celebrated their 40 billionth hand being dealt and now they are about to deal their 50 billionth hand. As the site has historically done, the 50 billionth hand and milestone hands leading up to it are packed with rewards for players. Starting from hand number 49,700,000,000 and…

Get ready tournament players, because we’re just two weeks away from the fifth installment of the Bodog Poker Open Championship Series. With this series there will be two forms of tournament schedules, the primary being a “Championship Series” which hosts eight events with buy-ins ranging from $33 up to $500. The second schedule is the…

The weekend had 4 WCOOP events running, which paid out a cool $6.5 million. Action started off with event 19, the $109 No Limit Hold’em tournament with 10 minute blind levels. With 11,085 players, PokerStars put up the additional $141,500 to meet the guaranteed prize pool of $1.25 million. The 10 minute blind levels created…

The MiniFTOPS has had a steep increase in popularity, as shown when event one of the series exceeded its guaranteed prize pool by almost 100%. The $22 buy-in No Limit Hold’em event had a field of 14,938 players getting close to a $300,000 guarantee. The event saw a 4way deal made at the final table…

Rosario, Argentina is this year’s home to the Grand Final of the Latin America Poker Tour (LAPT). The $5,000 tournament which takes place in the City Centre Casino in Rosario will be running from 23rd – 26th September. Players will experience one of the best tournament structures (with a starting stack of 20,000 in chips…

The heats to decide who will be at the final table of the Party Poker World Open VI are underway. Three have been completed with another three to come. This year’s tournament has 48 entrants investing $10,000 for their shot at the prize pool of $480,000, with a reserved $200,000 for first place. Each winner…

Antanas Guoga, best known in the poker world as Tony G, is one of the most recognizable players in the world of poker. Known for his outlandish behaviour at the table, combined with natural ability, Tony G is one of the most successful Australian players in the world. Born in Lithuania, Tony moved to Australia…

With FTOPS XVII in the books, we are now moments away from starting the MiniFTOPS series. The series is tailored to suit players with any bankroll, giving everyone a chance to make a big win and get a huge return of their investment. With buy-ins ranging from as little as $11 and up to $216…

The regular Sunday schedule wasn’t on this weekend, due to the much anticipated 9th annual WCOOP kicking off. PokerStars was full of  professional players online on Sunday. We saw the first 3 events kick off Sunday: * $215 6max No Limit Hold’em * $10,300 High Rollers No Limit Hold’em * $215 No Limit Hold’em Event…

It has been less than two weeks and the second durrrr challenge is already over 10% completed. There is no doubt that the progress is much better than the first challenge which is between Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius. That one has been running for over 19 months now. Recapping the fundamental rules of…

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…

With lifetime winnings of over $4 million and two World Poker Tour championships, Victory Poker pro Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little should be no stranger to any poker player. Similar to many of today’s younger players, FieryJustice was introduced to online poker through playing Magic: The Gathering. The moment FieryJustice turned 18 he began playing online poker.…

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…

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…

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…

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 –…

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…