by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker now hosts the biggest guaranteed tournament you can buy into on a Friday night. Each Friday, $75,000 will be up for grabs in the Friday Night Fights $500 Knockout Tournament. Not only do you play for your share of $75k, but each time you knock out...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
The online poker version of Pros VS Joes has just concluded in the PokerStars AllStar week. Despite an impressive showing by the Joes (with kAmIkAdZeEe, for instance, not losing a single one of his matches), the Pros did win by the slightest of margins. Going into the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Sunday tournament participation continues to waver as the last week before the much anticipated SCOOP series on PokerStars commences. This past Sunday there was a large amount of big names making deep runs in Sunday Majors. PokerStars saw a nice increase in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
All the talk was mainly surrounding a new face on High Stakes, ‘Gypsie Queen,’ as they made their debut last week. There was much speculation into who the new player actually was, as it’s not that often new faces are seen at these nosebleed stakes. There was a massive...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
FlopTurnRiver is one of the fastest growing poker community websites out there. They offer strategy articles, exclusive bonuses, poker news updates, a poker forum, and much more. New members are joining every day and finding that being a part of the FlopTurnRiver...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
The debate over whether poker is a game of chance or skill continues to gain momentum toward the skill side. There have been a number of legal opinions released recently that have ruled that poker is indeed a game of skill. Also, this past week a bill was introduced...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 26, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
Online tournament players looking for some action over the coming months seem to be spoiled for choice. In addition to the recently unveiled FTOPS XII, tournament junkies can also get their fix in the upcoming Poker Stars Spring Championships of Online Poker. A sister...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 26, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Patrik and Durrrr logged their third session in a week on Sunday 22nd March, playing for a little over an hour. The relatively brief session saw Durrrr return to the forefront again. Durrrr won $123,849 this session, eroding Patrik’s lead from the last session. Durrrr...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 26, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
In April, Paradise Poker will double the added money in 9 different events and give away 15,000 EUR in freerolls in 5 fantastic days! Don’t miss out on these extra value added events. Wednesday April 1st 18:00 GMT Fantastic Five €1,000 Freeroll – Entry is 20...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 26, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, PokerStars
And the happy family that is Team PokerStars Pros keeps on growing. Not too long after their latest free agent acquisition, JC Alvarado, PokerStars has already signed up another big name to carry its flag and colors for the well-respected site. Johnny Lodden, a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Every few months online poker’s finest tournament players gather on Full Tilt to take part in the Full Tilt Series of Poker. The latest festival, FTOPS XII, has recently been unveiled with an unprecedented amount of guaranteed cash on offer. Outdoing the the FTOPS XI...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Cigital, Inc. will release a report through a media conference call on Friday outlining a study of 103 million hands of Texas Hold ‘Em, which includes compelling statistics showing the outcomes of the games are largely determined by the players’ decisions...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Cigital, Inc. will release a report through a media conference call on Friday outlining a study of 103 million hands of Texas Hold ‘Em, which includes compelling statistics showing the outcomes of the games are largely determined by the players’ decisions...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Last Friday, 20th March, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius continued their 50,000-hand challenge match, logging another 425 hands. With the $161,086 Patrik won in this session, Antonius took the overall lead for the first time since February 21st. He...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Texas Representative Jose Menendez (D- San Antonio) introduced a bill, HB 222 – also known as the Poker Gaming Act of 2008, back in November of last year. By the end of the day today, Texas poker players hope that they will legally be allowed to play poker in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2009 | Poker News
Online gambling in Washington State, apparently, was illegal since before the UIGEA of 2006. In fact, the 2006 law was an amendment to the 1973 Gambling Act. It was also implemented by governor Christine Gregoire, and as a result of this the act of gambling online,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 24, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Cyprus 24th March 2009 – Live Events specialist poker room RedKings announced today the scheduling of an extra three more online Finals for packages to the eagerly awaited next round of the European Poker Tour in San Remo. Said a RedKings spokesperson, “We have...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 23, 2009 | Poker News
Madrid was the first stop on the bwin Magic Moments of Poker Tour from March 6th through 10th. Austrian player Emmanuel Haider showed off his skills at the poker table and got the better of the opposition. In addition to his own personal Magic Moment at the poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 23, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Titan Poker will be hosting the fourth season of the European Championship of Online Poker from May 25th to June 7th. This time around, $4,550,000 in prize money will be up for grabs! That’s the largest guaranteed prize pool to be given away by ECOOP yet! Over...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 23, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Daniel Negreanu, Peter Eastgate, Doyle Brunson, Eli Elezra, Tom Dwan, Illari Shahmies, Barry Greenstein and David Benyamine were all at the table once again this week on High Stakes Poker. In the first interesting hand of the session, Eastgate raises Q8o and Barry...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 23, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
For the first time in a while, online tournaments saw a bit of a drop in participation this week. Perhaps it could be players “resting” up for the looming SCOOP Series on PokerStars. The “Spring Championship of Online Poker” will have buy-in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 23, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
Have you been playing on Pokerstars? No? Well, here’s what you have been missing: The challengers have been determined. The pros are now waiting. It’s the modern version of showdown in the west, but online and with cards and chips instead of with guns and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (or UIGEA) made it unlawful for banks, credit card companies and payment processors, like paypal, to transfer funds from players to online gambling establishments. It did not criminalize the playing of online...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News, WSOP
Win a seat for the 2009 World Series of Poker at SunPoker! They want to bring as many people as possible to the 2009 WSOP and here is how you can be one of those people! Just win any one of SunPoker’s Super Satellites and you’ll be walking away with a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Live Poker Results, Poker News
In October last year, Dream Team Poker unveiled their revolutionary new approach to a team poker tournament and later that month held their first event. It was an invitation only event, which featured some very well-known professional poker players as well as some...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Live Poker Results, Poker News
In October last year, Dream Team Poker unveiled their revolutionary new approach to a team poker tournament and later that month held their first event. It was an invitation only event, which featured some very well-known professional poker players as well as some...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News, WSOP
Titan Poker is offering up a chance for their players to compete in the World Series of Poker 2009! Starting at the end of March, Titan will be hosting super satellites and awarding first place prize packages to WSOP Pot-Limit Omaha, No-Limit Texas Hold’em, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 20, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Daniel Negreanu, Peter Eastgate, Doyle Brunson, Eli Elezra, Tom Dwan, Illari Shahmies, Barry Greenstein and David Benyamine were all at the table once again this week on High Stakes Poker. In the first hand, Daniel Negreanu raised it to $2,500 Ad7d. Doyle Brunson,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 19, 2009 | Poker News
The third annual Wynn Poker Classic concluded yesterday at the Wynn Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. This fledgling event is establishing itself as a highlight of the Vegas calender, with a sixteen event series culmination with the $10,000 No Limit Hold ‘em...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2009 | EPT, Live Poker Results, Poker News
Sandra “Black Mamba” Naujoks makes history by becoming the second ever woman to win an EPT live event. And she did not walk an easy path. The German beauty walked home with about €917,000 in her pockets, after defeating everybody in a very very tough final...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Ever since poker’s hottest young talent, Tom Dwan, announced his high stakes ‘durrrr challenge’ the internet has been awash with speculation about who will take up the challenge and who will come out on top. Dwan’s dynamic proposal was to play any challenger at 4...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2009 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
It’s been a few months since the PokerStars LAPT Mexico tournament started. Back in December, 242 entrants paid the $2,500 to play in the tourny, only to have it halted by the gaming commission with 89 players still in the game. At that time, PokerStars decided...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 17, 2009 | EPT, Live Poker Results, Poker News
EPT San Remo Italy, home of several of the most crazily aggressive poker pros like Dario Minieri, Luca Pagano and Jeff Lisandro, will once again be host to one of the most prestigious EPT stops – the EPT San Remo. This will be your chance to go to the land of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 16, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Titan Poker is hosting a special tournament for members who have registered and have made a new real money deposit since February 1st. The prize pool is guaranteed at $2000! The trick? You need to register your account as a direct sign-up through FlopTurnRiver.com....
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 16, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Titan Poker is hosting a special tournament for members who have registered and have made a new real money deposit since February 1st. The prize pool is guaranteed at $2000! The trick? You need to register your account as a direct sign-up through FlopTurnRiver.com....
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 16, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another big day of online tournaments is in the books. This Sunday, tournaments continued their recent trend of full participation with all tournaments reaching their guarantees. It seems even in times of economic trouble that poker is able to withstand and even...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
The Fossilman, Greg Raymer, recently appeared on Fox Business News on behalf of the Poker Players Alliance to talk about the state of online poker and the UIGEA. During the approximately 5 minute interview, he stated that in his opinion, there’s nothing in the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2009 | Poker News
Members of bwin will be able to participate in of the most memorable poker tournaments offered to date! How would it sound to meet some of today’s most famed sports stars and play in a televised poker event? Qualify to play in bwin’s Magic Moments of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 13, 2009 | Poker News
888.com is offering its poker players a once in a lifetime opportunity by putting up one seat for the Cannes Charity Poker event. Here they will get to play alongside some famous A-list celebrities, as well as some super-rich charity donators. Two stars already...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 12, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
If you’ve set your sites on a piece of coveted WSOP 2009 wrist decoration, then you’ll likely be interested to know that pre-registration for this year’s series has officially opened. Buy-ins are now being accepted for every one of the 57 bracelet events, along...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 12, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Sunday, March 8th brought episode two of High Stakes Poker on GSN. There was plenty of action on this week, with Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Peter Eastgate being involved in some of the biggest pots once again. This week’s episode featured the same players as...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News, WSOP
The 2009 World Series of Poker gets underway in May, and FullTilt wants to help you get there. They offering up a slew of different ways to qualify for this year’s Main Event, including weekly cash qualifiers, shootouts, a 150 Main Event seat guarantee, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Tom Dwan, known online as Durrrr, has been pretty prominent in the first two episodes of High Stakes Poker’s 5th season. Although it’s hard to know exactly how each player is doing because only a select number of hands are shown, Dwan seems to be right at...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
South Carolina has been historically opposed to all forms of gambling, with laws dating back over two centuries outlawing any and all forms of gambling, including poker. However, in the wake of a recent court case declaring poker a game of skill, the state’s stance...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
A lot has changed atop the PokerStars monthly tournament leaderboard over the last week, as many of the top ten contenders have fallen out of site. Last week’s leader ace_cider fell all the way back to 48th place this week, being replace at the top by grebnrets86, who...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 10, 2009 | EPT, Poker News
Top class online poker site RedKings Poker have announced that they are sending a team of 11 players to the European Poker Tour event in Dortmund, Germany. Team RK will include six German speaking players, emblematic of RedKings’ recent efforts to become the online...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 9, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
March Madness has struck Fortune Poker and they are giving away €20,000 in cash and prizes this month! First, there is the €10,000 March Madness Freeroll on March 28th. Then, just because Fortune Poker wants to show just how much they appreciate their players, they...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 9, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Online tournaments were back in full swing this weekend as the major events on PokerStars and FullTilt kept building off recent successes. With FTOPS XI in the books and SCOOP looming next month, tournaments could have seen a lull in participation. However, this...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 8, 2009 | Poker News
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by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 7, 2009 | Poker News
Lately, teaching poker seems to be the new black. So it should come really as no surprise that online site Full Tilt Poker decided to open up its own Academy of Poker, predictably named Full Tilt Poker Academy. If you are a member at Bovada Poker, then you should have...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 7, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
The first round of the NBC Heads-Up Championship Event concluded yesterday as the field of 64 became the field of 32 after a grueling day of play. There are four regions in the 64-man bracket, named after the suits in the deck, diamonds, spades, clubs, and hearts....
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 7, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
The gang at Bluefirepoker.com have laid down the gauntlet, issuing a challenge to President Obama or any member of Congress who is willing to accept. They extended the offer to play poker with any of them for $1, and if the pros lose, they will donate $1 million to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 7, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The trend continued in the first week of March as Patrik Antonius once again dominated the Hold’em tables. Just six days into the month, the Finnish poker pro is already up over half a million dollars. The first huge pot went down between Antonius and Tom Dwan in a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 6, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
High stakes online regulars Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan got together this afternoon for a show of complete gambling degeneracy, a series of two flips worth $400k each. Both players bought in for the max on Dwan’s very own $500/1000 deep heads up PLO table and proceeded to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 6, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Bet365, a betting site that has really been breaking into the poker scene lately, is holding a $2,500,000 guaranteed tournament this Sunday, March 8th. Make sure you don’t miss out on this great chance! Days to reserve your seat are dwindling, so be sure to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 5, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
ParadisePoker is launching a new series called the International Championship of Poker. It takes place March 9th through March 15th with €600,000 in guaranteed prize money. In addition to the series events, prizes will also be given out to the overall top performers...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 5, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
A number of potentially important, and in one case scandalous, developments have been taking place in the fight to legalize online poker in the United States. Law makers and industry groups are slowly massing behind the idea that a legalized regulated online poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 4, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
As the month of February came to an end, no one could catch up to Zackattak13 who picked up nearly 1000 chips on the PokerStars Monthly Tournament Leaderboard in the last four days to secure the first place finish. Zackattak13 received $5000 from PokerStars for his...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 4, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
A set of exciting new developments have been announced over at Bodog Poker, chief among them a new column by online expert Justin Bonomo. Players are encouraged to email in their poker concerns, with one lucky entrant selected by Justin to receive his considered...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 4, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
A set of exciting new developments have been announced over at Bodog Poker, chief among them a new column by online expert Justin Bonomo. Players are encouraged to email in their poker concerns, with one lucky entrant selected by Justin to receive his considered...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 4, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
PokerStars just keeps putting their size on display to the rest of the online poker world. In the past few months, PokerStars has been breaking records (usually their own) at an incredible clip. In December, they broke the record for most ever players online at one...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 3, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Members of the FlopTurnRiver forum enjoy exclusive access to several different poker tournaments and freerolls at each month. In fact, there is over $3,500 in added prize money each month! Tournaments take place at such prestigeous sites like PokerStars, Full Tilt,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 2, 2009 | Poker News
Full Tilt Poker, one of premier online poker rooms of today, just got a little friendlier for those poker players unwilling to pull a ton of money out of their pockets. Full Tilt only requires that new players make a first time deposit of $10 now, instead of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 2, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars announces changes to its VIP Program. PokerStars, world's largest poker site, just announced some changes to its already successful VIP Program. Basically, it entails that you will have to sweat less at the lower levels in order to get to the nice rewards.
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 2, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
February was a great month for high-stakes tournament action. With FTOPS XI providing the online world a huge boost as well as PokerStars 25 billionth hand promotion, the tournament world saw a huge boost in participation. Looking to grow off the momentum,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 28, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond was the best on the poker tables this week, picking up nearly $300,000 in winnings over the past seven days. A large amount of the winnings came from multiple battles with Gus Hansen, but Galfond also fleeced a number of the top online...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 27, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
And the happy family keeps growing; PokerStars recently announced the addition of Mexican pro JC Alvarado to their ranks. JC, full name being Juan Carlos, was the captain of team Mexico at the PokerStars World Cup of Poker V. He’s a friendly and amiable guy, you...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 27, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
And the happy family keeps growing; PokerStars recently announced the addition of Mexican pro JC Alvarado to their ranks. JC, full name being Juan Carlos, was the captain of team Mexico at the PokerStars World Cup of Poker V. He’s a friendly and amiable guy, you...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 26, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
The latest victory in a string of positive court rulings for poker recently came to pass in South Carolina. Mount Pleasant Municipal Judge Larry Duffy accepted that poker was a game of skill, stating that the evidence was ‘overwhelming’. However, despite concluding...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
For some time, poker’s best chance of legalization has come in the form of Democratic Representative Barney Frank. Over the last 12 months he has introduced a number of bills designed to topple the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and, reports have surfaced...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
With just four days left in the month, the PokerStars monthly leaderboard’s top positions could still go either way. With slightly more than 1000 points separating first and tenth place, a big day could still move anybody into a much different position. Not a lot has...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The much anticipated premier of High Stakes Poker, Season 5 begins this Sunday, March 1st on the Game Show Network. After last season there had been some question about whether there would even be a season 5. However, to the delight of High Stakes Poker fans, GSN...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 24, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The first week of the Tom “Durrrr” Dwan challenge has come to an end. After some big swings Dwan finds himself up nearly $150,000 (or slightly under 4 buy-ins) on Patrik Antonius. The swings have been huge, as are the stakes. In the end one of these two...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 24, 2009 | Poker News
Everyone’s favorite and most star-studded HU NLHE competition, the NBC’s HU Championship, is ready to put its 2009 suit on and walk the walk. This perennial tournament, now in its 5th annual incarnation, will take place once again in the prestigious...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 23, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
There was a noticeable drop in participation in some of the Sunday majors this weekend as many players may have taken some time off after a long FTOPS XI run over the past two weeks. As always, the PokerStars Turbo Takedown was one of the bigger highlights on the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 23, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
RedKings.com has recently announced the signing of WSOP bracelet winner Ivo “the chessmaster” Donev and Aussie Millions sensation Christian Heich to Team RedKings. These signings come at a very hectic time for RedKings Poker. They have recently acquired...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
There has been a lot in the news recently about the state of online poker and whether or not the “new administration” will have a friendlier view of Internet gambling and online poker in particular. There has also been a lot of focus on Barney Frank, the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Over the past month, Gus Hansen and Hac Dang (trex313) have been battling heads up constantly. So far, the matches have been swinging vastly in the direction of Dang. However, yesterday, Hansen finally had the upper hand during the match and managed to pick up a solid...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2009 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
Joining us this week is Mike “Mcatdog” Catlin, an extremely successful online tournament professional. Catlin has had a large amount of success in mid-to-high stake tournaments over the past year, including wins in the nightly Hundred Grand and the $100r...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Bodog is giving true poker-addicts a chance to get their fix pretty much anytime and anywhere you can get Internet access. You don’t even have to download any poker software anymore, so the only thing holding you back from playing poker on virtually any...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Washington, DC (February 19, 2009) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide (nearly 10,000 in South Carolina), today expressed cautious optimism with a ruling in the Mount Pleasant,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2009 | Poker News, WPT
Texas Hold ‘em may be the world’s most popular version of poker, but many consider the game of H.O.R.S.E. to be the ultimate test of skill. Combining Hold ‘em, Omaha, Razz, and Stud into one event provides the top pros with the perfect chance to test their skills...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Well, it took over a year for someone to hit Carbon Poker’s Bad Beat Jackpot, but the wait was well worth it for those lucky enough to get a piece of it. During that time it had ballooned to nearly $1.2 million, becoming a world record for a bad beat jackpot....
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2009 | Poker News, WPT
The WPT is set to return to screens across the U.S. for an eighth season, as announced yesterday by the Fox Sports Network. Positive ratings for Season I reruns and the currently airing Season VII have convinced Fox executives to commit to a new series of 26 hour-long...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
For the first time this month, a new leader is atop the PokerStars monthly tournament leaderboard. A slow week for baneris resulted in a slide from first to second after holding onto the top position for over two weeks. Meanwhile 1$ickDisea$E picked up nearly 2000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
After months of anticipation, Patrik Antonius and Tom “Durrrr” Dwan have started playing the “Durrrr Challenge.” A few months ago Tom Dwan challenged the entire poker world (all but Phil Galfond) to a 40,000 hand heads-up match in either NL...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
FullTilt is giving away at least 10 packages to the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship! Beginning February 14th, FullTilt is hosting WPT No Limit Hold’em qualifier tournaments where the winner will be awarded $12,000 prize packages for the WPT...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars has a unique promo underway. In its VIP store, you will find a cute little VIP Monkey, which costs 1,000 FPPs to purchase. Once you have your VIP Monkey, you have to take pictures of it in a variety of locations and situations and poses etc. Then email up...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 24, a $120 + $9 NL Hold’em knockout tournament, was the last event of the FTOPS XI before the big Main Event. The $750,000 guarantee attracted 9,061 hopefuls, swelling the prize pool to a grand total of $906,100! Of the 9,061, just under 12% were able to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
The final event of FullTilt’s Online Poker Series, or FTOPS has just finished. 5,287 player entered the $500+$35 Main Event, creating an enormous $2,643,500 prize pool. Most of the world’s best online and live tournament professionals were on hand vying...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
For many, one of the highlights of the FTOPS calendar is the regular two-day event. Since FTOPS V it has proved to be a popular alternative to the standard online tournament, with the extended time period allowing for slower blinds and more considered play. This year...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
With FTOPS XI coming to an end there were a bunch of big buy-in, large guarantee poker tournaments running Sunday. PokerStars upped the ante by making their Million a $2.5M Guarantee (typically $1.5M) and the Sunday Warm-Up a $1.25M Guarantee (typically $750k...
by givememyleg | Feb 16, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
Today marked the end to the 25,000,000,000 hand promotion that PokerStars has been running all week. This promo offered a decent reload bonus of 25% up to $250. By depositing $1,000 you would receive an extra $250. This actually ran into some problems as the max...
by givememyleg | Feb 16, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
Today marked the end to the 25,000,000,000 hand promotion that PokerStars has been running all week. This promo offered a decent reload bonus of 25% up to $250. By depositing $1,000 you would receive an extra $250. This actually ran into some problems as the max...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is always looking for ways to better treat their players, and this time they’ve done it by adding a new Spring Series. The official name of the series is yet to be determined, but PokerStars and their players are nonetheless excited. And why...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event #20 kicked off this Friday at 2pm eastern. The $200 buy-in event saw 2,360 entrants vying for their share of the $472,000 prize pool ($72,000 more than the guarantee). Adam Noone was the Red Pro host and unfortunately for him, was also the first Red Pro of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
It was in 2006 that Jamie Gold won the main event of the World Series of Poker, and ever since then people have been speculating on when he was going to sign a sponsorship deal and which room he would choose. Well speculate no more. Gold, through his agent, has...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2009 | FTOPS, Online Tournaments, Poker News
vadka Takes Down FTOPS XI Event#19 — Deepstacked 6-MAX NLHE Shoot Out Another great FTOPS event is in the books, and we have another big-money winner. Today was a particularly special one, because it was a deepstacked 6-max shootout event; essentially a deepstacked...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2009 | Poker News
Poker players across the globe dream of competing in the World Series of Poker. Paradise Poker would like to help you make that dream become a reality, with a series of cash tournaments, satellites and freerolls giving you the opportunity to win fantastic Las Vegas...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Want to play like a real professional? Now is your chance! CelebPoker is giving away three €6,500 packages for the 2009 EPT San Remo Main Event in beautiful San Remo, Italy. Play to earn your title as a CelebPoker Pro and help represent Team CelebPoker in this high...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XI continued yesterday night with Event #17, the 6-max rebuy and addon tournament. The tournament had a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000 and with a great turnout and lots of rebuys, it managed to surpass that by over $175,000. There were 1,091 entrants to the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Residents of the second largest country in the world have reason to feel cheerful today, after the announcement of the 2009 Canadian Open Poker Championships. The event will be held from May 13th to 17th at the Stampede Casino in Calgary, Alberta. The COPC has...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2009 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
ITS BILLIONS I’M TELLING YOU! 25 BILLION! Have you been playing on PokerStars? If not, here is what you have been missing out on. PokerStars is having a 25 Billion Bash, and everyone is invited to join the celebration! Just over 18 months after their 10...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 11, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS XI continued last night with Event 15. The No Limit Hold’em Turbo 6-max event brought out 2,528 players, just enough to surpass the guaranteed prize pool of $500,000. The accumulated $200 + $16 buy-ins brought the prize pool up to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 11, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Recent decisions in Massachusetts appear to have set the ball rolling for the recovery of online poker in the United States. Barney Frank’s efforts in Washington are beginning to bear fruit, and a number of landmark cases deeming poker a game of skill have taken...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 11, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
The top ten of the PokerStars monthly leaderboard changed almost completely over the past week, with only one person from last week remaining in the top ten. baneris held onto the first place spot from last week and with 5968.67 chips, remains over 750 points ahead of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 11, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Breathe a little easier Massachusetts poker players. Online players from the Bay State were getting a little nervous when a bill introduced last year by Governor Deval Patrick, which was turned down, resurfaced this year. The bill is an attempt to tap into the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 10, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XI has been an enormous hit so far, with huge fields creating large prize pools in the first 12 events. Event 13, the $200+$16, one re-buy one add-on tournament followed suit. The tournament had a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool, which was easily eclipsed. ...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 10, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
TitanPoker.com to Hand Out $1,500,000 in Prizes in February Race The leading online poker room on the iPoker Network ups the ante by significantly increasing the prize pool in its February cash table race. A $100,000 first prize awaits the online poker player...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 9, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Full Tilt kept their FTOPS series going strong last night with their largest guarantee of the tournament so far. Event #10 was a $300 + $22 No Limit Hold’em event in which each player started with a “Super Stack” of 5,000 chips. The guarantee for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 9, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
This Sunday saw a huge boom in online poker tournaments. With FTOPS XI now in full force there was a ton of guaranteed money up for grabs. Three FTOPS Events plus the Sunday Mulligan highlighted FullTilt’s day. PokerStars continues to see improved...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 9, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Just moments ago, Event #9 in the eleventh Full Tilt Series of Poker came to a thrilling conclusion. The first of two heads up events in this series, it was hosted by tournament superstar, and 2008 National Heads-Up Poker Championship title holder, Chris “Jesus”...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 8, 2009 | FTOPS, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another great FTOPS event is in the books, and we have another 6 figure winner. Bruce Buffer, the brother of famed ring announcer Micheal Buffer, who is quite famous himself too as a UFC ring announcer and several other endeavors including poker and WSOP, was...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 8, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XI continued today with Event #7, the $100+9 rebuy tournament. With 2,235 entrants, over 3,000 rebuys, and nearly 1,500 addons, the tournament far surpassed its $500k guarantee and ended just short of $700k. Thirty-five Full Tilt sponsored players showed up for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 7, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
The third day of the 11th Full Tilt Series of Poker featured its second Hold ‘em event so far. The FTOPS is known for the large variety of styles and variations on show throughout its event calendar, and event #4 was no exception. The $300 + $22 tournament followed a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 7, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
It’s been kind of a tough go for Bodog over the past year or so. First they lost their domain name, they are now at bodoglife.com, and more recently they were getting a lot of pressure from players and critics for cashout issues. So 2008 was more of a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 6, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
VCPoker is introducing perhaps its greatest player challenge yet – the Beat Victor Challenge! Over $100,000 is prizes and 10 trips to Spain are up for grabs. Four challenges make up this exciting promotion. All you have to do to claim your place is earn...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 6, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
VCPoker is introducing perhaps its greatest player challenge yet – the Beat Victor Challenge! Over $100,000 is prizes and 10 trips to Spain are up for grabs. Four challenges make up this exciting promotion. All you have to do to claim your place is earn...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 5, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, WSOP
Every year, the WSOP begins with a circuit event in the Grand Casino Tunica in Tunica, Mississippi. At these events you do not win bracelets. Instead, you are given a ring if you are crowned a winner. The WSOP Circuit event is a series of smaller poker tournaments...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 5, 2009 | Poker News
Tom Dwan, otherwise know as “durrrr,” is known as one of the finest young players to emerge from the internet poker boom. Throughout 2008 he become notorious as a supremely successful high-stakes cash game player, racking up a total profit of $5.41 million over the...
