by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 5, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XI kicked-off today with a huge bang. FullTilt continues to deliver a great tournament series with 25 scheduled events and over $15,000,000 in guaranteed prize money! First up, Event #1, a $1,000,000 guaranteed NL Hold’em Event. The $200+$16 buy-in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 4, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
As the month of January closed out, so did the monthly tournament leaderboard race on PokerStars. In the end it came down to the wire, but not much changed in the last few days of the month. SpaceyFCB held onto his place at the top and took down the $5000 first prize...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 4, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Democratic Representative Barney Frank, last year, positioned himself as one of the United States’ most powerful proponents of legalized, regulated, online poker. His position as the head of the Financial Services Committee means that he possess a platform few poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 4, 2009 | Live Poker Results, Poker Law, Poker News
During desperate times, those in charge need to be creative in coming up with solutions to difficult problems. In Pennsylvania, Governor Rendell faces such a difficult problem. His state is staring at a $2.3 billion budget deficit. There’s little doubt that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 3, 2009 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
Sit back, relax, and watch the big stacks eliminate themselves. Occasionally, make a move to get a few chips. But most of all, conserve your chips, and really really nurse your dead or dying stack back to life. This was Oleg Suntov’s game plan, as he was on his...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 3, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
As the month of January came to a close it was Gus Hansen and Patrik Antonius who emerged as the big winners so far this year. Hansen was at the top in Omaha with slightly more than $3.8 million in winnings, while Antonius sat at the top in Hold’em, winning over $1.75...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 2, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
One of the problems with having a big line-up of Sunday tournaments every week is that once in a while a bigger horse comes to town. This week the Super Bowl brought tournament entries down significantly, even forcing some sites to lower guarantees for this week...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 2, 2009 | Poker News
BLUFF Magazine announced details, on Monday, of the 2009 BLUFF Online Poker Challenge. Sponsored by Lock Poker, the competition will bring together some of the best online poker players and each will be given an opportunity to build a bankroll playing multi-table...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 2, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Outlasting a field of 261 other players, Neil Arce was able to take home the first place prize of $185,000 from the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Philippines. The final table commenced yesterday at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Manila. 40 countries were represented by the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 31, 2009 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
It was just a few months ago, in November, that Dream Team Gaming introduced their patent-pending tournament structure during an invitation-only event. That event featured some very well-known poker players and celebrities, including Jaime Gold, Erica Schoenberg, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 31, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
SunPoker, one of the poker rooms to recently join the iPoker network, is offering up some great bonuses and promotions to help celebrate the move and show appreciation to their valued players. First up is the $500,000 rake race. For the entire month of February,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 28, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
More and more are we seeing people coming to the conclusion that poker is a game of skill. Most recently, a judge in the state of Colorado has ruled that poker as we know it is indeed a game of skill and not luck. This happened for the second time in exactly as many...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 28, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Online poker behemoth PokerStars has announced the addition of two members of the fabled ‘November Nine’ to their roster of sponsored pros. Dennis Phillips and Ylon Shwartz, who finished 3rd and 4th in the 2008 WSOP main event respectively, have officially joined up...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 28, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
Although only one name changed in the top 5 of PokerStars monthly tournament leaderboard this week, it still experienced quite a shakeup as only one player remained in the same position as last week. VerySexual was the only player in the top 10 to remain in the same...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 28, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
We’ve known for a couple of weeks now that there were major changes coming to Doyle’s Room, online poker home of Doyle Brunson. Just yesterday they announced that they are happy to be the newest member of the Cake Poker Network. This partnership joins...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 28, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
We’ve known for a couple of weeks now that there were major changes coming to Doyle’s Room, online poker home of Doyle Brunson. Just yesterday they announced that they are happy to be the newest member of the Cake Poker Network. This partnership joins...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 27, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
Organizers have released the schedule for the 40th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP), which will start on Wednesday, May 27 with the first of 57 gold bracelet events, followed the next day with a special $40,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament to commemorate the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 27, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Hard on the heels of a similar ruling in Pennsylvania comes another court decision in Colorado that the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) says further builds the case that poker is a game of skill, not chance. In Colorado v. Kevin Raley, a jury found the organizer of a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 26, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Gus Hansen continued to tear up the high stakes pot limit Omaha tables at Bovada this weekend, picking up another $1,000,000 in profit to add to the over $2,000,000 he brought in last weekend. Gus would have to start out the weekend with a heads up match against...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 26, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another Sunday chalk-full of big buy-in tournaments is in the books, and this week some big names were able to find their way near the top of major online poker events. With FTOPs XI looming (early February) the only special event this weekend was the PokerStars...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 25, 2009 | EPT, Online Tournaments, Poker News
The European Poker Tour Season 5 Deauville came to a close today as 28-year-old Moritz Kranich of Germany walked away with the €851,400 first place prize. Kranich beat out a field of 644 other players, also looking for their slice of the €3,096,000 prize pool. It...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 25, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Upcoming Poker Events for Week of January 25, 2009: $250,000 Guaranteed Sunday, January 25, 2009, at 19:00 GMT Buy-ins = $300 + $20 Satellites available. Win part of a huge guaranteed prize pool for an amazingly low buy-in! Irish Open Super Satellite Sunday, January...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 24, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Even with some of the most beautiful Sirens in the world tempting would-be players to come check out the games, Playboy Poker just couldn’t fight the poker killing force that is the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act. Just three months after they opened...
by givememyleg | Jan 22, 2009 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
We haven’t had a big cash game in a while. The last one still fresh in our memory is the High Stakes Poker season with a million dollar buy in. Well, fret no more high stakes railtards! The Aussies have heard your pleas and cries for help and are more than...
by givememyleg | Jan 22, 2009 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
We have not heard from her in a while. It seems she went into a retreat, but is now back in full force, destroying anyone and everything in her path! Annette Obrestad, the winner of the 2007 World Series of Poker Europe, youngest female winner of a bracelet ever,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 22, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
PokerStars will not allow its players to keep partaking on the popular television poker show, Poker After Dark. This means that we will not be seeing any of Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Joe Hachem, The Fossilman, Vannessa Rousso, Marcin Horecki, Victor Ramdin,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 22, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
This past Tuesday the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled in favor of poker in a case that threatened to upturn the entire industry. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, and his staff, were attempting to seize 141 gambling domain names, effectively restricting access to them...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 22, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Tournament players at RedKings can look forward to a great new series. For the next 10 weeks, every Wednesday night at 21:00 CET, RedKings will be hosting their new “Wednesday Night Added” tournaments. This tournament series is unique in that not only...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 21, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Newly inaugurated President of the United States, Barack Obama, has wasted no time in striking a blow at the pack of “midnight regulations” forced through in the final days of the Bush administration. The new government has invoked powers that force the delay of any...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 21, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Would you like to earn twice as many points as usual while playing ring-games at Bovada Poker? Now you can! It is all part of Full Tilt Poker’s newest promotion called Take 2. Starting 00:00 ET Monday, January 23rd until 23:59 ET Sunday, February 1st, play...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 21, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
“The Court finds that Texas Hold’em poker is a game where skill predominates over chance. Thus, it is not ‘unlawful gambling’ under the Pennsylvania Code.” That was the order of Columbia County, Pennsylvania Judge Thomas James. The case included two defendants, Walter...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 21, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
The PokerStars Monthly Leaderboard had a minor shakeup this week, with a new player sitting in first place once again. Many of the top 10 from last week however managed to stay close and are still in the hunt. VerySexual and buller00, who were ranked first and second...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 20, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Louisville, KY (January 20, 2009) – The Kentucky Court of Appeals today issued a ruling prohibiting the Franklin Circuit Court from enforcing its seizure order against the 141 domain names in the domain seizure case. The Court found that Internet domain names do not...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 20, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Gus Hansen absolutely destroyed all comers on the Omaha tables this weekend. The swings were huge, but eventually Gus would reach over 2 million dollars in profit between Friday and Monday. The action packed weekend began on Friday evening with a heads up match...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 20, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
First things first: What exactly is a PokerStars passport? Every year, PokerStars being the great tournament site that it is, awards some of its players with a Pokerstars passport. Essentially, it is buy-in plus travel and accommodation monies for live tournaments of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 20, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, WPT
Well, well, it seems we already have a can’t-miss event on our hands. If you heard a part of the entrants list of the 2009 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic, you’d know what Jizzy is talking about. Already scheduled to play in the event are Allen...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 20, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, WPT
Well, well, it seems we already have a can’t-miss event on our hands. If you heard a part of the entrants list of the 2009 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic, you’d know what Jizzy is talking about. Already scheduled to play in the event are Allen...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 19, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Online tournaments appear to be gaining momentum as this Sunday was another big day with many tournaments easily exceeding their guarantees. The major attraction of the day was the Full Tilt $1,000,000 guarantee tournament. This $500+$35 buy-in event took the place...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 17, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
I guess no one gets bad beats at Carbon Poker. It’s been a month since we reported that Carbon Poker’s brand new Bad Beat Jackpot had hit $775,000. Still yet to be hit, it is the largest Bad Beat Jackpot on the net and closing in on being the largest Bad...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 17, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
I guess no one gets bad beats at Carbon Poker. It’s been a month since we reported that Carbon Poker’s brand new Bad Beat Jackpot had hit $775,000. Still yet to be hit, it is the largest Bad Beat Jackpot on the net and closing in on being the largest Bad...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 17, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
If you’re a member at Titan Poker, you’ve most likely already experienced some of the perks of playing there. Titan is the largest poker room on the iPoker Network and one of the leading poker sites in Europe. Now they’ve added more benefits for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 16, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Next week is going to be fantastic at Paradise Poker! All week long Paradise is running their Fantastic Five 09 promotions where they will giving away money in daily freeroll tournaments! Each day the freerolls will get a little bit bigger. Starting with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 15, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
The pressure that had been mounting throughout 2008 against the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act, in both the legal and political spheres, appears to have picked up pace as we approach the dawn of a new U.S. administration. Rumblings from inside the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 15, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
It was a tough Wednesday for Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan as he threw over $800,000 into the pockets of other players on the Hold’em tables throughout the day. His troubles began at 4:30a.m. in a hand against MR B 2 U SON. Dwan raised preflop to $3k and had MR B call from the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 14, 2009 | Live Poker Results, Online Poker News, Poker News
That’s right, you have a chance to play in one of the most exclusive poker tournaments of the year. Only 64 players are invited to the National Heads-Up Poker Championship with most of the seats being reserved for some of the best pros in the world. It’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 14, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
Week two of January saw massive changes in the PokerStars MTT Leaderboard as only one member of last week’s top three managed to hold onto a top ten position. blumenkind53 slipped three spots to settle into fourth place after week two, while e4e5nf3nc6 fell from his...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 14, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has been unquestionably controversial and unequivocally damaging to the poker industry since its introduction in 2006. Brought into law after being surreptitiously attached to an unrelated Port Security bill, immediately...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 12, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Both major US Sites looked to build on the momentum from the new year and carry it into their major tournaments this past Sunday. With FTOPs looming around the corner there were no “special” events from the two sites; however, that did not stop tens of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 10, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Life is good for the high rollers. Just ask PokerStars pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier. His biggest wins seem to come in the beautiful, serene surroundings of the Bahamas. Seems like a great reason for him to keep going back. Less than twelve months...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 10, 2009 | Poker News
FlopTurnRiver.com is excited to announce that our poker news articles are now being tweeted! That’s right. Tweeted. This means you can follow our poker news in real-time as they are published via Twitter. You’ll receive instant updates directly from FTR!...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 10, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
For the second week in a row on NBC’s “Poker After Dark” a first-time winner was crowned. This week Phil Gordon outlasted an interesting group of talkative players including Phil Hellmuth, Cory Zeidman, David Grey, Gabe Kaplan, and Todd Brunson. ...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 10, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Ziigmund took a huge bite out of MR B 2 U SON Friday, winning nearly $400k after playing heads up on several tables for only half an hour. All of the action took place on mixed $500/1000 Pot Limit Omaha and Pot Limit Hold’em tables. The first big hand between the two...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 8, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Anyone who has played online poker at PKR realizes that they are getting a one-of-a-kind gaming experience. PKR has always had some of the most realistic 3-d animation and unique options available at any poker site. Now, they’ve updated their software with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 8, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker, and the companies which comprise it, have made their first official response to the lawsuit brought against them by former employee and well known professional player Clonie Gowan. The suit was issued in November 2008 after protracted discussions...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 8, 2009 | Poker News
Rory Rees Brennan, a 23-year-old poker player from Dublin, bested a field of 255 which included poker greats such as Mike Sexton and “Cowboy” Kenna James, and took down a healthy €160,000 for his efforts and the honor that comes with winning the first major event of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 7, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars
The first week of the year has seen German poker player blumenkind53 jump out to a lead in both the monthly and yearly leaderboards. bluemenkind53 however has e4e5nf3nc6, who has been tearing up every multi-table SNG PokerStars has to offer, hot on his trails at less...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 7, 2009 | Poker News
Televised poker looked like it might be on its last legs in mid-2008. The future for two of the genre’s stalwarts, High Stakes Poker and the World Poker Tour, seemed uncertain at best. Now, in the early days of 2009, things are all change. The WPT and Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 7, 2009 | Poker News
Congratulations Johnnie Phan you now officially the main man! Full Tilt Red Pro John Phan has been declared winner of the prestigious Card Player and Bluff Magazine Player of the Year Award, and award given to players who have shined during a particular year for their...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 6, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
One of the best high-stakes players around, Tom “Durrrr” Dwan has issued an open-challenge to all high-stakes players. In a recent post Durrrr stated he will play anyone except fellow-pro Phil Galfond 50k hands of heads-up No-Limit Hold’em or...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 6, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
One of the best high-stakes players around, Tom “Durrrr” Dwan has issued an open-challenge to all high-stakes players. In a recent post Durrrr stated he will play anyone except fellow-pro Phil Galfond 50k hands of heads-up No-Limit Hold’em or...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 5, 2009 | FTOPS, Online Poker News, Poker News
The next round of the famed FTOPS from Full Tilt Poker begins next month. This time, 25 events make up the circuit with a guaranteed prize pool of more than $15 million! Each event, which ranges from NL Hold’em to HORSE to Razz, is hosted by a Full Tilt Pro....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 5, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
First of all, HAPPY 2009 from the STR! The last week of 2008 was a historic week in online poker tournaments, and many sites looked to build on that momentum in 2009 yesterday. PokerStars continues to hit its guarantees in the $1.5M Sunday Million, $750k Sunday...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 4, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
If you were keeping track of any high stakes action on Full Tilt yesterday, you would have most likely caught the epic three and a half hour long heads up battle between Phil Ivey and Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan on Ivey’s own Thunderdome ($500/1000 Pot Limit Omaha) table. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 4, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Patrik Antonius had a nice time at the tables yesterday as he finished up nearly $300k in a session lasting just under an hour and a half. What was most likely to be the largest pot of the day began with Phil Ivey raising to $3k from the button. Antonius called from...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 4, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Like the age old saying, “the 11th time’s the charm,” Mike Matusow finally took down a Poker After Dark episode, winning this week’s “close but no cigar” contest. Matusow played a lengthy battle against Andy Black, but would...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 3, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
CardSpike is one of the newest online poker rooms out there today, being a skin on the widely respected Cake Poker Network. However, things apparently are not adding up like they should and players are demanding that Cake, or someone, does something about the new...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 3, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
There was definitely no shortage of high stakes action on the virtual felt at Bovada Poker this past year. We saw the largest ever pot broken several times. The current record is $723,938, set when Urindanger held pocket Aces versus Durrrr’s pocket Kings. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 3, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Gus Hansen’s 2009 began roughly this week as he dumped just over $250k while playing over the first two days of the year. Gus’ troubles began when he took on trex313 heads up on two mixed Hold’em/Omaha tables for an hour and a half. At the end of the match, Hansen was...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 1, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Upcoming Live Tournaments from Poker-Stars.com Have you had time to recover from your end of year hangover? I sure hope so. Now get to work to earn your right to play in these: PCA Your favorite poker stop in the Bahamas is almost good to go. The PokerStars Caribbean...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 1, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Players at Fortune Poker might have woken up to a little bit of a shock as they checked their FPP balance this morning. No matter how many FPPs were there last night, zero are there today. But don’t worry, they aren’t gone forever. As of January 1st,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 1, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
FlopTurnRiver and LuckyAcePoker have teamed up to start the new year off right and offer an exclusive $1500 rake race! Players who sign up through FTR or have already signed up with LuckyAce through FTR will be able to compete in this great opportunity. On top of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 31, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
There’s no denying that it has been a very tough year for many people and most businesses. The online poker industry was not much different. Online poker has been under attack by various groups throughout the year, and unfortunately has had precious few...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 31, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Bellagio, the prestigious casino of legendary renown and fame, thanks also to its prominent featuring in the Ocean’s Eleven motion picture and non-fictional live hosting of regular high stakes poker games, will be celebrating new years eve and also new years day...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 31, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Bellagio, the prestigious casino of legendary renown and fame, thanks also to its prominent featuring in the Ocean’s Eleven motion picture and non-fictional live hosting of regular high stakes poker games, will be celebrating new years eve and also new years day...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 30, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Sit & Go Madness is back for a limited time at FullTilt Poker. Between Friday, January 9th at 16:00 ET and Sunday, January 11th at 16:00 ET, players will be able to compete for over $75K in cash and prizes! And there’s three ways to win! To find qualifying...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 30, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Sit & Go Madness is back for a limited time at FullTilt Poker. Between Friday, January 9th at 16:00 ET and Sunday, January 11th at 16:00 ET, players will be able to compete for over $75K in cash and prizes! And there’s three ways to win! To find qualifying...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 30, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
A new season of Poker After Dark began last night as six world-class players sat down to battle out in a winner-take-all $20,000 Sit-N-Go style tournament. The show typically has a weekly theme, and for the first week of Season 5 producers decided to go for a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 29, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
PokerStars set not only one, but two records this past Sunday! As originally planned, they hosted the largest poker tournament ever with 35,000 players! That landed PokerStars in the Guinness Book of World Records. And then, without trying, PokerStars set another...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 29, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
A HUGE day of online tournaments took play yesterday as PokerStars was determined to end 2008 with a a bang. Not only did Stars add $1,000,000 to its Sunday Million Prizepool, run their end of the month Turbo Takedown, but they also attempted (and succeeded) to break...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 27, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
iPoker, the third largest poker network on the internet, has announced that they will be dropping NoIQ Poker and Carlos Poker from the network. They issued a simple press release, which states, “iPoker has, following discussions with Tain, decided to remove...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 27, 2008 | Poker News
After the success of their first Poker Camp in Barcelona, during the EPT tour, PokerStars has scheduled a second camp to take place during the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Both the camp and PCA takes place at the luxurious Atlantas Hotel and Resort on Paradise...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 24, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
For many poker players there is just nothing like playing in a live game. You are interacting directly with the players you are against, the dealer is sitting right in front of you, and you have the feel of the cards between your fingers and the felt under your...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 24, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Have you been playing on Pokerstars? No? Well here follow a few more reasons as to why playing on Poker Stars is a very smart thing to do, and especially so during the PokerStars World Record Week. 1) LOL RELOADAMENTS Poker Stars is currently offering a 25% up to $150...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 23, 2008 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Have you been playing on PKR lately? No? Well, here is one reason why you should! PKR.com, the most innovative poker room on the internet today, is launching a generous Christmas offer to keep its customers busy and happy during the holiday season. Dubbed the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 23, 2008 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Have you been playing on PKR lately? No? Well, here is one reason why you should! PKR.com, the most innovative poker room on the internet today, is launching a generous Christmas offer to keep its customers busy and happy during the holiday season. Dubbed the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 22, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
For an online poker site still trying to regain its credibility in the wake of cheating scandals and a starring role in a 60 Minutes expose, UltimateBet.com took a big step backwards over the weekend with hand number 1162170993. It appears that the one and only Phil...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 22, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
With only two Sundays left in the year, FullTilt decided to “up the ante” and take its biggest tournament, the $216 buy-in $750k gtd and make it a $530 buy-in $1,000,000 guarantee. The tournament, as well as all other majors, had a nice turnout, easily...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 21, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
After just two months of operation, online poker site Zosoz closed its doors on December 14th. Members of the site were greeted with a short letter stating the site would be closing. It further stated that all members would receive a refund of any paid subscription...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 20, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
It was a great Friday for Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan and not so great of a day for Gus Hansen, as Hansen managed to make Dwan over half a million dollars richer over a few sessions of poker. The two started off the day with a $150k pot. Gus Hansen was dealt AA and re-raised...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 20, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, WPT
If the name Chino Rheem sounds familiar to you, it’s for good reason. He was one of the “November Nine” – the final table of this year’s World Series of Poker. Rheem finished seventh in the main event but wanted to be sure people...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 18, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Have you been playing on Pokerstars lately? No? Well, here are two good reasons for you to start doing so IMMEDIATELY. 1) First Depositor Freerolls If you have recently registered, but have not deposited yet, you should do so immediately. There are 5 first depositor...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 18, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
TitanPoker.com Players Cash In at ECOOP III Tournament Series Finale Titan Poker players claim European Championship of Online Poker bracelets and a share of the $4,717,900 awarded in fourteen exciting tournaments. (PRWEB) December 12, 2008 — Avid poker players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 18, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
TitanPoker.com Players Cash In at ECOOP III Tournament Series Finale Titan Poker players claim European Championship of Online Poker bracelets and a share of the $4,717,900 awarded in fourteen exciting tournaments. (PRWEB) December 12, 2008 — Avid poker players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 18, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
ParadisePoker is offering a brand new Bad Beat Jackpot! It starts this month, and to kick it off right they are adding some extra bonuses! To get things rolling, they’ve added €100,000 to the prize pool. Then, the first person to claim the jackpot gets a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 18, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
The Remote Gambling Association (RGA), an association speaking for some of the largest British and European internet gambling operators, today blasted US authorities in light of the $300M settlement reached yesterday with PartyGaming’s largest shareholder Anurag...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 17, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The race for Card Player’s coveted Player of Year award has come to an end, with John Phan at the top of the leaderboard. The contest, which tracks cashes in the world’s biggest tournaments throughout the year, has become one of the most prestigious awards...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 16, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Earlier this year Carbon Poker decided to spice up the tables by adding their own Bad Beat Jackpot. It has yet to be hit and is now looking very, very tempting for internet players everywhere. As of tonight the jackpot is at $774,944 and growing fast. Carbon Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 16, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
On December 28th at 15:30 ET, PokerStars will attempt to take its place in the Guinness Book of World Records by hosting the largest online poker tournament field ever. If the field reaches its cap of 35,000 players, the record will be set. So far, over 3,000 players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 16, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
The Financial Times is reporting that Anurag Dikshit, co-founder and largest shareholder of PartyGaming, has arrived at a settlement with the US authorities, agreeing to pay $300 million and plead guilty to a charge relating to illegal web betting. Dikshit will...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 16, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
As we near the end of 2008, a historic year in online poker, it’s amazing to see poker’s progress even amongst great turmoil. Online poker has sustained itself through legislation, scandals, and negative press. Poker sites continue to offer huge...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 15, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
This year’s EPT tour came to a close at its final destination of 2008 in Prague. Seeing the tour through its last final table of the year were two RedKings Swedish pros in the 2000Euro side event. That’s right, while Ramzi Jelassi was the eventual victor...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 15, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
This year’s EPT tour came to a close at its final destination of 2008 in Prague. Seeing the tour through its last final table of the year were two RedKings Swedish pros in the 2000Euro side event. That’s right, while Ramzi Jelassi was the eventual victor...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 15, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker is giving their players a little Christmas treat with 3Xmas Happy Hour. Just play at Bovada during any of the scheduled Happy Hours between December 21st and January 1st and earn triple the amount of Full Tilt Points. Just keep your eyes open for the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 15, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
**UPDATED Dec 16 03:15 P.M. EST** Is Texas Hold’em a game of skill or chance? Greenville, SC attorney Jeffrey A. Phillips is going to court to argue that it’s a game of skill, in defense of five Mount Pleasant, SC poker players busted over two years ago...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 13, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
A panel of three judges heard arguments yesterday concerning the seizure of poker site domain names by the Governor of Kentucky and his staff. The Kentucky Court of Appeals will now consider and decide upon whether or not a state has legal jurisdiction to seize the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 11, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Have you been playing on Pokerstars.com? No? Well, here is the short version of some of the things you have been missing out on. This December, Pokerstars introduced a bunch of things in its software. They are: -New “Slick” Theme. You can change your theme...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 11, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
The taint of the UIGEA looks set to spread further around the world, after the Norwegian parliament approved regulations that would effectively ban online poker. The United States’ ‘Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act’ made it illegal for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 11, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
In an effort to underscore the need for federal regulation of online poker, especially in light of the recent Washington Post and “60 Minutes” stories on cheating scandals at Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker, the Poker Players Alliance has placed full page ads in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 10, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Poker fans scouring the TV schedules for high quality professional play have long found their desires satiated by both Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker. Following the announcement last week that PAD would return with a new series in 2009, it has been revealed...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 10, 2008 | Poker News
Lycos today announced its 9th annual list of top 50 search terms for the year 2008, based on the Lycos 50, a weekly list of the most popular people, places and things Lycos users search for every day. The Lycos 50 Top Search Terms of 2008 list is based on Lycos user...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 10, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
After the unfortunate cancellation of the PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour Mexico event, PokerStars has decided that they will offer the 89 players that were still in the event a chance to finish the tournament. While the details are still being worked out, it...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 9, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Think Matchstick Men meets Worm from Rounders, just live. Scammers tried to get a Canadian man involved in an elaborate game of poker, and in this case it really was rigged. As far as we know, at least one tradesman from Victoria, Canada almost fell in the trap. As...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 9, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Hoping to bring out the best names in poker and give its players something to squeal about, ParadisePoker has put together its largest tournament to date – a €1,000,000 Guaranteed Tournament. The tournament takes place on December 14th at 19:00 GMT, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 8, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another Sunday is in the books with a lot of big names making nice runs in the majors. It seems every Sunday more and more big names are making their way to the top of these huge fields, and it is only a matter of time until a top-ranked Pro takes down a Sunday...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 8, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Sydney native Martin Rowe, 34, became the latest PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Grand Final champion. Rowe won AU$1 million as the top finisher out of a field of 476 entrants, all competing for a total prize pool of over $2.8 million. And, as if that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 8, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Full Tilt again shows their appreciation to their loyal players! They are never short on bonuses! The Iron Man Challenge already has great features like earning extra medals and special one-a-day freerolls, but now they are giving away year-end bonuses! It’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 8, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Full Tilt again shows their appreciation to their loyal players! They are never short on bonuses! The Iron Man Challenge already has great features like earning extra medals and special one-a-day freerolls, but now they are giving away year-end bonuses! It’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 8, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Live Poker Results, Online Tournaments, Poker News
The dust is still settling after the fiasco that was the PokerStars LAPT Nueveo Vallarta, and apparently some would like to pretend it never happened. To recap, at about 10:30 p.m. CT Friday evening, day 1 of the second event of the LAPT’s second season, play...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 8, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
It was a rough weekend for Finnish online poker pro Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies as he lost just over $1.3 million over the last three days. One million dollars of those losses came from a single four hour session at a $500/$1000 6-max no limit table. The session didn’t...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 6, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Play at the 2008 PokerStars LAPT Nuevo Vallarta tournament was suddenly stopped by gaming officials late on the first day of the event, leaving 89 players out of a field of 242 entrants wondering if they’d get to play on. The players were hurriedly ushered out...
