by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
The SuperStar Showdown has been successful for drawing attention to PokerStars and for giving poker spectators a chance to see high stakes poker heads up matches between the biggest names on a regular basis. This latest challenge last night saw Viktor Blom, better...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
Some of our favorite televised game shows have done a great job of catering to the innate greed that most game players tend to harbor within themselves. We want to win, gosh darnit, and we’d rather win more than less! That’s why you can choose a prize...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2011 | Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
Following years of opposition to the legalization of online poker in the United States, Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts has announced a partnership with PokerStars.
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, WSOP
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit $10,000 Western Regional Championship is well underway, and featured player Daniel Negreanu has made it down to the final 18, finding himself in eighth place. The tournament, being played in San Diego, has a prize pool just...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
Eugene Katchalov, Ukrainian poker pro with over $6 million in live tournament winnings has joined Team PokerStars Pro. Katchalov’s major accomplishments include a WPT title, a WCOOP bracelet and he is the 2011 champion of the PokerStars Carribean Adventure...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 27, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
Just one week removed from an absolute beat down at the hands of Viktor Blom, Daniel Negreanu was back at it with a renewed spirit, 30″ monitor, and a few tricks up his sleeve. Last Sunday the two poker heavyweights took to the felt in a $50/$100 heads-up...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 22, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
The great debate of legalizing online gambling has picked steam at the state level, and one Las Vegas casino owner would like Nevada to take the lead. Michael Gaughan is now the first owner of a brick-and-mortar Nevada casino to become a public supporter of legalizing...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 22, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
In an exciting move for longtime PokerStars fans, the company has brought aboard one new face and another familiar one in their efforts to stay atop the gaming industry.
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars has been the #1 online poker room in the world for a long time. No other poker room has as many players or tables running at once. This means no other poker room comes close to the number of hands played at PokerStars. They are well on their way to 100...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 20, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
The challenge was supposed to span two Sundays and 5,000 hands. Viktor Blom had other ideas. In the fifth running of the Isildur Challenge on PokerStars Blom absolutely demolished fellow PokerStars Pro Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu to the tune of $150,000 at...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 20, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
The poker community has come together to show their support for the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Japan. Full Tilt Poker started a donation fund for Japan and PokerStars quickly followed suit. Like Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars features two ways for players to donate....
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is kicking off the new Sunday Storm tournament (formerly the Sunday 1/4 Million) in some serious style, to the tune of a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Buy-ins are at an eye-popping low of $11. If you want to get even cheaper, PokerStars is offering...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 17, 2011 | Online Casino News, PokerStars
The best thing about the ACR Poker download is that they have ways to win huge no matter what stakes you play. If you are a small stakes tournament player, chances are you know all about the Sunday 1/4 Million. This tournament features an $11 buy-in and the biggest...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 16, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Where all da ladies at? PokerStars wants to send you to beautiful Madrid, Spain to play in the European Poker Tour Women’s (EPT) Grand Final! EPT Madrid is sure to be the biggest tournament on the EPT this year. Qualifiers will have the chance to hang out and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 9, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The 2011 Spring Championship is just around the corner! With nearly 40 events with 3 buy-in levels each, the 2011 SCOOP is sure to be the biggest and best yet. Each and every year the world’s leading online poker site, PokerStars, runs two majors tournament...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 7, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars Home Games is the newest feature on the world’s largest poker site. With Home Games, players can create their own poker groups to play and compete with friends. PokerStars is offering a free $5.50 Home Games ticket, with addition of a reload bonus up...
by givememyleg | Mar 4, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars recently released a short documentary film featuring one of their most famous and successful members of team online – Nanonoko. If you are a part of the online poker community, chances are you’ve heard of this grind machine. Nanonoko has made...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
The biggest Sunday Million on PokerStars is coming soon. Mark your calendars for March 6th 16:30 ET. In order to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Sunday Million, PokerStars is pulling out all the stops with a massive $5 million prize pool including $1,000,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 24, 2011 | Online Casino News, Poker News, PokerStars
After an initial turn-down from PokerStars, feel-good poker sensation Jared Huggins has received an invite to the television taping of The Big Game.
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
After losing his first SuperStar Showdown match versus Ike Haxton, Isildur1 is on a three fight winning streak with wins over Tony G, Daniel Cates, and now the latest challenger Eugence Katchalov. Isildur1 wins with a profit of $111,750 over 2500 hands of $50/$100....
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 11, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Daniel Negreanu has recently been working on his heads up game over at PokerStars, taking on some top players at $5/$10 NL. One of PokerStars’ biggest promotions running at the moment, The SuperStar Showdown, is a heads up challenge where new players take on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 11, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
At 3 PM EST on February 13th, Eugene Katchalov will face off against Viktor “Isildur1” Blom in the PokerStars Superstar Challenge. Eugene Katchalov is riding a wave of momentum into this showdown. The Ukrainian poker star recently took down the $100,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 9, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, PokerStars
Stars has done a great job marketing the SuperStar Showdown challenges. For the first time we have online heads up matches where they play at a set time, so that everyone can tune in and watch. The SuperStar Showdown is a great spectator event for poker, and a huge...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 5, 2011 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
The tournament players were flocking to France for the end of last month, as the PokerStars European Poker Tour hit Deauville, bringing some of the biggest names in the game with it. It was a stop filled with intense action, near misses and a lot of fun as the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 4, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
Have you ever played in the NAPT Los Angeles? Well do you want to? Who wouldn’t, right? Right now PokerStars is running satellites to win entry into the NAPT Main Event. Get through the satellites and you’re off to Los Angeles. It’s that simple....
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 4, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
The rules going in were simple. 2500 hands of NLHE Heads Up, $50-$100 blinds, with a $150,000 bankroll brought to the match. Whoever was up at the end of the 2500 hand would be deemed the winner. The match was close, as usual for these heads up challenges. A lot of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 2, 2011 | Online Casino News, PokerStars
Season 2 of the NAPT enjoyed a successful start to the year with the PCA, and so hopes are high for the 2nd event of the year, NAPT Los Angeles. The NAPT actually finished off Season 1 in Los Angeles, and it was such a success that they’re looking to do it all...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 2, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
After years spent as one of the original members of Team PokerStars, 2004 WSOP Main Event Champion Greg Raymer has found himself out of a job. According to a pair of Twitter posts by fellow pro player Kathy Liebert, the move comes as a response to cost cutting measures at the company.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 31, 2011 | Online Casino News, PokerStars
For most of us, competing for thousands of dollars in front of huge TV audiences is little more than a pipe dream, but televised poker gives us a window into the high stakes world of the poker pro. Catching your favourite players as they whisk through the schedules...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 29, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
In an effort to popularize their new Home Games feature, PokerStars is giving their freshly assembled poker clubs the chance to sit down with one of their established pros. Not only will the lucky users get a chance to play with a member of Team PokerStars, but they'll also be treated to an extra infusion of $1,000 into the prize pool.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 27, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom and Daniel ‘W00kiez’ Cates, also known as Jungleman, will face each other this Sunday in round three of the PokerStars SuperStar Showdown 2500 hands heads up match. The match begins Sunday at 5:30PM ET. This will be the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 19, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Polarizing Team PokerStars Pro Chiren80, real name Boumazza Bachir, is well on his way to playing over 1,000,000 hands in just one month’s time. The Belgian initially garnered fame by playing World of Warcraft, a popular MMORPG. In fact, Athene, as he is known...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 18, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars wants to send you and your poker buddies on a vacation to play poker with some of the best in the game. The Ultimate Home Game is a huge incentive to try PokerStars’ new Home Games feature in their software. For readers that are unfamiliar with Home...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 17, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
Nordic poker fans have the chance for a dream come true, PokerStars announced recently, and if you’re a football fan as well then this could well be the opportunity of your lifetime. Members of Team PokerStars will be living it up large at the upcoming...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 13, 2011 | Live Poker Results, Poker News, PokerStars
Rumors had been abuzz about Ukrainian poker pro Eugene Katchalov being one of the top tournament players in the world. In 2007 Katchalov booked a huge win of $2.4 Million in the 2007 Doyle Bruson World Poker Classic. In 2008 and 2009, Katchalov had some close calls to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 12, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
Chris Moneymaker may have started the poker boom in 2003 but he has been a bust since then. However, Moneymaker is in good position to make a deep run after a great Day 4 at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event. Moneymaker is currently sitting on second place...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 11, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
Most poker players started out by playing home games with their buddies at one time or another. This requires players to buy a poker table, chips, and cards, find a dealer (or deal themselves), and travel through hours of traffic just to play a few hands of poker....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 11, 2011 | Live Poker Results, Poker News, PokerStars
The world has started to focus on the Caribbean Sea as poker action heats up this month with the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. The Main Event is already well underway, with days one and two completed and day three set to kick off at 12pm ET today. Among the other...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 9, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
In October 2009, Isildur1 made a stir in the online poker scene, showing up out of nowhere and beating some of the top online players on Full Tilt Poker. By November, Isildur1 had cemented himself as online poker legend after he won nearly $5 million from Tom...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 8, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
Twenty three players began Day 2 of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 High Roller Event. Seven players survived and will play tomorrow in the highly anticipated final table, at stakes of $1.5 Million for first place. Nick Schulman finished Day 2 as the chip...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 7, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
This week the poker world has converged on the Atlantis Hotel and Resort in the Bahamas for the 8th Annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Yesterday saw Day 1 of the $100,000 buy-in High Roller Tournament. Day 1 began with 38 players and ended with 23. Initial chip...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 6, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is the year’s inaugural poker event. The beautiful Atlantis Hotel and Resort is the perfect retreat for poker players looking to escape the cold and play with the best in the world. The PCA will be a series of poker tournaments...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 4, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
Canada might be the butt of many jokes but there is no questioning the country’s poker prowess. Canadians Daniel Negreanu, Marc Karam, and Evelyn Ng have had impressive results whilst destroying their opponents on the felt. Jonathan Duhamel became the latest...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 3, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
While a lot of the world sees poker as purely gambling, we know that it’s not only a game of skill, but can also provide real value to the world as a fundraiser event for charitable organizations. Exactly that is planned for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 3, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
The second Superstar Showdown on PokerStars saw Isildur1 defeat poker pro Tony G in a battle of poker supremacy. These two are no strangers to each other. After Isildur1’s infamous rise and subsequent fall at the hands of Brian Hastings on Full Tilt Poker, Tony...
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...