by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Continuing on with the increase in leader board postings here on FTR I will be covering PKR Poker’s own leader boards every Sunday. They’ve got a good group of players that will be exciting to follow up with every week. PKR offers a lot of neat stuff to their top...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Greetings! I would like you to meet the Ultimate Tournament Leaderboard, UltimateBet.com’s weekly list of the best tournament players on its site. It’s basically a weekly contest that awards tournament dollars and a chance to win at least $1,000 cash....
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
On Wednesday, April 2nd, Congress has decided to conduct a long overdue hearing concerning the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA.) The Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology will be...
by givememyleg | Mar 29, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Bodog Poker (also known as BodogLife) has become a pretty big powerhouse in the online poker world. Starting on its own independent network, Bodog has gone through many troubles; including even losing their domain name! But they have made it through the hardships, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
Heading into Day 3 of the 2008 World Poker Challenge, one would have to put their money on Phil Ivey. It would’ve been a safe bet to say the least. Not only does Phil Ivey has the distinction of being one of the most talented and respected players in the world, but...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
With talks of an online poker ban in Canada floating around, a ban similar to the one in place in the United states, GigaMedia Limited is unconcerned about the situation. The ban is looking to stop gambling in the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake. The casino profits here...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
2008 will be the last year the WPT World Poker Challenge championship event will take place, for it is one of six public events that didn’t make the cut for the WPT’s schedule for next year. Back in 2003, its first year with WPT, this event attracted only...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 27, 2008 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
Jonathan “JonnyCosmo” McGowan’s didn’t look like much a few years ago. The 22 year old journalism major was just plodding along at San Diego State University, and was only showing gradual improvement at his poker hobby as well. But with the help of fellow poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 26, 2008 | Poker News, PokerStars
Most everyone who plays online poker is familiar with PokerStars considering they are one of the biggest online poker networks currently established in the world. With the 3.5 million and growing user base there is always an interesting battle to the top of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 26, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
According to the World Poker Association (WPA) website, their mission is to, “promote professionalism in poker worldwide and support the highest standards of ethical conduct in tournament poker activities”. Founded by Jesse Jones in 2004, the association...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 26, 2008 | High Stakes Rail
English professional poker player, Neil Channing, managed to outlast a field of 667 players as he blitzed his way to winning the 2008 Irish Open held at Dublin’s City West Hotel, taking home Euros 801,400 ($1,260,000 USD). Channing was rampant, as he entered...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Yesterday the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), a nonprofit organization that ensures poker’s integrity and protects players’ rights, launched its Litigation Support Network. It is a free service that can give informal and initial poker-related legal advice on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
A player named Tsipor took down the Poker Star’s Sunday Million this week for nearly $210,000. He beat out a tough final table consisting of cash game regulars jaywks, blacenegro, and tourney profressional pbdrunks. Pbdrunks continued his success in 2008 with another...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 24, 2008 | EPT, Poker News, WPT
As usual, in the months leading up to the World Series of Poker, there are a ton of big money tournaments leading up to the biggest tournament series of the year. The Winter can be a bit of a slow time for poker, but as Spring, the tournaments increase, and players...
by givememyleg | Mar 24, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
The World Poker Tour is back showing brand new episodes from their season 6 tour! However, you won’t find them on the Travel Channel. They have moved to the Game Show Network (GSN) and will be there for a long time coming. GSN has grown very popular for poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 23, 2008 | Poker News
For those unfamiliar with Anette Obrestad I will give you a little bit of information on this big and upcoming professional poker player. Obrestad made poker history when she was the winner of the WSOP Europe£ 10,000 main event taking in the title of youngest player...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 23, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The 2007/2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit tournament series is coming to a close with only three of the 12 events remaining. This fact leads to one exciting and heavily anticipated conclusion: the 2008 World Series of Poker is right around the corner! This...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 22, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Following the theme of mrickett’s latest article, recently more good news has come up as it pertains to the future of online gambling, and the many obstacles that have arisen in the past eighteen months. Recently in Massachusetts the Governor, Deval Patrick, wrote up...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 22, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
In Sweden this past week, prosecutors were instructed to discontinue prosecuting cases against media companies who publish or air ads related to online poker and other forms of online gambling. The lift on this ban will surely present a lot of opportunity for foreign...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
On Saturday at 4:30 Eastern Time Absolute Poker is holding an Easter egg hunt in honor of the upcoming holidays that most of us are familiar with. Now we can reminisce about the good old days of searching out Easter eggs without having to get up from the computer. No...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2008 | Poker News
The Championship Event of the second annual Wynn Classic ended yesterday night, awarding a $692,286 first prize. Just days after the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star, many pros left San Jose and came straight to Vegas to play this four day $10,000 buy-in event. A few pros...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 20, 2008 | Poker News
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by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 20, 2008 | Poker News
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by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 20, 2008 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
When you read the title to this interview, you may have asked yourslef “Who is this Dr. Giggy guy, and why does he like Family Guy so much?” Well, Martin “Dr. Giggy” Giguere (it’s pronounced “Djiggy,” although he does love Family Guy!) is likely the biggest winner in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 19, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
In a Wall Street Journal Law Blog today, Dan Slater reports on a rally led by Harvard University Professor Charles Nesson against pending provisions of a resort casino bill which would effectively criminalize poker in Massachusetts. Nesson, a Harvard undergrad and law...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 19, 2008 | Poker News
I’ve spent the last few weeks building my bankroll back to reasonable levels, reasonable by small stakes standards. At the beginning of the week (I know, it is Wednesday)… I had $91 in the BR. Not a bad batch, was $9 from total break even in my 4 months...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 19, 2008 | High Stakes Rail
Recent WSOPE runner up, John Tabatabai, has proved that he is more than just a flash in the pan by taking down the 12th All Africa Poker Tournament. The tournament held in Piggs Peak, South Africa, also included local hero, Raymond Rahme in the line-up, who is best...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The dates and venues for this year’s World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) were officially announced today by Harrah’s Entertainment. Hosted in London, England, this year’s series will run from September 19th to October 1st and will take place in the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
The EPT Polish Open has come and gone as the EPT Season 4 nears its end. The Poker Stars sponsored poker circuit has gained a great deal of popularity this year, and shows no signs of stopping as there’s only one more tournament to go before the illustrious EPT Grand...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 17, 2008 | Online Tournaments
Sunday we saw the same weekly patterns continue: Top players in the final table, prize pools getting bigger, and Bodog 100k guaranteed’s huge overlay. In the Poker Stars Sunday Million, C00lHandNuke played it cool and took down the top prize of $208,000. Cash game...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 17, 2008 | Poker News
Everyone knows that even with skill, at low level poker there is still quite a bit of luck involved… this weekend started off with the luck on my side… and then it quickly left. SaturdayI was up to around $81 in my bankroll, closing quickly in on total...
by givememyleg | Mar 16, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
There has been a lot of talk recently about this years World Series of Poker with it being only 2.5 months away. Judging by last year, 10 weeks will seem like no time at all, especially with all the poker to be played in between. All of the big name rooms have started...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 16, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
As I reported a few days back the World Series of Poker is still hanging out in New Jersey. But, finally there is a conclusion to the largest championship field in the WSOP circuit. The winner received $431,136 for their efforts! With a $4900 buy-in and a grueling...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 16, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
The return of Paradigm Poker Consultants, Inc. was announced today by Steve Morrow, who co-directed the 2002 World Series of Poker while consulting PokerStars from a start-up poker room to the #2 position in the online poker industry. Paradigm Poker Consultants, Inc....
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 15, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
Following up on courtiebee’s report on the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star event, here is the final table report, fresh off of the finish yesterday evening. A lot of times in tournaments, the time leading up to the final table, ripe with bubble aggression and big stacks...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Coming back to Atlantic City for the fourth year the World Series of Poker has taken over Jersey. Caesars Atlantic City is currently hosting the 9th of 12 WSOP Circuit stops in 2008. The event will last three days and day one finished in a solid fashion. Dan Hicks...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Event number eight of the Caesars Atlantic City tournament ended after a single day, even with 607 players entered. How did that happen you might ask? Well it’s simple, they changed it up and made the event a turbo event, changing the blinds every 20 minutes to yield...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 13, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
Have you ever played an online multi-table tournament and just wished that being the chip leader after the first hour guaranteed a pay day? Or how about a live tournament that spans a few days – wouldn’t it be nice to know that coming out of day two with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 13, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
This tournament featured a solid $500 buyin and 382 players sat down to play. The tournament spanned two days and 373 were eliminated on day one. When the second day started with the remaining 9 players things got a little interesting. Final table chip counts are a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 12, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Most people in the poker community are likely now aware that Gavin Griffin recently took down the 2008 Borgata World Poker Tour event, making him the first player to win a World Series of Poker event, a European Poker Tour event, and a World Poker Tour event,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 12, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
On Sunday, Huck Seed finally got got his hands on a major heads-up title by winning the 2008 Canadian Open Poker Championship in Calgary, Alberta at the Deerfoot Inn and Casino. Seed has made a string of cashes in major heads-up tournaments in recent years without...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
PokerStars already sponsors the European and Asian Poker Tours, and it is adding Latin America to its list. Yesterday it announced the launch of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT), and 2008 will feature stops in Brazil, Costa Rica, and Uruguay. “Poker is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 10, 2008 | EPT, High Stakes Rail, Poker News, WPT
We’re nearly midway through March, and as we lead up to the 2008 World Series of Poker, we have a great deal of exciting tournaments underway, and coming up. There’s yet another EPT event looming, a WSOP Circuit Main Event in three days, and a unique WPT event just...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 10, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
We’ll start off with the UltimateBet $200,000 guarantee. There were 871 entrants to the tournament and UltimateBet posted 25,800 to match the guarantee established. The results were as follows: 1. NoSoup4UUUU — $45,000 2. amak316 — $27,000 3. DIAGF Zpace —...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 10, 2008 | Poker News
Everyone knows the legendary Minnesota Fats, pool player extraordinaire… yet have you experienced Missouri Fats? I am hoping that my experience as him is quick to dissipate, quick to end, and in general gets the hell out of dodge. I think this is likely a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 9, 2008 | Poker News
According to her website, when Liz Lieu was 13 and began playing Chinese poker with her friends she began a long-term love affair with cards. Born in Vietnam in 1974, she was shortly moved to Colorado by her parents. When she was 18, she and a friend started their own...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 9, 2008 | Poker News
A big step has been made for female poker players this month. Van Nguyen won the first televised World Poker Tour event by beating out 444 players and winning a large portion of the money donated to the event by Commerce. This is pretty exciting for women in the poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 9, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Jonathan Little has had a great run as a Full Tilt Poker Pro but his time at FTP has come to an end. Terms and Conditions of any poker room are instilled for very specific reasons; That is, to maintain a trusting relationship between the poker room and its many...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 9, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Jonathan Little has had a great run as a Full Tilt Poker Pro but his time at FTP has come to an end. Terms and Conditions of any poker room are instilled for very specific reasons; That is, to maintain a trusting relationship between the poker room and its many...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 9, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
This week has turned up a mixed bag of sorts for those interested and affected by the happenings in the online gambling industry. Most likely if you’re reading this, you’re one of those people. On one end of the spectrum, lawmakers in the state of New York more or...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 7, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News, WSOP
Everest Poker has scored a big win for themselves by netting a huge promotional agreement with the WSOP. This conract is a multi-year agreement that yields them exclusive rights to logos placed on the felt at all WSOP events. This is a really big deal for Everest...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 6, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News, WSOP
Several online poker rooms are giving its players ways to satellite into this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event (WSOP ME), and PokerStars is no exception. In fact, with a myriad of ways to win a seat (for as little as $2.00), PokerStars will be sending...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 6, 2008 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
If you want an example of a successful low and midstakes grinder, look no further than Thomas “Renton” L. Even though Thomas has been grinding 1/2 and 2/4 NL for over a year, he has profited a handsome $125k. He may not be flashy, but the one half Native American has...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 5, 2008 | Online Tournaments
The short of it is I played good and I played bad… Had a very funny chart for awhile with the huge upswing after the bleeding money period after the other giant upswing. I had AA 5 times early, but none over the last 500 hands. Managed to lose -$12.25 with the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 5, 2008 | Online Tournaments
Took $600 in profits to pay for new kick ass Q6600 computer. My 2400+ was not cutting it at all. I could only play one or two tables with HUD stats. Since I need to be multi-tabling this was purely unacceptable. I stopped playing poker for a week straight. This...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 5, 2008 | High Stakes Rail
After finishing runner-up in 2005 and 2006 , Chris Ferguson made it third time lucky in this year’s 2008 NBC National Heads-up Poker Championships. Ferguson defeated Andy Bloch in the final, winning by two matches to one at Caesars Palace on Sunday to take home...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 5, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Today’s topic is the final day of the NBC Heads-Up Championship, which featured 8 remaining players battling for a $500k first prize. For an introduction to this invite-only tournament, please visit dthorne04’s blog because this is a continuation of his...
by carlcarlsoniv | Mar 4, 2008 | Poker News
Okay so, my first post on these forums was probably about the worst stuff I’ve written since the inception of my blog. I haven’t really even written that much, only four actual articles. I haven’t been writing much over the last two months...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 4, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The NBC Heads-Up Tournament never fails to provide genuinely interesting and compelling matches, as it’s invite only. This means that you’re guaranteed to see some of the best and the brightest in the poker world today, and guaranteed to see some extremely talented...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 3, 2008 | Online Tournaments, WPT
The Poker Stars Sunday Million is looking like it may become the Sunday Two Million, as for the second street week the prize pool reached beyond 1.6 million dollars. In the end, “s0stndrd” fought through a field of over 8,000 to take down the $250,000 top prize. FTR...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 3, 2008 | Poker News
Yes, Dennis was the ultimate host of SNL’s weekend update… I won’t argue any longer. Back to poker… This weekend I had a great time playing poker. I awoke Saturday and strapped on my poker cap, filled my diet pepsi and started work. In the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 2, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Paddy Power Poker is offering a huge tournament to kick off March this year. There are going to be millions of dollars up in the air with a number of large tournaments for you to play in. There is a 2 million dollar guaranteed tournament with a buy-in of 1,580...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 2, 2008 | Poker News
Cards came naturally for Erin Ness who says that poker has been a lifetime pursuit. Growing up in New Jersey, she began learning the game when she was a young girl. In an interview for the PokerSource she said, “I come from a card-playing family…When my...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 2, 2008 | Poker News
I’ve basically posted this in a thread as well as on here, just to see people’s thoughts. This thing called poker… It’s an interesting game this Poker. You play cards, you make bets on how good you think you are compared to someone else’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 1, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Titan poker, accomplished member of the iPoker network has increased their Sunday prize pool guarantee yet again. Up for grabs this week is a guaranteed prize pool of a whopping $2 million. The buy-in for this event is a bit high at $1,500 + $80 but Titan Poker has...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 1, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Titan poker, accomplished member of the iPoker network has increased their Sunday prize pool guarantee yet again. Up for grabs this week is a guaranteed prize pool of a whopping $2 million. The buy-in for this event is a bit high at $1,500 + $80 but Titan Poker has...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 1, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
One of the most interesting and unique tournaments in the world is well underway. That tournament being the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship. This event is an invitation only event, with a Poker Stars qualifier also being in the sixty-four-player field. Unfortunately,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 29, 2008 | Poker News
Today I am going to branch off in a new direction for my history of poker articles. I’d like to focus a little on the history of video poker and video poker machines. We see video poker everywhere, from the largest casinos to the dirty truck stop on the side of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 29, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
Some of the world’s best poker players gathered at the Commerce Casino for the L.A. Poker Classic this past week. With a buy-in of $10,000, 665 participants created a huge $6,374,400 prize pool with $1,596,100 for first place. After five days of No-Limit Holdem...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 28, 2008 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
Jesse “Spoonitnow” Eddlemen found poker 4 years ago during his freshman year in college, although he did not take it seriously until two years ago. In light of UIGEA, Eddlemen withdrew his whole bankroll; he was only having marginal success anyways . However, when he...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 28, 2008 | Poker News
In the last two days, i’ve pulled 3 third place finishes, busting out on stupid hands but still getting ITM, one of which really surprised me… I was down to 460 chips, with everyone (four others) all over $2,000. They were all trying to grind me out, but...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 27, 2008 | High Stakes Rail
It has been recently announced that poker professional, Antonio Esfanidiari, will join the World Poker Tour as a representative for the WPT Poker- Made Million. The Poker-Made Million currently comprises of an exclusive group of 84 players, who have become self made...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 27, 2008 | Poker News
at the proverbial end of the tunnel? Last evening I participated in one $2 SNG tourney, 9-handed on FTP. Analyzing what happened… I started out with a mistake… —–Hand 1—– [b][color=green]Hero’s M = 33.00[/color][/b] Full...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 27, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
My last couple articles have been documenting the 2008 PartyPoker Premier League, and I’m back to write about the most exciting part of the event: the final table. The last time I wrote, the playoffs had ended and the final table had been determined. There were...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 26, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Yes, it’s bad grammar. Duh. Ok, so when I started this poker journey, it was more of a fluke. Maybe that is why I am now shown as a fish on Sharkscope. It’s true, look me up. I don’t pretend to be great or hide from my mediocrity. I am what I...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
The Poker Stars Sunday Million was $530 buy in this week, pushing the prize pool to nearly $1,600,000! The winner usourcek, beat out high stakes cash game professional hotmark777 heads up for $278,066. In the Sunday Warm-Up, a player named reilly11014 received...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2008 | EPT, Poker News, WPT
With tournament numbers swelling to sizes of amazing proportions both online, and live, it comes as no surprise that the PokerStars sponsored European Poker Tour has been not only attracting tons of players in their fourth season, but handing out million dollar...
by givememyleg | Feb 25, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 17 in the FTOPS 7 was the biggest and perhaps most anticipated event for the series. It is definitely the most unique to the series and no other online site has ever ran anything like it before. Why? Well, not only is the buy-in huge for the online world at...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 24, 2008 | Poker News
Continuing on with my History of Poker articles I will tell you a little about three card poker today. Three card poker has evolved in the poker world like most variations of poker. It has its roots in the games of Brag and Poque and most other simple early variations...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 24, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
A bill has been introduced in California that will investigate the legality of a California-only online poker service. Assemblyman Lloyd Levine introduced the bill in hopes it would be legal under federal law and be able to be regulated as a service for California...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 24, 2008 | Poker News
Evelyn “Evybabee” Ng is a hot, 32 year old professional poker player born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Like some other professional gamblers, she got her start playing pool for money when she was only 14. By the time she was 17, pokerlistings.com reports...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 23, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
In the gambling industry reliability is a big deal. You need to know that what you’re dealing with, in this case software; you want to know what you’re dealing with is top of the line, and in the case of CryptoLogic, there’s simply no doubt of their reliability,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Knockout tournaments have been gaining steam on Full Tilt, becoming extremely popular lately. This is why it was no surprise that Event #19, a $240+16 Knockout event, attracted 3,656 players, and more than DOUBLED the guarantee. Originally a $300k guarantee, it topped...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
In an article printed in Capital Weekly a bill is being looked at that could possibly circumvent the federal ban laws and provide regulated online poker to California residents. It was stated that the federal laws seem to leave states the ability to legalize internet...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS Event #18 was a Pot Limit Omaha Hi, $100 rebuy event. Originally billed as a $300k guarantee, the prize pool rocketed to $405k. With the inflated prize pool, first place shot up to nearly $90k, with 1151 players vying for the massive first place prize. A host of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2008 | Poker News
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by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
If you read my last article, you’ll know that day 7 was scheduled to start with two heads up matches to determine who would sit in the remaining two seats of the final table. Tony G, Andy Black, Alex Kravchenko, and Marcel Luske already had seats at the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2008 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
This week we have an interview with FTR member and FTOPS Event #12 winner Chris Olson. You can find the audio here. Solid quality this week. Podcast The text is below. We’re here with 21 year old Chris “ilikeaces86” Olson. Chris has been playing poker professionally...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Pokerlistings.com reported today that FullTilt and other poker websites may be under attack. The website says that not only has FullTilt been very hard to gain access to over the past few days, but there have been many posts on forums like 2+2 and PocketFives...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Well it looks like the FTOPS VII Series continued on February 14th at 14:00 ET. The game was hosted by Rino Mathis. There were 777 players involved in this tournament with a buy-in of $200 + $16 with a $100,000 guarantee. This event featured half PL Hold’em and half...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2008 | High Stakes Rail
Following last nights Scandinavian Poker Awards, the teen sensation, Annette Obrestad managed to take home a trio of awards for the Norwegian Golden Hand, Best Female Poker Player and Best Performance of The Year (WSOPE 2007) award. Obrestad made history in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2008 | Poker News
I was reading in the forums here and on blogs here yesterday, and I’m sorry but I wasn’t able to quickly find the posts this morning to show you what I was reading… But I was reading about coming up with a plan, and working the plan. So I took it...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
I’m back to continue my report on the PartyPoker Premier League of 2008. On Thursday, day 5 had just ended and people were fighting to make the prestigious final table featuring a $520,000 prize pool with $250,000 of that for first place. At this time no players...
by givememyleg | Feb 19, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 16 of the FTOPS VII took place on February 15th at 21:00 and the name of the game was Stud. This was the first and only stud event of the series (not counting Razz), and since it is a dying game, nothing too much was expected. It was $215 buy-in with $100,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2008 | Online Tournaments
Decided to take a couple shots at 50NL and I’ve found it easier then 25NL. I think good table selection made all the difference in the world. Sat with fishes instead of the regular descent players. Since the bankroll is over $1200 I don’t see a reason...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2008 | Poker News
Tilt, frustration, depression, exhiliration, how do you manage it? I wish I had that answer… I have found that over the last two sessions that Tilt is my enemy, that I tilt too easily, and that I am blind when I get my cards. Last night I played in two...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
It seems fitting that February 14th featured Event 14 of FTOPS VII, razz. The general dislike for razz amongst poker players wasn’t enough to hold people back even on Valentine’s Day, and the event easily met its $150,000 guarantee, ending up with a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2008 | EPT, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
Amidst the flurry of huge money being doled out online, there haven’t been many huge tournaments going down live, save for some of the side events at the L.A. Poker Classic series. However, there are many shots at big money in the upcoming weeks, as the World Series...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS event #15 was no different from the rest of the events in the sense that it absolutely blew through its guarantee of $150k. The $200+$16 6-max event attracted 1,815 players, inflating the prize pool to over double its guarantee, topping off at $363,000! The most...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Last Sunday was the biggest tournament day in months. We had the Poker Stars Sunday Million, 3 FTOPS events including the Main Event, and a one time Poker Stars 2 million guaranteed 10,000 FPP buy in tournament. With over 6 million dollars in tournament prize pools...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2008 | Poker News
Sunday evening I’m entering a $2 SNG at Bovada Poker. All seems normal, first hand brings a lot of callers (of course I’m out with my normal starting junk) with not much happening… but suddenly the second hand pops up. I will try to post the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2008 | Poker News
Today I am continuing on with my poker history articles that focus on a specific variation of poker. Today the topic of choice is a brief overview and history of H.O.R.S.E. poker. H.O.R.S.E. is a mix of five different styles of poker. It encompasses Texas Hold’em,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2008 | Online Tournaments
Well my initial goal was to make $400 a week, but I haven’t had a chance to even focus on poker at all!!! Surprising I’ve been way too busy, and the days have gone by sooo fast. I’ve done maybe a weeks worth of poker in two weeks at best. ...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2008 | Poker News
There is a common theme among most hot women in the field of poker. Except for Jennifer Leigh, they would all be considered older women by the 20-somethings. One girl who falls outside of this categorization is Chantel McNulty; a 22 year old from Dallas, Texas who now...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Ask an online tournament pro what Sunday means, and you’re sure to get a wide variety of answers. Sundays are synonymous with frustration, success, jubilation, and disappointment, depending on whom you ask. Despite the outcome, whether they make 4, 5, or 6 figures, or...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
888 Holdings experienced a 55% increase in its fourth quarter revenues this month. For a company that has seen drastic drops since its withdrawal from the U.S. market, these victories aren’t taken for granted. 888 says that the increase in revenue is largely due to an...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
888 Holdings experienced a 55% increase in its fourth quarter revenues this month. For a company that has seen drastic drops since its withdrawal from the U.S. market, these victories aren’t taken for granted. 888 says that the increase in revenue is largely due to an...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event #12 of the FTOPS VII kicked off at 9:00pm ET on February 13th. This event featured a No Limit Hold ‘em 6-Max Rebuy tournament. Like all the other events in this FTOPS series, this tournament didn’t come short of any action with 1,361 players lining up to play....
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2008 | Poker News
Ok, I’m hell. I know I probably didn’t bet it right, but look at this hand. —–Hand 6—– Hero’s M = 9.58Full Tilt Poker Game #5276970135: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (40124886), Table 1 – 40/80 – No Limit Hold’em...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Online poker has its pros and cons. The fact that nobody can see you can be considered a pro or a con in many different situations, but it’s obvious that nobody can see your actions beside the people you are challenging. Skypoker has changed all of this. Now players...
by givememyleg | Feb 15, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 8 of the FTOPS VII was a unique twist on the game. It was $120 + $9 no-limit hold’em 6-max knockout. What this means is that $100 of everyone’s buyin goes to the prize pool, and everyone also has a $20 bounty on their head. Every person you happen to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2008 | Poker News
So yesterday was Valentines Day, not exactly the day you think of Poker and FTR, but I did get to play two tourneys last night. After dinner, I had about an hour and a half and jumped into a $2 SNG, played according to the rules I had set for myself… and took...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
The PartyPoker Premier League is an exclusive poker league featuring twelve hand-picked players competing for $1 million in prizes. It started on February 10th and will go until the 16th, and it’s scheduled to be televised in the UK near the end of March. 75% of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS Event 11 was a $216 Buy-In Limit Omaha H/L tournament. The guaranteed prize pool was $200,000, and as with every other FTOPS event, the pool was exceeded. In the end there were 1,333 entrants for prize money totaling $266,600 with 135 places paid. The event...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2008 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
Jerry Vanstrydonck has had an odd journey to poker success. After getting into poker in high school, Jerry confessed he was a losing poker player from 2004 to 2006. Any good poker player friend of Jerry’s probably would’ve told him to quit right there. Luckily no one...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
Yesterday, the World Poker Tour (WPT) and it’s partner GSN (The Games Network) announced the schedule for the sixth season of the televised WPT. According to Fox Business News, the new season will feature 23 two-hour episodes kicking off in the new timeslot,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Tuesday featured FTOPS VII Event #10, which was one of the most sought after events of the series. The buy in was $1060, the highest in FTOPS VII so far, and had a guaranteed prize pool of one million dollars. Yes, you heard me right, one million dollars. But...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Nick Slade, a 45 year old English professional poker player from Preston, England, has marked a remarkable personal comeback by making winning the PartyPoker European Open IV, and taking home $200,000 for first prize. This is a remarkable achievement considering that...
by givememyleg | Feb 13, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
So far, every event held in the FTOPS VII has broken all the guarantees and expectations. With $20 million guaranteed total, I was expecting to see some overlays but if the series keeps running the way that is has been, that will not be the case. It also was not the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News
In an effort to attract more tournament players to its site, Bodog has introduced a new Holdem tournament series known as the Bodog Poker Open. PokerStars has the WCOOP and Full Tilt has the FTOPS, so it was only a matter of time before Bodog created something in an...
