by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 31, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
Now you can visit PokerStars.TV to watch episodes of The Big Game, the Million Dollar Challenge, EPT and much more. PokerStars.tv offers 24 channels, which include poker TV shows, live event coverage, online poker coverage, interviews with top players, and strategy...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 30, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, PokerStars
Slovakian native Dag Palovic has been selected as the newest member of Team PokerStars, according to a recent company blog.
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 29, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
Tony G has stepped up to the plate and challenged the player known simply as Isildur1 to a high stakes heads-up match. The heads-up match will be 2500 hands of $50/$100, with half of the hands being Pot-Limit Omaha and the other half being No-Limit Holdem. The match...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 28, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
Poker fever struck the land down under earlier this month, as the 2010 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour reached its final stop for 2010 and Season 4 in the beautiful Australian city of Sydney. The competition was hard and plentiful but at the end of the marathon...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 26, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
As we reported a few days ago, Issac Haxton, who plays on PokerStars as PhilIvey2694, defeated Isildur1 in the first Superstar Showdown. They recently discussed their heads-up battle with PokerStars reporters and the two had very different opinions about each other...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 25, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars newest Team Pro, Isildur1, whose real life identity remains unknown, just completed his first Superstar Showdown Heads Up Challenge, versus Isaac PhilIvey2694 Haxton. Haxton came out on top, winning $41,700 over their 2500 hand encounter. The rules going in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 22, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, PokerStars
Bob “The Bus” Ferdinand went wild on the PokerStars Big Game and ran over his competition. In a high-stakes-seemingly-made-for-TV-drama, the very last Loose Cannon of the season, went into full on God mode with under 30 hands remaining, to win a total of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 20, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
After months of keeping the poker community in suspense, PokerStars has finally announced their 2011 VIP Club Changes. The changes were made to make the VIP Program simpler for most poker players. Both high stakes and microstakes players alike can rejoice at the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 18, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
The final week of the PokerStars Big Game Season 1 is underway. Week 12 features loose cannon Bob Ferdinand, a former bus driver from Boston, who goes up against Bertrand “Elky” Grosspellier, Amit “amak316” Makhija, Vanessa Rousso, Abe...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 15, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
The mysterious Isildur1 will do battle versus Isaac Haxton in the inaugural PokerStars SuperStar Showdown. The announcement comes shortly after the unknown Swede inked a deal with PokerStars, joining the elite members of Team PokerStars Pro. Isildur1 is an enigma who...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 10, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, PokerStars
Railbirds will rejoice with PokerStars’ latest signing of Isildur1. Most poker players remember Isildur1 from his heated battles at the Full Tilt Poker nosebleed tables against Tom “durrrr” Dwan, Patrik Antonius, and other high stakes players....
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 10, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
There have been tons of changes made at PokerStars in their most recent software update. The biggest name in online poker continues to show their dedication to being on the cutting edge in regards to online poker play. Most of the updates were small changes but they...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 10, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
Soon after PokerStars reported the addition of Isildur1 to PokerStars Team Pro, Isildur1 fans anxiously waited for the mysterious high stakes player to finally return to action. The rail was not disappointed as Isildur1 hit the tables last night in a big way. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 8, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is the largest online poker room on the internet today, and boasts hundreds of thousands of serious and recreational players from almost all corners of the globe. Recently we’ve seen PokerStars firing up competition on a national scale as they run...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 7, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
A little over six weeks ago, we reported that we had heard rumors from a Swedish poker player’s blog that “a famous Swedish High Stakes player” had signed a sponsorship deal with “a well known poker site.” Isildur1 was of course the first...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 6, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
The poker world has been abuzz with news of online tournaments over the recent weeks, but live poker is by no means dead either, with major tournaments still being held all around the world. Spain’s second largest city of Barcelona was abuzz with exactly that as...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 1, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
It’s been a huge month for online tournament players, but as November came to a close so too did the PokerStars Regional Championships of Online Poker. Following closely on the heals of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series, the PokerStars events gave tournament...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 28, 2010 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars
Event #9 in PokerStars first ever USA COOP saw 425 players fight it out on Saturday. When the smoke cleared, the last man standing was MTT specialist Luke “Tobia$ Bluth” Nettles. Like many of PokerStars USA COOP events, in Event #9, $215 re-buy $300K...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 28, 2010 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars
The inaugural USA Championship of Online Poker (USACOOP) tournament series continued on Friday, November 26th with Event 7, a $300+20 No Limit Hold’em 6-max event. While most people were eating Thanksgiving leftovers or bargain shopping on Black Friday, some...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 27, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
The ESPN Poker Club has long been an excellent resource for poker fans on the net. From blog and columns to schedules and live coverage, they’ve been a solid part of the poker community, and really the only area letting them down was their very sub-standard free...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 26, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars let it be known that their Supernova Elite can expect some changes coming their way in 2011. Supernova Elite is the highest level in Pokerstars’ VIP Club. An announcement from PokerStars detailing these changes is expected very soon. Supernova Elite...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 25, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars
In what amounted to just over an average American work shift, one lucky player took home as much money as some citizens make in an entire year. After close to eight hours at the tables, David “gaucho2121” Paredes netted an even $25,000 in the fifth event of PokerStars' first ever USA Championship of Online Poker.
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 25, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WPT
Poker fans around the globe will get to see a poker tournament with a bit of a rock and roll twist, thanks to the World Poker Tour Regional Series event that came to a close this week. The WPT kicked off the Series with the $5,000 Seminole Hard Rock Fall Open, which...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 24, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) is coming up in January and PokerStars has started running satellite qualifier for the events. This year, PokerStars not only has the PCA Main Event, but a fun and unique new live event, which they are calling the Fish and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 22, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
On Thursday, Eric Baldwin took down PokerStars’ North American Poker Tour Los Angeles Bounty Shootout event, collecting the $134,280 top prize. The event was a shootout so it had a different structure than most tournaments. Play started with 81 participants and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 18, 2010 | Live Poker Results, Poker News, PokerStars
On Wednesday, Joe Tehan battled his way to a first place finish at the $5,000 buy-in North American Poker Tour Los Angeles Main Event. In an astounding performance, Tehan eliminated all seven of his competitors at the final table, including Michael Binger and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 17, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
The poker boom stemmed from the World Series of Poker, a huge series of tournaments with humongous prize pools and thousands of players involved. A tournament series is usually very exciting since players will be taking shots at huge sums of money. This November,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 14, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars sponsors a great deal of tournaments all around the world during all parts of the year, and we’re getting towards the time when avid tournament players should start thinking about one of the hottest: The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Players who...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 11, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
The world’s going crazy for poker these days, and we’re right there with them. One of the coolest things about poker’s increased popularity is the huge number of Poker TV shows being aired. It started off simple with just tournaments and then...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 2, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is one of the leading poker rooms on the internet today, and the chief factors behind their large and ever growing user base are the solid programs they have set up to reward loyal players. Their VIP system has a umber of different levels, and so far in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 2, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars has once again partnered with another company in an effort to spread the game of poker around the globe. This time, the company is ESPN, the same ESPN that broadcasts the World Series of Poker annually. PokerStars will be providing the sports broadcasting...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 1, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
You don’t tend to hear much about New Zealanders in poker, but the country definitely hasn’t been immune to the poker frenzy that’s been gripping the globe for the past few years. Probably our most notable success came when Lee “Final...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 29, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
It seems that our news pages have been alive with information on Rich “nutsinho” Lyndaker and Ben “sauce123” Sulsky, two high stakes online poker regulars and prominent members of FlopTurnRiver. First it was their series of heads-up battles on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 28, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
With the Halloween weekend rapidly approaching, it seems as though one of poker's biggest names may be playing in costume.
The player in question is “raiseonce”, who has become a frequent fixture at the nosebleed tables over at PokerStars. After appearing sometime during 2009, the mystery man has made a name for himself with a hard-driving, aggressive style. This, combined with several other factors, has led many online wizards to predict that raiseonce is, in fact, Full Tilt pro Phil Ivey.
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 27, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
“Man! I feel like a woman!” were the words sung by Shania Twain on 1999. Over 10 years later, PokerStars is allowing the women of poker to feel just like Shania. Recently, the world’s largest poker room has been promoting the game of poker to women...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 26, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, or PCA, is returning to the Bahamas and is likely to be the year’s biggest & best poker event. The Bahamas is a luxurious island in the Caribbean with some of the most beautiful beaches and hotels in the world. Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 25, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
The PokerStars Big Game has provided lots of action so far and this week was no different. PokerStars put together a very lively bunch this week by having Daniel Negreanu, Joe Hachem, William Reynolds, who plays online as Altrum Altus, David “Viffer” Peat,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 23, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
We recently posted an article on prominent FlopTurnRiver member sauce123’s high stakes heads-up battles with the even more famous nutsinho over the recent weeks, but it seems sauce is feeling sharp against his game, as we’re back with another article on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 21, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
Most players that take up the hobby of poker dream of turning that hobby into a full-time job. This would require that the player be able to make enough money playing poker to support themselves. Playing poker professionally allows players to create their own schedule...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 20, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is hosting satellites for the United States Poker Championship in Atlantic City. The prestigious poker series will take place from November 1 – 22. The USPC, which has been held annually since 1999, will take place at the Trump Taj Mahal. Last year,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 17, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
FlopTurnRiver has been serving the poker community with strategy articles, forums and many other resources for several years now, and many of our members have gone on to have great poker success stories. Recently, two of FTR’s most successful members have been...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 16, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, one of the most anticipated promotional events in quite some time, is set to kick off on January 7th and run through the 16th – That's ten days of exciting poker action. Running out of the Bahamas' exclusive Atlantis Resort and Casino, this tropical tilt features a rich roster of events and prizes.
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 13, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars has recently announced their newest tournament series, the Regional Championships of Online Poker or RCOOP. Following in the footsteps of its wildly successful predecessors, the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and the Spring Championship of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 9, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
In conjunction with the government of Estonia, PokerStars has launched its third country-specific gaming site. The newest entry, PokerStars.ee, “complies fully with Estonian law and enables the country's residents to continue playing at the world's largest poker site and to qualify for the biggest live events across the globe, such as the PokerStars European Poker Tour,” according to a recent press release.
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 7, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
In an amazing feat, up-and-coming pro David Vamplew took down two tournaments in as many days, winning the PokerStars EPT Main Event in London and the PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Champion of Champions. Vamplew, a successful midstakes grinder on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 6, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
The European Poker Tour hit London over September and the beginning of October, finding its place amongst the myriad of other poker events also taking place. There were big cash prizes up for grabs, but not everybody was motivated by pure financial gain. As part of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 6, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is offering low to midstake players an opportunity to build their bankroll via a weekly tournament series. Dubbed the LuckyGump Series, players will face off Russia’s Alexey ‘LuckyGump’ Makarov and Ukrainian Denys ‘diatty’...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 4, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
The PokerStars.net Big Game, the best late night, cash game poker program on television, returns to FOX affiliates across the country on Monday, October 4, 2010. This week, PokerStars.net stakes Loose Cannon Russell Harlow $100,000 and gives him the chance to take on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 4, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
London has been abuzz with poker this past month, but the action-packed weeks have finally come to a close with the conclusion of the EPT London Main Event today. As reported on FlopTurnRiver yesterday, only eight players remained at the close of day four, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 3, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
London has been the poker capital of the world for the past month, with more big-name poker series, tournaments and festivals taking place in the city than you can shake a stick at. Among those, the EPT London stop kicked off five days ago and has been a great...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 3, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
Despite the uncertainty from lawmakers, you can be sure that online poker rooms will do everything in their power to keep the players happy, and internet poker giant PokerStars has shown that yet again, announcing changes to its VIP Club rewards system this week. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 2, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars, the largest online poker room in the world, announced it will no longer provide real money games for citizens residing in Washington State. Citing a decision made by Washington’s Supreme Court, PokerStars announced their withdrawal on Thursday....
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 30, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Once embraced as one of the most likeable characters in the game, Daniel Negranu has drawn a sizable amount of heat over the past several months. From his criticism of Ultimate Bet to his well-publicized slur toward Annie Duke, Kid Poker has found himself in the limelight a bit more often than he and his employers would like, perhaps.
Now, it seems, he's given detractors more fuel for their hate machine.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 29, 2010 | Live Poker Results, Poker News, PokerStars
It’s been an exciting week for poker in Argentina, as the Latin American Poker Tour stop in Rosario took place. The PokerStars sponsored event drew a solid number of hopeful entrants, and was eventually won by a very happy Martin Sansour. The Latin American...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 29, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Almost 2500 players entered the $5,200 WCOOP Main Event to do battle for over 2 days. The grueling tournament boasted first prize money in excess of $2.2 million. Event 62 attracted top talent such as shaundeeb and FlopTurnRiver’s maxxscam who finished in 48th...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 28, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The World Championship of Online Poker has been taking place over the past few weeks at PokerStars, and has paid out a staggering amount of cash to the thousands of players involved. In the recent $10,000 8-Game Championship Event, there was more than just money on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 27, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The World Championship of Online Poker is winding down, but the excitement sure is not. WCOOP Event #60 took place on Sunday, a day that is normally reserved for PokerStars’ weekly Sunday Million. Most everything remained the same including the $215 buy-in and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 27, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
There was never any danger of the PokerStars 2010 World Championship of Online Poker petering out with a whimper, but even the most cynical observer would have been impressed by the sheer volume of tournaments packed into the series’ final weekend. One of these...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 26, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The 2010 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker is currently underway, and host to a great variety of different events. Among the more popular are the two-day events being run, and one such tournament took place this week. APowers1968 proved he had what it...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 25, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The internet is alive with the sound of tournament poker. The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker has been taking place this month, offering poker pros and rookies alike a shot at their share of the staggering $50,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools. Thus far...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 25, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
It's a number that's impossible to wrap your head around, no matter how hard you try. It's a total nearly seven times the population of the planet, an astonishing tally that defies the imagination. 50,000,000,000 – The number of hands that PokerStars has dealt out over their years as one of the top names in the gaming industry. It's an landmark feat, one that must be celebrated.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 23, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars
For just about 15 hours worth of work, $123,000 isn't a bad payday. Just ask dcg30, who finished in the top spot in the 49th event of PokerStars' current WCOOP running.
Kicking off at 12:00 ET on September 22 and wrapping at 3:14 ET the following morning, 1,654 players bellied up to the digital tables for this $200+$15 No Limit Hold'em event. Each player was allowed one rebuy and one add-on (costing an additional $200). Not willing to simply bow out after one beat, 1,172 of the contestants opted for a rebuy, while 942 spent the additional cash to pad their chip stack.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 22, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Season 2 of the PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge is underway. The Million Dollar Challenge is an opportunity to get on TV and test your skills versus PokerStars Pros and celebrities in a series of heads-up matches. Beat them and you will face off against Daniel...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 22, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker turned up the speed with Event 45. There were a couple of things about said tournament that made it one of the most action-packed tournaments of the WCOOP. Firstly, every player had a $50 bounty on their head that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 21, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The 2010 World Championship of Online Poker has less than a week left to run, but the tournaments keep coming thick and fast. This morning the 44th contest came to a close, crowning yet another winner and awarding yet another gold bracelet. The $300 + $20 No Limit...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 20, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Sundays are traditionally the biggest day in an online tournament player’s week, with the largest tournaments scheduled to take place. This week was no exception, with a $215 No Limit Hold’Em tournament sporting a $1.5 Million guaranteed prize pool taking...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 20, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
In the marathon heads-up matter that was PokerStars' WCOOP Event #38, SixthSenSe19 emerged as the top dog in what is arguably the most challenging game in online poker.
Outlasting 943 other entrants, SixthSenSe19 took home the lion's share of the $600,000 guaranteed prize pool. The $500+$30 buy-in event finished short of its expected enrollment, but still managed to last nearly 36 hours.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 19, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker continues to heat up with bigger prize pools and more action. The 35th event of the WCOOP was a rebuy and add-on event that cost $200 + $15. Players were able to rebuy for 3,000 chips during the first hour once their...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 17, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
There are a dizzying number of tournaments in this year’s World Championship of Online Poker. Just over half way through the entire series, we’ve just seen the completion of Event #32. The only wrinkle in this tournament’s standard format was the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 17, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Thanks to the poker boom, live tournament players have a huge host of series in beautiful locations around the world to choose from. While the scenery may not be as good for online players, the action and fun surely is, and it doesn’t get much better than the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Don’t look now, but the internet’s most reckless high stakes player is back. The anonymous Swedish millionaire has been playing under the name “Grolongo”, facing off with such names as Phil “MrSweets28” Galfond and Brian...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars
It took two full nights of solid play, but Sydney’s kevinnok managed to take home the gold in the one of the richest of PokerStars’ recent WCOOP tournaments. Though his winning sum of $340,698.50 doesn’t amount to the biggest payday handed out for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Over 10,000 entrants formed a prizepool in excess of $2,000,000, shattering World Championship of Online Poker Event 21’s guarantee of $1.5 Million. The event was a rather standard $215 No Limit Hold ‘Em event. The Cadillac of Poker attracted the best on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 12, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The World Championship of Online Poker sped things up a bit with Event #19. The $109 buy-in tournament was unique in that levels were only ten minutes long. This made it different than standard turbo tournaments that rely extensively on luck, though the excitement of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is the world’s largest online poker site with the biggest amount of traffic and most tables running at once. They are approaching their 50 Billionth Hand Milestone and are throwing a huge promotion to celebrate with their members. With their WCOOP...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
It seems like only yesterday that the 2010 World Championship of Online Poker got underway, but PokerStars has already forged their way as far as Event #14 – a $200 + $50 + $15 6-max No Limit Hold’em Knockout tournament. Of the $250 buy-in, $50 was placed...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 9, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
WCOOP 2010 welcomed its first 2-day tournament on Tuesday with Event 9, a $1,050 buy-in featuring No Limit Hold’em and a $1 million prize pool. PokerStars prize pools have a regular habit of exceeding guarantees, and Event 9 was no exception. 1,612 players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 9, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The time has come once again to get on the virtual tables and earn those bragging rights, not to mention you share of the millions of dollars in prizes up for grabs. That’s right, folks. PokerStars is once again hosting the World Championship of Online Poker,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars will host a charity tournament in London on the second of October. The world’s number one online poker room has revealed its propensity for social responsibility since its inception. The event, part of EPT London, will last two days and proceeds will...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
If you take your poker seriously and live in Australia, New Zealand or elsewhere nearby then the rest of the year is looking good for you. The Adelaide Casino Poker Championship is kicking off at the end of this month, so you’ve definitely got something to note...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Tournament players have been waiting all year for the biggest online tournament series on Earth and it is finally here. The World Championship of Online Poker, or WCOOP, has begun. As usual, FlopTurnRiver will be updating its members on all of the WCOOP’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Lesser tournament series take their time building to a crescendo, but that’s not how they do things at PokerStars. Only two events into the 2010 World Championship of Online Poker and we’ve already seen the completion of a $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 6, 2010 | PokerStars, WCOOP
The 2010 World Championship of Online Poker is underway! The biggest online tournament series in the world kicked off early Sunday with Event #1 – $215 NL Hold’em 6-Max. The $1,250,000 guaranteed event attracted more than 9,000 players and generated a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 5, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
All poker enthusiasts will know that the European Poker Tour stopped in Vilamoura last week, given the players a chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery and play some cards in Portugal’s largest ever poker tournament. A much less well-known event was also taking...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
The ninth annual World Championship of Online Poker starts on September 5th and will be played at the largest online poker room in the world, PokerStars. PokerStars has chosen to start the festivities early. They are offering a reload bonus of 20% your deposit worth...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is giving away a Lamborghini Gallardo. Until September 25, PokerStars, the number one site for online poker, is giving you a shot to go 0 – 60 in under 4 seconds. Players can qualify for free every hour by joining a Lamborghini Freeroll. To locate...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 26, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is ensuring that Belgium won’t just be famous for its waffles. PokerStars is bringing its brand and a premium live poker experience to the Kingdom of Belgium via the Belgian Online Poker Experience. The buy-in is €1,700, but qualifiers are available...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 24, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
The fifth week of the popular PokerStars Big Game has concluded. The show is scheduled to air one more week. The “Big Game” is a televised high stakes cash game that pits an amateur Loose Cannon, staked $100,000 by PokerStars, against five poker sharks....
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 24, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, PokerStars
The fourth week of the PokerStars Big Game is in the book. The PokerStars.net “Big Game” is a televised high stakes cash game featuring an amateur Loose Cannon, provided with a $100,000 stake courtesy of PokerStars, facing off with poker professionals. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 23, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is set to host the 2010 World Championship of Online Poker starting September 5th. The tournament series will run for three weeks, culminating with the September 26th Main Event. The No-Limit Hold ‘Em Main Event will be held over two days, feature a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 21, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
With Full Tilt's latest running of FTOPS in the books, PokerStars is ready for their time in the spotlight. The World Championship of Online Poker will kick off soon, with their Extreme Satellites beginning today.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 18, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars, the number one name in online poker, is giving away money to players from Canada and the United States of America. All you have to do is participate in the North American Poker League tournaments. The NAPL tournaments are divided into Division 1 ($10+1),...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 18, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
The European Poker Tour has kicked off once again, this time starting in Tallinn, Estonia. This is the first time the EPT has held a stop in Tallinn and it was a great success enjoyed by all, and an especially exciting time for Kevin Stani. The young Norwegian player...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 17, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
It’s time for the best online poker tournament series in the industry, PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker. This season the series is bigger than ever. The guarantees total $50 million and players can qualify in extreme satellites for as little...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 13, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
The PokerStars.net European Poker Tour has become a hit over the recent years, gaining popularity with both players and viewers alike. This is certainly in part due to the beautiful cities through which the EPT travels, and this seems set to continue with the latest...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 12, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
After a considerable stretch of dead air, the PokerStars.net Big Game is set to return to television with all new episodes. Known for its exciting mix of amateur and pro players, the Big Game will continue to air at its regular time of 3 AM ET.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 11, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
While soccer may have gotten much of the international attention lately, PokerStars is looking to showcase a more physical game – rugby. Right now, the online poker giant is offering players their free shot at 36 packages to the PokerStars Sharks Barbeque and Poker Night, at which winners will be able to mingle with members of the Cronulla Sharks pro rugby team. Also present will be Team PokerStars Pro Tony Hachem, who will participate in the night's poker festivities.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 9, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars has a reputation of being the best site out there, and as such has a very solid base of loyal players. One of the things PokerStars loves to do is reward that loyalty, and they’ve come up with another promotion to do just that, which will be running...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 5, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
In recent years, the women of poker have carved out an astonishing amount of prize money in some of the world's biggest games. With the number of female players at an all-time high, PokerStars has decided to offer a series designed strictly for their female fan base.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 4, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Everyone knows about Rich ‘nutsinho’ Lyndaker’s poker prowess. At age 24, he has accumulated over $1,000,000 profit from crushing high stakes cash games on PokerStars. On top of that, nutsinho collected $500,000 for his runner-up finish in a 2008...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 4, 2010 | Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
With the legalization of poker gaining steam around the world, it looks as though America may soon be jumping on the regulation bandwagon. The bad news? Both parties on the divided Financial Services Committee seem to have agreed on an amendment which, if included, would bar companies who are currently believe to be in violation of US law from obtaining a license.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 2, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
Everyone who has watched poker on TV will have noticed that the top pros all seem to share a love not only for poker, but also for golf. If you happen to also share these passions, then PokerStars and the European Poker Tour have put together a tournament you’re...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 1, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
Imagine winning a Lamborghini for free. It is the most exclusive car brand in the world coveted by the world’s elite and it can be yours for free. Simply take part in the PokerStars Lamborghini Freeroll for your chance. Contrary to what the name indicates, it is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
After several rich and successful runs, PokerStars.com's European Poker Tour is primed to set out on a week-long romp through a new city. This time, it will be the Tallinn, the capital of the nation of Estonia. Nestled near the waters of the Gulf of Finland, the city provides all visitors with a picturesque view of humanity's past. Thanks to its brilliant blend of modern nightlife and classical, medieval architecture, it's safe to say that none who visit will leave this beautiful settlement without some fond memory or another.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars’ All Star Week has returned. If you are unfamiliar with All Star Week, it is a battle between Team PokerStars Pro and the best players at PokerStars named the Challengers. They will compete in a series of 35 heads-up matches — five matches to be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 22, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
In online poker, there has always been one threat that people have been worried about from day one. This threat is whether the people they are playing against are really other players, or if they are “bots”, programs designed to play the game for their...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 21, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Continuing their tradition as one of the best online poker sites, PokerStars is ready to show its FlopTurnRiver.com members just how much they appreciate their patronage. In a few days, the internet's leader in online poker will host a special freeroll, available only to those who sign up directly through our links. All members who earn 200 FPP'S in the month of July will be allowed to enter, with an astonishing 25 Turbo Takedown tickets on the line.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 20, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Players must hurry if they wish to register for the Turbo Takedown Freeroll! To reward our sign-ups we are hosting the FTR $1200 Turbo Takedown Freeroll on August 7, 2010. We will be giving away 25 tickets valued at $48 a piece. Players must have earned at least 200...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 13, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
July is MicroMania month at PokerStars! The MicroMania promotion provides micro-stake cash game, Sit N Go, and tournament players with significant benefits. Until the end of the month, cash game players will earn 50% extra VIP rewards. Instead of 5.5 VPPs (6-Max) or 6...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 7, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, PokerStars
Week 3 of the PokerStars Big Game has concluded. The PokerStars.net “Big Game” is a televised high stakes cash game where an amateur Loose Cannon, provided with a $100,000 stake, faces off with poker professionals. The Loose Cannon retains any profit they...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 6, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
A decision by French Parliament has French online poker players in an uproar. At the end of June, French officials passed regulations that forced online gaming companies to purchase a license if they wished to do business in France. As a result, PokerStars created...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 29, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
Week 2 of the “Big Game”, sponsored by PokerStars.net, is in the book! The “Big Game” is a high stakes cash game boasting a minimum buy-in of $100,000. Every week, an amateur Loose Cannon, staked $100,000 by PokerStars, vies to profit versus 5...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 28, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
Greenstein, Cada Run Into Tough Loose Cannon Friday, June 25, 2010 – A poker legend faces off against the new kids on the block, and the most aggressive Loose Cannon yet takes a seat with the pros as The PokerStars.net Big Game moves into its third week. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 27, 2010 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, High Stakes Rail, Poker News, PokerStars
FlopTurnRiver is quickly approaching the one million posts mark. As you may have noticed when logging into the forums, the top banner reads “Over 997,000 Posts!” (at the time this article was written). This is no small task. FlopTurnRiver has grown by leaps and bounds...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 26, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
One of the most exciting tournaments for online poker players is the PokerStars Turbo Takedown, hosted on the last Sunday of every month with a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000. Not only is there a huge amount of straight cash up for grabs, there are also bonuses...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 25, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Shortly after New Zealand made news with their judicial support of online poker, the French government has passed new gaming laws which have forced PokerStars to bar the country's messieurs and madams from their international servers.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 23, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
Though they may be an ocean away, the nation of New Zealand has fired a shot which could reverberate through the poker landscape. In a recent decision by his Honor David J. Harvey, advertisements for .net poker sites “are not promotions for gambling operators, and that poker tournaments themselves are not gambling but a form of competition.”
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 22, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
Week 1 of the “Big Game” is over! The “Big Game” is a high-stakes cash game that pits an amateur Loose Cannon versus 5 seasoned professionals. During the first week, Ernest Wiggins, the Loose Cannon, took on Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Phill...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 22, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars hosts their Turbo Takedown Tournament on the last Sunday of every month, with a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000. If that figure isn’t enough to get your heart racing, there are also bonuses for knocking out Team PokerStars Pros, bonuses for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 19, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, WSOP
If you're like us, you're counting down the days before Vegas' biggest game. The WSOP Main Event kicks off on July 5, and PokerStars wants to send you along for the ride.
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