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by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 21, 2013 | WSOP
The 20th of June saw three final tables, one of which was won by a player who has a less than spotless record away from the table, and another giving Jason Duval the chance to knock Daniel Negreanu off the top spot in the Player of the year race. We also saw action...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 20, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch
Viktor Blom is a complicated man, and over the past few months has been making my life very interesting. I have been “stalking” one of poker’s elite around Full Tilt poker, and it has given a fairly decent insight into the world of a high stakes...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 20, 2013 | WSOP
With the Player of the Year race starting to get pick up the pace, and with action spread over five different events, the 19th of June was always going to be a busy day for those of us in the Poker Media. The following is a condensed version of all the action of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 19, 2013 | WSOP
The $1,000 No Limit Holdem Event #30 attracted an impressive crowd of 2,108 players, creating a $1,897,200 prizepool which awarded almost $350,000 for first place! After 3 days of intense action, 10 players gathered for the unofficial final table to decide the final...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 19, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch
We’ve not been expecting to see much of Viktor Blom in recent days, due to a certain small poker festival happening in the Nevada involving large amounts of American currency. I’m starting to think Viktor isn’t going to head off the WSOP this year,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 19, 2013 | WSOP
This year’s WSOP is seeing more final tables being delayed because of action taking longer than expected, and this Tuesday saw yet another one come to a close in Event #29. We have all the action from the Rio in Las Vegas, including the action from the two final...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 19, 2013 | Poker News, PokerStars
Four New PokerStars VIP Live Events in 2013 PokerStars has announced four new VIP Club Live events in 2013, stopping in Vancouver in July, Berlin, Germany in August, São Paolo, Brazil in October, and London, UK, in November. The Live Event is a party open to all...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 19, 2013 | Canada, Poker News, WSOP
PokerStars VIP Live Event in Vancouver on July 13 PokerStars has announced four VIP Club Live events in 2013, including a stop in Vancouver on July 13. The Live Event is a party open to all PokerStars players. In order to attend, a player must use FPP loyalty points....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 18, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews
Norman Chad is a sportswriter and a syndicated columnist hosting a weekly sports humor blog “The Couch Slouch” on washingtonpost.com. He is most famous for his commentary on ESPN poker broadcasts, including the World Series of Poker and The United States Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 18, 2013 | WSOP
Jason Duval won his first WSOP bracelet yesterday in the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Event #28 when he beat Majid Yahyaei heads up for the bracelet and $521,202 in prize money. The final table was set up when Timothy Stickradt was busted in 10th place when he got it...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 18, 2013 | WSOP
Bob Geldolf doesn’t like Monday’s, and considering he didn’t have the World Series of poker to keep him entertained, that may have been reasonable. We on the other hand have more delayed final tables, and another two bracelets handed out to cover....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
It took three days of play for Kenneth Lind to overcome a field of 4,407 players, but he did walk away a winner with the gold bracelet, his name on the Golden Eagle Trophy, and $634,809 in cash. Others started taking notice of Lind early on day two, when he became...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2013 | Australia, Poker News
Tasmanian Poker Championships announced. Just a short flight from Melbourne is the idillic and scenic island of Tasmania, an island home to beautiful views, sweeping cinematic landscapes and the infamous Tasmanian Devil. This is, however, not an advertisement for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2013 | Poker News, United States
Bovada Offers Anonymous Poker Series Next Monday, June 24, Bovada resumes its APS promotion – qualifier series for a $6,600 package to Southeast Asia. You’ll get a chance to win a seat to an exclusive live 100K APS Finale to be held on January 2014...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2013 | Poker News, WPT
North Cyprus is going to be the site of the first Event of Season XII of the World Poker Tour, and to celebrate the WPT are rolling the welcome wagon out with $3,000,000 worth of guarantees over the 35 events scheduled. The Festival is due to run between the 12th and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2013 | Poker News, United Kingdom
GUKPT in Reading all Week The GUKPT has rolled on to another event, this time they’ve head to Reading, and the “G” Casino in Rose Kiln Lane. Day 1a is Thursday, and the £500+£50 event has a £50,000 guarantee. There are also live satellites leading up...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2013 | Poker News, This Week at FTR
It’s that time of the week again when we point you in the direction of extra value to help you in your quest as a poker player. This week is mainly going to focus on the great value from the continuing PokerStars 100 Billion hand promotions, but we also have...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2013 | Bovada, Online Poker News, Poker News
Poker 1. Win a $5K getaway! From June 3 – July 30, play poker to earn up to a total of $160 in weekly bonuses, and win a draw for an extra $500 Cash and the chance to choose between three different $5K Getaways. Enter now to start cashing in on the Summer Selection....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2013 | Poker News, PokerStars
On Sunday the 16th June, PokerStars added another record to their trophy case. They hosted the biggest ever Multi Table Tournament, when the $1 buy Event that was part of the 100 Billion Hand celebrations. 225,000 players joined in, and maxed out the event, all of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
According to the bible, Sunday is meant to be a day of rest, but as poker players, it’s generally considered our busiest day of the week. This Sunday saw 5 WSOP Events going on, with two planned final tables, so was crammed full of action. Event #26 The $1,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 16, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
Besting a huge field at the WSOP event #24, amateur Corey Harrison was the last man standing after 12 hours of play on day three, taking the bracelet and the $432,411 cash prize. 17 players returned to play on day three with a dream of holding a WSOP bracelet. Even...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 16, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The $5,000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better Event #25 of has been won by Danny Fuhs after a heads up battle that required an extra level of play to be added to the day’s schedule. Fuhs adds $277,519 to his history of cashes, as well as a gold bracelet for his jewellery...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 16, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
After a day off from keeping an eye on the WSOP, I was starting to get withdrawal symptoms, and I was even in my local casino, so it can’t be down to a lack of poker! I guess the WSOP really is an addictive substance. We’re going to bring you your daily...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 15, 2013 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Thursday marked a day for the record books for PokerStars, as the online poker giant celebrated its 100 billionth hand. On top of that, The 100 Billion Hand Promotion, which began June 7th, has paid out over $2 million to players on PokerStars. While it was a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
On June 30, at 7 PM ET, FlopTurnRiver will host an AMA with Matt Savage, a popular tournament director, WPT executive, and the founder of The Poker Tournament Directors Association (PTDA). Mr. Savage has been involved with poker for all of his career, working his way...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2013 | Online Casino News, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars 100 Billion Hands Celebration: $300,000 World Record Tourney PokerStars 100 Billion Hands Celebration is now under way! PokerStars is offering a special $300,000 World Record Tournament on June 16, including $25,000 for the winner and cash prizes for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2013 | New Jersey, Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars’ parent company, The Rational Group, today appealed the a court ruling made on the 17th of May regarding their purchase of the Atlantic City Casino in New Jersey. This deal would have given PokerStars access to attempt to break into the newly...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
German pro Martin Finger overcame 805 others – one of the biggest fields yet at this year’s edition of WSOP – to win his first WSOP bracelet and $506,764 in cash winning event #21, $3K 6-max NL HE. By Thursday evening, the third day of play, the field was...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
I’m not sure if I’m alone, but it seems strange that Viktor Blom isn’t sitting in Las Vegas playing in high stakes cash games or making some recreational player’s dreams come true by sitting down next to him at a WSOP Bracelet event. In an...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
It’s not often that a WSOP event runs over it’s allotted schedule, but that’s what happened to the $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo Split 8 or better Event #20 on the way to seeing Calen McNeil winning $277,274 and a very tasteful gold bracelet. It’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
We were expecting to be bringing you a report of the only final table of the 12th of June, but fate has conspired against us, and we’ll just have to do that tomorrow. What we do have is action from all four events from the Rio. Event #20 Sometimes it takes a bit...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 13, 2013 | Poker News, PokerStars
A short while ago, I was sat at a bunch of tables trying to get my part of the action from the staggering promotion that PokerStars had put together to finish off the “Road to 100 Billion Hands.” My $0.04/$0.08 Razz tables and my single $0.01/$0.02 NLHE...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 13, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
So, Wednesday the 12th of June has given us a few interesting things to talk about in regards to our friend Viktor Blom. He played across about 11 hours of the day, and got in over 1200 hands of action, so playing volume is not an issue. Viktor has always been a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 13, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
We were expecting to be bringing you a report of the only final table of the 12th of June, but fate has conspired against us, and we’ll just have to do that tomorrow. What we do have is action from all four events from the Rio. Event #20 22 Players started what...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 12, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Viktor Blom is still not in the US. I only know this because he was playing poker on Full Tilt yesterday. That an I have a GPS tracker embedded into his brain. Viktor does seem to be concentrating on playing online while a lot of his top class opponents have taken a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 12, 2013 | Poker Law, Poker News
It has been announced today that Mark Scheinberg, current CEO of PokerStars and son of PokerStars founder Isai, has entered into a final deal with the District Court for the Southern District of New York. The deal states that Scheinberg will forfeit $50 Million as...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 12, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The 11th of June 2013 saw 2 bracelets being awarded, and lot more action besides. The Amazon Room in the Rio Casino is full of the excitement that only comes from the WSOP, and players are clambering to get their hands on some gaudy golden wrist adornments. Event #18...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 12, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The $5,000 buy in Event #19 was a Pot Limit Holdem event which attracted 195 of the top tournament players to compete for a chunk of the $916,500 prizepool. The field was indeed very talented and some of the most talented players in the world made it to the final...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 12, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The $1,000 buy in Event #18 was a huge success, attracting 2071 players who battled it out for 3 days hoping to score a nice chunk of the $1,863,900 prize pool. This time the player eliminated in 10th place, just missing the final table was James Epner, who got...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 11, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
Event #17 was a NL Holdem event with a buy in of $1,500. This 3-day event attracted 2,105 players, creating a prizepool of $2,841,750 with the winner receiving more than half a million dollars! The man who just missed the final table this time was Paul Francoi...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 11, 2013 | Poker News, PokerStars
The PokerStars supported Italian Poker Tour (IPT) has brought on board a sponsor in the form of the world’s biggest electronic payment organisations, Neteller. The IPT is a joint venture between PokerStars and the Pagano group, and is now heading into it’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 11, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
Here we go, the start of the second week of the 2013 WSOP, and we have 17 new bracelets in circulation, as well as a lot of prize money. The 10th of June saw only one final table, but we have action in another three events to bring you. Event #17 Event #17 came to a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2013 | Online Casino News, Poker News, PokerStars
100 Billion Hands Celebration PokerStars 100 Billion Hands Celebration is now under way! The public vote for the Greatest Ever Hand in the History of PokerStars is open until Monday, June 10, and the winner will be announced on June 11. The final 300 milestone hands...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2013 | Canada, Poker News, WSOP
Mark Radoja Wins 2nd Bracelet in WSOP Heads-Up Event Guelph, Ontario-native Mark Radorja won his 2nd WSOP bracelet, winning Event #16, the $10,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em and taking home $258,960. Radoja defeated Don Nguyen heads up for the title, who earned...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2013 | Bovada, Online Poker News, Poker News
Poker 1. FTR Bovada $490+ Added tournament on June 12th Don’t miss FTR’s exclusive money added tournament on Bovada which will be taking place on June 12th! The buy in is only $3.30 and $300 are added to the prize pool as well as 5 tournament tickets worth $38.5 each!...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
Navigating a tough field in one of poker’s most testing formats, knock-out heads-up, Canadian pro Mark Radoja captured the WSOP bracelet and $331,190 in cash in the $10K Heads-Up No-Limit tournament that concluded last Sunday night at the Rio. The initial field of 162...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
I was thinking that Viktor Blom had head off to Las Vegas to join in the yearly “shooting fish in a barrel” convention that has been taking place in the Amazon Room in the Rio Casino, Las Vegas. It seems that he hasn’t, as he logged into his Full...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
As I sit here catching up on the action from the Amazon Room in the Rio Casino, I am eternally grateful that I get to do this for a job. There is nothing to equal turning on your computer and wanting to work, and speaking of which, it’s my job to bring you all...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 9, 2013 | Australia
Jeff Rossiter bags second place at the GuangDong Ltd Asia Millions. Last week saw the conclusion of a very unique tournament in the heart of Macau at the PokerStars Live in the City of Dreams Hotel. The Asia millions attracted 71 players from all over the world...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 9, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
Jonathan Taylor is no stranger to the WSOP brand, racking up 10 Circuit cashes and an impressive 3 Rings for over $250,000 in the last 2 years alone. Yesterday, he went on to improve that record by winning Event #14 – a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 8, 2013 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Struggling gambling company Bwin.party Digital Entertainment, the leading European online gambling operator, has said goodbye to three top executives, all of who were responsible for the company’s prospective US operations. Sources have confirmed that World Poker Tour...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 8, 2013 | Online Poker News, Poker News, Televised Poker
Check out the first official trailer of the upcoming online poker movie Runner, Runner, starring Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck. The film is written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, creators of Rounders, Ocean’s 13, and The Runaway Jury. The flick also stars...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 8, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
It seems that the “old school” of poker players aren’t as bad as a lot of people seem to think. At least that’s what the winner of Event #13 is going to be telling people for the foreseeable future. We have the results from that event as well...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 8, 2013 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Titan Poker have announced that the winner of their weekly Super Satellite tournaments will have the honour of representing the British based poker room at the PokerFest tournaments in Romania and Macedonia this June. Europe’s leading online poker room Titan...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2013 | Live Poker Results
As the sun set on another poker day in Macau, a kind of visual bell tolling to call gamblers, poker players and general fun seekers to the city, one of the biggest (and richest) poker events to ever be held in Asia came to a close on Friday evening....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2013 | Poker Law, Poker News
With States such as Nevada, New Jersey and even Delaware all having Internet Gambling laws on the books, it was only going to be a matter of time until the federal government was back looking at the thorny problem again. This time it’s Representative Peter King...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
We haven’t published an Isildur1 Watch recently, and this is basically due to Viktor Blom not putting serious volumes in, and not have any really significant results. The fact we haven’t been able to keep up with him and grab video might also be a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
On the 8th day of WSOP 2013, FTR looked about the results coming from the Amazon Room in the Rio casino in Las Vegas, and we saw that it has been a good start. We have more action from the events that ran on the 6th, including the final table of Event #11 Event #11...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 6, 2013 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
Watch the Final table live here on FTR Day 2 of the GuangDong Ltd Asia Millions got underway on Thursday and following a busy and intense day of poker eight players remain to challenge for the incredible HKD$ 34,600,000 (USD$4,464,516) first place prize. All...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 6, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
It took the better part of Wednesday night and 121 hands of heads-up play, but Brent Wheeler of Chicago, IL emerged a winner of a $1,500 Limit Holdem tournament at this years’ World Series of Poker collecting $191,605. The final table of nine started last night with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 6, 2013 | Poker News
The inaugural ISPT event at Wembley that finished yesterday was been won by Top Ranked Polish player, Jakun Michalak. 761 players picked up chips at Wembley, either by playing “satellite” like Day1’s online or at live venues. Alternatively they just...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 6, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
As we enter the second week of the 2013 WSOP, the wins are starting to mount up, and the points are stacking up for the Player of the Year race. Two bracelets were won on the 5th, and we also had another three events all giving us great action. Event #9 The final...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 5, 2013 | Poker News, PokerStars
Daniel Negreanu Wins Event 39 of PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Popular poker pro Daniel Negreanu recorded his first major online tournament victory, beating out a field of 180 and winning $216,000 in the $5,200 buy-in 6-max PLO tournament....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 5, 2013 | Canada, Poker News
Benny Chen Wins 2013 WSOP Millionaire Maker Stratford, PEI native Benny Chen became the first ever winner of the WSOP Millionaire Maker tournament, defeating Michael Bennington heads up for a first place prize of $1,198,780. Chen outlasted a field of 6343 players on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 5, 2013 | Live Poker Results, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Jonathan Duhamel and Team PokerStars Lead the way Watch the GDAM live on FTR here. The unique GuangDong Ltd Asia Millions event in Macau kicked off at 3pm (CST) with 71 players all paying HKD$1,000,000 for the privilege to play for the top prize of HKD$ 34,600,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 5, 2013 | Australia, Online Casino News, Poker News
Hachem claims all the riches in the ANZPT Repechange, Melbourne. With a stacked Repechange event in the Crown poker room, Melbourne last weekend Anthony Hachem rose above one of the most talent soaked tournaments in Crown poker rooms history to claim the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 5, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
For those of you who are not familiar with 8-Game Mix, this is the game of the true poker pro. Consisting of a rotation of 8 games (Fixed Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball, Fixed Limit Texas Holdem, Fixed Limit Omaha High/Low, Fixed Limit Razz, Fixed Limit Seven Card...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 5, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
Event #6 kicked off on Saturday with an astonishing 6,343 entrants spread out across two starting sessions which created a $8,563,050 prize pool as well as the biggest single day starting field in the History of the WSOP! Unfortunately for some, no final table is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 5, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
Day Seven in the WSOP House, and I’ve been so hooked on the action, I appear to have forgotten to eat, wash, or leave my computer for the past week. Bad news for my girlfriend, good news for you as I have all the action from The Rio casino in Las Vegas. Event #6...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 5, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The $1,000 NLHE Event #7 gave us the biggest heads up battle of the 2013 WSOP over seven hours of mano-a-mano action, ending with Matt Waxman winning the bracelet and $305,952. Ten players entered the final day, but Scott Felton fell very early in the day to give us...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 4, 2013 | Poker News, WPT
The WPT have announced their plans for the rest of 2013, and it really is going to be global six months. With events covering North America, Europe, Africa and Asia, the World Poker Tour is really living up to it’s name. The first of these will be in Europe,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 4, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
It seems Viktor Blom is a man on a mission, and that mission is to try and win every single dollar on Full Tilt Poker. If effort alone is going to do it, Viktor seems to being going in the right direction. He’s been playing bigger than usual sessions over the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 4, 2013 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
The gargantuan GuangDong Ltd Asia Millions (GDAM) scheduled for the 5-7 of June at the City of dreams PokerStars live in Macau is undoubtedly going to one of the biggest poker tournaments ever to be hosted, not only in Asia, but across the world. The buy-in alone (HKD...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 4, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The sixth day of the 2013 World Series of Poker from Las Vegas didn’t see any final tables, but only because Event #6 has had an extra day added due to a higher than expected turn out. Event #6 The 6300 entry $1,500 “Millionaire Maker” has broken all...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 4, 2013 | Bovada, Online Poker News, Poker News
Poker 1. Win a $5K getaway! From June 3 – July 30, play poker to earn up to a total of $160 in weekly bonuses, and win a draw for an extra $500 Cash and the chance to choose between three different $5K Getaways. Enter now to start cashing in on the Summer...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 3, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
American poker pro John Beauprez (pronounced boh-prai) from Denver, Colorado came out on top among 1,069 entrants at Event #4 in this year’s WSOP for $324,764. The field featured notables of the likes of Jonathan Duhamel, Joe Cada, Rob Salaburu, Matt Salsberg, Grant...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 3, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Amazingly, Viktor Blom hasn’t head off to Las Vegas yet, maybe he’s going to be playing the Guangdong Asia Millions starting on the 5th of June (By the way, FTR is going to be hosting the live stream for this) before he heads out to Nevada? Whatever the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 3, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The $2,500 Omaha/Seven Stud Hi/Lo 8 or better event may have not been everyone’s cup of tea, but had some names starting the final day that would have been recognisable to most poker fans. Mike Gorodinsky won out against the last 19 players making it into Day 3....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 3, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
Day Five with the poker circus at the Rio, and we have another 2 WSOP champions, and a massive “Millionaire Maker” messing with the schedule. Event #4 The $1,500 6-Max NLHE Event #4 came to a close with John Beauprez winning the title and $324,764 to go...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 2, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Viktor Blom is one in a million, and that’s a conservative estimate. There are few of us who can play poker at a high level, and play the volumes to male a profit while keeping our sanity. Viktor Blom showed he can do that once again with the massive session he...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 2, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
Day four at the WSOP, and we have our second and third bracelets won. We also have action from Event #4, Event #5 and the “Millionaire Maker” Event #6 to cover as well. Event #2 Today saw Trevor Pope dominate the final table of Event #2, the $5,000 8-Max...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 2, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The first of June saw two WSOP bracelets won in the poker complex of the Rio casino in Las Vegas. The one won by Charles Sylvestre was for Event #3, $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry, and won him $491,360. Across the two opening flights, 3,164 entries had joined...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 1, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Yesterday, we had left Viktor playing over the change in date, working hard after winning $431,013 on Thursday. Viktor seemed to be playing well, and putting good volumes. History wasn’t on Viktor’s side though, he has crashed and burned playing long...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 1, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The 31st of May 2013 saw the third day of action in the 2013 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, but we didn’t see any bracelets awarded. The next titles are going to be won later today, and will be in tomorrow’s update. Event #2 The $5,000 8-Max Event #2...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 31, 2013 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars are building up to dealing their 100 Billionth hand of online poker sometime in mid June (the expected date if Jun the 14th, but don’t hold me to that!). To celebrate this momentous occasion, PokerStars are going to be giving away some presents to...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 31, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
The end of May says one thing to me. It says “Damn, you’re gonna be busy!” With a combination of SCOOP, closely followed by the WSOP, I tend to be running around like a headless chicken. I was doing it so much today, I nearly forgot to look at what...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 31, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The 30th of may 2013 was the second day of the 44th WSOP in Las Vegas, and saw the first Bracelet awarded. We also saw action in Event #2 and Event #3. Event #1 Today saw Poker Journalist Chard Holloway take the first bracelet of 2013 in the $500 Casino Employee...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 31, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
How often have we heard Poker Journalists claim to know what they’re talking about when it comes to the top flight of the game? I know I do it nearly every day. Chad Holloway now has a big stick to beat any detractors of his work over the head, and it comes in...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 30, 2013 | Online Poker News, Party Poker, Poker News
The home of the most famous club football team in the world, Manchester united, is to host a special charity poker event over the 9th and 10th of August this year. The event will also be attended by Manchester United Legends, both past and present. “Only a select few...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 30, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Yesterday saw Viktor Blom but in more volume that we’ve seen recently. Yes, he won a major online title, but we want to see him crushing the cash tables on Full Tilt, not getting lucky in a donkament. Viktor started off his Wednesday at work by playing some...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 30, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The 29th of May 2013 was the first day of the 44th World Series of Poker at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas. Event #1 The Series started off with, as you’d expect, Event #1, the Casino Employee Event. This event is only open to, as you’d expect, Casino...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 29, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
Yes, it’s that time of year already. Anyone who’s anyone in the poker world is either already in Las Vegas, or planning their trip. Their goal? To win lots of money, and add the line WSOP Title to their résumés. American, Greg Merson, is both the reigning...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 29, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
We’ve not been seeing much of Viktor Blom recently, as the sessions he’s been putting in have been small, and pretty inconsequential in the win/loss stakes. Viktor’s yearly cash game profit line was standing at $2,907,700 before the action yesterday....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 28, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
We are at the end of the 2013 SCOOP series, and we’ve seen a few stories pop out over the last few weeks. SCOOP Richest Online Poker Tournament Series in History This SCOOP has smashed all the records for an online poker series. No-one was really...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 28, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
Last night, Viktor Blom closed out the 2013 SCOOP series with a more than $1 Million win after he won the SCOOP Main Event high tournament. This Event was split over two days, and Day 1 ended with Viktor sitting in second place with 412,539 in chips, just behind the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 26, 2013 | Poker News, PokerStars
As the French Open at Stade Roland Garros begins this weekend, PokerStars Team SportStars member Rafa Nadal was in Paris, and played against 100 of his fans. Thing is, less than 5 miles away from the famous venue of the French Open, Rafa wasn’t playing Tennis,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 25, 2013 | Poker News
Jonathan Hilton has outlasted 20 WSOP Circuit Main Event winners, 18 Casino Champions, 62 at-large qualifiers, and 27 WSOP POY $10,000 buy-ins to take home the third annual World Series of Poker National Championship for $355,599 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 25, 2013 | Poker News, WPT
In the early hours of Saturday Morning, the 2013 $25,000 WPT Championship came to an end, with one of poker’s more controversial stars taking the title. Controversy has followed Chino throughout his career, but he wasn’t the only one at the final table who...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 24, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Viktor Blom has been working hard over the past few days, with each day consisting of at least 1500 hands. He seems to have been grinding his way through the day, doing his best to improve his profit line for the year. In the end, does it even matter? He’s keeps...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 22, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Yesterday saw Viktor take his foot of the gas a little, and relax a little, only playing 991 hands over a 10+ hour day. So maybe not a totally relaxing day. More like a lazy summer day in the fields, doing the bare minimum to get by without overly exerting yourself....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 21, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
Today, we have the results from the weekend, and tomorrow we’ll be catching you up on all the action from beginning of the week. SCOOP 15 Mid ($82) saw a 30 hour marathon NLHE Ante Up event come to a close with a four way deal. 1,794 players had started, 234 got...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 21, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Monday is usually a grind for most of us. I’m usually recovering from playing poker late into the early hours as I tend to play some of the big multi table tournaments that Sunday tends to bring. For Viktor, Grinding means just that, and for someone who only...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 20, 2013 | Poker News, This Week at FTR
This week FTR is showing the love, with some free Money, a $600 added tournament, and a route to get you to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker. Holy **** we’re good to you, and certainly improve your Return on Investment. FTR Exclusive Tournaments We have...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 20, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Today, I think Viktor may be feeling a little Dizzy, as the spirals in his mind appear to have come back out to play. In fact I may have seen less spirals in strands of DNA, as yesterday seemed to see Viktor prepare for replication via Mitosis, and split into pieces....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 19, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Viktor Blom is on a bit of a rollercoaster. He won about $1.5Million last weekend, and he’s been up and down ever since. he has been rushing into his opponent’s headlong, and seems to have been doing it while keeping his cool. We’ve not really seen...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 17, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Mr Blom is back home, surrounded by his creature comforts, and still playing the biggest games online. He’s a machine. In fact, has anyone ever checked Viktor Blom is actually human? Could he in fact be a machine, made of metal, and have a cybernetic brain able...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2013 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The Living Legend that is Doyle Brunson is not going to be seen at the WSOP Tournament tables this yeah. No, he’s not dead, as far as I’m aware the 79 year old Texas Dolly is still very much alive and kicking. On Tuesday Night he tweeted a short comment...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
Yesterday saw a Finnish truck driver, playing on a mobile phone, see off stiff competition at the final table of SCOOP 08 High to make the most money from deal done by the final five players. The $1050 buy in event ran over two days, and had a $1,000,000 guaranteed...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Since Monday, when we think Viktor returned to the shores of sunny ol’ England, he has been playing poker late into the night, making my job of keeping an eye on his action rather difficult. I’ve been burning the candle at both ends to bring you guys the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
It’s over. Finished. Kaput. Ended. Season 9 of PokerStars’ European Poker Tour has come to an end. The Finale was the €100k Super High Roller that was won by German (Austrian for tax purposes) heads up specialist Max Altergott. He takes away a €1,746,400...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2013 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Leading member of the Full Tilt Professionals, Gus Hansen, had a fantastic day playing poker yesterday. At both the 2-7TD and the FLO8 tables, Gus was on fire. The beginning of the day didn’t look that great as he when started off at the 2-7TD $1k/$2k tables by...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
The monster that is SCOOP 2013 is rolling on, giving PokerStars the chance to hand out some very nice watches to some very interesting poker players. Yesterday saw the culmination of the 2-day SCOOP 03 (6-Max Action hour 2-Day), and the High ($530 rebuy) tournament...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Monday seemed to be a day off for Viktor. He may have taken the chance to jump on a plane back to his home in London, and get away from the ridiculous prices for pretty much everything in Monte Carlo. His trip to the Principality of Monaco was not the most profitable...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
The Spring Championship Of Online Poker started on Sunday, and we already have 2 days of information to catch you up with. The SCOOP format is the same as last year, with each Event having a Low, Mid and High buy in tournament. SCOOP 01 High (6-Max NLHE) was won by...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2013 | Poker News
28 year old professional poker player, Neil Raine, has won £17,960 and the GUKPT Stockton title. He was able to defeat the 166 runner field that included WSOP bracelet winner Lawrence Gosney, recent GPS Newcastle Champion Ellie Biessek and GUKPT leader board champion...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2013 | Poker News, WPT
Given the global reach of the industry, these day’s it’s pretty unusual for a sponsored major poker event to have a final table of local players. However, that’s exactly what happened last weekend at the $3,300 CAD WPT Canadian Sprint Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Our article yesterday highlighted a great day for Viktor Blom, with him winning over $1.4million on the Full Tilt tables. He seemed to take some time off to recover, and was back at the tables today before the Super High Roller in Monaco today. I hope Viktor is taking...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 12, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
The Poker Media has been buzzing about the amazingly stacked final table for this year’s PokerStars EPT Grand Final since last night, and I can point to a dozen examples of what would normally have been extreme hyperbole about this table of poker players. Thing...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 12, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
With Viktor Blom currently in Monte Carlo, where buying a sandwich can involve you calling your mortgage advisor for a second or third mortgage, I’m guessing he’s packing enough stacks of Euro’s not to have an issue buying dinner. Given the decisions...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
Have you ever dreamed about a final table so awesome it might be a herald of the apocalypse? If you have, stop reading now, or you are never going to sleep tonight. This year’s final table may be a precursor to the end of the universe, as it’s just that...
