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by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
Have you ever railed a cash game with over €3.5Million on the table? Would you like to? The PokerStars live web stream from the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo is currently showing a €1,000/€2,000 No Limit Hold’Em cash game, involving some of the biggest names in...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
Earlier this week, the bigwigs at PokerStars combined with the team running the European Poker Tour announced that schedule for the tenth season of the massively popular tour series. With the action taking place in seven European cities, and the PCA in the Bahamas,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
After the past few days, we wouldn’t have begrudged Viktor Blom time off. He has lost seriously large amounts of money, some to Ben “Sauce1234” Sulsky and some to Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene, and a little more scattered around. If it was me,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 10, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
How many PokerStars Team Pros, former EPT Winners, WPT Winner and WSOP Bracelet Winners would we need to see in the final sixteen to start calling it a tough final two days? Whatever that number is, I’m pretty sure we’ve not only passed it, but may have...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 10, 2013 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars have announced the plans for the 100 Billionth Hand promotion that they have been teasing all along the “Road to 100 Billion” set of milestone promotions. $5 Million has been set aside for this promotion, with $1,000,000 set to be given out when...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 10, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Yesterday, we watched Viktor Blom have an day that ended with him still fighting over chips on the table. Viktor was not enjoying himself, and probably felt mauled, and concerned about the crows picking over the remains of his bankroll. We had seen cards massacred and...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 9, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Viktor Blom is currently in Monte Carlo, but rather than enjoying the sun, the ridiculously over priced beverages, or the scantily clad gorgeous women, Viktor has been playing poker online. The man must be Stone Cold Crazy. Viktor’s day started off at the NLHE...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 8, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
The €10,000 buy in Main Event of the PokerStars EPT Grand Final being held in Monte Carlo has reached Day 3, and our Chip Leader is PokerStars Pro, Johnny Lodden. Lodden has 605200 chips in his multi coloured stack, with more than a hundred thousand chips than the guy...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 8, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
On the First of May, the world’s foremost expert on the mental aspect of playing poker, Jared Tendler, joined FTR for an Ask Me Anything Interview, where our forum could ask him literally anything. Our members took the chance to improve their mental game, and we...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 8, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Yesterday saw Viktor Blom improve his upturn in profits after several days of seeing his yearly profits declining. It seems that Viktor has worked it out, and returned to winning ways, We’ll have to see what happened yesterday. Viktor was playing The EPT Grand...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 7, 2013 | FTOPS, Poker News
MiniFTOP XXII is now over, and we have all the results written down, counted and confirmed. We also have a new Leader Board Champion. Event #34, the Two Day, $200 +$16 was fought over two days, starting on the 4th of May, and lasted 39 levels, and finished in the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 7, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Yesterday, Filik brought you the action from Viktor’s Sunday at work, and we saw Blom in spank Ben Tollerene for over $800k, and I missed the action while drinking beer and enjoying a BBQ for the first warm UK Bank Holiday of the year, and it was an absolutely...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 7, 2013 | Poker News, This Week at FTR
After an action packed week last week, we’ve taken out foot off the gas a little this week, just in the name of public safety. Our legal team were concerned that if we kept up the relentless high quality of our free content, we may be sued by the families of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 6, 2013 | Online Casino News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker has finished the second and final week of events in MiniFTOPS Series XXII. In the end, over 120,000 players competed for over $4 million in prize money. Check out the results below to see the winners of each event. Event #21 PL Omaha Hi Rebuy ($10 +...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 6, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Coming into Sunday Viktor “Isildur1” Blom had suffered a few bad days before and it seemed that a day off would be a good idea, but Blom had other plans. Isildur1 decided to skip most of the action this time, including the 2-7, FLO8 and Holdem games and went straight...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 5, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Lately, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has been on a downward trend, and has been leaking money away, which is a shame, as from what I’ve been seeing, he’s been playing pretty well, and knowing when to pull the plug. He must be running on faith that...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 3, 2013 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars, in conjunction with GuangDong Ltd, announced today their plans for an event to be held in Macau, billing it as one of the “biggest poker tournaments ever held.” There are two main tournaments planned, with the Main Event being a HKD $1M buy in,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 3, 2013 | FTOPS, Poker News
The incredibly successful MiniFTOPS series is in it’s twenty second season, and last night we saw Event #30 go into the books. This was the $20 + $2 NLHE $30,000 GTD event, and this was an Escalator Tournament, which meant the further into the event we got, the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 3, 2013 | New Jersey, Poker News, PokerStars
On the 1st of May, we reported comments from The Atlantic Club, a New Jersey casino, that the deal for PokerStars to take over ownership of the venue was not going to be completed. The deal has been thought to hinge on the ability of PokerStars to enter the newly...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 3, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Today’s Watch is a tail of 2 sessions, the first being a hard day’s night following on from yesterday’s article. I have never accused of Viktor of not having a work ethic, but this Kid seems to be unstoppable, He put in a big volume over the day, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 2, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
Espen “sh4wshank” Sørlie is a full time online tournament player and an instructor on the poker training site Run It Once (Phil Galfond’s new training site). He began playing poker seriously in June 2011, turned professional in January 2012 and has...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 2, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Today is going to be a first, we’re going to cram two days worth of Viktor Blom into one article. Certainly a reason to Party if there was ever was one, and we’ll do our best to make it as crammed full of action as we can. Viktor started off on Tuesday...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 1, 2013 | New Jersey, Poker News, PokerStars
It’s becoming clear from sources we have received that the deal by PokerStars’ Owners, The Rational Group, to buy the Atlantic Club casino is not going to go forward. The deal that was penned back in December stipulated a deadline of the 30th of April for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 30, 2013 | Nevada, Poker News
By the time you read this, history will have been made and the first hand of online poker regulated by a branch of the US Government will have been dealt. Someone will have won the first real money in what is bound to be a massive business. Ultimate Poker launched...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 30, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Viktor’s Monday certainly couldn’t be argued to have been strenuous. It must have almost seemed like a holiday with less than 3 hours at the tables. Viktor has certainly been playing less over the past few days, and this may be down to him coming to terms...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 29, 2013 | Poker News, This Week at FTR
If you thought last week was full of goodies, this week is going to blow you socks off. We have world-class mental game coaches, Top Tournament Directors, and elite players all in for AMAs, and we’re still giving away money. We must be crazy! FTR Member...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 29, 2013 | Poker News
Last Wednesday evening, the prestigious mGaming Awards were announced. These awards are the culmination of the mGaming summit, and took place in London. One of those awards was for PokerStars, as they won Best Mobile Poker Operator, for their outstanding iOS and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 29, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Viktor Blom’s Sunday was a “Mano-a-Mano” affair, with him going to war against three different opponents, and the “prizefights,” were all between heavyweights. Viktor seems to be taking his foot off the pedal a little as he’s backed...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 28, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Viktor Blom had a nice relaxing Saturday, and only played 897 hands, with most of that being part of the daily head butting session over the PLO tables, but it seemed to all be sliding away from Viktor, and yesterday marked the end of his winning streak. The watch is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 27, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
For the first time, PokerStars EPT Berlin has it’s first home grown champion in Daniel Pidun, who has beaten out 911 other players to take the title, and €880,000. The final table started very short today, which was due to the 6 hour final table bubble from last...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 27, 2013 | FTOPS, Poker News
MiniFTOPS XXII is heading into week two of it’s schedule, and the battle for the Leader board is hotting up. Last night saw Event #15, the $50+£5 10 Game Mixed event, which was won by “BPotMHeHOGi.” He won out against 981 other entrants over the ten...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 27, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
I woke up this morning, all excited about watching the live final table from EPT Berlin, and seeing what Viktor Blom had managed to do today, and if he’d managed to continue marching over his opponents, or if they’d turned the tables on him again. It was...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
PokerStars EPT Berlin is down to the final table, and they are down to the final eight players, all vying for the €880,000 prize for first place. Today started with 17 players left in the field, and had seen Roman Herold as the chip leader with 4,485,000 sitting in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2013 | Poker News, PokerStars
This Sunday sees the return of the Red Spade Open on PokerStars. The $55 event has a $1Million Guarantee, with at least $200k going to 1st place. Every PokerStars pro in the field has a $100 bounty on their head, and in a special bonus, so do EPT Commentators Joe...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
With Isildur putting the volume, he has been driving himself to make some serious money. I personally think he’s trying to force the poker community to give him the respect he feels he has already earned, and will play himself into the ground until he has it. He...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 25, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
The PokerStars EPT Berlin Main Event has played it’s way down to the final 24 players, all of whom are guaranteed to be taking home at least €27,000. The event started with 912 players over 2 starting days, creating a first place prize of €880,000, that all of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 25, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
When we left Viktor Blom yesterday, he was playing through the change of date, after a pretty disappointing day. This left me thinking about what Viktor wants to get from playing poker (apart from money of course!) and it came to me in a dream last night: RESPECT....
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 24, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Yesterday was another hard day at work for Viktor Blom, with over three thousand hands of high stakes action, and in honour of his work ethic, today’s musical accompaniment is brought to you Nashville’s finest; Dolly Parton. Again, the lyrics are relevant:...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 23, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
Following on from the very successful addition of the Berlin Cup at the German stop, PokerStars are adding a new Event to the Poker festival in Monte Carlo for the EPT Grand Final. The Monaco Cup will be a €1100 buy in event and will be event #26 of the 50 being...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 23, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Viktor Blom is back at it, and yesterday saw him playing in the park. Sorry, I misread that, I meant Viktor was on swings and roundabout all day. Honest mistake. Today’s sound track to Isildur1 Watch is brought to you by the lyrics of Plant and Page: “In...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 22, 2013 | Poker News
The MiniFTOPs XXII festival has started, and some of the $4,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools has already been won. Event #1 was No Limit Irish poker, and was always going to be fun as few players have had time to become experts at this variant, as it’s only...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 22, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
I’m starting to despair about my mate, Viktor Blom. He goes on some amazing heaters, wins lots of money, and then tilts it all away again by playing games he should know he’s likely to lose in. It just feels that he’s going crazy. I’ve spent...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 21, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Friday was a bit of a disappointment for Viktor Blom, losing a huge profit to a barely break – even day, but today Isildur1 definitely came prepared to play hard! During the course of the day Viktor played 4 game variants and by the end of the day ended up profiting...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 20, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
Conclusion: We had Zach Elwood, author of the critically acclaimed book “Reading Poker Tells” answering questions from the forum recently, and we thought we’d condense his gems of wisdom into some sections. This one is give Zach’s conclusions....
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 20, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
My eclectic music tastes show themselves this week, as I’ve moved from Thin Lizzy, to the Magic Roundabout, to the funk of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers to the desert rock of Queens of the Stone Age. Now we descend into the murky depths of my metal back catalogue,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 19, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
PokerStars has just released the plans that they are going to be running the cash games at the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo. “So What?” I hear you cry, “Don’t they run all the cash games at the EPT anyway?” Actually, no they...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 19, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
Today, PokerStars have released the final version of the schedule for SCOOP 2013. It includes the now expected unique 3 tier system we all know and love. All the events have Low, Medium and High versions, and range from $5.50 all the way through to a massive $21,000....
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 19, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Wow, and that pretty much sums up what i felt when i saw the results from yesterday’s high stakes action involving, that and the lyrics from Queens of the Stone Age’s track “First it Giveth”: “Time goes by, Tables turn. Now I know. First...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 18, 2013 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars Team Pro member, Jake Cody, won the first ever UKIPT Series £250 + £25 event. This event was held at the PokerStars LIVE poker lounge at The Hippodrome Casino, and it attracted 343 players. The triple crown winner has now added a very tasteful silver spade...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 18, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
This week seems to have me with a much varied playlist of music. Yesterday was the theme from the Magic Roundabout, the day before was “The Boys are Back in Town” by Thin Lizzy. Today’s little musical gem is brought to us by the Swedish Degen...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 17, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
The only music going round in my head today is from The Magic Roundabout, and it’s starting to send me crazy(ier). I had seem the action between Blom and Tom Dwan (more of which later) and all I could think of was that theme song. Ever since then, no matter what...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 16, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
Real Life Examples of Tells: We had Zach Elwood, author of the critically acclaimed book “Reading Poker Tells” answering questions from the forum recently, and we thought we’d condense his gems of wisdom into some sections. Here, we have some of his...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 16, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
It seems that the world is going to have to live without “Pseudo-Psycho Interactive Pokernomics.” I have been told by several by several serious scientific organisations, and I quote, to “…get bl**dy serious, and find something better to do with your...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 15, 2013 | Poker News, This Week at FTR
The WSOP event in Australia may have just finished leaving you, me, and every poker fan jonesing for our next fix of high stakes action, and it may be Sunday before our next live streamed poker event (EPT Live from Berlin, and we will be hosting the stream here, with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 15, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
WSOP APAC is over, and we have a Main Event Champion, and I think you might actually know his name. Daniel Negreanu, one of the biggest ambassadors in the game of poker, has won his 5th WSOP Bracelet, and the inaugural WSOP APAC Main Event. To say Negreanu ran over...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 14, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The first final table in the history of the WSOP APAC Main Event is set, and it has some names we know and love set to return tomorrow. The 15 players that started today have been whittled down to just 8, with all of them eyeing up the Bracelet, and the A$1,038,825...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 14, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
The Scientific Pokernomic Unversity Reliant Taskforce (SPURT) is looking for funding to research “Pseudo-Psycho Interactive Pokernomics” to it’s logical conclusion, unfortunately, we still haven’t received our first dollar in funding. We really need to get...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 13, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
94 players entered the Crown Casino with hopes of becoming the first WSOP APAC Main Event champion, and 15 are left with that dream heading into Day 4. Overnight chip Leader Winfred Yu is still in, but with only 354,000 chips, leaving him currently in 12th place. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 13, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
It seems that established science isn’t ready for the wonder that is “Pseudo-Psycho Interactive Pokernomics.” None of the institutions I have spoke to have offered me the millions of dollars I need to research this phenomenon in the detail it needs. How else am...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 12, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
After a short Day 1, and a full Day 2, the players have bagged their chips, and crawled off to bed to get ready for Day 3 of the last Event in this year’s WSOP APAC. The Chip Leader going into day 3 is Winfred Yu, who has a string of cashes in Macau events, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 11, 2013 | Bovada, Online Poker News, Poker News
Bovada’s is headed to Vegas for the ultimate poker experience and you can join too by scoring a $15K Prize Package, which includes a $10K buy-in to the Main Event and $5K for expenses and more. From April 2 through June 23, Bovada is running more than 2,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 11, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, has issued it’s forth WSOP bracelet, and this time it goes to a local boy. Aaron Lim has beaten out the other 166 runners in the A$5,000 6-Max Event #4 for a payday of A$233,800, a bracelet, and the record as the first...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 11, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
I’ve been hard at work filling in grant applications to as many Science Departments of Universities as I can find in order to progress the game changing science of “Pseudo-Psycho Interactive Pokernomics,” but I’ve not had any response yet. The work is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 10, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
Play has finished at the Crown Casino for the night, and the 4th event in the WSOP APAC series is down to one table, and it’s barely 2am in Melbourne. The $5,000 6-Max event had attracted 167 runners, all playing for the bracelet, and the first place prize of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 10, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
Phil Ivey, considered by many to be the greatest living poker player, has just improved the quality of his legend. He won the A$2,200 Mixed Event that gave the 3rd WSOP APAC bracelet in Melbourne, Australia, and took home a relatively small A$51,840 to go with the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 10, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
The fledgling science of “Pseudo-Psycho Interactive Pokernomics” finally has some data for us to work with. Yesterday, Viktor Blom’s day was certainly decisive, and we’ll cover that in more depth a little later. This data will allow the new Scientific...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 9, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
Day 1 of the 4th WSOP APAC event from Melbourne is in the books, and Ben Wilinofsky is finishing the day sitting top of the pile. The A$5,000 buy in to this 6-Max event has limited the field to around 170 players, and ensured that the general quality of these players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 9, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The final table is set for Event #3 in the WSOP’s first adventure in Melbourne, Australia., and what a final table it is. The A$2,200 Mixed event was always going to attract a lot of big names given the extra respect winning a mixed event always carries in high...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 9, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The second WSOP APAC bracelet has been awarded, and this time it was for the A$1,650 PLO Event #2. I think the newest WSOP bracelet holder, James “Mr_BigQueso” Collopy, likes Australia. Earlier this year he came in 3rd in the Aussie Millions A$2,500 6-max...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 9, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Yesterday, I refrained from offering any advice to Viktor Blom. the results are as yet inconclusive. So it looks like I may need to do it again, all in the name of science of course. I shall have to persevere in the new field of “Pseudo-Psycho Interactive...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 8, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The third in the series of events planned for the inaugural WSOP APAC has played through it’s first day. This Mixed Event had a buy in of A$2,200, and attracted 81 runners. The quality of the field makes most $2,000+ buy in events look like your average Tuesday...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 8, 2013 | Poker News, This Week at FTR
It’s that time of year again, Spring has sprung. Flowers are blooming, love is in the air, and the WSOP APAC is now in full swing down under in Australia, so I have loads of things to while away the shorter nights! We also have some gifts for our blossoming...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 8, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
And then there were 9. 172 people entered the event, 32 made it to Day 2, 18 made the money and now 9 have made it all the way to the final table. They are led by Jim “Mr_BigQueso” Collopy, who will return to the table with 209,200 chips to fight it out...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 8, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The Crown Casino, in Melbourne Australia, has seen the first ever WSOP APAC bracelet handed out. The historic event saw the golden jewellery go to “Run it once” instructor Brian Piccoli. Piccoli went into the Final Table with the chip lead and beat out...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 8, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Today, I’m going to do my best not to offer advice to a world class player. No, really, I’m not going to mention stop loss strategy, playing only an “A” game against world class opponents and how a player should know when they are at a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 7, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
Today saw the start of the second event in the inaugural WSOP APAC, taking place in the Crown Casino, Melbourne, Australia. This $1,650 Pot Limit Omaha event has had 172 entries, generating both a prize pool of A$258,000, and a first prize of A$69,662. The event has...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 7, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
The Crown Casino in Melbourne has been a hive of activity today, with Day 2 of the A$1,100 Event #1 Accumulator taking place. The day may have started with former November Niner, Antoine Sault, having the chip lead, but he didn’t manage to make it to the final...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 7, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
I really don’t know what to do about Viktor Blom. It’s not like I actually know the man, but as a big part of my life now seems to be following him around the internet, I feel partially responsible for him playing high stakes poker in front of us,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 6, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
It’s taken three day ones, but finally the WSOP APAC A$1,100 No Limit Hold’Em “Accumulator” Event #1 has reached day 2. Chip Leader going into Day 2 is Antoine Saout, who will have 105,375 chips in front when play begins. The Frenchman is a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 6, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
I’m seriously considering not offering any more advice to poker players. It seems that every time I offer some advice, the world ends. Well, not balls of sulphur falling from the skies, the Four Horsemen riding through the streets, and Justin Beiber being...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 5, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
We had Zach Elwood, author of the critically acclaimed book “Reading Poker Tells” answering questions from the forum recently, and we thought we’d condense his gems of wisdom into some sections. Here we have some of his examples of common tells....
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 5, 2013 | Poker News, PokerStars
It’s the 2nd Anniversary of Pokerstars’ Sunday Storm tournament, and to celebrate they are upping the guarantee to a massive $1,000,000. They’re also guaranteeing at least $100,000 to first, and $50 bounties on every Team Pro player, for the normal...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 5, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Amazingly, today’s Islidur1 Watch doesn’t come from inside either the local police cells, or a heavily guarded mental institution, and there isn’t a hammer in sight today. Yes, my computer is behaving itself, and that allows me to bring you a rather...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 5, 2013 | Poker News, PokerStars
It has been announced that Team PokerStars SportStars is growing by a whole Brazilian Football(Soccer for you Americans) Superstar! Ronaldo is considered by fans to be one of the greatest footballers of all time, so much so he’s known to his supporters as...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2013 | Poker News
Earlier today, the iPoker network of sites started to offer anonymous tables in their lobbies. The iPoker network include sites such as Titan Poker, William Hill, Bet 365, and Everest Poker, As a whole network, iPoker sits 3rd in the Cash Game Traffic report behind...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2013 | Poker News, PokerStars
The Sunday Storm is reportedly the world’s most popular regular tournament, with normally about 30 thousand runners each Sunday. This weekend, the $11 buy in tournament is getting a special edition to celebrate the 2nd Birthday of this weekly event. This week,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
After a few days off, Viktor Blom is back. Given the WSOP APAC started today, I’m guessing we’ll be hearing a lot more about Viktor’s shenanigans down under. I however may soon be gracing the front page of my local paper as “Local Man Beats...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
On the 28th of March, we had Greg “Fossilman” Raymer, World Series of Poker Main Event Champion 2004 and Member of the Poker Player’s Alliance Board, participating in the latest in the FTR Series of “Ask me Anything.” Greg: Thanks for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2013 | Nevada, Poker News
In the first signing for the newly US regulated market, Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari is leading what is sure to be a plethora of upcoming announcements. “We’re thrilled to have Antonio Esfandiari represent our company,” said Ultimate Poker Chairman,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2013 | Poker News
Today, it was announced the Facebook App Fantasy Poker Manager™, which is owned by Zokay Entertainment (the same company as the Global Poker Index[GPI]) has signed a 3 year deal with the World Series of Poker. This deal makes Fantasy Poker Manager the exclusive...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 2, 2013 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Ian Simpson took the title yesterday, beating the other 504 players at the €2,000+€250 event held in Dublin over the Easter Weekend. His reward for first place was a very tasty €265,000 for first place, to go with the Title and Trophy. In the future, it’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 2, 2013 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars has launched a new TV advertising campaign starring the 11 time Grand Slam winning Rafa Nadal. The ad revolves around a battle between Rafa, and a good looking young lady sat in a library. Rafa shows off his well known competitive streak, as well as a nice...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 2, 2013 | Poker News, This Week at FTR
Well, Easter is over, and those of us who didn’t eat our own body weight in chocolate are still alive and not seeking medical assistance for the pains in our stomach. Those of you who were around yesterday may have caught our April Fools gag about poker becoming...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 1, 2013 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
FlopTurnRiver have learned that discussions are ongoing to include Poker as an Olympic sport for the 2020 games. From what we have heard, Poker is to take the place of Windsurfing in the summer games program. In February, the International Olympic Committee (IOC)...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
We interrupt your Easter Sunday munching of chocolate eggs top bring you news about the Swedish poker legend known around the world as Isildur1. While we have all been stuffing our faces with chocolate of dubious quality, Viktor Blom has been working, and in the past...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Today is a special Good Friday edition for the Isildur1 Watch, and I’m pretty sure Viktor Blom thinks it’s a better day than yesterday. After the mercifully short session yesterday, Viktor put in a much bigger session. In 2514 hands over a session that was...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Not for the 1st time, I have to wonder if Viktor Blom reads my articles. On Tuesday, I finished off my article by suggesting that he should look at working on his game selection, and knowing when to quit a session when he wasn’t playing his “A” game....
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 27, 2013 | Poker News, SCOOP
PokerStars have announced the first draft of the schedule for the 2013 Spring Championship Of Online Poker. With 42 events it’s 2 events bigger than the 2012 schedule, and has some interesting changes from last year’s line up. The event is planned to run...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 26, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
I’m sat at my computer, huddled up in a blanket, trying to rid myself of the last of this flu, and I see Viktor Bom has played another impressively big session on Full Tilt. 2585 hands, over 12 hours. I grabbed a big mug of coffee, opened my word processor, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
I have to apologise for not being around much over the past week, I have been laid low by a tiny microscopic organism, whose relatives infected around 500 Million people in 1918. Suffice to say, I’ve not been a well man. Viktor Blom, on the other hand, has been...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Online Poker News, Poker News
How Useful are Live Tells? We had Zach Elwood, author of the critically acclaimed book “Reading Poker Tells” answering questions from the forum recently, and we thought we’d condense his gems of wisdom into some sections. “Tells exist because...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 20, 2013 | Press Releases
The winner of the WSOP’s ME in 2004, Greg “Fossilman” Raymer, will answer questions from FlopTurnRiver.com’s forum users beginning at 9pm ET on March 27, 2013. Visitors are encouraged to ask Raymer anything about poker, his position with the PPA, his coaching classes or any other topic!
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 19, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Today is a good day. Not only am I not hungover anymore (thank what ever deity you worship), but if you are an Isildur1 fan, there are some really encouraging signs, but more of those later on. Victor Blom put in another big session yesterday with 2696 hands played,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2013 | Poker News, This Week at FTR
I’m back this week, and I come bearing gifts. They may not wrapped in brightly covered paper, with a nice big bow, but I think they should put a smile on your face. Exclusive FTR Money Added Tournament This Wednesday at 20:00CET (19:00GMT/15:00ET)...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Today, I look as green as the beer drunk by pseudo Irish all over the world last night during St Patrick’s Day, so apologies if this isn’t the best “Watch” of all time. I may have indulged a little too much last night. Someone who obviously...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 17, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Today is St. Paddy Day, and I have an Irish Girlfriend, so I’m going to make this “Watch” as short and sweet as I can get away with. Viktor may have also been trying to finish his weekend early, as yesterday, he put in another decent volume day. With...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 16, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
With Viktor apparently made the break through with his FLO8 and 2-7TD games, he put in a massive session yesterday. Over a massive 16 hour session and 3958 hands, over 3 separate games. Based on this, I’m guessing he’s not been taking my suggestions to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 15, 2013 | Poker News
The International Stadium Poker Tour was announced back in October 2011, originally to take place in May 2012. After a year’s delay, removal of the original €20,000,000 guarantee (claimed as a “misunderstanding”) and numerous failures with the online...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 15, 2013 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Do you remember back in the day, Tom “durrrr” Dwan issued a challenge to playone not named “Phil Galfond” heads up for 50,000 hands at No Limit Hold’em or Pot Limit Omaha at $200/$400 or higher? The deal included a bonus to the winner, if...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 15, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
In yesterday’s “watch,” I talked about Viktor’s A game, and when he’s not playing it, to turn the poker client off. I don’t know if Viktor reads this series, but yesterday he found his A game, and then some. Since starting this...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
We caught up with Vanessa Selbst at PokerStars EPT London, and we talked about her entry into poker, her Civil Rights advocacy, and her thoughts on poker strategy. You can play alongside Vanessa on PokerStars, and by registering through FlopTurnRiver.com you get...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2013 | Poker News
The US Department of Justice has finally appointed an administrator to handle the claims resulting from the original failed Full Tilt Poker. PokerStars owners, The Rational Group, provided the funds to pay out the players whose funds were in limbo back in August 2012...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
We were at the PokerStars sponsored EPT currently going on in London. We spoke to Liv about her entry to the world of poker, her recent near misses with glory, and guitars with Rob “Hippy” King. You too can play against Liv on PokerStars, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
I was expecting a nice calm day ahead of me, with nothing too much to report from Viktor Blom’s online exploits. Then he busted out of PokerStars EPT London, when his open ended straight draw didn’t get there against a set of tens. Within 2 minutes I was...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 13, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
We have been covering the recent challenge thrown out by Daniel Negreanu of PokerStars Team Pro to Gus Hansen of the Full Tilt Professionals. We have all the highlights of the event itself direct from the Pokerstars EPT London.
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 13, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
We were at the PokerStars sponsored EPT currently going on in London. We spoke to Daniel, and he discussed the recent changes in US regulation for Internet Gambling, his recent Twitter war with Gus Hansen and the subsequent Full Tilt Vs PokerStars sponsored players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 13, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
I’m back! After a trip to the very cold capital of the UK, I’m back, and I have to start by thanking Filik for the great job he did cover the “Watch” while I was away. I can now say I have been in the presence of the great Viktor Blom, and he...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 13, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
We were at the PokerStars sponsored EPT currently going on in London. We spoke to Gus, and he discussed his recent losses online, the recent Twitter war with Daniel Negreanu and the subsequent Full Tilt Vs PokerStars sponsored players battle. If you want to see if...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
Yesterday was the big day, as Blom faced Elky in a three table HU match for 50 grand and the prestige of being the best pro’s out there along with teammates Tom Dwan and Gus Hansen. Unfortunately for the Full Tilt Pro’s, Team PokerStars came out on top in stunning...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 10, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
With a big match ahead of him tomorrow, Vikto “Isildur1” Blom hit a few tables, apparently to warm up before battling Elky, one of the greatest tournament players of all time. Luck was on Bloms side as his final numbers for the day showed a $161k profit playing 2-7 TD...