Recent Posts by givememyleg
Carl Carlson (known online as givememyleg) has been playing poker since 2004, starting after the Moneymaker boom. Without many options to play poker around his hometown, he quickly turned to online poker and started grinding out profit playing small stakes on Party Poker. Carl found FTR in November of 2005, which lead him to start bonus whoring and discussing strategy within the forum. For the next few years, he would continue to grind poker off and on, always turning a profit up to $200 NL. In 2009, Carl started focusing more of his efforts into the business side of the industry and becoming more involved behind the scenes at FTR. Carl still plays poker as a hobby and is involved in the day to day efforts at Flop Turn River. Outside of poker, Carl is happily married, has a 7 month old son and a high maintenance cat.
by givememyleg | Jan 21, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The NBC Heads Up Poker Championship has become one of the most prestigious tournaments of the year. Professionals, celebrities and some lucky amateur players start looking forward to this single elimination massive field, and the fame that comes with winning. This...
by givememyleg | Jan 19, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
With Event 13 in the books and the Main Event’s final table taking place now, the Aussie Millions is nearing its completion. I finished last week’s entry with the results of Event 9, so we’ll jump right in and keep on going with Event 10. Event 10...
by givememyleg | Jan 16, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
It’s now 2008 and there are many players who are just itching to earn themselves their next, or perhaps first, bracelet. There is a lot of talk about Hellmuth’s recent performance the last few years, and pro’s such as Allen Cunningham who has won at...
by givememyleg | Jan 16, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Live Poker Results, Poker News
Howard Lederer has taken down event 9 at the Aussie Millions taking home over $1.2 AUD. Along with 24 others, Howard stumped up $100,000 to enter this event, so it’s not surprising that only the very highest rollers paid to play in this event which included Phil Ivey,...
by givememyleg | Jan 13, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
The Aussie Millions, Southern Hemisphere’s biggest poker championship, kicked off at the Crown Casino in Melbourne Australia last week on January 5th. Nine champions have already been crowned, and the Main Event’s day 1 starts on Monday. There are 16...
by givememyleg | Jan 4, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Full Tilt has been known for its crazy and unique promotions, and they are constantly having new ones every month. They decided to start off the first weekend of the new year to give sit & go players their shot at some extra bonus cash. If you haven’t...
by givememyleg | Dec 31, 2007 | Poker News, PokerStars
Have you taken your shot at a free $500? Well if you haven’t, you have been missing out! If you are not sure what the FTR500 is, I guarantee you will want to play next month once you get done reading this. Every month, always on the 5th, FTR has a special...
by givememyleg | Dec 31, 2007 | Online Poker News, Poker News
When it comes to the online world, Poker Stars has definitely become a monster. They are easily the largest online poker room today by a landslide. However, even after saying all of that it is pretty amazing what they accomplished yesterday on Sunday December 30,...
by givememyleg | Dec 20, 2007 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
It was the last game of the season on Wednesday night, and there were still 14 people who had yet finished going all-in. There isn’t much excitement position wise, because JM has been the winner for the past few weeks, but there was still some interesting turn...
by givememyleg | Dec 19, 2007 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The players tossed chips around for the final time on High Stakes Poker. Episode 17 was the final episode of the season, and so far it has been a very interesting one. I’m not sure how it stacks up to season 3, but we will see after the final episode is over....
by givememyleg | Dec 17, 2007 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Just 2 games left in season 6 of the Gauntlet, and in game 23 we saw more people retire. 12 in total came to play, which is actually more than I had thought would show up, and we had a lot of donking around. If you are not sure what the Gauntlet is, be sure to click...
by givememyleg | Dec 17, 2007 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
It was just announced today that David “The Dragon” Pham has won the Card Player’s POY race. It was determined he had clinched the title when Jonathan Little was eliminated from the WPT Doyle Brunson Classic, as he was the only player who could have...
by givememyleg | Dec 13, 2007 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Game 22 of the gauntlet said goodbye to 4 more players, and hello to quite a few as well. Why they decide to start playing with 3 games left I don’t know, but there was definitely a lot more action than usual in this game! If you are not sure what the Gauntlet...
by givememyleg | Dec 13, 2007 | Poker News, WSOP
There have been many people anxiously awaiting the release of the 2008 World Series of Poker schedule, and finally we have to wait no longer! The WSOP posted their schedule earlier today and there are a few striking differences right off the bat. First off, they have...
by givememyleg | Dec 12, 2007 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
This is the second to last episode of season 4 in High Stakes Poker. I hope this season goes out with a bang and we actually see a $1 million+ pot, instead of deals being made! Last week’s episode wasn’t as good in comparison to episode 14, but it...
by givememyleg | Dec 11, 2007 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
It was NFL Sunday and only 13 people showed up for Game 21 of the Gauntlet. With a lot of players seasons coming to an end, I suspect these last few games will have a pretty low turnout. If you are not sure what the Gauntlet is, be sure to click on the word “Gauntlet”...
by givememyleg | Dec 6, 2007 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
When it comes to poker, David “Chip” Reese was as good as it gets. If you were to ask anyone who the best player in the world was, Chip’s name as atop of the list for many people. He was more than respected by all of the top professionals, he was...
by givememyleg | Dec 6, 2007 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
With only 5 games left, many people have reached the end of their Gauntlet VI tournaments. Game 20 said goodbye to one more and said hello to a few others. If you are not sure what the Gauntlet is, be sure to click on the word “Gauntlet” to find out and register....
by givememyleg | Dec 4, 2007 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
We are at episode 15 in season 4 of the highest cash game on television! The High Stakes Poker season 4 has been the best by far, and last week’s episode 14 was the best of the season. This 500k minimum buy-in has really made things interesting and we got to see...
by givememyleg | Dec 3, 2007 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
It was game 19 of the 6th season of the Gauntlet, and everyone came ready to spew chips left at right. If you are not sure what the Gauntlet is, be sure to click on the word “Gauntlet” to find out and register. Basically, it is FTR’s own private league where we donk...
by givememyleg | Nov 29, 2007 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Game 18 in season 6 of the FTR Gauntlet kicked off on Wednesday Nov 28, and everyone was ready from some fast action! If you are not sure what the Gauntlet is, be sure to click on the word “Gauntlet” to find out and register. Basically, it is FTR’s own private league...
by givememyleg | Nov 29, 2007 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Well it has been a while since the last Gauntlet summary has been posted. My apologies for that, I was out of town for games 14/15 and did not have a chance to view 16 because of the holidays. However I plan on resuming these for the rest of the year! If you are not...
by givememyleg | Nov 29, 2007 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
It is still the $500,000 minimum buy-in for season 4 on High Stakes Poker and the action so far has been intense. However, being that this is pretty much the half way point I am sure we are very close to seeing that $1,000,000+ pot. Judging by the previews last week,...
by givememyleg | Nov 20, 2007 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
If you watch High Stakes Poker every week like I do, you probably have loved what the $500k buyin has done for the show. For starters, it is just simply amazing staring at over $5,000,000 on the table, and also we got to see the biggest pot in televised history; an...
by givememyleg | Nov 20, 2007 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
High Stakes Poker continued their $500,000 minimum buy-in with episode 12 on their 4th season. This show featured the same players at the start of the $500k; Antonio Esfandiari, Sammy Farha, David Benyamine, Patrik Antonius, Guy Laliberte (amateur poker player, he is...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
This was the mother of the FTOPS VI tournaments, event 16; the main event! The main event has grown every year since the FTOPS started, and it didn’t stop this year. The game was No-Limit Hold’em, buyin was $500 + $35, and there was going to be at least $2...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 15 of the FTOPS VI was held on Nov 18, the final day for the series. This event was one of the newest ideas and unique tournaments, a No-Limit Hold’em Knockout. The buyin was $150 + $13, and $120 would go towards the prize pool. The additional $30 would...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
It was rebuy madness again for Event 14 of the FTOPS VI. However, on Nov 17 it was different; the game was Pot-Limit Omaha. Any game gets a little crazy with rebuys, and when you get dealt 4 cards instead of 2, it gets even better! The buyin for this event was $100...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 13 of the FTOPS VI started on Nov 17, but didn’t finish until Nov 18! This is because it was a 2-Day event, only the second of its kind. The game was No-Limit Hold’em, and only the players who play the highest stakes took part as the buyin was...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
On Nov 16 poker players were ready for Event 12 of the FTOPS VI. The game was Shorthanded Limit Hold’em and the buyin was $200 + $16. Limit Hold’em isn’t as popular as its brother No-Limit, so the prize pool was only $200,000 guaranteed. However,...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 11 of the FTOPS VI was held on Nov 15 and would be one for the hardcore poker players, HORSE. With a $500 + $35 buyin, there was at least $250,000 guaranteed. With the addition of the 50k HORSE tourney at the WSOP, this game has suddenly started to gain the...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 10 of the FTOPS VI was more rebuy madness. On Nov 14, the $300 + $22 No-Limit Hold’em rebuy tournament would take place. However, Full Tilt would make this more fun with shorthanded play (6 Max)! With $750,000 guaranteed, there was a lot of money to be...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 9 of the FTOPS 6 took place on Nov 13. The registered players were prepared to play a game that is rising in popularity, Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (aka Omaha Hi/Lo split). With a $200 + $16 buyin, Full Tilt tossed a guarantee of $150,000, which would nearly double to...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 8 of the FTOPS VI was on Nov 12 and it was one for the high stakes players. The game was No-Limit Hold’em with a huge buyin of $1000 + $60. Full Tilt guaranteed $1,000,000, but that wasn’t enough for the players. 1,332 showed up making the prize pool...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 7 of the FTOPS VI took place on Nov 11 and the game was No-Limit Hold’em. Being the most popular game today, all the prize pools for the NLHE events were massive! This one was a $300 + $22 buyin with $1,000,000 guaranteed! Once registration was closed,...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 6 of the FTOPS VI took place on November 11th and the game was 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo (aka Stud 8 or Better). The guaranteed prize pool was only $25,000, which was much smaller than all other events. This is because 7 Card Stud 8OB is pretty much a dying game and not...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 5 of the FTOPS VI took place on Nov 10 and everyone who signed up had to be prepared for some crazy rebuy madness! It was a $100 + $9 rebuy/addon with $400,000 guaranteed, and some players willing accepted 20+ rebuys in the first hour. With 1600 entrants the...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 4 of the FTOPS VI took place on Nov 10 and everyone showed up to play the action game, Pot-Limit Omaha. However, there was a twist to make it even more action packed; it was 6-max. With shorthanded play the action is drastically increased as people can’t...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 3 of the FTOPS VI took place on Nov 9. The name of the game was Pot-Limit Hold’em with a $200 + $16 buyin. Full Tilt had $300,000 guaranteed and with only 1,468 players there was a $6400 overlay! This event was hosted by the well known online pro, Jon...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 2 of the FTOPS VI took place on Nov 8. Everyone showed up to play some RAZZ, which is 7 Card Stud Lo. (Worst low hand wins, A2345 is the nuts). The buyin was $300 + $22 with a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000, however 679 players showed up making the prize...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS Event #1 Summary FTOPS VI kicked off on Wednesday, November 7th with its $216 Short Handed No Limit Hold’em event. Over 3500 people entered the event with a guaranteed prize pool of $750,000, 432 places would be paid and nearly $150,000 would go to the winner....
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | FTOPS, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker is running the FTOPS (Full Tilt Online Poker Series) again, for the 6th time! FTOPS VI is set to be the biggest one in history, with more than $9 million in guaranteed prize money! This is $2 million more than FTOPS V, which was only 3 short months...
by givememyleg | Nov 13, 2007 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
We are now over the half way hump in Season 6 of the FTR Gauntlet! If you are not sure what the Gauntlet is, be sure to click on the word “Gauntlet” to find out and register. Basically, it is FTR’s own private league where we donk around and have fun. You will see in...
by givememyleg | Nov 10, 2007 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
It is mid-season here at the FTR Gauntlet. Game 12 of 24 hit the felt on 11/7 and 19 players felt they were destined for victory. If you are not sure what the Gauntlet is, be sure to click on the word “Gauntlet” to find out and register. Basically, it is FTR’s own...
by givememyleg | Nov 7, 2007 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
If you like watching High Stakes Poker, here is the episode you could not wait to see. On 11/5, GSN aired the most anticipated episode of HSP yet, the $500,000 buy-in! Every player that bought in had to buy-in for at LEAST a half million dollars, and some did for more...
by givememyleg | Nov 5, 2007 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Flop Turn River’s Gauntlet ran this Sunday on 11/4 for game 11. If you are not sure what the Gauntlet is, be sure to click on the word “Gauntlet” to find out and register. Basically, it is FTR’s own private league where we donk around and have fun. You will see...
by givememyleg | Nov 3, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
The Epic heads up battle began with Annette Obrestad out chipping Reuben Peters about 4:1 – 2,800,000 to 600,000. The blinds begin at 8,000/16,000/2,000 and are set to go up soon. Even being outchipped 4:1 there is still plenty of room for play and I expect a...
by givememyleg | Nov 3, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
We come back to the final table in EPT Dublin with 4 left. It seemed as if no one could stop Annette, until Peters finally put a dent in her chip stack. Peters raised to 35,000 UTG and Annette re-raised to 92,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Peters quickly...
by givememyleg | Nov 3, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
The final table has begun play at the EPT Season 4 in Dublin! Here again are the players seated at the final table and their chip counts: Seat 1 Thierry Van Den Berg – 274,000 Seat 2 Daan Ruiters – 646,000 Seat 3 Reuben Peters – 176,000 Seat 4...
by givememyleg | Nov 2, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
Day 3 was filled with incredible action, most at the hands of Andrew Black and Annette Obrestad. Just a few hands after the table redraw, Annette had found another victim, Arshad Hussain. This made him the 16th place finisher, the first to win €15,320. After his...
by givememyleg | Nov 2, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
Day 3 at Season 4 EPT Dublin started with 24 players and two superstars sitting atop of the mountain. Here is how the chip counts were at the start: Andy Black – 350,300 Annette Obrestad – 284,700 Simon Munoz – 278,100 Casper Hansen – 241,800...
by givememyleg | Nov 1, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
Day 2 of the EPT Season 4 Dublin Event has stopped for the night. The players battled through 8 levels of play, and had 98 casualties, dropping from 122 to 24. The final 24 players are now in the money and gauranteed to take home at least €10,210. However, everyone...
by givememyleg | Nov 1, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
As of 7:45 PM EST, the players are down to the final 24 on 4 tables. The final casualty that will not be making money was Dave Colclough better known as “El Blondie.” Here was the hand that ended El Blondie’s day, and also made 24 people richer:...
by givememyleg | Nov 1, 2007 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
This is the first of many future Gauntlet summaries. If you are not sure what the Gauntlet is, be sure to click on the word “Gauntlet” to find out and register. Basically, it is FTR’s own private league where we donk around and have fun. You will see...
by givememyleg | Nov 1, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
Well Day 1A and 1B have gone by, and the total field of 221 players has now be reduced to 122. The total prize pool this year is €1,701,700, giving the first place winner a pretty nice payday of €532,620 (~$769,476). Some of the notable players who have made it...
by givememyleg | Oct 30, 2007 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
On 10/29, GSN aired the 10th episode of the 4th season of High Stakes Poker! After you saw Gabe and AJ arguing, they went to the felt. It had the same players seated as last week (Eli Elezra, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Harman, Brandon Adams, Sammy Farha,...
by givememyleg | Oct 30, 2007 | Poker News
On October 30, 2007 it became official that the largest poker magazine in Europe today, Bluff Europe, teamed up with UK’s only licensed card club Dusk Till Dawn (DTD). This has been in a works for a while, and both parties are very excited that the deal has been...
by givememyleg | Oct 30, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
The European Poker Tour kicked off its next stop today on October 30, 2007 in Dublin, Ireland. This event has a buyin of €7,700 + 300 and is expected to run from October 30 – November 3. This is a great stop on the tour and is played in the beautiful Merrion...
by givememyleg | Oct 29, 2007 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
This is the 9th episode of High Stakes Poker and there are the same players as last week for episode 8. (Eli Elezra, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Harman, Brandon Adams, Sammy Farha, Jamie Gold, and Phil Galfond). The first hand of the night starts off with...
