by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 25, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With the obligatory opening hold ’em event out of the way it was time for the big guns to make their way to the Empire Casino in Leicester Square for the WSOPE £2,500 H.O.R.S.E tournament. The ultimate mixed game format is well known for attracting the best of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 24, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
One of the most appealing factors of the annual WCOOP is that it offers a little bit of everything, tailoring to the varying preferences of online poker players from all over the world. Event #27 of this year’s WCOOP was no exception as it provided a twist that the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 24, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
It was only fitting that the richest online tournament series of all time finished off with the richest online tournament prize pool of all time. There have been few online events, if any, that were more anticipated than the WCOOP 2008 Main Event, a $5,200 No Limit...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 24, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The second annual World Series of Poker Europe began on Monday with the start of the £1,500 No Limit Hold ’em event. A total of 410 players contributed to the £615,000 prize pool, including many of the poker worlds brightest stars. Those famous faces gracing the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 24, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The second annual World Series of Poker Europe began on Monday with the start of the £1,500 No Limit Hold ’em event. A total of 410 players contributed to the £615,000 prize pool, including many of the poker worlds brightest stars. Those famous faces gracing the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 24, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
Event #30 of this years bumper WCOOP was one for the Omaha purists. Although there has been a healthy selection throughout the series, this was the first Omaha event that came with no added extras. Merely a simple Pot Limit tournament that was sure to separate the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 23, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear revealed his true colors when he announced that online poker sites were “leeches on our communities.” The governor, a democrat who originally ran as a pro-gambling candidate, has suddenly turned against those gaming sites...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 23, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
One of the bigger buy-in tournaments, the $10,000+300 HORSE Championship took place this past Saturday. As is the case for most HOSRE events, many of the world’s top poker professional were on hand to display their mastery of five different poker games. For...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 22, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another big Sunday is in the books. With a huge amount of action and some WCOOP bracelets on the line, many of poker’s superstars came out and put on a show. On of the biggest prize-pools ever was generated in the PokerStars WCOOP Main Event. The $5000+$200...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 21, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News, WCOOP
The World Championship of Online Poker’s Event 29 proved to be a huge success this past Friday. The 6-max, No-Limit Texas Hold’em rebuy event pulled 852 players for a total of 1,011 rebuys and 658 add-ons. With the buy-in at $530, the prize pool far...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 21, 2008 | Poker News
Today’s Titan Poker update is about a 23-year-old player from France who won half a million dollars in the $2,500,000 Guaranteed Tournament that took place a few weeks ago on September 7th. Olivier ‘axp15’ Lombard won his seat mere days before the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 20, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
Six max games are aggressive by nature. Make it a tournament, factor in over $152,000 for first, and the game gets downright nasty. That’s exactly what happened in WCOOP Event 26, a $320 NLHE six-max event. 3,273 players came out, taking the original $500,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 19, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Welcome to the latest instalment of the Bodog Leaderboard updates. Less than two weeks remain in September which means that the monthly leaderboard standings are becoming increasingly important. Let’s see who has the best shot at winning for both the week and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 19, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
748 of thew world’s biggest gamblers sat down for WCOOP Event #25, the $320-rebuy Pot-Limit Omaha Championship. Plenty of big names were on hand as PLO is steadily becoming the game of choice in high-stake circles. A large contingent of Team PokerStars Pros...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 18, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
The month of September has brought good fortune to the world of online poker. Poker providers have seen an increase in traffic, in some cases a dramatic increase, as of late. The giants Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars lead the way with a 28% and 34% increase,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 18, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The second World Series of Poker Europe opens its doors tomorrow as poker’s elite descend on London. The hub of European poker will stage the prestigious event at the Empire Casino, and promises to be an even greater success that last years inaugural event. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 17, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
Event #23 in the Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker was a $530 buyin NL Hold’em tournament offering the option of one rebuy during the first hour, and one add-on during the first break. The enthusiasm for this format was apparent, with 1,159 players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 17, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
As reported here the Payment System Protection Act , designed to limit the scope of the UIGEA and refine what it is that constitutes illegal online gambling, was passed through the House Financial Services Committee yesterday. Seeing as this is a potentially...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 17, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
A potential turn for the better occurred this past week, when Barney Frank’s “Payment System’s Protection” Act was approved by a vote of 30-9 by the House Financial Service Committee. The passing by the Committee will allow the Act to be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 17, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
Event 13 of the World Championship of Online Poker featured one of the most popular events of the series: the $215 rebuy tournament. The popularity of this tournament was reflected in the turnout – 2234 players participated, inflating the prize pool up to $1,278,600,...
by givememyleg | Sep 16, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
The FTR Gauntlet VII series has now come to a close and there are a lot of moments to look back on. From nutsinho’s early domination, to GatorJH’s luckboxed pocket tens, even Wildbob’s record-breaking performance, to countless suckouts and aces on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 16, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
The European Poker Tour kicked off with the Barcelona Open, taking place September 10 through September 14. Six hundred nineteen players turned out for this year’s event, even though there was a supposed 600 cap. With a buy-in of €8,000, this brought the prize...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 16, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
Apologies for the delay as Hurricane Ike has made life difficult for most of us on the Texas Coast-line. Event 12 of PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker, or WCOOP, took place this past Wednesday, September 10th. The tournament uses a mixed structure,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 16, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
Yesterday evening saw the conclusion of one of the most important events in this years WCOOP calendar. The $1000 + $15 No Limit Hold ’em tournament, otherwise known as Event #20, holds the honor of having the biggest guaranteed prize pool outside of the main...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker has added two great new features to its monthly Iron Man Challenge – Iron Man Plus and the One-A-Day Freeroll. Now those who hit the tables with dedication and determination each day can receive even greater rewards for their efforts. Iron Man...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
Event 19 got underway this past Sunday with the largest buy-in of any of the 2008 WCOOP events. Sixty-four players paid up the $25,500, lured by the $1,600,000 guarantee, but only eight could place in the money and only one would walk away with the $560,000 first...
by givememyleg | Sep 15, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
Event 15 of the PokerStars WCOOP 2008 was the first of two no-limit hold’em heads up shootouts on the schedule. It’s a pretty simple process, you play your opponent 1 on 1, then win, play another opponent and win, and keep moving up until you are the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2008 | Poker News
It’s the start of a new week, so it’s time for another Titan Poker update. Today I will talk about the third European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP III), a popular series of events hosted by poker sites on the iPoker network. ECOOP III will occur...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 12, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
It’s Friday and time for another Bodog Poker Leaderboard update. When I wrote last week, it was to announce the winners for the month of August and to update you on the current weekly leaderboard. This week, since we’re 12 days into September, we also have...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 11, 2008 | Poker News
Sunday, September 14 brings back one of the longest standing poker tournaments in history, the United States Poker Championship. Since 1996, the USPC has been bringing some of the best names in poker together to compete for the title of the first place prize. This...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 11, 2008 | Poker News
Since PartyGaming, the parent company of Party Poker, released their most recent economic report, redundancy rumors have dogged the firm. These dour predictions, unfortunately, appear to have be coming true with PartyGaming confirming that there will be job cuts at...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
Last night marked a first for the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker. This was the first year that they have held a NL Hold’em 4-max event. Event #9 was a $215 buyin offering a $400K guaranteed prize pool. The turnout was impressive, even for such a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
Last night marked a first for the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker. This was the first year that they have held a NL Hold’em 4-max event. Event #9 was a $215 buyin offering a $400K guaranteed prize pool. The turnout was impressive, even for such a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
In an effort to capitalize on the success of its recent large scale tournament in Macau, the Asian Poker Tour has signed up three of the region’s most exciting young players as its ambassadors. J.C. Tran, Nam Le and Quinn Do have all signed on the dotted line to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
The $530 buy-in No-Limit Texas Hold’em tournament has proven to be the most popular WCOOP event, time and time again. Last year, over 20 hours were played, prompting this year’s Event 6 to be split into two days. This year, 7,351 registered to compete in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
This past Monday saw the start of the first Omaha tournament at this years Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker. The buy-in stood at an affordable $200 + $15, and with a guaranteed prize pool of at least $300,000 it was no surprise to see that a whole host...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 8, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
An interesting story broke earlier this week through Jason “Krantz” Rosenkrantz’s blog, dangerlion.com. Rosenkrantz writes: “House of Cards, a hour hour special, will chronicle the lives of a group of top-flight online poker players. All...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 8, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
If you thought Happy Hour at Bovada Poker was already good, wait until you check out their latest promotion – Hunt for Happy Hour, H³. Now you have the chance to earn three times the amount of regular Full Tilt Points. This bonus is only available for a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 8, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
If you thought Happy Hour at Bovada Poker was already good, wait until you check out their latest promotion – Hunt for Happy Hour, H³. Now you have the chance to earn three times the amount of regular Full Tilt Points. This bonus is only available for a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 8, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
A special Sunday Report this week as the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker is in full swing. The WCOOP is a Series of events rivaling FullTilt’s FTOPS. Because of two large buy-in events, the Sunday Million and Warm-up got a much needed week off....
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 8, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
Event #5 of this year’s PokerStars WCOOP turned out to be the biggest buy-in WCOOP tournament to date, bringing in High-Roller NL players from all over the world! With a hefty buy-in of $10,000, Event 5 was sure to attract some of the best players this game has...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2008 | Poker News
It’s time for another Titan Poker success story article. I’ve frequently written about the Asian Poker Tour Macau in these updates because Titan had been running satellites for prize packages to this event for many weeks. The tournament finally took place...
by givememyleg | Sep 6, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
The 2008 World Championship of Online Poker kicked off yesterday, September 5th, at PokerStars! In total, there will be 33 different events with over $30 million guaranteed throughout them! There are still many satellites running until the main event, which is on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 6, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
It’s September, which means that another month has come and gone for 2008. A new month means a new start for monthly leaderboards all over the internet, including those at Bodog Poker. Who was the lucky player to win it all for August? Read on to find out! The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 4, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
In May, Harrah’s unprecedented decision to postpone the final table of the World Series by four months sent shock waves through the poker community. Over time the voices of derision have faded away, but they have been replaced by a mumbles of bemused...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 4, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
In May, Harrah’s unprecedented decision to postpone the final table of the World Series by four months sent shock waves through the poker community. Over time the voices of derision have faded away, but they have been replaced by a mumbles of bemused...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 4, 2008 | Poker News, WCOOP
The online poker spotlight turns to PokerStars this weekend for the highly anticipated World Championship of Online Poker. The event is set to begin tomorrow, Friday September 4th, starting at 14:30 EST with a $215 buyin NL Hold’em 6-max tournament with a $1...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2008 | Poker News
The magazine most often perused in casinos around the continent, Bluff Europe, has today announced the winner of it’s ‘European Poker Capital 2008’ award. Last year the prize went to London, propelled to the top of the list by hosting the inaugural...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another exciting Sunday for many, as poker’s elite online players battled it out over $5,000,000 in guaranteed prize money. Getting the day going was the PokerStars Sunday Warm-up. The $200+15 buy-in event is always stock-piled with some of Europe’s best...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Last night the first 2 episodes of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event were aired on ESPN and ESPN HD. All of the world’s best poker players were on hand for the 39th playing of the $10,000 buy-in event. Because of the recent popularity of poker, the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2008 | Poker News
Yevgeniy Timoshenko, a Ukraine native and United States citizen, survived the five-day event of the 2008 Asian Poker Tour Macau to walk away with the first place prize of $500,000. At just 20 years old, Timoshenko outlasted 257 other players. At the final table,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 31, 2008 | Poker News
If you are running hot right now, head on over to Titan Poker and play some sit-n-go tournaments. Since 2005, Titan has been running special jackpot sit-n-gos, which are growing in popularity every day. Since they were started, over $7,000,000 has been awarded!...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 30, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Welcome to this week’s version of the Bodog Poker Leaderboard update. We’re a mere two days away from the end of the month which means that the August leaderboard is coming to a close. Who is in the lead right now and is that lead safe? Read on to find...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 29, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
After nearly three and a half hours of grueling and exciting heads-up play, John “The Razor” Phan was able to overcome Amit Makhija for the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker title. The poker pro, Phan, was awarded $1,116,428 and the WPT...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 29, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
After nearly three and a half hours of grueling and exciting heads-up play, John “The Razor” Phan was able to overcome Amit Makhija for the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker title. The poker pro, Phan, was awarded $1,116,428 and the WPT...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
This afternoon at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California, the final table of the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker got underway. Six players remain, with the young Amit Makhija leading the way, holding almost 30% of the chips in play. He has held the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
This afternoon at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California, the final table of the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker got underway. Six players remain, with the young Amit Makhija leading the way, holding almost 30% of the chips in play. He has held the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 27, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
There was a notable sense of surprise and enthusiasm around the poker world yesterday, as CQPolitics reported that language spelling out the Republican Parties long held opposition to online gambling had been removed from their party platform. However this new found...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 26, 2008 | Poker News
Last week, the Sixth Annual Irish Poker Classic’s Main Event attracted a record 169 players – signs that the popularity of this international tournament is growing. The event had a €150,000 guarantee with a €1,500+€100 buy-in. Ten out of the 169 placed...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 26, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
After four seasons NBC has decided to move Poker After Dark away from the South Point Hotel and Casino. Hosting the 2009 Season’s 60 episodes will be the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino’s newest event center, “The Grand”. Poker fans need not...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 26, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
After four seasons NBC has decided to move Poker After Dark away from the South Point Hotel and Casino. Hosting the 2009 Season’s 60 episodes will be the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino’s newest event center, “The Grand”. Poker fans need not...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 25, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another Sunday is in the books as the world’s best online-MTT players vied for over $5,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools across a variety of sites. As always the PokerStars Sunday Warm-up got things started. With its $750,000 guarantee and early start time,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 24, 2008 | Poker News
It’s Sunday which means that it’s time for another Titan Poker Update. Today’s article features an online tournament success story, information on satellites for Poker Cup Australia 2008, and a story about two Spanish brothers who both won prize...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 22, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
It’s Friday, which means it’s time for another Bodog Leaderboard update. Three weeks have gone by in August and the monthly leaderboard race is intense as players rush to get as many points as possible during these last couple of weeks. There are big...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 21, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
Following on from a dire second quarter report published earlier this month, the WPT have run into another financial hurdle – the threat of being delisted from the NASDAQ stock exchange. Falling revenues were put down to lower licensing fees after their switch...
by givememyleg | Aug 21, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
The FTOPS IX is now officially over with the conclusion of the main event. In total, 25 events were played with buy-ins ranging from $109 up to $2620, and more than $15 million guaranteed. However, I think Full Tilt went a little too high on most of their...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 20, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Players logging on to Chan Poker today were greeted by a surprising message. It reads “All good things must come to an end….” and links to another page detailing that the site will be shutting down effective tomorrow, August 21. The message...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 20, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
You might think that a man who’s broken countless world records, has more gold medals in one Olympic Games than any other person, has more golds in his career than any other person ever, and who is undoubtedly one of the greatest sportsman ever to have lived...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 20, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event #18 of the ninth Full Tilt Series of Poker was yet another variation on the ever popular No Limit Hold ’em. This time the format was a $500 + $35 3x Shootout, and it attracted a healthy 662 runners. Once Full Tilt’s guaranteed $300,000 had been...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 19, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Although the poker world will have to wait until November to crown a champion one player is already setting himself apart from the field. Dennis Phillips, chip-leader of the Main Event, has pledged to donate 1% of his earnings to putting “a Bad Beat on Cancer”. ...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 19, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
The 9th Full Tilt Series of Poker was in full swing when the time came for Event #16, the $200 + $16 Omaha/8 tournament. As with every FTOPS event the prize pool was bolstered considerably by the addition of a guaranteed cash sum, this time a healthy $200,000. When...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 18, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Full-Tilt’s Online Poker Series highlighted a Sunday chalk-full of large MTTs with huge prize pools. With the PokerStars Sunday Million now being a $1.5 million guarantee there was plenty of money in play for the high-stakes tournament players. Both FTOPs...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 18, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
The largest buy-in tournament of the Full Tilt Online Poker series took place over the span of two days this past weekend. The $2500+$120 buy-in two-day event attracted 942 of the world’s best MTT players creating a massive prize-pool of $2,355,000. Outlasting...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 18, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Tempers flared and four-letter words flew as the often infuriating game of Razz was played during Event 21 of Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series. 577 player created a prize pool of nearly $175,000 in the $300+22 buy-in tournament. In the end it was player...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 17, 2008 | Poker News
Welcome to another Titan Poker update. As usual for these articles, I will be bringing you up to speed on the myriad on promotions this iPoker room is offering. They’re sending players all around the world, to events in places that include Macau, South Africa,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 17, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
It will be extremely tough to top the talent that made it to the final table of Event 14 of FTOPS IX. The $535 H.O.R.S.E event saw some of the most talented players online work their way through a stacked field, as well as some of the very best falling just short of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 16, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
The action was sure to be fast paced heading into Wednesday’s FTOPS Event #17. The format for this event was 6-max NL Hold’em with rebuys, and featured a $1,000,000 guarantee. With a $300+$22 buyin, the 1,059 entries ponied up 2,239 rebuys and 727 add-ons,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 16, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 4 of FTOPS IX was a $300 No Limit Holdem tournament, with one rebuy and one add-on. 970 players showed up, causing the total prize pool to pass the guarantee. The final prize pool being $694,500, well over the guarantee of $600,000. As usual, a ton of notable...
by givememyleg | Aug 16, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Everyone was laughing at event 13 of the FTOPS 9, mainly because the game being played was HA (okay bad jokes over). Just what is HA? For those who don’t know, HA is a mixed game which is half PL Hold’em and half PL Omaha. In total, 913 players paid the...
by givememyleg | Aug 16, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 11 of the FTOPS 9 was the game of limit hold’em. Although limit hold’em doesn’t attract as many fish since they can’t just push all-in, Full Tilt offered a $200,000 guarantee for the $216 buy-in. Well, with only 932 players registered,...
by givememyleg | Aug 16, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 3 of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series 9 was the first of its kind. It was the first ever 4x shootout that the series has ever seen, but with a twist because it was also shorthanded. Not quite knowing what to expect, Full Tilt gave the $216 buy-in a $250,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 16, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event eight of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series IX came to an end last Sunday with “ryanbluf” the man who finished ahead of his competitors and claimed the $121,184.57 first place prize. The event was a $240 + $16 No Limit Hold’em 6-Max Knockout...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 15, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Hello readers, welcome to Friday and another Bodog Leaderboard update. We’re now half way into the month, which means that the monthly race is starting to get exciting and we should begin to see who will have the best chance of winning it all for August. To see...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 15, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
History was made and chips were flying for Event 15 of Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series. It was a Turbo Format. The $200+16 buyin $500,000 guarantee attracted a field of 2,472 players. One again the field failed to reach the guarantee and Full Tilt had to provide...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 15, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Last Saturday saw the completion of the second Omaha event in FTOPS IX, and this time the format was Pot Limit Omaha 6-Max. It was no surprise, then, to see that this event was hosted by well known Omaha master Robert Williamson III. The buy in for the event ran to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 15, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Full Tilt’s 9th Online Poker Series continued this past Monday with a $1000+60 buy-in $1,500,000 guarantee start-studded tournament. One of the biggest buy-in tournaments of the series was full of high-stakes professionals and notable online winners. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 14, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series continued this past Saturday with Event #7, a $100+$9 NLHE rebuy tournament with a $500,000 guarantee. This format, popular with many higher stakes online players, drew 1,961 entries for a total prize pool of $621,100 after the rebuy...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 14, 2008 | FTOPS, Online Poker News, Poker News
Over 1,000 players took their chances in Event 9 of FTOPS IX this past Sunday. The No-Limit Hold’em Heads Up tournament started at 4:00pm ET with a $500 + $35 buy-in. Only 128 of the 1,322 hopefuls were able to place in the money. Tedsfishfry took home the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 14, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
On Saturday, September 6, history will be made as Full Tilt Poker hosts the $25K Heads-Up PLO World Championship. The world’s best in both live and online poker are expected to to show for the highest buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha tournament ever held. Excitement is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 14, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The stage is set for another mammoth cash game with the news that Party Poker’s Poker Den: The Big Game is to return for a third series. The program, which features a pro heavy marathon cash game, is also upping the ante – increasing the game’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 13, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
After a disastrous May the release of the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s report on revenues in June has come as a ray of sunlight, despite still showing a marginal downturn. A worrying slide has been taking place in Las Vegas over the last few months, with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 12, 2008 | Poker News
In the midst of all the political upheaval of the 2008 National Democratic Convention in Denver, the Poker Player Alliance will be hosting Poker at the Ballpark, a charity poker tournament. Proceeds will help benefit the Paralyzed Veterans of America. With the event...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 12, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
The ease and comfort of online poker may be coming to a card-room near you soon! At least two different U.S. card rooms are electing to use “PokerPro” software which electronically deals cards to poker players at a traditional-style card table. Chip counts...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 10, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
The exciting Latin America Poker Tour, sponsored by PokerStars.net, just crowned its third winner in Punta del Este, Uruguay. 351 people from all over showed up to play, creating a prize pool of $851,175. The tournament was held at the Mantra Resort and Casino. 93...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 9, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series continued yesterday with another met guarantee in a game with dwindling popularity, especially online, Stud Hi. 581 people bought in to Event #5, a $200+16 tournament to make a prize pool of $116,200 with almost 27k going to first...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 8, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Welcome to another Bodog Leaderboard update. Last week we announced the monthly leaderboard winners for July, and so this week we will start fresh and I will tell you about the current leaders for August. If you want to see what we’re playing for, please click...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 8, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
The 9th Full Tilt Online Pokers Series continued yesterday with Event #2, PL Omaha H/L Bounty. Full Tilt always seems to come up with new tournaments for their series’ to keep people interested and this event is no exception. The $240+16 buy-in PL Omaha H/L...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 7, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Now, for a limited time only, FlopTurnRiver is teaming up with PokerRoom and EuroPoker to offer great new bonuses! When you sign up for either of these rooms through FlopTurnRiver, you can get a 100% sign-up bonus up to $500. Already signed up through FlopTurnRiver?...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 7, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
WPT Enterprises, stalwarts of televised poker, have reported gloomy figures for the second quarter of 2008. Revenues from almost all areas of the company are down on this time last year, with only online gaming recording modest growth. Even that ray of light may be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 7, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
WPT Enterprises, stalwarts of televised poker, have reported gloomy figures for the second quarter of 2008. Revenues from almost all areas of the company are down on this time last year, with only online gaming recording modest growth. Even that ray of light may be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 7, 2008 | Poker News
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by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 6, 2008 | Poker News, PokerStars
July has come and gone, and bdubs3737 has been crowned the TLB Champion on Poker Stars. He was able to hold off players like imeasy2read, with a clutch victory in the Sunday $200k, beating out a field of well over 20k players in the process. If you’d like to take a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 6, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
In the wake of four Republican Congressmen’s appeal for clarity in the application of the UIGEA one of their fellow Representatives – Pete Sessions (R-TX) – has attempted to do just that. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Clarification and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 5, 2008 | Poker News
Hello FTR, Effective this week I will be creating weekly/bi-weekly strategy posts for your reading pleasure. I have always enjoyd writing and of course poker strategy, so this felt like a no-brainer when I was asked if I would help contribute strategy articles for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 5, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Back when plans for the 2008 WSOP Europe were being announced there was plenty of discussion about holding the event in multiple venues as has been done in the past. And there were plenty of people who thought that this was a crazy and ridiculous idea. Many thought...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 4, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another Sunday is in the books, and a juggernaut has emerged in the online poker scene, with his fourth major win in under a month. Before we get to that, let’s start off with the biggest weekly online tournament – The Poker Stars Sunday Million. The Sunday Million...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 4, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News
Think you have what it takes to play Team Full Tilt’s Patrik Antonius? Now you have the chance to find out with Full Tilt’s One on One with Patrik Antonius. The winner of the prize package will receive one on one poker instruction from Patrik Antonius...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 3, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
It’s Sunday, which means that it’s time for another Titan Poker update. Today’s article is all about live events and satellite opportunities. There are many prestigious tournaments scheduled all around the world, and Titan wants to give its players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 2, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News, WSOP
Now through August 31, you can receive a $25,000 European Series prize package from Full Tilt Poker. Weekly qualifying tournaments will be running until the end date. The tournaments run each Sunday at 16:30 ET for buy-in of $500 + $35. Satellites are also available...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 1, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Friday is finally here, which means it’s time for another Bodog Leaderboard report. It’s also the start of a new month, and the standings for July are now updated with the monthly winners. Let’s see who won last week’s weekly board, who won it...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 1, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
High Stakes Poker has a home for its fifth season. However, that home is the same place it’s been for the first four – The Game Show Network, also known as GSN. While the World Poker Tour will no longer be on GSN, High Stakes Poker will be staying. High Stakes Poker’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 31, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
We are at the very end of the road in July, as tomorrow a new month begins, with new names emerging as forces in the Ongame Leaderboard. This month has been positively exciting, with p3rc4 dominating the month, but showing signs of weakness last week. The Ongame...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 31, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Starting Friday, August 1 at 16:00 ET until 16:00 ET on Sunday, August 3, Full Tilt’s Sit & Go Madness Part IV will on the rage. More than $75K in cash and prizes are up for grabs for those who choose to play. Just look for a selected SNG and play to win!...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 31, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Starting Friday, August 1 at 16:00 ET until 16:00 ET on Sunday, August 3, Full Tilt’s Sit & Go Madness Part IV will on the rage. More than $75K in cash and prizes are up for grabs for those who choose to play. Just look for a selected SNG and play to win!...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 31, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Four Republican Congressmen have become the first from their party to formally declare their lack of satisfaction with the UIGEA. The act, which prohibits financial institutions from transferring funds to online gambling proprietors, has previously come under fire...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 30, 2008 | Poker News, PokerStars
It’s time to bring back FTR’s coverage of the Poker Stars Leaderboard, which I will be doing until September, when courtiebee takes over. Until then however, I’ll be bringing you all the action, as some of the best and brightest battle it out! Just to bring everyone...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 30, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
After a month which began with fears that Season VII of the now legendary World Poker Tour might be without a network, news of a deal to bring the WPT to India bring an end to a striking turnaround. WPT Enterprises have agreed a deal with the privately run Zee...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 29, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The majority of movies that Hollywood has made about the game of poker have been pretty big disasters. Often these films not only fail at the box office but they also fail to capture the essence of the game itself. Well the movie industry is preparing to take...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 29, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
For a limited time only, Bodog players who earn at least 2,000 poker points in a month will be rewarded the double points bonus. This allows players to double their cash rewards! Points can also be used for poker points tournaments. This bonus makes right now a great...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 28, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
The last Sunday is always the biggest Sunday of the month for online tournament pros, as extra tournaments get added, and tons of players come out. Yesterday was no different, as not only were the extra tournaments present, but the Sunday Warm-up was special...
