by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 10, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
At the age of 20 I was lucky if I managed not to burn the kitchen down by making a piece of toast, but Kiwi David Yan has managed to not only make the last 16 of this year’s PokerStars London leg of the European Poker Tour, he has done so as the Chip Leader. Day...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 8, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
The PokerStars European Poker Tour is firmly entrenched at the Connaught Rooms in central London, and the main event is preparing to start Day 3 tomorrow. The chip leader going into Day 3 is going to be Tudor Purice, who is going to be coming back with a stack of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 8, 2013 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Well, the WCOOP and MiniFTOPS have come and gone, one of the biggest prizes in online poker have been awarded and now it’s time for the regular Sunday majors to take over the spotlight once again! As usual Sunday kicked off with the Sunday Warm – Up as 3227 players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 8, 2013 | Poker News, United States
Bovada This Week The room did not break ground on any new contests or reward programs this week, but is continuing to offer a good variety of existing ones: here is a quick rundown. Golden Spade Poker Championship Series – qualify for as little as $4.40 for a cut of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 7, 2013 | Poker News, United Kingdom
EPT London The European Poker Tour circus has rolled back into London, probably incensing both the Daily Mail and the local UKIP supporters, at the same time as exciting anyone who has won a hand of poker. The Super High Roller has already been won by German Martin...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 7, 2013 | Bovada, Poker News
Poker 1. Golden Spade Poker Open Running from September 9 to November 3, the Golden Spade Poker Open will have over 100 events and award $1.5 Million Guaranteed. With the biggest prize pool in the history of Bovada, this new tournament series is generating a lot of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 7, 2013 | Australia, Poker News
Peter Lau wins the Mini Main Event Sunday 6 October saw the conclusion of the inaugural Mini Main Event, which was held in the Crown Poker Room at Crown Casino, Melbourne, with Peter Lau being crowned champion after he beat out a collection of top players from...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 6, 2013 | Canada, Live Poker Results, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival Main Event After a quick heads up match on Day 5, a champion has be crowned in the Main Event of Full Tilt Poker’s Montreal Festival. Henri Balcazar defeated second place finisher Eric Despres for the title after his 53d hit a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 2, 2013 | Live Poker Results, Poker News, Televised Poker, WSOP
The action returned to TV last night for Day #6 at the 2013 Word Series of Poker Main Event. Check out the highlights below to see who got lucky, who got scummed, and who is still alive in the hunt for the World Championship. Highlights Back-to-back hands with pocket...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 1, 2013 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars
WCOOP 2013 Main Event Creates 3 New Millionaires After 26 hours of play the PokerStars WCOOP Main Event has finally ended, and three German-born players are now millionaires. The Main Event far exceeding the $8 million guarantee, growing all the way up to a staggering...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 1, 2013 | Online Poker News, Poker News
In the past twelve months, Black Chip Poker has passed out over $2,000,000 in cash and tournament tickets through The Beast promotion. Now this monthly promotion is expanding in order to offer players an extra opportunity each month to get in the extra cash. From the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 1, 2013 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another WCOOP has come to an end and this one was better than ever! The Main Event saw a record breaking attendance of 2,133 players that created a prize pool of $10,665,500! But this was not the only WCOOP event of the weekend, so let’s take a look at some of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 30, 2013 | Poker News, United States
Bovada This Week WPT Montreal: Cash Edition Another week – another exciting promotion from Bovada. From September 30 to October 27, you can play your favorite poker games to earn weekly cash bonuses while also scoring chances to win the $6k WPT Montreal Prize Package....
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 30, 2013 | Poker News, United Kingdom
Dusk Till Dawn £300 Deepstack The £300 + £36 DeepStack event being held this week in Nottingham’s DuskTillDawnCasino is expected to break it’s £100,000 guarantee. Day 1a is happening, as usual for Dusk Till Dawn Events, on the iPoker client, but Days 1b...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 30, 2013 | Poker News, This Week at FTR
It’s that time again where I get to illustrate the added value you get from being a member of FlopTurnRiver.com, and get to feel smug about how much we’re giving back to the community. Exclusive FTR Tournaments We start off with our Monthly PokerStars $250...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 30, 2013 | Bovada, Poker News
Poker 1. Golden Spade Poker Open Running from September 9 to November 3, the Golden Spade Poker Open will have over 100 events and award $1.5 Million Guaranteed. With the biggest prize pool in the history of Bovada, this new tournament series is generating a lot of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 30, 2013 | Australia, Poker News
Australia’s Luke “Value Folding” McLean wins a 2013 WCOOP Gold Bracelet Australia’s own Luke “ValueFolding” McLean has landed himself a 2013 World Championship of Online Poker bracelet. McLean won event 62; USD$700 NLHE Super Knock-Out, beating a massive...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 29, 2013 | Poker Law, Poker News
Navy Vice Admiral Tim Giardina, the second officer in charge of handling all U.S. nuclear-based forces, has been suspended for using fake poker chips at the Horseshoe Council Bluffs Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Giardina had been under surveillance since June and is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 27, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
This Tuesday (Wednesday night for those of us in Canada) the televised action at the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event continued, picking up right where last week’s two episodes left off. Day 5 saw a series of big hands, high profile exits, and more than a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 25, 2013 | Canada, Poker News
There is an exciting news for those fortunate poker fans living in the Montreal area. A poker festival organized by Full Tilt Poker kicked off with its first event at the Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake – just outside Montreal – on September 21. A novel, casual fan...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 24, 2013 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, Televised Poker
Matusow To Deeb: “I’ll Punch You In The F***ing Mouth” Say what you want about The Mouth, but it’s never alright to slowroll your opponent. As funny as it is to see the occasional Matusow Meltdown, you have to feel for the guy this time. During...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 24, 2013 | Poker News, United Kingdom
Grosvenor 25/25 series Hits Glasgow The Grosvenor Casino sister tour for the GukPT is rolling into Glasgow, where it’s expecting to give the “Glasgow Kiss” to the £25,000 guarantee. There are three opening flights, one on Friday, and two on Saturday,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 24, 2013 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another very exiting weekend is in the books and the action was as hot as ever! Perhaps the biggest event of the weekend was the conclusion of yet another MiniFTOPS series with the $750,000 Guaranteed Main Event being played out. Action at PokerStars was pretty good...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 23, 2013 | Poker News, United States
Bovada This Week Play in the Great White North This week, Bovada kicks off a brand new promotion – a race to win tickets to WPT Montreal. From September 24 to November 3 you can win a cool $6K WPT Montreal Prize Package by playing in daily qualifiers or buying...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 23, 2013 | Bovada, Poker News
Poker 1. Golden Spade Poker Open Running from September 9 to November 3, the Golden Spade Poker Open will have over 100 events and award $1.5 Million Guaranteed. With the biggest prize pool in the history of Bovada, this new tournament series is generating a lot of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 23, 2013 | Australia, Poker News
2013 Western Classic Poker Championship claims winner Darcy Dixon was crowned the 2013 Western Poker Champion this weekend in Perth, Australia collecting a massive AU$71,000 for his troubles while the Player of the Championship went to Lori Yogo, who add this...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 22, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
Matt Stout is a highly talented and successful poker player, widely popular with fans, media, and players alike. He is definitely a player on the rise: steadily increasing his footprint by amassing tournament cashes from year to year he is currently one of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 21, 2013 | Online Casino News, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
WCOOP A Massive Success The 12th annual World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is now past the halfway stage, and all signs point to a record-breaking success. The 66-event series offered a guaranteed $40M in prizes, including an $8M guaranteed Main Event, but it...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 18, 2013 | Poker News, Televised Poker, WSOP
After a multi-week hiatus, last night marked the return of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event to ESPN. Fans were treated to two hours of brand-new coverage of Day 5 action, and alongside some bad jokes that’s exactly what they got. Check out the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 17, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
After several weeks off the air the 2013 World Series of Poker returns to ESPN tonight with two hours of brand-new coverage of the Main Event. Beginning at 9pm ET, the programming will cover Day 5 action. From now until the final table, viewers can watch the action...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 17, 2013 | Canada, Live Poker Results, Poker News
Casino de Montreal Série Royale de Poker Results Last Saturday marked the conclusion of the Série Royale de Poker at the Montreal Casino. The $1,100 buy-in tournament saw 86 players battle it out for their share of $83,440 prize pool. In the end, Shane Ross outlasted...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 17, 2013 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
With the WCOOP and MiniFTOPS in full swing, the excitement is bigger than ever! Just this Sunday more than $7 million in prizes were awarded across the two series! Once again, let’s take a look at this weekends’ biggest winners. Sundays’ WCOOP events were packed...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 16, 2013 | Poker News, United States
Bovada This Week The $5K PTS Weekly The staple of Bovada’s weekly menu has been the $5,000 Poker Points Freeroll. You can put those hard-earned Poker Points to good use by playing for your share of five grand given out every Thursday or Saturday without risking any...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 16, 2013 | Bovada, Poker News
Poker 1. Back to school with Bovada From September 2 to September 29 play any of your favorite poker games and earn up to $115 in weekly cash bonuses. You’ll also get entries to a draw for a $5K Poker Scholarship, which awards over 40 high value tournament tickets!...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 16, 2013 | Poker News, United Kingdom
UKIPT and EPT London Satellites running There is going to be a hell of a party in London over the end of September and the beginning of October as PokerStars is running 3 different tournaments. they are starting off with the £275 UKIPT Series event at the Hippodrome...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 16, 2013 | Australia
James Packer sets aim at new heights. As the ink is still drying from his recent acquisition of prime Sydney real estate for the latest Crown creation, James Packer has not rested as he is targeting a 400 – room resort style casino in Sri Lanka to add to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2013 | Canada, EPT, Poker News
After a huge run at the €10,300 buy-in EPT Barcelona High Roller Daniel Negreanu has finishing yet another tournament in 2nd place. Despite a massive 8-1 chip lead when heads up play began, the Canadian superstar was defeated by Austria’s Thomas Muhlocker. The final...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2013 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Probably the biggest few weeks of this year in online poker have kicked off this weekend with the start of two popular tournament series. Full Till Poker has kicked off MiniFTOPS, one of the most popular series with affordable buy in’s and big prizes, most of which...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2013 | Poker News, United States
Bovada This Week The New Series, Golden Spade Poker Open, Offers Highest Prizes Ever Starting September 9, the Golden Spade Open series will run through November 3 and will have over 100 events awarding at least $1.5 million in prizes. This makes it the biggest prize...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 9, 2013 | Poker News, WCOOP
FlopTurnRiver.com has teamed up with PokerStars.com to offer FTR members a fantastic chance to play for massive prize pools as part of the 2013 WCOOP for free. The freeroll is taking place on Thursday at 4pm ET (9pm WET) and will be exclusively for FTR members who...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 9, 2013 | Poker News, United Kingdom
Genting Poker Series Stoke Genting is running another of it’s Genting Poker Series events, this time in the pottery capital of the world, Stoke-on-Trent. The £100k guaranteed event has a £400 + £40 buy in, and currently has 120 players registered, but you still...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 9, 2013 | Bovada, Poker News
Poker 1. Back to school with Bovada From September 2 to September 29 play any of your favorite poker games and earn up to $115 in weekly cash bonuses. You’ll also get entries to a draw for a $5K Poker Scholarship, which awards over 40 high value tournament tickets!...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 9, 2013 | Australia, Poker News
Weekly AU Poker news 8-14 September Lynn Gilmartin announced as World Poker Tour lead anchor. The World Poker Tour (WPT) has announced that Australia’s Lynn Gilmartin will replace Kimberly Lansing as the lead anchor for the main WPT television broadcast. ...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2013 | Canada, Poker News
New Announcements: CPT Montreal Mega Stack Poker Series Where: VIP Poker Room – Kahnawake (Near Montreal), Quebec When: September 24 to October 2 The Mega Stack Poker Series will feature 8 events, indcluding a 3 day Main Event. Regular buy-ins range from $85 to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2013 | EPT, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Thomas Middleton Wins The EPT10 Barcelona Main Event Title for €942,000 The United Kingdom’s Tom “hitthehole” Middleton defeated a tour stop record 1,234 players on his way $1,067,000 (€942,000). The final table is below: 1st. Thomas Middleton,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2013 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Well, that’s it for summer, it’s back to school for kids and back to the grinding felt for pro’s with only fun summer memories to remember for the next 9 months… Even though the end of summer might be a bit depressing for some people, as usual, PokerStars and Full...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2013 | United Kingdom
Follow the European Poker Tour Live Stream on FTR You can keep track of the UK players in the Barcelona leg of the PokerStars EPT by heading over the FTR page where we have the stream in full. As I type this, EPT London winner David Vamplew, has just been eliminated...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2013 | This Week at FTR
Welcome back to This Week at FlopTurnRiver.com, where we do our best to bring you little gems of added value. I’m sure you have already found the regular strategy videos, and other bits of strategy gold, but here we bring you the more unusual added bonues of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2013 | Bovada, Poker News
Poker 1. The $5K PTS Weekly A total of $20,000 up for grabs every single month, so shift gears and get in the fast lane this week with the Weekly $5K PTS Freeroll. The Weekly $5K PTS Freeroll will be held every week and gives you the option of buying in directly for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2013 | Poker News, United States
Bovada This Week. Brand New Promotion from Bovada – Back to School $5K Poker Scholarship Celebrating the start of the academic year, the site introduces a new reward program that lets you earn up to $115 in weekly cash bonuses and win multiple entries into the draw...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2013 | Australia
Sliverman defeats JC Tran to take WPT Alpha8 High Roller. Steven Sliverman overcame a spirited performance from JC Tran to claim the first-ever World Poker Tour (WPT) Alpha8 series High Roller event pocketing a huge US$891,660 in the process. ...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 29, 2013 | EPT, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
WCOOP Reload Bonus Players can earn a maximum of $150 by taking advantage of the WCOOP Reload Bonus offer (up to 25%) being offered now until September 6. For more information, click here. World Championship of Online Poker 2013 The schedule for the World Championship...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 27, 2013 | Bovada
Poker 1. Zone Poker Since the launch of Rush Poker a few years ago, this format has become more and more popular and numerous other poker rooms have adapted this format and now you can play it at Bovada with Zone Poker! The moment you fold your hand at a Zone Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 27, 2013 | Online Tournaments
Another FTOPS has come and gone, but don’t worry, high stakes tournament action is far from over. Over the next month you can catch the MiniFTOPS on Full Tilt Poker and the mother of all online tournament series – WCOOP (World Championship Of Online Poker). WCOOP is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 27, 2013 | United States
Bovada This Week Last Chance to Win Punta Cana Package In the last week of the three-week promotion ending September 1, you can still clinch a ticket to the Caribbean to play in the Punta Cana Poker Classic and earn up to $50 in cash bonuses just for trying. There are...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 26, 2013 | Australia
Steve Smith claims the 2013 New Zealand Poker Championship The New Zealand Poker Championships (NZPC) are easily the most prestigious and highly regarded poker championships held inside New Zealand. Hosted at the Christchurch Casino, Christchurch, 2013s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 19, 2013 | Australia
Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon won by Tom Alner Out of a field of 645 participants a champion has finally been crowned as the UK’s own Tom Alner showed poker class to claim the 2013 Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon Main Event and a seat at the HK$100,000 ACOP Main Event. ...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 19, 2013 | Online Tournaments
With the FTOPS Main Event being played out over the weekend, the action was as good as ever on both Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars. The Main Event itself attracted 3,327 players, boosting the original $1.5m prizepool to just shy of $2m. But even though this was the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 19, 2013 | Bovada
Poker 1. Zone Poker Since the launch of Rush Poker a few years ago, this format has become more and more popular and numerous other poker rooms have adapted this format and now you can play it at Bovada with Zone Poker! The moment you fold your hand at a Zone Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 19, 2013 | United Kingdom
GUKPTGoliathTowers over Coventry Coventry is the place to be this weekend, that is if you want to try and climb over 1999 other players to raise a GUKPT trophy. The expected first prize of more than £35,000 may also be a motivator to those of you who are more results...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 17, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch
Since we last checked in with Viktor Blom, he’s played two days of action, and has seen action across Fixed Limit Omaha, Fixed Limit 2-7 Triple Draw and No Limit Hold’em. He’s played 2853 hands across these games, at both heads up and 6-Max tables,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 14, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch
Today sees the return of The Isildur1 Watch. We’ve had a little time off, and while I’ve been off enjoying the British Summer, Viktor Blom has been working pretty hard. Since the last Isildur1 Watch on the 18th of July, he has played 23,125 hands at 231...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 13, 2013 | Online Tournaments
Unfortunately, summer is inching closer to the end with every passing day, but even though that means less fun outdoors and colder weather, it also means that more and more players will be steadily returning back to the virtual felt to play the best game in the world!...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 13, 2013 | Bovada
Poker 1. Zone Poker Since the launch of Rush Poker a few years ago, this format has become more and more popular and numerous other poker rooms have adapted this format and now you can play it at Bovada with Zone Poker! The moment you fold your hand at a Zone Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 12, 2013 | United States
Bovada This Week Bovada Launches Its Version of Fast Poker – Zone Poker From the days of Rush poker on Full Tilt, U.S. players have not seen this high-speed format in cash games where you don’t have to wait for the whole table to decide what to do with their hole...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 12, 2013 | Australia
2014 Aussie Millions Schedule announced Australia’s premier poker tournament is set to run at the Crown Casino, Melbourne, from Thursday 23 January through to Monday 10 February. The announcement has been greeted with excitement across the poker world as the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 12, 2013 | United Kingdom
Genting Poker Series hits Southend The £100,000 guaranteed Leg 4 of the Genting Poker Series has already started with the online Day 1A already in the books. Day 1B and 1C are planned for Thursday and Friday respectively, and the £400 + £40 is also guarantee a £25,000...
by Mike1013 | Aug 8, 2013 | Bovada, Online Poker News
Bodog has recently introduced its version of fast-fold poker – Zone Poker. Ever since Full Tilt introduced Rush Poker early in 2010, this type of poker has become popular with players, since it allows them to fold hands they don’t like and immediately receive a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 7, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews
On the 5th of August, Jason “JCarver” Somerville visited FlopTurnRiver.com to answer a plethora of questions from our forum. Jason is a WSOP Bracelet winner, and has been a coach on PokerVT for some time. He recently signed with Nevada regulated poker site...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 6, 2013 | United Kingdom
UKIPT Galway heading to the Man Event Finale The Full Tilt Poker sponsored UK & Ireland Poker Tour event in Galway is heading ever closer the Main Event. Thursday sees the start of Day 1a, and you still have time to play for a seat on PokerStars and Full Tilt. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 6, 2013 | United States
Bovada This Week Big Deal – $100K Guaranteed The Big Deal tournament with at least $100,000 in guaranteed prize money remains one of the most popular Bovada’s running promotions. The tournament takes place every Sunday at 4 pm ET and you can qualify for as...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 5, 2013 | Australia
APT Macau Main Event Crowns Champion. At the conclusion of the eight day Asian Poker Tour (APT) festival, Norway’s Henrik Tollefsen claimed victory in the HKD$25,000 Main Event taking home HKD$981,700. Hosted at the StarWorld Hotel and Casino,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 5, 2013 | Online Tournaments
Despite August traditionally being the slowest month in online poker with many people preferring the outdoors to a good old poker game, this weekend saw an unexpected spike in attendance at the biggest tournament at PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Perhaps this has...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 5, 2013 | Bovada
Poker 1. Punta Cana Poker Classic Hosted by the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in the Dominican Republic the 2013 Punta Cana Poker Classic will take place from November 12th through November 16th featuring a $500,000 Guaranteed Main Event. From July 22nd through October...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 3, 2013 | Canada, Poker News
2013 World Series of Poker dubbed “The Year of the Canadian” Although Canadians are usually the minority when it comes to the WSOP (making up less than 10% of all players), that hasn’t stopped the Red & White from taking over. Canadians have won 10...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 3, 2013 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
August Is VIP Club Month At PokerStars Running throughout the month of August, PokerStars is running a new series of promotions aimed at their VIP Club members. VIP Club Members have a series of different opportunities to benefit from the promotion. VIP Club Happy...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 30, 2013 | Online Tournaments
Just over a day ago the fifth Micro Millions series has crowned its last winner and is now officially in the books. Awarding millions of dollars across a 100 events, the Micro Millions series is quickly becoming one of the most dominant low stakes tournament series in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 30, 2013 | Bovada
Poker 1. Feel the Heat Hosted by the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in the Dominican Republic the 2013 Punta Cana Poker Classic will take place from November 12th through November 16th featuring a $500,000 Guaranteed Main Event. From July 22nd through October 20th, play...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 29, 2013 | United States
Bovada This Week The Weekly $5K PTS Freeroll Put your poker points to good use with the weekly drive for $5K to score a payday without risking any cash! The Weekly $5K PTS Freeroll will be held every week with an option to buy-in directly for 1,000 points or get in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 29, 2013 | Australia
Gavin Hanlon claims Tasmanian Poker Championships A capacity field of 80 players took to the tables at the Wrest Point Casino and Hotel, Hobart, for the AUD$290 Main Event at the 2013 Tasmanian Poker Championships. Gavin Hanlon came away victorious following a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 29, 2013 | United Kingdom
APAT Welsh Amateur Poker Championship comes to Cardiff The Amateur Poker Association and Tour is hosting the Welsh leg of it series at the G Casino in Cardiff and all the action kicks off on Saturday. The £75 + £7.50 event is aimed at the recreational player, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 27, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews
An online legend, sensational tournament player, feared high-stakes pro, and sought-after coach – this is not the beginning of an introduction of a November 9 lineup: all of the above is one person, Jason Somerville, whom FTR is so privileged to host for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2013 | Canada, Poker News, WSOP
2013 World Series of Poker dubbed “The Year of the Canadian” Although Canadians are usually the minority when it comes to the WSOP (making up less than 10% of all players), that hasn’t stopped the Red & White from taking over. Canadians have won 10...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 22, 2013 | United Kingdom
GUKPT Brighton The main event of the Brighton leg of the GUKPT is going to start with Day 1A on Thursday at 12 Noon at the G Casino just opposite the Brighton Pier. It will cost you £500 +£50 to enter but satellites have been running from Sunday, starting from £30....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 22, 2013 | Online Tournaments
In the mid – summer heat big prizes have been dealt out left and right over the weekend on both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. The Sunday Warm – Up and Sunday Million were both won by recently signed up players with less than 300 tournaments played between them....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 22, 2013 | Bovada
Poker 1. $15K in Monthly Freerolls Twice a month Bovada hosts a tournament with $7,5K prize pool and only a 1,000 PTS buy in! Satellites to these tournaments are running every day for as little as 25 poker points. Every day at 5:10pm ET you can join a 200 PTS...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 22, 2013 | Australia
Aus Poker News 21 – 27 July Treasury Poker Masters enters record books Stephen Boyd beat out 194 other players to collect the win at the 2013 Treasury Poker Masters at the Treasury Hotel and Casino, Brisbane, and the AUD$44,338 first place prize....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 21, 2013 | WSOP
The “November Nine”, the final table of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event, has been set. While we now have to wait until November to see more WSOP action, that doesn’t mean the betting is over. This week the sportsbooks have released the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 18, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch
The UK is currently undergoing a heat wave. It may not be on the scale of some heat waves around the world, but we’re seeing temperatures in excess of 30C, which for the British is the equivalent of sitting on the surface of the sun. I’m currently in an...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2013 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars Reveals New Security Measure for Player Accounts PokerStars has just announced a brand new security feature designed to protect player accounts. The service, titled “SMS Validation”, is free to all users and is accessible through the latest...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 16, 2013 | WSOP
The 15th was the last day of the WSOP Main Event before the return of the last Nine contenders in November. 27 poker gladiators returned to the Amazon Room of the Rio Casino to play down to the final nine, regardless of how long it was going to take. We had a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 15, 2013 | Bovada
Poker 1. $15K in Monthly Freerolls Twice a month Bovada hosts a tournament with $7,5K prize pool and only a 1,000 PTS buy in! Satellites to these tournaments are running every day for as little as 25 poker points. Every day at 5:10pm ET you can join a 200 PTS...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 15, 2013 | United States
Bovada This Week The Big Deal, $100K Guaranteed Tournament The Big Deal, taking place every Sunday at 4 PM ET, has guaranteed prize pool of at least $100,000 with a first-place payout of at least $20K. You can qualify for as little as $1. Here is a full qualifying...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 15, 2013 | United Kingdom
GUKPT Brighton This Sunday sees the start of my local GUKPT Festival, at the Brighton “G” Casino. the £50,000 guaranteed Main Event is planned to start on Thursday the 25th, and will cost you £500 +£50 to enter. Satellites will be running from Sunday...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 15, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch
Viktor Blom has had a good go at splitting the attention of the Poker Media over the past 7 weeks or so, as we have all had at least one eye on the events in Las Vegas, but have had to leave at least part of our attention focussed on the enigmatic Swedish Poker Hero....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 15, 2013 | WSOP
The 14th saw the reduction of the WSOP Main Event field from 68 down to just 27 hopefuls. They will be returning to play Day 7, where they will fight tooth and nail (and anything else they can find) to be one of the last nine players standing at the end of Day 7. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 14, 2013 | WSOP
13 is considered an unlucky number to a lot of people, and the majority of the players who started Day 5 of the 2013 WSOP Main Event won’t have much evidence to contradict this assertion. 239 players started the day in hope that the 13 thing was a myth, but only...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 13, 2013 | WSOP
The 12th of July saw Day 4 of the 2013 Main Event whittle the devils number of 666 players down to just the 239 players who do into Day 5. The bubble burst pretty early in the day, and 648 players went away with at least $19,106, and the remaining players are...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 12, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch
Thursday was another day that saw Viktor Blom taking advantage of a reduced number of high stakes regs on Full Tilt. I have seen an increasing number of the well known names returning after their Nevada trips, with Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene making a return...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 12, 2013 | WSOP
Day 3 of the 2013 WSOP Main Event finally saw the three starting flights merge together into a single massive beast, something like the poker equivalent of Godzilla or Mothra. This massive leviathan of a poker event was made up of many recognisable names, and there...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 11, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch
Viktor Blom has probably got only a couple of day to make hay while the sun shines. You see, the WSOP in Las Vegas is coming to an end, and as the field in Main Event thins out towards the final nine, more and more high stakes online pros are going to return home, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 11, 2013 | WSOP
While there have been some rather interesting changes announced in the Poker Media world in the past 24 hours, the majority of the attention is still on a single casino’s poker floor in Las Vegas. As the crown jewel of Live Poker Events, the WSOP Main Event...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 11, 2013 | Online Tournaments
The WSOP Main Event is well under way in Vegas and more than 6,000 players have showed up looking for that one and only Main Event bracelet. But even though action is huge in Vegas, action online never dies as the Sunday Million got almost the same amount of entries...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 10, 2013 | WSOP
All of the poker media attention on the 9th of July in Las Vegas was pretty much all concentrated on the two day 2s happening in the Rio Casino. The two separate flights were both being run to allow the much bigger Day 2c to have enough room on Wednesday. The Open...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 9, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch
It seems that Viktor Blom has decided not to partake in the gluttony of poker that is the World Series Of Poker this year, as the final day to start playing the Main Event was yesterday, and Viktor Blom was amongst the runners. Where was he instead? He was online...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 9, 2013 | WSOP
The 8th of July only had one World Series Of Poker Event going on, but it was the biggest event of the year, and the Main Event is currently the centre of the poker universe. The Rio Casino has some of the biggest names in poker sitting at their tables, and there are...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 9, 2013 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars Reveals New Security Measure for Player Accounts PokerStars has just announced a brand new security feature designed to protect player accounts. The service, titled “SMS Validation”, is free to all users and is accessible through the latest...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 8, 2013 | Canada, Poker News, WSOP
Hard Rock Casino Vancouver will open in Coquitlam, British Columbia The Hard Rock Casino Vancouver will be a brand new renovation of the old Boulevard Casino, in the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia (Metro Vancouver). The new 80,000 square foot casino will offer...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 8, 2013 | United States
Bovada This Week $15K in Monthly Freerolls On the second and last Sunday of each month Bovada runs a freeroll with $7.5K in guaranteed prizes. You can gain a direct entry for 1,000 Poker Points or qualify via a satellites running virtually around the clock for a...
by Mike1013 | Jul 8, 2013 | WSOP
Poker professional Eli Elezra scored his second career bracelet Friday in WSOP Event #59 – a $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball event. Elezra walked home with $173,236 in winnings. The event drew only 282 entrants, but the field was among the toughest in any WSOP event...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 8, 2013 | Bovada
Poker 1. Explore Southeast Asia Hit the tables with Bovada from July 1 to August 11 and earn up to $300 in weekly cash bonuses and the chance to score a $5K Trip to explore Southeast Asia! With cash bonuses up for grabs over the course of six weeks, you have the...
by Mike1013 | Jul 8, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch
Viktor Blom has never been one to shy away from a small downswing. Indeed, he is known well for his habit of putting in the hands online, even when the cards aren’t falling his way. After a basically breakeven Saturday, Viktor fired up a few tables of FLO8 and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 8, 2013 | WSOP
Joining Dana Castaneda, last week’s winner of Event # 54, among the first women other than Vanessa Selbst to win a WSOP event since 2007, Loni Harwood conquered the field of more than 2,000 entrants and won her first WSOP bracelet and $609,017 in cash. Having reached...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 8, 2013 | United Kingdom
GUKPT Walsall Main Event starts on Thursday The £500+£50 GUKPT Main Event is due to kick of in Walsall on Thursday at the G Casino. The Festival started on Sunday, and will run for two weeks. Satellites are available in the casino, with a £30 re-buy turbo everyday...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 8, 2013 | WSOP
The $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Event #61 was the last event to finish before the Main Event takes sole control of the limelight in Las Vegas. This event attracted a small field of 386 players, but didn’t skimp on quality. Players who made the money included...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 8, 2013 | WSOP
The Little One For One Drop attracted an impressive 4,756 players creating a $4,280,400 prizepool with over $600,000 going to the winner. Initially the tournament was supposed to run for 3 days, but due to the high player turnout it was extended to 4 days with the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 8, 2013 | Australia
Sapphire Series Main Event gets its winner The uber popular Sapphire Series poker tournament hosted at the Crown Hotel and Casino, Perth, recently came to a conclusion with Eddie Setyanto taking home the title. Who said the romantic poker story is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 8, 2013 | WSOP
The 7th of July has always been a favourite day for me. Maybe it’s because I’m British, and Andy Murray won Wimbledon yesterday, maybe it’s because the Main Event of the World Series of Poker is going on, or maybe it’s just because it was my...
by Mike1013 | Jul 7, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch
Our regular Isildur1 Watch correspondent has taken a well-deserved break from covering Viktor’s high-stakes action. Evidently, Rob had been heard exclaiming, “Noooo, Viktor! Bottom pair is not a monster!” and “Sit-out! Sit-out, damn you!” at random times...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 7, 2013 | WSOP
As the last of the WSOP events are coming to a close, the biggest one of them all is just beginning. Day 1A of the WSOP Main Event is in the books and with two more starting days to go this years’ Main Event promises to be as good as ever. That being said, many of the...
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