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by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 20, 2009 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
A high stakes game of one-upmanship recently took place between the two largest online poker sites. Full Tilt Poker announced that it was launching an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest ever poker tournament. The record was held by PokerStars,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 20, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The action was lacking last week for most of the well know High Stake regulars, however it was a great week for Cole South and Di Dang. With Cole South running pretty deep in the WSOP ME, he made his way back to the $200/400 HA tables, successfully taking on Gus...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
This term is often applied to the hand 88 as a nickname. Nicknames are often used on hands in order to help you remember what you have in the pocket without constantly referring back.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
This term is often applied to the hand 69s or 69o as a nickname. Nicknames are applied to hands as an easy way to remember what is in the pocket without having to look back constantly.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 20, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Flopturnriver.com has announced the launch of their newest poker tool, the FTR Poker Hand Odds Calculator. This calculator is actually a complete overhaul of their previous odds calculator, but since virtually everything has been re-done, it’s more like a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 18, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
You got some spare FPPs? Do you already have all the playing cards and iPods you could want? Well look no further for a way to spend them because it’s time to buckle up and put the pedal to the metal with the PokerStars Turbo Takedown. With a total prize pool of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
Acronym meaning Like Duh Obviously. In the FTR Poker Forum this phrase changes to {acronym renton hates}.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
A poker tournament, usually with a small entry fee, where most of the players are weak. Saying made popular by Barry Greenstein when he said "LOL Donkaments" on High Stakes Poker season 3.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
What stakes you play at is easily defined using #NL. The # sign is equal to whatever the big blind is multiplied by 100.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
This is your chance to play in the largest online poker tournament in history, and be part of a Guinness World Record. World’s largest online poker site, PokerStars, is aiming to beat its own previous World Record of 35,000 players in one tournament, set in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Acronym meaning All In Pre Flop.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Limping or calling bets with a pocket pair in hopes of hitting a card of the same rank on the flop.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
A collection of letters that causes much distress to the one known as Renton.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Poker News
bwin will be sending one lucky person to this year’s Asian Poker Tour Macau, the biggest poker event in Asia! Along with the bwin Team, bwin wants to bring one affiliate-player to the tables with them. This player will be the recipient of an $8,000 APT Macau...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
The strength of a non-paired card in your hand. An ace is the strongest kicker, a 2 is the weakest kicker and so-forth. If multiple players have the exact same strength of hand at the showdown, kickers are compared to determine the winner.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Top Pair Top Kicker. A Texas Hold’em term to describe the players hand. Not only has one of the cards in the players hand matched what was flopped onto the board, the kicker is also the best possible kicker on the board. This occurs most often with hands like AK...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
A term used to describe the last player to be eliminated from a tournament before the money is awarded to players.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
A card which is dealt to the player face down so that no other player can see it.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Two hole cards, In No Limit Hold ‘Em, of the same rank
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
No Limit Hold ‘Em Hole cards consisting of two Kings
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
A bad player, who often loses a lot of money.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
A derogatory term for a bad player.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
A mandatory bet paid equally by all players before the hand is dealt.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
To check when given the first opportunity to bet and then raise when another player bets during the same round of betting.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
To match another players’ bet.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
A Bad Beat refers to losing a hand when you were the strong odds favorite to win. This is also known as a suck out.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
After hours and hours and days and days of the 2009 World Series of Poker, we have finally reached the final table of the Main Event. The mysterious November 9 have emerged from the sea of tables clustered inside the Rio. This year’s group is a diverse mix of people,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
To slow roll a player is to purposely take a long time to call a bet while holding the nuts (or relative nuts). When a person slow rolls, his opponent is usually all-in and there is no one else left to act.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 16, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
Antoine Saout made a big splash in his first ever World Series of Poker appearance. After qualifying for the 2009 Main Event at Everest Poker for just $50, Saout now finds himself sitting as part of the famed November Nine. On November 7th he will join Darvin Moon,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
When you make a second raise or re-raise. The blinds are considered the first bet, the raise is the second bet, and the re-raise would be the third bet, or 3-bet.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 16, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
The US ban on internet gambling received its most heavyweight opponent last month. The European Commission released the ‘Trade Barrier Regulation Report’, outlining the damaging effects the ban has had on European gambling firms. The EU also announced its intention to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 16, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
The results are in for the first week of Everest Poker’s Forum Challenge Summer League. A whopping 206 players came out to defend their Everest name and their poker forum’s reputation. So far, Everest’s mp59100 is in the lead with 35 points after...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 16, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
The results are in for the first week of Everest Poker’s Forum Challenge Summer League. A whopping 206 players came out to defend their Everest name and their poker forum’s reputation. So far, Everest’s mp59100 is in the lead with 35 points after...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 15, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
It has been an incredible run for two of the biggest names in poker. Phil Ivey and Antonio Esfandiari are still going strong in the World Series of Poker Main Event with only 27 players remaining. The players remaining will play down to the final table of 9 today,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 15, 2009 | Poker News, WPT
Rumors are circulating that European online gambling company bwin is lining up a bid for the World Poker Tour. The ailing TV show has seen its stock plummet over the last few years thanks to the passing of the UIGEA. bwin is an Austrian based firm with gambling...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 15, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Like thousands of others around the world, you may be watching the World Series of Poker from afar. Envious of all the high-stakes pros and lucky amateurs living it up in the City of Sin? Everest Poker feels your pain and is offering you the chance to grab your own...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Short for open ended straight draw. You have 8 outs to complete your straight. Also known as up and down straight draw.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
BOC is an acronym that stands for Ballin’ Out of Control which was coined by gabe.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 14, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
The massive range of content at FlopTurnRiver makes it one of the finest online poker sites available today. It’s bursting at the seams with strategy articles, up to the date poker news, and in depth room reviews. The FTR forum is full of insightful strategy...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 13, 2009 | Poker News
The Magic Moments of Poker continue with their tour of this year’s greatest events. The most recent stop was on PokerIsland, where special guest Luca Toni and a program packed full of excitement were waiting at the poker villa. Young Spaniard Ivan Garcia Garcia...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 13, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Online tournaments are rebounding nicely after a three-week WSOP lull. With only a few hundred players remaining in the Main Event, plenty of the world’s best tournament players focused their efforts on major online events hosted by PokerStars and FullTilt...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 13, 2009 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News, WSOP
Most people would have backed the Red Pros at Bovada to pocket at least a couple of bracelets at this year’s World Series. As it stands, the Full Tilt collective have amassed 7 tournament victories this year, a strong showing in anyone’s book. It will come as no...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 13, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Payment processor Account Services Corporation filed a motion in court on Friday requesting that all of the funds in two bank account be immediately released and returned to the company. In total, Account Services has more than $13 million in funds...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 11, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
The world’s premier online poker tournament series returns, and this year the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker will be bigger than ever. This is the event where the rewards are huge and the best players gather to play for millions of dollars. In this...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 11, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
Day 3 of World Series of Poker Event #51, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em kicked off with 30 players left, all chasing a piece of a total prize pool of $3,796,065. The early going featured a flurry of eliminations. 14 of the 30 remaining players were shown the door within the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 10, 2009 | Poker News
Skalie’s Diary …- By Jon “Skalie” Kalmar (UK Sponsored Pro) Day 10 – Friday 12th of June Had a lie in today and watched Grand Torino with Clint Eastwood. Awesome, at 199 years old Clint is still the man, the best film I have seen for some time. On...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 10, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
Over the past 5 weeks, visitors to the official World Series of Poker website have been encouraged to nominate players they feel deserve to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. From May 26th to July 2nd, WSOP.com guests have been asked to submit their nominations...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
A poker hand where you have two pair, aces and something else. This hand should not be referred to as "two pair", when one of the pairs is aces, but rather "aces up".
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 9, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
The longest Day 1 anywhere in poker concluded over the weekend. The first round of the World Series of Poker Main Event is split into four separate sections held from Thursday to Sunday. After Day 1d concludes the remaining players are combined into Day 2a and 2b,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 8, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Upcoming Poker Events for Week of July 5, 2009: $250,000 Guaranteed Sunday, July 5, 2009, at 19:00 GMT+1 Buy-ins = $300 + $20 Satellites available. Win part of a huge guaranteed prize pool for an amazingly low buy-in! Irish Winter Festival Super Satellite Sunday, July...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 8, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News, WSOP
All-around poker-law superhero Barney Frank swooped into the Rio last Sunday to update the World Series of Poker on his attempts to repeal the UIGEA. After addressing the Amazon Room he made his way to a discrete private area where he fielded questions from a select...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 7, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
The numbers for the first three days of the WSOP Main Event had been underwhelming at best. Day 1A saw 1,116 players, Day 1B had only 873 players, and Day 1C picked up a little to 1,696 players. So the last thing the organizers of the World Series wanted to do was...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
A hand with no value (no pair) typically associated with a bluff. When you raise or call with nothing, it is commonly called air.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 6, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Poker forums from across the web will be competing in Everest Poker’s first ever Forum Challenge Summer League to prove just which forum hosts the best Texas Hold’em poker players around. Members representing different forums will compete in the six event...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 6, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
With the WSOP finally winding down (the Main Event started Friday) online tournaments looked to pick back up this weekend. While tournaments were down across the board during the WSOP, online poker usually gets a nice boost after the WSOP and once the newest episodes...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 4, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News
Marcel Lüske and Jason Mercier joined the team PokerStars! These accomplished pros are now part of the most prestigious team of poker pros in the world. I was surprised at first that they just made the announcement, as I had always thought that Marcel Lüske and Jason...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 3, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
The $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event made its debut in 2006. Top professional players wanted a tournament that would test their skills across a variety of disciplines, with a buy-in to ensure that only the most skilled players could afford to enter. The inaugural event was...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
In Texas Hold’em, each player has two cards dealt to them, and then share five community cards. These five community cards, however, do not all get dealt at the same time. There are rounds of betting at certain intervals during the deal. After the first two...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
A hand where you have 4 of the 5 cards needed to make a straight, but your 4 cards are not "connected" or in sequential order, so you need a single card in the middle of your straight to complete the straight. This type of hand is also known as an...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
A common mixed game consisting of Limit Hold’em, Omaha Hi/Lo, Razz, Seven Card Stud, and Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
A move whereby you call a raise, but you are first to act on the flop and you push all-in regardless. Usually where you will probably get called by a better hand if you push pre-flop or you are going to get called anyway, but you may get that better hand to fold if...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
A hole or shortcoming in your game. Usually a fairly small mistake, but one in which you are ‘leaking’ chips – most notable is completing from the SB (largely because of the discount price) with moderate to poor holdings looking for miracle flops.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 2, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
The stars will be out tonight as celebrities descend on the Rio to take part in the 3rd annual Ante Up for Africa tournament. The impending main event is sure to draw in some well known faces among the unknown hordes, but many of them will be lost in the crowds....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 2, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
The stars will be out tonight as celebrities descend on the Rio to take part in the 3rd annual Ante Up for Africa tournament. The impending main event is sure to draw in some well known faces among the unknown hordes, but many of them will be lost in the crowds....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 2, 2009 | Poker News
The APT (Asian Poker Tour) Macau is the biggest poker event on the world’s biggest continent. This will be the bwin Team’s first event in Asia and gives players the chance to rub shoulders with some of the biggest names in poker and take a shot at Asia’s top prize. We...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 1, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
It should be no surprise that with only a few events still to be finalized in this year’s World Series of Poker, Jeff Lisandro holds on to the top spot for Player of the Year honors. He has won 3 bracelets this year after all. What more could he do? Lisandro...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 30, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Internet poker players in the U.S. and online gambling companies around the world are recovering from the news that Barney Frank’s anti-UIGEA bill has been delayed. The worsening financial situation in the U.S. has meant that Frank, as head of the U.S. House Financial...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 30, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News
Isle of Man, UK – JUNE 30, 2009 – PokerStars.com, the world’s largest online poker site, has welcomed Jason Mercier, a 22-year-old poker pro from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, into the elite Team PokerStars Pro. Jason “treysfull21” Mercier, already a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 30, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News
Isle of Man, UK – JUNE 30, 2009: PokerStars the world’s largest online poker site, has announced a new addition to Team PokerStars Pro after signing Marcel ‘The Flying Dutchman’ Luske. The highly experienced Dutch poker pro, who won the European Poker Awards...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 30, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
PokerStars was looking to find a way to bolster their tournament attendance during the world series. What they came up with was a special VPP Promotion getting 4x the amount of VPPs to those playing in their Sunday Majors. Most regulars were skeptical whether or not...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 29, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
Brandon Cantu, a.k.a. “any2cantu”, had a chance to win his second WSOP bracelet last week in Event #39, but came up just short, settling for second place. He admitted that he took the loss very hard, but fortunately for him, he did not have to wait long...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 27, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Guys, get your tourney play in gear. This Sunday, as in tomorrow, all of PokerStars’ awesome Sunday Majors Tournaments will award 4x VPP instead of the usual amount. That’s right, 4x the amount of VPP, which would bring you that one step closer to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 26, 2009 | Poker News
Gavin Smith, Erick Lindgren, Evelyn Ng, and Daniel Negreanu gathered in Las Vegas, Nevada to put not only their poker skills to the test, but their video game agility too, when they competed for the 2009 Excitebots Poker Tournament Main Event Championship Bracelet....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 26, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
Few players can claim to be as masterful at a single discipline of poker as Jeffery Lisandro can at 7-Card Stud. His victory in Event #44, the $2,500 Razz, completes a rare Triple Crown of World Series stud events. It also propels him into the exclusive group of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 25, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker Law, Poker News
SAN FRANCISCO — The European Union recently took a shot at the United States in little-noticed trade war over internet gambling, charging that the United States unfairly interferes with internet gambling in ways that run contrary to World Trade Organization rules....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 25, 2009 | Poker News, WPT
Poker’s most well known tele-visual spectacle has announced its return. The World Poker Tour has unveiled their U.S. schedule for Season VIII. A host of favourite venues make a return to the schedule this year, with one brand new addition. There will be 12 stops in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 24, 2009 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Greg Mueller’s name is very familiar to this blog. Numerous times FBT has made it deep in many online tournaments, particularly in the FTOPS. But this time he took it down in the real world too. Mueller, who is an ex professional hockey player, is no stranger to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 24, 2009 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Greg Mueller’s name is very familiar to this blog. Numerous times FBT has made it deep in many online tournaments, particularly in the FTOPS. But this time he took it down in the real world too. Mueller, who is an ex professional hockey player, is no stranger to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 24, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
Day 3 of Event #46, $2,500 Mixed, kicked off with 14 players looking to make the final table. When it was whittled down to 9 here’s what the chip count looked like: Jerrod Ankenman — 1.2 million Jon Turner — 591,000 Sergey Altbregin — 387,000 Eric...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 24, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
This week the high stakes action was pretty fast and furious! Many of the super high stake regs have been playing in between WSOP events. Players we’ve seen this week include Tom “durrrr” Dwan, Niki Jedlicka, David “MR B 2 U SON,” Gus Hansen, Sami “LarsLuzak”...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 24, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
In the latest durrrr challenge update Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan played a pretty hefty 9 hour session in one day. The session itself was split into two while durrrr caught up on some sleep! Most railbirds might have assumed that while the WSOP was in progress the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 24, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
This Saturday, LuckyAcePoker will be hosting a $5000 freeroll for all of their members. So how does one participate in such a large freeroll? It’s actually quite simple. There are no requirements other than having an account at LuckyAcePoker. So, unless you...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 24, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
CYPRUS, June 23, 2009 — RedKings.com announced today that all 23 of their Team players will be using Twitter to report on their play from the tables at the WSOP. Along with the new addition to Team RedKings of Stephan Kjerstad, who was voted as the Norwegian...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 24, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
Most of the world’s best Pot-Limit Omaha players were on hand for Event #40 of this year’s World Series, the World Championship of Pot-Limit Omaha. In all there were 295 entries to this year’s championship event, quite a bit fewer than last...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 24, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
The latest in a never-ending stream of World Series No Limit Hold ‘em events concluded last weekend, crowning 2009’s 36th bracelet winner. Event #36 had a $2,000 buy-in and a healthy prize pool of $3,084,900. The fairer sex have been having a poor time of it at this...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 22, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
We can all still vividly remember the 2008 WSOP Main Event. It was the first time that the final table of this prestigious event got postponed from the play of the rest of the tables, by a whopping 117 days. At the end of this final table, which in the future will be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 22, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
The World Series of Poker finally put a big dent in Sunday tournament action as attendance was down across the board yesterday. PokerStars saw the writing on the wall last week dropping its guarantees in the $215r and Second Chance. However, they failed to foresee...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 22, 2009 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News, WSOP
The Red Pros at Bovada Poker have been making their presence felt at the 2009 World Series of Poker. The online behemoth is famous for attracting the very finest talent to its stable of sponsored players, a fact clearly evident at this year’s WSOP. Just over halfway...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 20, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, WSOP
Angel Guillen. Angel Guillen. Angel Guillen. Repeat it 1,000 times until you can remember this name. Angel Guillen, a young poker pro from Team PokerStars Mexico has shown the world what exactly it was the management at PokerStars saw in him when they recruited him to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 20, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
A star-studded final table was on display last night at the Rio with the completion of Event #35, the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (with re-buys) championship. The tournament used quite an unusual structure, as only two re-buys were allowed during the first few levels, a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 20, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
When the US Government decided to try to stop poker players from cashing their checks from some of the largest online poker sites, many people began to wonder what the ramifications would be to those sites. Well, since the payment “freeze”, traffic at...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 19, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
bwin, the world’s leading online gaming provider, has recently launched a new online backgammon platform. The new platform will give bwin customers even more opportunities to put their skills to the test. Integrating the new and expanded version of backgammon is a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 18, 2009 | Poker News
Details of two exciting online poker festivals, one old and one new, have been revealed over the past few days. The established and renowned PokerStars presented the established and renowned World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), while the younger site Bodog...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 18, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
Three weeks have passed into the World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule and 2009 is quickly turning into the Year of the Poker Pro. Unlike past years where unknown amateurs took down the majority of events, the professionals, both live and online, are dominating...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Another twist in the long running Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act saga was unveiled recently by the European Union. A new EU report condemns the U.S. and claims that the UIGEA is in breach of WTO statutes. The American government’s decision to make online...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Rounders 2? Well, maybe not, but the new movie, which has yet to be written, will be scripted by the screenwriters of the original Rounders, Brian Koppelman and David Levien. Since it has not actually been written yet, the actual premise of the movie is not...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 16, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars, WSOP
That’s right, the most famous tournament in all of online poker on Sunday was gone. Temporarily, that is. The PokerStars Sunday Million was replaced last Sunday, June 14th, to allow players to make a last ditch effort to qualify for the WSOP Main Event. It...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 16, 2009 | Poker News
Cyprus, 14 June 2009 – RedKings.com announced the signing to Team RedKings of Stephan Kjerstad one of the hottest new players on the European poker scene today. Stephan, who was voted as the Norwegian Online Player of the Year two years in a row for 2007 and 2008 , is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 15, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
After taking and keeping the lead for several sessions Patrik Antonius is now in danger of losing the lead. On Tuesday 11th June Tom “durrrr” Dwan finally caught a break and won back thousands from Patrik Antonius. Durrr won $376,597 in an epic 3 hour session in which...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 15, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
With the World Series of Poker Main Event quickly approaching PokerStars took the opportunity to run the largest WSOP satellite of all-time. All in all, 233 players earned a seat to the main event through a $370 qualifier which created a $2,807,350 prize pool. ...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 15, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
In Event #24, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 2,506 paid the $1,500 entry fee, giving 607,256 to the eventual winner Day 3 kicked off with only 19 survivors, but it didn’t take long to drop down to just two tables. Chris Sparks got his chips preflop in one of the fiorst hands...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
Phil Ivey continues to shine during this year’s World Series of Poker as he has just won his 2nd WSOP bracelet this year and 7th overall. This one came in Event #25, a mixed tournament of Omaha and 7-Card Stud Hi/Low, 8 or Better Split. Interestingly enough,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 13, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
As part of OnGame, one of the larger and growing networks out there, bwin Poker has resigned its poker client. The new client makes finding a table easier, information more conveniently located, and brings new variety to the games. Here are the new features at bwin...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 13, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
A star-studded final table headlined last night’s WSOP festivities as Event #23, the $10,000 2-7 World Championship, came to an end. There was quite a buzz as the cards went into the air around 3 PM Las Vegas time. The final table consisted of 8 world-class...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 11, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
A luxury villa on PokerIsland, a recreational program packed full of action and the all-important showdown at the poker table – sea, sun and plenty of fun for bwin poker fans. But only the best will see their dreams come true on PokerIsland in 2009. Is there any poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 11, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
KAHNAWAKE, CANADA (June 10, 2009) – On April 21, 2009, Morris Mohawk Gaming Group officially announced that it had reached an agreement resulting in the settlement of all pending patent litigation against a then defunct supplier company, which also resulted in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
There have been rumors lately that the Department of Justice was looking to crack down on payment processors of some of the major online poker sites. It has now been confirmed that the DoJ has issued an order that the accounts of several payment processors from four...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 9, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
One of the biggest non-championship events, the $5,000 NL Hold’em, ended last night. With a stellar final table and a $692,658 first-place check there was quite a buzz circling around the Rio in Las Vegas last night. Before reaching the final table a large...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 9, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
One of the biggest non-championship events, the $5,000 NL Hold’em, ended last night. With a stellar final table and a $692,658 first-place check there was quite a buzz circling around the Rio in Las Vegas last night. Before reaching the final table a large...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 8, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
While last week saw a nice boost in entries across the board, online tournaments finally felt the effects of the WSOP as every tournament struggled to reach their guarantees. For reports on all the major WSOP Events be sure to check out the FlopTurnRiver News...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 8, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The Durrr Challenge started at the beginning of this year and create a massive buzz in the poker community. Everyone was expecting the pace to be much faster than it has been. It’s been around 3months since Patrik Antonuis took up the challenge and we’ve only just...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 8, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
With the World Series taking up the time of most high stakes pros there hasn’t been that much action at the nose bleeds this week. The $500/1,000 action has been particularly dry. However the newly added $300/600 and $200/400 pot-limit Omaha tables with antes on Full...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
Mixed events are always tough, as they draw some of the best all around poker players in the world. This $10k World Championship event was definitely no exception. The final table of 8 players included not only Wahlbeck, who had already final tabled one event in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is once again at it with great promos. Deposit money on PokerStars throughout June, and you will get a chance to play in the Reload Freerolls, which have about $300,000 in their prize pools! All you have to do to claim your free entries into these amazing...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, WSOP
Tons of big names showed up for this one, including Hellmuth, Clouthier, McEvoy and Channing. But a relative unknown went home with the biggest money prize, the bracelet and the bragging rights. Anthony Harb came on top of the field of 1,646 each of whom paid $2,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, WSOP
Ken Aldridge came out victorious after what is considered to have been an epic (as in time consumed, not flashiness or entertainment or skills displayed) HU battle with Carman Cavella, to win the bracelet in event #9 of the 40th edition of the World Series of Poker....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, WSOP
When all was said and done, Travis Johnson was the last man left standing out of a field of 2,791 hopefuls in the 2009 WSOP Event #7, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em. The total prizepool for this event came in at just under $4,000,000. Brandon “any2cantu” Cantu...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 5, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
As reported yesterday, a lot of buzz has generated around Phil Ivey and his ridiculous bracelet prop bets. A unknown sum of people have bet vast sums of money against the 33 year old, in the hopes that he wouldn’t pick up his 6th career bracelet this year. Those folks...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 4, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Press Release: MINNEAPOLIS, MN (June 4, 2009) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide (and more than 15,000 in Minnesota), declared victory as news broke that the Minnesota Department...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 4, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
Every year at the World Series of Poker, even before the cards hit the air, rumors about substantial wagers among big name players begin to fly. This year was no exception, with two particularly enticing prop bets the talk of forum posts and twitter feeds everywhere....
