by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The FTOPS (Full Tilt Online Poker Series), is one of the world’s largest and most popular online poker tournament series. It’s been 5 years since the beginning of FTOPS and Full Tilt is in the mood to celebrate. The FTOPS began in August 2006 and has run...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
RedKings is quickly catching the eye of poker players as they have four new promotions just for the month of April! There’s the $10,000 FishMarket, $80,000 Knock’em Down, Point Per Day 15 and a 100 iPad Giveaway. The $10,000 FishMarket promotion will be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 2, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Third time’s the charm, right? The folks at Victory Poker had better hope so. The company has recently announced that they will be making the move from the Cake Network to their competition, Cereus. This marks their third move in the past thirteen months, after...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 2, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Online Tournaments, Poker News
As March winds to a close, we are finishing up the first quarter of 2011. 3 months doesn’t seem like such a long time, but in the world of poker, 3 months is enough time to build or lose a fortune several times over. And that’s exactly what the pros have...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 1, 2011 | Online Casino News
After a period of discussion, the Nevada Gaming Commission has approved a partnership between Caesar’s Interactive Entertainment and the Gibraltar-based 888 Holdings. The two companies have been doing business since last year, when their Dragonfish independent...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 1, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
With the first session drawing to a close, now seems like a good time to take a look at how High Stakes Poker Season 7 is shaping up. Going into this year’s run, the show was hit with a couple of high profile changes, which make the scrutinising of the format a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 1, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Poker Heaven is starting off April right with some fantastic new promotions for its players. These are no April Fools’ Day jokes, though. Instead, they are three promotions definitely worth checking out this month. One promotion Poker Heaven is running this...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Live Poker Results, Poker News
By the 1970’s it was clear that not only was poker going to remain a permanent fixture in Las Vegas, but players were growing more and more fond of the freeze out tournament format as well. Consider the first WSOP, played as a prolonged cash game. It featured...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker’s Take 2 promotion is back! Full Tilt is offering cash game players the chance to earn double the Full Tilt Points for ten days. Additionally, players that take part in this awesome promotion can earn up to an extra $25. This makes for a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Finishing last in any poker tournament takes a huge hit on one’s ego, right? Sure, unless you are playing at bwin Poker! Bwin Poker is proud to announce and welcome back their popular promotion “Joker”. With Joker, absolutely no one loses! In fact,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2011 | Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
Following years of opposition to the legalization of online poker in the United States, Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts has announced a partnership with PokerStars. “After much study,” says CEO Steve Wynn, “we are convinced that the lack of regulation...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Daniel Negreanu might not be the world’s best poker player, but he is certainly one of the most popular. When Negreanu started playing the poker circuits, he became one of the game’s youngest celebrity professionals. He claims to have become a profitable,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2011 | Poker News
UK gambling giant Victor Chandler is teaming up with grassroots organization Poker in The Pub to bring live poker to various venues across the UK. Victor Chandler’s Head of Poker, Andy Horne, stated, “We are very proud to be sponsoring Poker In The Pub and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2011 | Poker Law, Poker News
Florida has become the latest state to ponder the legalization of online poker. With efforts picking up in New Jersey and Nevada, the race is on to bring lawful intrastate poker into the American arena. Known as SB812, this particular piece of legislation is sponsored...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2011 | Online Casino News
For months, talks of a Bwin/PartyGaming merger have been going on, but no real progress has been made. That is, until late last week when the Gibraltar Supreme Court endorsed the deal between the two online gambling giants. In July 2010, Bwin Interactive Entertainment...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, WSOP
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit $10,000 Western Regional Championship is well underway, and featured player Daniel Negreanu has made it down to the final 18, finding himself in eighth place. The tournament, being played in San Diego, has a prize pool just...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2011 | Poker News
When you’re new to the game, it’s easy to imagine that good poker is all about bluffing. It seems like everything else is just down to luck. The players can’t control how the cards will run out, so the only way to get beating your opponent is to make...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
Eugene Katchalov, Ukrainian poker pro with over $6 million in live tournament winnings has joined Team PokerStars Pro. Katchalov’s major accomplishments include a WPT title, a WCOOP bracelet and he is the 2011 champion of the PokerStars Carribean Adventure...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Live Poker Results, Poker News
I was sitting in an online small stakes mixed game the other night, and after leaving a modest winner, I turned off my PC and went on to another activity. It was only then that I realized just how much history there was behind my even being able to do that in the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2011 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
It was quite the interesting day in online tournaments yesterday as some records were broken and new tournaments were broken in. The highlights of the day had to include the $216 $1,500,000 Guaranteed on FullTilt. A tournament which is sure to rival the Sunday...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker has released the schedule for FTOPS XX, which looks to be one of the biggest FTOPS to date in terms of guaranteed money. The series will run from April 17th until May 1st and will have tournament fans watching their calendars. Full Tilt Poker’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 27, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News
It was just a couple of weeks ago that XWINK, an anonymous poker player from Vancouver, Canada, became part of a big discussion at poker forums because of his continuous get-rich-quick success stories. Some forum members believe that he could be the next...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 27, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
Just one week removed from an absolute beat down at the hands of Viktor Blom, Daniel Negreanu was back at it with a renewed spirit, 30″ monitor, and a few tricks up his sleeve. Last Sunday the two poker heavyweights took to the felt in a $50/$100 heads-up...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
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by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
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by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
UB.net (formerly UltimateBet) is sponsoring Season 7 of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT). The HPT is one of the US’s most successful annual tournaments, seeing growth in its popularity every year. HPT will have 52 weeks of TV programming and be seen by an...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News, WSOP
To poker newbies, watching thousands of people pack the Rio in Las Vegas for the $10,000 buy-in Main Event can be a confusing experience. Where did they all get $10k to blow on a poker tournament? Even if it is the most important event of the year? The answer is that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 24, 2011 | Poker News
PartyPoker.com has selected Nottingham’s Dusk Till Dawn club as the host for their upcoming Big Game V. The UK poker venue will see action beginning on April 15th and running through the 17th. As is the custom with such events, PartyPoker is giving away several...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 24, 2011 | Poker News
Experts in the land-based gaming industry will tell you that it was 2007 when Macau, the only place in China where the casino industry is permitted to operate, took the mantle on itself of ‘World’s Biggest Gambling Resort’. Like so many things in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 24, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker News
Over 45,000 players registered for the MiniFTOPS XIX Main Event. This tournament was multi-entry so entrants could purchase multiple $75 entries and increase their chances of cashing. The prize pool ballooned to a whopping $3.2 million. Poker pros and amateurs brought...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 23, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker has announced their Double Guarantees Week promotion. For one week, March 28th to April 3rd, all prize pools of weekly tournaments will be doubled. Additionally, the tournaments will be made Multi-Entry tournaments. As if the promotion couldn’t...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 23, 2011 | Poker News
People don’t play poker just for the money. They play it for the thrill of dominating their opponent, to prove that they’re the better card shark, to compete and feel that winning sensation, or maybe just for entertainment. A lot of poker is just for fun,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 23, 2011 | Poker Law, Poker News
California Republican Congressman John Campbell has introduced a new piece of legislation which bears striking similarities to last year’s failed challenge to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Congressmen Peter King, Ed Perlmutter, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 22, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
The great debate of legalizing online gambling has picked steam at the state level, and one Las Vegas casino owner would like Nevada to take the lead. Michael Gaughan is now the first owner of a brick-and-mortar Nevada casino to become a public supporter of legalizing...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 22, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
In an exciting move for longtime PokerStars fans, the company has brought aboard one new face and another familiar one in their efforts to stay atop the gaming industry. First is Guy Templer, who had preciously been known as the chief operating officer of Netplay TV,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 22, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Right now there are millions of dollars passing back and forth at online poker tables. In single pots, multi-millionaires win and lose their fortunes, trading bankrolls with competitors across the digital divide. This is the world of Zynga’s Texas Holdem, a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 22, 2011 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
While a lot of attention online yesterday was focused on the Daniel Negreanu, Viktor Blom heads-up match, there were still plenty of players entering major tournaments. With MiniFTOPS XIX finishing up there was all kinds of action on both PokerStars and FullTilt. If...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
As MiniFTOPS XIX rolled along, action continued to be hot as players took their shot in the $20 + $2, 6-Max, NL Hold’em Multi-Entry Tournament that was Event 37. After it was all said and done, 20,209 separate entries ended up battling it out for the $404,180....
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Live Poker Results, Poker News
Game Show Network’s “High Stakes Poker” telecasts have managed over the course of 6+ seasons to build a large and loyal following based on a surprisingly simple concept: you can televise poker even when it’s not tournament play! For many...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars has been the #1 online poker room in the world for a long time. No other poker room has as many players or tables running at once. This means no other poker room comes close to the number of hands played at PokerStars. They are well on their way to 100...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
It goes without saying that one of the major differences in live v. online tournament play is the breaks in the action. When you’re playing online, outside of the 5 minute synchronized breaks, you play until you’re finished, end of story! Or at least...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The MiniFTOPS XIX Main Event is only hours away, but there are still a few side events of note to wrap up before the series reaches its climax. Over the weekend, the third and final Heads Up event took place. Event #42 cost $50 + $5 to enter, with a guarantee of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, WSOP
Most poker players only dream of playing in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, Nevada. Well, bwin is helping players get one step closer to that dream by running qualifiers for the 2011 WSOP. From March 14th until June 5th, bwin will be hosting several types of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 20, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
The challenge was supposed to span two Sundays and 5,000 hands. Viktor Blom had other ideas. In the fifth running of the Isildur Challenge on PokerStars Blom absolutely demolished fellow PokerStars Pro Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu to the tune of $150,000 at...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 20, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
The poker community has come together to show their support for the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Japan. Full Tilt Poker started a donation fund for Japan and PokerStars quickly followed suit. Like Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars features two ways for players to donate....
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 20, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Bwin Poker is proud to announce a couple of promotions catering mainly to beginners and smaller stakes players. Their goal is to spice up current bank rolls and give starters a bankroll that will rival seasoned players. Bwin also understands how tough the road is to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 20, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Earlier this month, millions of people in Japan were devastated by an earthquake, a tsunami, and additional crises as a result of these natural disasters. Citizens of the world have gathered together in support of the grief-stricken country to donate their time and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 19, 2011 | Online Casino News, Online Tournaments
Ever since they were introduced, Multi-Entry tournaments (MET) have been a huge success on Full Tilt. People love having multiple opportunities in the same tournament, and people also love the huge prize pools that come as a result! If you are not already one of many...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 19, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
In just over two and a half hours, Full Tilt user betudontbet turned a $52+$3 entry fee into a $27,840 payday. The win came in Event 38 of the latest running of MiniFTOPS, over tables of No Limit Hold’em with Knockout and Super Turbo rules in effect. Cristiano...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is kicking off the new Sunday Storm tournament (formerly the Sunday 1/4 Million) in some serious style, to the tune of a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Buy-ins are at an eye-popping low of $11. If you want to get even cheaper, PokerStars is offering...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
In honor of the resurgent Gus Hansen, it seemed like the right time to take a look at some of the Great Dane’s finest moments. I have selected 8 emotionally moving video clips that give us a complete picture of Hansen’s abilities. His heartrending...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2011 | Poker Law, Poker News
Poker in the United States is a hot legal issue: from regulating online poker to semi-legal home games, it’s hard to know where the law stands. And for some time, gamblers have not been receiving great news. Harry Reid’s failed attempt in Congress to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
888poker, who recently launched pokercam tables, is at it again. 888 has introduced Teams Poker, which encourages team performance in addition to individual results. Every week until April 2nd, 888poker is hosting special Team Poker tournaments. They are low buy-in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 17, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The miniature version of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series continues to roll on. MiniFTOPS XIX, which comes to an end this weekend, now has more than 30 events in the books as late last night Event #33 capped off another big day of online tournaments. The $33 re-buy,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 17, 2011 | Online Casino News, PokerStars
The best thing about the PokerStars download is that they have ways to win huge no matter what stakes you play. If you are a small stakes tournament player, chances are you know all about the Sunday 1/4 Million. This tournament features an $11 buy-in and the biggest...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 17, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Down on your poker luck, who doesn’t think of the famous Jack Straus maxim “a chip and a chair”? Twenty-nine years ago, in the 1982 World Series of Poker tournament, Jack Strauss was reduced to nothing but a $500 chip and his chair. Days later,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 16, 2011 | Online Casino News
According to published reports, the merger between gaming giants PartyGaming and bwin is all but assured. Pending approval by the Gibraltar Supreme Court, the marriage is scheduled to take place as of March 31. This development occurred just recently, after the the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 16, 2011 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
The Canadian player, who goes by the screen name XWINK on FullTiltPoker, is widely known in the online world as a risk taker. Back in late 2009, he went on a tear in the Ultimate Bet Pot-Limit Omaha games under “XBLINK” after winning an $11 buy-in entry...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 16, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Where all da ladies at? PokerStars wants to send you to beautiful Madrid, Spain to play in the European Poker Tour Women’s (EPT) Grand Final! EPT Madrid is sure to be the biggest tournament on the EPT this year. Qualifiers will have the chance to hang out and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 15, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Unless you’ve been housing yourself under a rock for 10 years, you are probably keenly aware of how incredibly popular poker has become. Online poker has been one of the most effective driving forces behind this boom, with major players PokerStars and FullTilt...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 15, 2011 | Poker News
Since the first of February, Paddy Power Poker has been in the throes of fierce competition in their Desert Storm promotion. When all is said and done, this massive $150,000 giveaway will be sending 20 players to the 2011 World Series of Poker. Here’s how it...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 15, 2011 | Online Casino News, Online Poker News, Poker News
The World Series of Poker is rapidly approaching, and online poker rooms are working feverishly to release information about their qualifiers and incentives. PartyPoker has had WSOP satellites running since February 14th, and they will continue until June 19th. Their...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 15, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Yesterday, Full Tilt Poker unveiled their latest creation, The Onyx Cup. If you’re clued in to the latest news, you’ll have watched as Ali Nejad glibly informed us of a new series of high stakes poker tournaments that will, “pit the greats, against...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 15, 2011 | Online Casino News
Throughout this month, PartyCasino is offering a multitude of new promotions, including an offer you can’t refuse. One promotion coming up is “The Offer You Can’t Refuse.” This promotion is giving away $5,500 every day to the top 100 players in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2011 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Coming off a record breaking weekend last week, online tournaments continued their upward trend in 2011 as both FullTilt and PokerStars benefited from the previous weekend’s festivities. Coming off the heels of the Sunday Million 5th Year Anniversary...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker, one of the world’s largest and most respected online poker sites, has launched the all-new Onyx Cup Series. Full Tilt has labeled it a historic “tournament of tournaments.” The Onyx Cup will consist of six live tournaments held...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
MiniFTOPS XIX featured its largest buy-in event on Saturday: the two-day $1,000+$60 No Limit Holdem Heads-Up tournament. Full Tilt kept the guarantee for this event quite low at $100,000 probably because it is a new event and they had no idea what to expect. An...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Full Tilt’s Rush Poker, where players are rushed to a new table the second they fold a hand, makes for exciting, fast-paced tournaments. And MiniFTOPS XIX Event #26, one of Full Tilt’s exciting Rush Poker tournaments, did not disappoint! The Rush Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Full Tilt’s Mini FTOPS Series is definitely a place for recreational players to make a big, career-changing score, and usually these events meet or at least come close to meeting their guaranteed prize pools. What they usually don’t do, however, is nearly...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
As MiniFTOPS continues, action is heating up in the popular Full Tilt Poker tournament series. Event 15 was a multi-entry tournament, which means players could have more than one entry in the tournament, ZeeJustin style. Overall, this $31+2, No Limit Hold’em...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 12, 2011 | Online Casino News, Online Poker News
Most tournament players love bounties, especially when they’re provided courtesy of US poker sites. Play in UB’s Bounty Madness tourneys and win prizes when you knock out specific members of Team UB. The tournaments run five times per week and feature...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 12, 2011 | Poker News
#1 Courtney Gee Courtney Gee is FlopTurnRiver’s Asian sensation. I’ve personally poked her over 20 times (on Facebook). Although her taste in guys is lacking, her poker skills make up for it. In 2010, Gee finished runner-up in the Full Tilt Double Deuce,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Yesterday, testimony concluded in the nine week trial of Ernest Scherer II, a professional poker player accused of murdering his parents near Oakland, California. Scherer testified that he “absolutely did not” murder his parents, citing that he was nowhere...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2011 | Online Casino News, Poker Law, Poker News
Following his disheartening veto of a bill which would have legalized online gambling within his state, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie may be ready to take another look. Far from being in opposition to the issue, Christie apparently is in favor of bringing legal...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Nearly a year after his last big cash, Ylaan emerged as the winner of Full Tilt’s MiniFTOPS Event 10. The win should prove as a major boost to his bankroll, injecting more than $80,000 in capital. The tournament itself featured $10+$1 entry tickets, with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Wherever an FTOPS treads a MiniFTOPS shall follow in its wake. Probably not a surprise then, to see MiniFTOPS XIX cresting the hill just as its bigger brother has been and gone. The miniature series was conceived as a way for non-stacked players to experience the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Players with bankrolls of all sizes are hitting the online poker tables hard this week, as the Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series is now well underway. It’s been over a month since the beginning of FTOPS XIX which was an enormous success. Mini FTOPS XIX looks to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Nevada recently had a bill introduced to its state legislature that would have the Nevada Gaming Commission license online poker providers, as long as they meet standards set forth by the state. One important thing the bill states is that poker providers cannot be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 10, 2011 | Poker News
Whatever your plans are for Easter weekend this year, they may all come to a screeching halt if the Irish Open fits into your schedule in 2011. Once again, Paddypowerpoker.com is pleased to offer the Irish Open, an 8-Event poker festival happening at the Burlington...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 10, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Genting Poker, part of the iPoker Network, is giving players 2 great reasons to play at their site. First, players can opt in to Genting Poker’s WSOP Rake Race. The more you rake, the better your prize will be. High rollers who rake at least $50k will win a...
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