by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
One of the best ways to get laws changed in the United States is by using the power of numbers. Organizations such as the Poker Players Alliance have the ability to pool together masses of like-minded individuals for the purpose of lobbying for their cause. A big...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Many of the final tables in this year’s World Series have drawn media attention thanks to the large amount of household names that have featured on them. Take a moment then, to think about all those fine young internet professionals who have been blazing a trail...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Many of the final tables in this year’s World Series have drawn media attention thanks to the large amount of household names that have featured on them. Take a moment then, to think about all those fine young internet professionals who have been blazing a trail...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 13, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Welcome to this week’s Bodog Leaderboard Update. Please click here to get acquainted with the leaderboard and click here if you’re interested in seeing the complete standings for today. For more information, please visit the Bodog network page:...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 13, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The 2008 World Series of Poker is in full swing, as we’re nearing the halfway point. Bracelets have been won by some of the best in the game, as Erick Lindgren getting his first bracelet, Mike Matusow getting his third, and Daniel Negreanu getting his fourth. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 13, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Daniel Negreanu is a familiar face all around the professional poker world and a very successful player in the World Series of Poker. After today Negreanu has won a total of four bracelets in the WSOP, a feat only accomplished by seven other people in the history of...
by givememyleg | Jun 13, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
It was back to NLH in game 8 of the gauntlet. We saw a lot of familiar faces, and a rare appearance from Xianti! In total, 21 people showed up hoping to increase their points for the season, and for one lucky donk, he did just that. If you are unsure what the Gauntlet...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 12, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
We are under two weeks in for June, and suffice to say it has been unbelievable thus far. There has been yet another huge shakeup in Ongame Leaderboard, as the Top 10 has once again had a facelift. Before we take a look at the carnage for June 12th, let’s take a look...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 12, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
In what be one of the smallest fields so far this year, 85 players sat down on Monday evening to contest event #18, the $5,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw, with Rebuys. Not that the size of the field should be taken as any indication of its quality – practically every...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 12, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
In all the commotion and hype over the 2008 World Series of Poker, Europe is now getting excited about its own PokerStars European Poker Tour. Europe’s most prominent poker tour has just released its Season 5 schedule. The tour kicks off September 10, 2008 at...
by givememyleg | Jun 12, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another week has passed, and more prizes have been given out at Ultimate Bet! Every week, Ultimate Bet awards its players with tournament credits and the chance to play heads up with a UB pro for $1,000 or more! If you recall in last week’s article, mross01 shot...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 11, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
After a few events in a row where the prize pool wasn’t exactly the highest, the stakes got raised a little in Event #13 where the total reached $3,213,100. With 1,397 players paying the $2,500 buy-in, this No Limit Hold-em contest easily beat out last...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 11, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
After a few events in a row where the prize pool wasn’t exactly the highest, the stakes got raised a little in Event #13 where the total reached $3,213,100. With 1,397 players paying the $2,500 buy-in, this No Limit Hold-em contest easily beat out last...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 11, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With all the No Limit Hold’em games that have been trotted out in the 2008 WSOP, a change of pace occurred in Event #12. That’s because this tourney was all about Limit Hold’em. This $1,500 buy-in event saw 883 people ante up the entry fee and that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 11, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With all the No Limit Hold’em games that have been trotted out in the 2008 WSOP, a change of pace occurred in Event #12. That’s because this tourney was all about Limit Hold’em. This $1,500 buy-in event saw 883 people ante up the entry fee and that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 11, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
With the World Series of Poker hitting the press some of the other tournaments are getting overshadowed, but VC Poker has persevered and announced a $2.5 million guaranteed tournament scheduled for September 7th of this year. With a minimum of $500,000 going to the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
There would be no chip farming or overly conservative play during the WSOP’s 11th event as it was a No Limit Hold’em Shootout. With only the top player from each table of six moving on to the next round of play, players had to go for the gold or go home....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With an event like Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better, it’s obvious that there’s not going to be a whole lot of players biting at this type of event. Even if it is the WSOP. But don’t tell that to the 388 players who chose to pay the $2,500...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
On June 15, PokerStars will award a whopping 200 guaranteed seats to the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. The satellite starts at 4:30 pm ET with a $370 buy-in. The prize package not only includes the $10,000 Main Event buy-in, but also $2,500 in spending money,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 9, 2008 | Poker News, PokerStars
A lot of big names are returning on the PokerStars MTT Leaderboard this week, edging their way up to the top where they likely belong. Last month was full of action and several heated battles for a top ten position. In the end, ten well deserving players sealed...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 9, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Whether you’re currently in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker, or at home keeping it up with the ongoing results, one thing is for certain: this is the most exciting time of the year for any poker player, anywhere. This is the time of year that novice and pro...
by givememyleg | Jun 9, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Game 7 of the Gauntlet 7 was this past Sunday, and it was the first heads up tournament of the series! There were many people who were anticipating this event, hoping to stack their rivals! If you are unsure what the Gauntlet is, check out the end of this article for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 9, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Event 9 of this 2008 World Series of Poker was one of three, 6-max, No Limit Hold’Em tournaments on the schedule. 6-max Event 31 has a buy-in of $2500 and 6-max Event 46 has a buy-in of $5000, but Event 9 lead the way to the bigger cash with a buy-in of $1500....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 9, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Event 9 of this 2008 World Series of Poker was one of three, 6-max, No Limit Hold’Em tournaments on the schedule. 6-max Event 31 has a buy-in of $2500 and 6-max Event 46 has a buy-in of $5000, but Event 9 lead the way to the bigger cash with a buy-in of $1500....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 8, 2008 | Poker News
In the last year, Titan Poker has been making great strides in the online poker scene, doing their very best to attract players to their poker room. Their efforts, along with those made by the iPoker network in general, have obviously been working, as they have the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 8, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
PKR Poker is still bringing in the action every week and that’s good news. With new players shooting into the top ten and common favorites such as farryboy MIA things are picking up at PRK. It’s been said before but Sunday is Funday here at FTR when the PKR leader...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With so many of pokers biggest stars in Event #8, WSOP’s seventh event didn’t see quite as many big name players in it. However, that’s certainly not to say that Event #7 was lacking any kind of excitement. In fact, there was a great story to be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With so many of pokers biggest stars in Event #8, WSOP’s seventh event didn’t see quite as many big name players in it. However, that’s certainly not to say that Event #7 was lacking any kind of excitement. In fact, there was a great story to be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
During the $10,000 Mixed event at this years world series the players sitting at Phil Ivey’s table were quizzing the poker genius on a number of topics, one of which being: Who did he think was the greatest living poker player? Phil listed a number of potential...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 6, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better has traditionally never got the kind of attention of respect that games such as No Limit Hold ‘Em get. However, if you told that to the 9 players that headed in to the final table of Event #6 yesterday, they might have told you...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 6, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
It’s a busy day for the Bodog Leaderboard article today. There’s the usual top ten for both the weekly and monthly leaderboards, there’s the winner of last week’s weekly leaderboard, and then there’s also the winner of the May...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 6, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Poker is always hot and exciting over at PRK Poker and with their monthly leader boards just heating up for June everyone will be able to keep an eye on the action, and with myself as your trusty tour guide things will be readily available! If you have a sudden urge...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 6, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Event number five in the World Series of Poker came to a close and Michael Banducci was the winner. He took home the bracelet along with $636,736. Quite the chunk of cash for a $1000 dollar buy-in. Banducci considers his winnings beer money, at least that’s what...
by givememyleg | Jun 6, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Game 6 of the FTR Gauntlet VII was the second shorthanded event of the season. If it was going to be anything similar to game 2, there would have to be a lot of action right from the start. Well, as I expected, that is just what happened. The average players showed...
by givememyleg | Jun 5, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
It’s Wednesday which means another week for the UB leaderboards. Every week, Ultimate Bet awards its players with tournament credits and the chance to play heads up with a UB pro for $1,000 or more! When we last left off, nibbler was declared the champion and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 5, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another exciting month has come to an end for the Ongame Leaderboard, as May ended less than a week ago. We’re coming close to the summer, as June signals warmer weather, more sun, and everything that comes along with it. Before we take a look at who’s heating up so...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 5, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Last night saw the conclusion of the 3rd day of event number 4 in this years WSOP calender, the $5,000 Mixed Hold ’em event. The structure combined both limit and no-limit, as part Harrah’s attempts to offer a diverse range of tournaments to satisfy every...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 4, 2008 | Poker News
According to UK PokerNews, Irish Professional Padraig Parkinson has joined the PokerTrillion Team. Best known for his ebullient personality at the poker table, he is also a successful tournament player with over 1.3 million dollars in career tournament winnings....
by givememyleg | Jun 4, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Game 5 of the Gauntlet was this Sunday, and it was good old fashioned no-limit hold’em. The number of players hasn’t started to level off yet, as 28 people registered which has been about the average for the year. If you are unsure what the Gauntlet is,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 3, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Another wildly popular and successful FTOPS series is in the books, with millions upon millions paid out, and throngs of players coming out in search of those enormous paydays through beating out those aforementioned throngs of players. Now up to series VIII, FTOPS...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 3, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
It’s now late afternoon on Tuesday and the only WSOP tournament in the bag as of now is the Event #1 that STHollywood reported on yesterday. Event #2, which was a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tourney, was supposed to be done by now. However, an Event #2 record...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 3, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
The Knockout format has been extremely popular on Full Tilt Poker, with numerous tournaments taking on the format, and getting good-sized fields in return. The most popular Knockout event on Full Tilt is the Sunday Brawl, a $240+$16 tournament with a $250k guarantee,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 2, 2008 | Poker News, PokerStars
We’ve made it into June after a heated month-long battle for top ten positions in the PokerStars MTT Leaderboard. A lot of players were up and down all month long, unsure of where they would wind up in the end. There were also a few players who stayed...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 2, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another Sunday is in the books with millions being paid out to thousands of players. Who won the biggest chunks of those millions? Let’s kick off the Sunday Report this week by taking a look at the biggest weekly tournament on the internet, the Sunday Million on Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 2, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Well it’s about that time again to take a look at the Everest Poker Leaderboards. With May now over and June just underway, it’s time to see how one month panned out and how the other one starts off. For the May Monthly MTT’s, the final top ten looks...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 2, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
As we all know, the 2008 World Series of Poker kicked off on May 30th with the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’Em World Championship. There were 352 entrants to the tournament creating a prize pool of $3,308,800 and a first place prize of $794,112. When 343 players had...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 2, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
As we all know, the 2008 World Series of Poker kicked off on May 30th with the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’Em World Championship. There were 352 entrants to the tournament creating a prize pool of $3,308,800 and a first place prize of $794,112. When 343 players had...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 1, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
It’s exciting these days over at Titan Poker, and it has everything to do with the second European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP II), which started on May 23rd and ended today, June 1st. There was an impressive $3,600,000 in guaranteed prize pools,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 1, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Just as fast as the industry seems to be growing, authorities are cracking down on illegal online casino gambling. Following suit, Turkey is cracking down and has just detained two members of Sportingbet. It is believed that Sportingbet has been involved in illegal...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 31, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Pot Limit Omaha Hi can be a very swingy game, with small edges being pushed all the time. Add to it a $100 rebuy, and you get an extremely interesting event, which is just what happened in FTOPS VIII Event #22, a $100 rebuy, Pot Limit Omaha event. This event ran at...
by givememyleg | May 31, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Bodog is hosting their own series, but much more affordable than the WSOP. However, just because it is called the Mini Series of Poker doesn’t mean the prizes will be small. By participating in the MSOP, you could earn yourself a $12,000 WSOP 2009 package and...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 31, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The 2008 World Series begun in Las Vegas yesterday in an uncharacteristically low-key fashion. A marching band from the University of Las Vegas may have paraded through the Amazon room, performing a rousing rendition of “Viva Las Vegas”, but once all the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 31, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
It’s May 30th which means the month is almost over! In a couple days, Bodog will crown its May 2008 monthly leaderboard winner. To see what the winner of May will win when the month is over, please click here. To see where I will get the data for today’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 30, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Here is an event sponsored by PokerStars that really caught our eyes over at FTR. PokerStars, one of the leading online poker websites, has created both events and straight up opportunities to donate to the earthquake relief in China. This is an upstanding thing on...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 30, 2008 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
The path to success is often different for everyone, whether it is because of time, circumstance, or choice. For some the path is easier, while for others the path can be much, much harder. However, for those that do endure the harder path, they are often more...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 30, 2008 | Poker News
So for those who have been paying attention, here is my progress on my goals for the week… Didn’t play 18 holes of golf, so no progress on breaking 90. Playing in the morning though barring thunderstorms. Bankroll has taken a dive, down to mid $160...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 30, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS eight is in full swing and many have noticed from the frequent updates here at FTR and it’s obvious that event 20 was just as excellent considering the $200,000 guarantee placed on the event. Players certainly don’t have any qualms with putting up the $200 + $16...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 30, 2008 | FTOPS
FTOPS number eight was in full swing and event number eight was as interesting as all the others. Full Tilt’s FTOPS events are becoming well known in the online poker world and they continue to gain steam as more and more players enter them for a chance at the big...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 29, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
We are officially in the home stretch for the month of May, as today marks the third to last day of the month, and we are very close to crowning the champion for the Ongame Leaderboard. But, there are a few days left, so we’ll take a look at today, May 29th. There has...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 29, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
Vincente Perez, 57, of Macon, Georgia pleaded guilty over the fatal stabbing that took place at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic city. Perez and Arthur Price, 61, got into an argument over a seat at a poker table. The disagreement continued outside to the valet parking...
by givememyleg | May 29, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
It was Wednesday, which meant game 4 of the Gauntlet VII. Players were looking forward to this more than usual because game 3, which was PLO8, had been canceled due to low turnout (I guess 9 players is the minimum). But game 4 had more than enough people and the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 29, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Months of anticipation come to a close tomorrow, as the 2008 World Series of Poker gets underway. Although the first bracelet won’t be up for grabs until then, the cards are already in the air in with a number of cash games and satellites in full swing....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 28, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event #16 brought out some stiff competition, which should come as no surprise to anyone. During the last series, FTR’s own ilikeaces86 won this very same type of event, the $300 rebuy, 6-max event for $257k, and had to beat out an extremely tough final table that...
by givememyleg | May 28, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
It is Wednesday May 28th, and another champion was crowned in the weekly Ultimate Bet MTT leaderboards. Every week, ACR Poker awards its players with tournament credits and the chance to play heads up with a UB pro for $1,000 or more! For complete details of how and...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 28, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
What on earth is the Mini Series of Poker? I asked myself that the first time I heard the series of events mentioned, but now it makes a bit more sense to me. Full Tilt’s mini series of poker is set up so those of us who can’t make it to this year’s World Series of...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 27, 2008 | Poker News, PokerStars
Appearing in the PokerStars top ten this week is a few new players attempting to make a steal for May’s 1st place prize. The PokerStars MTT Leaderboard is proving to be a lot more sporadic than I had imagined. Last week I commented on the amount of new players...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 27, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
We’re now only three days away from the biggest event in the poker world. Yes, the World Series of Poker is primed to kick-off on Friday with Event #1 and many of the players have already arrived in Las Vegas. Those who are already in Sin City are eagerly...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 26, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Once again, another monstrous day of Sunday Majors is in the books, with a new tournament on Poker Stars, the return of the Turbo Takedown, more dominance from perhaps the best player online, and on top of all of that, one of the greatest Sunday performances, ever....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 26, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
It was truly the winner takes all in Event number 17 at the Full Tilt Online Poker Series. That’s because this No-Limit Hold’em tournament was a 4 X Shootout affair meaning that only the winner of each table got to advance to the next round. And with the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 26, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
There was certainly quite a variety of tournaments at the 8th annual Full Tilt Online Poker Series. Stud games, PL Omaha, HORSE, Razz, and of course regular old Hold’em were all featured at the FTOPS. But out of all of them, some people might consider the No...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 26, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Well it’s again time to take a look at the Everest Poker Leaderboards. With May winding down fast here, let’s jump right into it to see how this month is panning out for everyone. First off, for the monthly MTT’s for May, lets look at the top 10: 1....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 26, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
Costa Rica is Spanish for the rich coast, most likely because of its beautiful beaches and cultural offerings. But, this year the rich coast takes on a new meaning as almost 400 poker players arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica for the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) San...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 26, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
Costa Rica is Spanish for the rich coast, most likely because of its beautiful beaches and cultural offerings. But, this year the rich coast takes on a new meaning as almost 400 poker players arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica for the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) San...
by givememyleg | May 26, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Quite possibly the most anticipated FTOPS VIII tournament, event 21 did not disappoint. This is one of the most prestigious online poker tournaments that you can win, due to it’s high buy-in, deep structure, and because it is the only 2 day online poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 26, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOP VIII Event 15 featured HA (half PL Hold’em, half PL Omaha), which pulled in a nice 932 players into the competition. With a buy-in of $200+$16 and a guarantee of $150,000, the prize pool was sure to surpass the guarantee. The prize pool busted the guarantee by...
by givememyleg | May 26, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series continued with event 19, which was a $216 buy-in and the name of the game was no-limit hold’em. The $200 no-limit tournaments online today are the standard for most high stake players, so I expected this event to crush the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 25, 2008 | Poker News
This article is the first of many future updates on Titan Poker, a poker room that is part of the increasingly popular iPoker network. As mentioned in previous articles, iPoker ranks third for online poker traffic. This is despite the fact it does not offer its...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 25, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Sunday seems to be Funday here at FTR because that means it’s time for the PKR Poker monthly leader boards. The month is coming to a close and the players are getting close to their final standings. We’ve grown to know the familiar faces at the top of the boards as...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 24, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
A new Internet gambling law has been approved by the South African parliament which would follow in the footsteps of many other nations in regulating the growing industry. Their parliament papers showed this as being an industry they see as being plagued by crime and...
by givememyleg | May 24, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
FTR veteran Max “Massimo” Steinberg flew down with fellow FTR member, and twin brother, Danny “IowaSkinsFan” Steinberg to buy-in straight up for the LAPT in San Jose, Costa Rica. They are both very capable of taking down a tournament like this,...
by givememyleg | May 24, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
FTR veteran Max “Massimo” Steinberg flew down with fellow FTR member, and twin brother, Danny “IowaSkinsFan” Steinberg to buy-in straight up for the LAPT in San Jose, Costa Rica. They are both very capable of taking down a tournament like this,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 24, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, WSOP
Phil Hellmuth and Milwaukee’s Best Light have announced a unique partnership designed to promote this years World Series of Poker. 12 Million cans featuring three different likenesses of the Poker Brat himself are to be produced to coincide with the start of...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 23, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
It’s the 23rd and in just over a week, the leaderboard for the month of May at Bodog will come to a close. We all know that a week is plenty of time for change, however! Let’s see what has changed since last Friday. First things first – who was last...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 23, 2008 | Live Poker Results, Online Poker News, Poker News
In quite the unprecedented move, Poker Stars opened its very own live poker room in Macau, China today. Not only is the first ever live poker room ever opened by an online poker room, but Poker Stars in doing so, is spreading the game of poker across the world....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 23, 2008 | Poker News
Today is Friday and that means it’s time for a little poker history from yours truly. I’ve been rolling with some player profiles and the things they have done to contribute to poker history and today is a continuation of that series. Today we’ll be talking about Greg...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 23, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
There are only seven days until the 2008 World Series of Poker, but as both professionals and amateurs gear up for a month of poker excitement, not everything is as it should be. Concerns over the uncertain economic situation in the U.S. have lead to fears that this...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 22, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
We’re heading into the final days of May, and the name of the game for the Ongame Leaderboard has been dominance, mainly by finnrene, who is once again looking to take down the Ongame Leaderboard, this time for the month of May. It has been quite a month, especially...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 22, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
As you well know FTOPS VIIII hosted by Full Tilt Poker just got over and it rocked just as hard as the past events. Today we’re taking a look at Event 13 over at Bovada, and the action was just as excellent as could be expected. There were 607 players in this event...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 22, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Chris “Jesus” Ferguson is playing host to a Heads-Up Tournament hosted by Full Tilt Poker. With up to 64 players and a $25,000 buy-in per player, Full Tilt Poker is already calling it the biggest heads-up tournament ever; live or online. Many other Full...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 22, 2008 | Poker News
I haven’t updated this blog in quite a while. Have gone through a major downswing down to almost my initial bankroll and slowly built myself back to where I was about a month ago. ChrisBCritter has been a substantial and big influence in this process. Deuce...
by givememyleg | May 21, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Game 2 of the Gauntlet VII was much anticipated. This was mainly due to the fact that is was the first ever shorthanded tournament in the history of the Gauntlet! I predicted game 2 to be a 6-Max, action filled, donkfest; and boy was I right. If you are unsure what...
by givememyleg | May 21, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another week has come and gone, and there is a new face to sit atop of the Ultimate Bet leaderboard; or perhaps it’s someone we’ve already seen before? Every week, Ultimate Bet awards its players with tournament credits and the chance to play heads up with...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 21, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 14 of the FTOPS VIII Tournament was a $200 + $16 NL Hold’em Turbo. It was hosted by Amanda Baker. It was a 200k Guarantee that had 2,140 players. The chip counts going into the final table were as follows: 1. Pokah_Prinz 838,357 2. comhood 831,290 3....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 20, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The last WSOP Circuit event is coming to a close at Harrah’s in New Orleans. But the Main Event has just kicked off and Day 1 of the tournament is completed. In all, 249 players came to Harrah’s in search of the WSOP Circuit ring. The $5,000 buy-in was...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 20, 2008 | Poker News, PokerStars
It’s that time of the week again, and we’re nearing the end of May. In about 10 days we’ll be looking at a new batch of dedicated poker players who have reached the top of the PokerStars MTT Leaderboard to claim their status as the best of the best. It seem as if the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 19, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Yesterday will undoubtedly go down as one of the biggest Sundays of the year, as FTOPS culminated with not one, not two, but three events! On top of that, Poker Stars had their usual majors, and to top it all off, one of FTR’s own took down the $5k Freezeout on Poker...
by givememyleg | May 19, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Well, it’s the start of the next season of the FTR Gauntlet and everyone seemed excited. Game 1 started off with a bang, and a total of 40 players came out to spew chips left and right. If you aren’t sure what the Gauntlet is at this point, then why are...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 19, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
After a week of not looking at the Everest Poker Leaderboards, it’s time to take a quick glance again at how everyone is doing. For the MTTs for the month of May, not a whole lot has changed. Lets take a look at how things are shaping up as May is winding down....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 19, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS 8 Event 11 was a $1000+$60 No Limit Hold’Em tournament, the second largest buy-in in the FTOPS, with a guaranteed prize pool of $1,500,000. The event, hosted by Nick Shulman, drew 1593 players creating an ending prize pool of $1,593,000 with a 1st place...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker has been quite creative this series, introducing all kinds of varieties of tournaments, with big-buyins and bigger payouts. Event #12 of FTOPS VIII fit that bill, as 961 players showed up for the $200+$16 No Limit Hold ‘Em tournament, with 1 rebuy and...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Tomorrow, May 19th, marks the last tournament of the World Series of Poker’s final 2008 circuit stop at Harrah’s New Orleans. So far we have seen 11 circuit stops beginning with the Grand Casino in Tunica and most recently in Casesars Palace in Las Vegas....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2008 | Poker News
Last July, Annie Duke teamed up with Don Cheadle and created the ‘Ante up for Africa’ poker event, an effort that raised over $700,000 for humanitarian efforts in Darfur. With such positive results, it’s no surprise that Duke and Cheadle are raising...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Is it Sunday yet? Thankfully it certainly is and that means another PKR Poker leader board update for all of you avid readers and I’m sure you’re keeping weekly tabs on this exciting stuff. If you’re not you certainly should be! Things are as exciting as ever over at...
by givememyleg | May 18, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
A lot has happened since my last UB Leaderboard article on April 23rd. Due to some technical difficulties, I was unable to post any results for the past two weeks. However, I will try to bring everything back up to speed and start resuming the article regularly, every...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 17, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
A partnership has been formed between the WSOP and XP Events which would help spread WSOP related merchandise throughout a stand alone brick and mortar store in Las Vegas, www.wsopshop.com, and free standing kiosks which you can find in the middle of the aisles in...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
When we looked at the weekly Bodog leaderboard last Friday, WillyNilly had a narrow lead over ParliGod of only 32 points. Here were the top three when the week was over: 1. fitzfitz – 1589 pts 2. RezinLife – 1577 pts 3. Dartanian – 1566 pts ParliGod...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
In what appears to be quite a strange move, the Game Show Network has yet to renew their contract with High Stakes Poker. The show has become quite popular over the years, with pots worth houses being the norm, featuring some of the best cash game players in the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Michelle Orpe, a player sponsored by Purple-Lounge has cashed in her second sponsored event. How’s that for being a new person to be sponsored by a company? Purple-Lounge decided to sponsor her after seeing her skills at the poker table and it seems as though this has...
by givememyleg | May 16, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 10 of the FTOPS 8 was the third pot-limit Omaha tournament on the schedule. However, this was the first one that was hi/lo, aka Omaha 8 or better. This was one of the smaller guarantees, with a $200 + $16 buy-in with the prize pool being at least $200,000. The...
by givememyleg | May 16, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
The FTOPS 8 continued with event 9 and it was a big one, $322 no-limit hold’em. This took place of their usual Sunday $750k and had a guaranteed prize pool of $1,500,000; making it at least double the standard. It was hosted by Gus Hansen, who is one of the most...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
We’ve reached the midway point for the month of May, as it’s time once again to look at who’s making moves on the Ongame Leaderboards. If you’d like to take a look at the days leading up to today, May 15th, head over to OnGame PokerRoom network page and take an in...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
If you happen to live in the state of Washington, an important ruling came down today at the hands of a King County Superior Court judge. She ruled that playing poker for money online is still illegal in this state. Lee Rousso, a local attorney and poker player said...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
The buy-in for this tournament was $500 + $35 and there was a total of 637 players. First place alone payed out over $68,000. Lets take a look at the chip counts heading into the final table: 1. Kavin86 1,114,541 2. scatterbrain123 495,675 3. Care4Nature 465,801 4....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2008 | Poker News
Poker seems to be growing by the second and many novices are hitting the felt alongside seasoned professionals to try and make their mark. We have all heard the term “beginners luck” and although short term poker success is possible without formal...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
On May 12, 2008 AOL announced that Games.com, a free online gaming resource, will award six seats to the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas this year. Between May 4th and June 15th players can complete in online no limit Texas Hold’em games that are...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Undoubtedly, one of the toughest tournaments online on a daily basis is the $100 rebuys. They are almost always filled with the best and brightest in the online tournament circuit. This was no different when Event #7 of FTOPS VIII went down just a few days ago, which...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
There hasn’t been much World Series of Poker news lately besides the hundreds (maybe thousands) of news stories and opinionated pieces that have dropped since the WSOP announced its final table move. Luckily, a breath of fresh air has come in the form of Bodog Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Big buy-in, big field online tournaments always seem to attract the best players in the game, which comes as no surprise. The fields are mixed with players taking shots, satellite winners, and of course the pros who frequent final tables amongst all the sites. So it...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS VIII is here finally and the action was just as sweet in event four as the action was last year. We had over one thousand players turn out today, totaling in at one thousand and seventy six which generated $215,200 which was $15,200 over the guarantee. With a...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2008 | Poker News
As I try to recover my sense of play, my skill set, my general poker wits… it has occurred to me there is a concept out there that is just foggy, just beyond my mental grasp… there has to be… I’ve been working on understanding pot odds, trying...
