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Full Tilt Poker…yeesh, what a year! 2011 has been quite the rough run. The company has reportedly been bought out, but in the mean time, there is still a lot (and I do mean a very large amount) of hot water to wade through. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has labeled...
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Full Tilt Poker…yeesh, what a year! 2011 has been quite the rough run. The company has reportedly been bought out, but in the mean time, there is still a lot (and I do mean a very large amount) of hot water to wade through. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has labeled...
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A new online poker website is hitting the scene on October 1st. Surebet Poker has already signed its first celebrity sponsor, Trishelle Cantella, a reality TV star and Playboy model. Cantella formerly worked as an Ultimate Bet sponsor, until she (and the entire...
White Friday? French Group Agrees to Purchase Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker (FTP), the world's most beleaguered poker room, announced Groupe Bernard Tapie purchased the company Friday. The group bought FTP despite legal pressures from the United States' Department of Justice (DOJ). Furthermore, FTP's gambling license was...
Bet365 Introduces Their New Poker University
Looking to learn the game of poker but not sure where to start? Aside from learning here at the FlopTurnRiver forums, there are other ways to learn how to play poker. One fascinating way to learn to play poker is bet365's Poker University. On top of teaching new...
PokerStars Launches First Ever Canada Cup
Canada has for years produced a steady stream of PokerStars customers, and with the increasing number of Americans moving North, PokerStars has a well-timed launch for the PokerStars Canada Cup I. The event is all-new, and will be sure to attract thousands of...
Hendon Mob Signs with Genting Poker
Full Tilt Attorneys Refute Ponzi Accusations
Sunday Tournament Report 9/25/2011
Once again the Sunday Tournament Report is a bit shortened this week as the 2011 WCOOP was coming to an end. Be sure to check out the FTR News Section for updates on all the tournaments including the $5,000 Main Event. With the WCOOP finally over, it will be...
X-Front Wins PokerStars WCOOP Event 60
The final events of the PokerStars 2011 World Championship of Online Poker launched on Sunday, all of them two day events. This meant that any player hoping to earn one of these massive scores would have to put in quite a bit of time to do so. A $215 No Limit Hold'em...
Kallllle Wins 2011 PokerStars WCOOP Main Event
The 2011 World Championship of Online Poker has come to an end. With more than $40,000,000 in prizes handed out over the course of 62 events, the 2011 WCOOP was one of the biggest tournament series of all time. For three weeks some of the best tournament players in...
HR_Dub Wins PokerStars WCOOP Event 55
As the 2011 PokerStars WCOOP drew to a close, player HR_DUB took down event #55, the $530+R. It featured 831 players for $440,430 in initial prize pool, but that was just the beginning. Rebuy tournaments attract players with deep pockets, and this was no exception! By...
PPA Discusses Full Tilt Quagmire
PokerStars Rumored to Be Releasing Rush Poker Variant
Earlier this week, a member of the PokerStars management team, going by 'PokerStars Stefan,' posted a very interesting announcement on the 2+2 forums. According to Stefan, "PokerStars is developing a fast moving ring games product. We expect it to be available for...
DOJ Issues Warrants, Moves to Seize Assets of Bitar, Lederer and Ferguson
The United States Department of Justice is hot on the trails of the owners of Full Tilt Poker. Earlier this week, the Department of Justice amended their Black Friday papers to include money laundering allegations aimed directly at Bovada Poker. The Department of...
PjotrNL Wins PokerStars WCOOP Event 50
Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson Named in Suit, Suspended by EPL
Annie Duke's day job is as a promoter, and she's clearly good at her job. Epic Poker is yet again in the headlines; although, to be fair, not for the best of reasons. The Epic Poker League (EPL) has suspended two of its most prominent players: Howard Lederer and Chris...
Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire: Dwan Opens Up
Going from bad to worse, Full Tilt is still in hot water, and wow: they are getting scalded. The Department of Justice just claimed that Bovada was a massive, international Ponzi scheme racking up $444 million in Ponzi-ed money. Back in April, Tom Dwan was so...
Mystery Player !P0krparty¡ Wins $400K at PokerStars In One Week
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PokerStars Shoots For Team Makeover, American Pros Go to Canada for Action
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Full Tilt Poker Allegations Loom Large
The biggest news of this past week in the gaming law arena has to be the accusations against Full Tilt Poker. The U.S. Justice Department has deemed Full Tilt a global Ponzi scheme that defrauded countless online poker players to the tune of over $300 million. It has...
Olorionek Wins 2011 PokerStars WCOOP Event 30
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Hendon Mob Cuts Full Tilt Ties
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The 2011 World Championship of Online Poker is nearing its conclusion, but some of the best events are yet to come. WCOOP Event 44, a $320 No Limit Hold'em 2x Chance, was undoubtedly one of the toughest fields yet. The 2x chance meant that if a player were to bust in...
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There is a lot going on in the poker world lately. Between the 2011 WCOOP, new developments with FullTilt, and the WSOPE just on the horizon, there is much to talk about. This past weekend online tournaments continued to grow as both attendance and prize pools were...
DOJ Claims Full Tilt Was Ponzi Scheme: Lederer, Ferguson, Bitar Face Charges
Manhattan's U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, on Tuesday, called Full Tilt Poker "a massive Ponzi scheme against its own players." The Department of Justice is now amending the legal papers of Black Friday to include new charges specifically targeting Full Tilt Poker and...
Pistons87 Wins 2011 PokerStars WCOOP Event #41
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Poker Refugees Relocating American Poker Players
Poker Refugees: this small start-up, run by MBA and former pro surfer Kristen Wilson, relocates American poker players outside the reach of Uncle Sam, to enable careers in online poker. Poker Refugees helps find apartments, set up bank accounts, and find a reliable...
iwonthurtyou Wins 2011 WCOOP Event 35
PokerStars promised huge action for its WCOOP Event 35 making it a rebuy and add-on tournament. The $215 No-Limit Hold ‘Em tournament allowed rebuys and add-ons. Friday’s event drew 1,254 players; 1,265 of these players rebought while 869 added onto their stack during...
Land-based Casinos Investing in Online Poker
Land-based casinos in America have put together a sorry track record over the last ten years in supporting online poker. In fact, close to nothing the casinos have done has been supportive of this enormous industry. However, with the majority of industry analysts...
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1,714 grinders bought in for the $320 WCOOP Event #32, creating a $514,200 prize pool. First place was to take down a life-changing prize of $83,557.50, a prize decided after two days of play. Day One narrowed down the playing field to the final ten. Insanocut earned...
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WCOOP Satellites, Radio, and $5M Main Event
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Full Tilt Hearings Closed to the Public
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Massachusetts Mulls Online Poker Legislation
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As the second weekend of the 2011 World Championship of Online Poker came to an end, so did a solid day of high-stakes online poker tournaments. Not only was there a lot of action on PokerStars, but sites like Party Poker, iPoker, and Merge Poker had big events...
Erik Seidel Total Winnings at $6.4 Million… For 2011
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Mike McDonald Wins EPL Event 2 for $782k
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Full Tilt Faces Canadian Lawsuit
ANZ Tournament Leaderboard Now at PokerStars
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Tat0chka Wins PokerStars WCOOP Event 14
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September Races on at InterPoker
DOJ Plans Seizures Against the Merge Network
The influx of American business that the Merge Gaming Network has enjoyed since Black Friday appears to be coming to an end as it looks like Merge is the next DOJ target. There are reportedly plans to seize the assets of certain payment processors that have been...
Exclusive Interview: Stapleton and Wealthall on the 2011 WCOOP
FlopTurnRiver had the opportunity to interview the hosts of the 2011 WCOOP Radio Show - Joe "Stapes" Stapleton and Nick Wealthall. Stapleton is known for his co-hosting and commentator role on The Big Game, along with his outstanding sense of humor. Wealthall, host of...
PokerStars Makes History with Largest Cash Pot Ever $421K: Now Top Site to Watch Nosebleeds
Back in 2008, there were huge cash games running on Full Tilt Poker, and massive pots were played, with a handful of pots totaling more than a million dollars. Players like Isildur1, Durrr, Antonius and Phil Ivey were going back and forth on a regular basis....
Extasyman Wins 2011 WCOOP Event #9
The 2011 World Championship of Online Poker came roaring out of the blocks this past week, as more than a handful of events either flirted or past the million dollar prize pool mark. On Wednesday, another trio of high-stakes tournaments looked to do the same. The...
Win A WPT Amneville Package Now at bwin Poker
You haven't lived until you've been to France and once you go you'll always be trying to go back! The WPT keeps moving along! After exciting stops in France and Slovenia, the WPT came to Los Angeles last week for an amazing main event where Will Failla won a WPT...
US Justice Department Releases PokerStars Funds
Lol_U_91 Wins 2011 WCOOP Event #1
The world's biggest online tournament series, the World Championship of Online Poker, is underway! Welcome to the WCOOP 2011, which features 62 events, and over $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! The WCOOP features players from all around the world, battling it out for...
MONSTER_DONG Wins 2011 PokerStars WCOOP Event #6
With the swell of uncertainty that has billowed up around online poker in these past few months, there was a collective sigh of relief to see the familiar face of the WCOOP swinging into view. It was also invigorating to see an old adage be reaffirmed, with the winner...
Sunday Tournament Report 9/4/2011
The Sunday Tournament Report took the Labor Day holiday off, but we are back today with a recap of all the major happenings from the past weekend in online poker. The 2011 World Championship of Online Poker kicked off, and with it, a renewed interest in internet...
PokerStars WCOOP Radio
The World Championship of Online Poker started this past Sunday, and PokerStars wants everyone to get involved. There are daily satellites for those with bankrolls that can't handle the large buy-ins and a fantastic leaderboard to celebrate the greatest achievements....
Full Tilt Licensing Hearing Rescheduled
Rising Star In Poker, Thuy Doan, Passes Away from Cancer at 25
Thuy Doan, the young female poker pro who immigrated to the United States from Vietnam at the age of 7, has lost her battle with cancer. Thuy got seriously involved with poker and improved her game to the level of top professional while in college in Virginia, coming...
Matusow Pulls Chips But Not Punches With Hellmuth, Ivey
Mike Matusow isn't called 'The Mouth' for nothing. Two weeks ago, Matusow played a highly controversial hand with Hellmuth on Poker After Dark, although 'played' might be too generous a term. The majority response has condemned both players, but you can judge for...
Legal Online Poker in Washington D.C. Put on Hold
Last week I reported on the online poker trial scheduled to be held in Washington D.C. It was supposed to start on September 1st, but it has been delayed thanks to opponents of the bill. Originally around 30 bar and hotel venues were to offer legal online poker to...
Thief at Aria Attempts to Steal $5k Chip from Pro Greg Mueller
Greg Mueller, a poker pro from Vancouver, BC, is a former professional hockey player, and not the best guy to try to steal chips from, as a robber at the Aria hotel and casino in Las Vegas found out a few nights ago. After Day 1b of the Epic Poker League Pro/Am event,...
Full Tilt Lawyers Motion for Withdrawal
$1 Million Pots
Ah, the thrill of big pots. You might play $0.25-$0.50 and get excited by $10 pots, $1-$2 and find yourself jazzed over a $450 pot, but no matter what level you play, you know what size pot is always exciting? $1 million pots. Unfortunately for this round-up of...
Daniel Negreanu Encourages American Players to Relocate
Poker players in America have been up the creek since the FBI's crackdown on April 15, 2011, finding it difficult to find a reliable internet poker home. There has been talk of American players moving overseas to be able to play again, but until recently, much of that...
Titan Poker Hosts Heads-Up Tournament
Titan Poker is celebrating their sixth anniversary with a special heads-up tournament where all players will be allowed to compete. There will be two phases to the Heads-Up championship. During the first phase, all players will be allowed to compete in 24-hour points...
Bwin.Party Sets Up U.S. Partnerships
WCOOP 2011 Kicks Off This Weekend
Will The Thrill Failla Wins WPT Legends of Poker 2011
Exciting, outgoing, brash, old school... these are all words used to describe 2011 WPT Legends of Poker champion Will "The Thrill" Failla, who took the championship and $758,085! The tournament, held at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California, featured 757...
Interview with WPT Champion Dwyte Pilgrim: A Career Defining Hand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoAsYMqhavs Skip to 8:20 of this video! Dwyte Pilgrim made a dramatic entrance into the elite poker ranks in 2010 by winning the WPT Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, one of the world's largest and most prestigious tournaments. Since...
What's New in Gaming Law – 30 August 2011
Nevada Regulators Propose Internet Poker Rules A bill was recently passed in Nevada requiring the Nevada Gaming Commission to have rules and regulations in place by January 2012 for online gambling. As such, regulators from Nevada have recently drafted some new rules...
What’s New in Gaming Law – 30 August 2011
Nevada Regulators Propose Internet Poker Rules A bill was recently passed in Nevada requiring the Nevada Gaming Commission to have rules and regulations in place by January 2012 for online gambling. As such, regulators from Nevada have recently drafted some new rules...
Negreanu and PokerStars Host Budapest Event
Jamie Gold Launches FreeGoldPoker.com
Opportunities in the market of online poker have been stymied, to say the least, since April 15, 2011. Not all in the industry are sitting on their hands, however. Jamie Gold is launching a new poker site called FreeGoldPoker.com, geared specifically towards American...
Sunday Tournament Report 8/29/2011
This past weekend proved to be a bit of a lull in online poker tournaments. Attendance was down across the board, and really showed itself on the European-based sites like iPoker and Party Poker. While PokerStars continues to roll on, the other rooms are showing an...
Prop Bets With Tony G, Daniel Negreanu, and More
Prop bet, also called a side bet, prop, or exotic, is a bet made on an outcome or a proposition. These can be anything from statistics and happenstance in a regular game to personal, one-of-a-kind bets. Poker is a thoroughly entertaining game, from the suck-outs to...
EPT Barcelona Boasts an Impressive Field, Breaks a National Record
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Online Gaming Legislation Reintroduced in New Jersey
New Jersey Senator Raymond Lesniak has reintroduced a new version of his popular bill which would legalize online casinos and poker clients in the Garden State. Lesniak's original proposal was vetoed a few months ago by state governor Chris Christie, who stated that...
California Pushes Intrastate Gambling Debate Into 2012
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WPT Legends of Poker: 2 Days Left With 3/4 Million for First Place
The four day WPT Legends of Poker event has just wrapped up Day 2. Taking place at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, this year's tournament offered a $3,500 buy-in on day 1A, last Thursday, with an optional re-buy on day 1B, last Friday. This was the first WPT...
Negreanu Moves To Canada, Dating Miss Earth Hungary
Daniel Negreanu has been making a number of big life moves in recent history. Just this month, Negreanu temporarily relocated to Canada. The popular poker professional luckily holds Canadian citizenship, making his relocation a breeze. American pro Daniel Cates was...
Full Tilt Releases Investment Statement
PokerStars Offers Freeroll, $0.25, and $1 WCOOP Satellites
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Hunting Season has Started at bwin Poker!
It's hunting season at bwin Poker and they're ready to give awesome prizes to the best hunters. Hunters will hopefully be supplied with bullets to go out onto the virtual felt and hunt ducks. These hunters will be given instructions on how exactly their bullets must...
New WPT Promo Events Running at Bwin Poker
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Payne Named Chief Marketing Officer at PokerStars
Sunday Tournament Report 8/21/2011
It was another strong weekend for online poker tournaments as Sunday major attendance was up across the board. Sites like Party Poker, Titan, and the Merge Network continue to grow as more and more players return to online poker. The past month has been a strong one...
Choose Your WPT Package on Bwin Poker
If you have always dreamed of winning a World Poker Tour (WPT) event, you are not alone. The WPT has run some of the most prestigious poker tournaments in the world for several years now. Unfortunately not a lot of normal working people have the time or money to play...
Win a Package for GSOP Live Greece on PartyPoker
One thing PartyPoker does extremely well is offer a large number of satellites to live poker events. Their latest tournament package is for Grand Series of Poker (GSOP) Live Greece, which takes place in Porto Carras Greece from October 11th to 15th of this year. The...
Double Prize Pool VIP FPP Tournaments at PokerStars
There is just over one week left in PokerStar's VIP Club Mega Month, and it's going out with a bang! From August 22nd through August 28th, all VIP 10 and 20 FPP Tournaments will have doubled prize pools. That's an extra $30,000+ being given away for the week! Six...
Chino Rheem Wins $1 Million EPL Title Controversy Over Debt Ensues
The Epic Poker League is a brand new event series, featuring an all-star cast of the world's best tournament poker players. As their first event, the Epic Poker League went all out with promotions, including plastering signage all over the Palms Casino, and taking out...
Victor Chandler Goes Cash Game Crazy
Starting August 22nd, Victor Chandler is going absolutely freaking bananas, offering sick incentives to play cash games! Play the Wheel of Fortune, August 22nd and 22nd, by winning a hand with the wheel straight A-2-3-4-5 and you'll earn a spot in the €1,000 Wheel Of...
Carbon Poker to Reenter American Market by August 31
Most of the Merge Network of poker sites have been open to US players for some time, but with the exception of Carbon Poker – one of the largest poker sites at Merge. Earlier this year, Carbon announced a temporary leave from the American market to address customer...
Qualify for World Cup of Poker During PokerStars VIP Club Mega Month
PokerStars is gearing up for the eighth World Cup of Poker, and so should you! Stage 1 qualifiers to represent your nation in the WCP battle begin soon, running August 20th through August 21st. Make the team and defend your nation well and you could find yourself in...
Coren Plans Major Table Time During PokerStars VIP Club Mega Month
InterPoker Running Several Great Promotions This August
If you are already a player at InterPoker, then you'll no doubt have a very exciting month with all of the promos already running on the site. If you are a new player, there's never been a better time to sign up! InterPoker actually has three promotions running at...
What To Do With A Read, Answered
Knowing your opponent and reading their hand is, of course, a big part of the game. If you can put your opponent at least on a range of hands, you’ve added ammo to your arsenal, putting you that much closer to victory. Equally important, but rarely mentioned and often...
Barton’s Online Poker Bill Adds Sponsors
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WCOOP Canadian Freerolls
As many online poker players already know, the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is just around the corner. 17 days from now, on September 4, PokerStars launches the series, which in 2011 will include 62 events and $30 million in guaranteed money. Hands down,...
“Elky” Grospellier – Card Player Cover Boy
Win an Oktoberfest VIP Package on PartyPoker
The 2011 version of Oktoberfest is about a month away, and PartyPoker wants to give their Palladium VIPs the chance to attend. Even if you don't live in Europe, you won't want to miss out on this event taking place in Munich Germany. Over 5 million people attend the...
Sunday Tournament Report 8/14/2011
We seem to have hit a bit of a lull in online poker tournaments. With the 2011 World Championship of Online Poker three weeks away, and the WSOP squarely in our rear-view mirror, there just is not a lot of buzz around internet poker events. Still, most of the events...
New Form of Sit N Go: Bwin Announces the BOUNCE
If you haven't already, now is the time to try the new Bounce Sit N Go, which is only found at Bwin Poker. It's unlike any Sit N Go that's come before! In Bounce Sit N Gos the blind levels are constantly changing. Can you adapt fast enough to survive? Level one, the...
Multi-Accounting Scandal Includes Dan ‘jungleman12’ Cates
Recently on FTR.com we introduced you to the story of Jose Mecado, who is well-known in the poker world for his meteoric rise through the online stakes, and for his subsequent admission that he was scamming players on the Merge Network. Mecado also admitted that he...
PokerStars Offers WCOOP Satellites, VIP Club Mega Month
EPT Season 8: Barcelona and London Preview
The European Poker Tour features some of the most prestigious poker tournaments in the world, and Season 8 is officially underway! Season 7 set the bar high with memorable tournaments, including last year's epic Grand Final in Madrid, which had a prize pool of...
Massive Grand Series of Poker 7 Now at Bwin
Now at Bwin you can qualify for the Grand Series of Poker 7. The Grand Series of Poker is one of the most highly anticipated poker series on the net! Grand Series of Poker 7 action runs from September 25th to October 9th. The Grand Series of Poker 7 features 18 main...
FTP Financials Show Phil Ivey Owes Tiltware $6 million
Phil Ivey: the myth, the legend, the Tiger Woods of poker. What does a successful poker player look like? Phil Ivey, right? As it turns out, the popular view of this poker icon might be remarkably different from the truth. Most readers will be aware of the...
Qualify for the WPT Borgata Now at Party Poker
Atlantic City is the place to be for world class East Coast poker action, and now at Party Poker you can qualify for a chance to play in the WPT 2011. Main event prize packages are valued at over $7,000. This is your chance to experience Atlantic City in style. Win...
Bad Beats Breaking Pros
Bad beat stories: you see them in forums, read them in chat bars, and hear them at every live table you play at. They can get old, because everybody experiences them. But there are some bad beats that are just too entertaining to get old. Unsurprisingly, these involve...
Polls Open for British Poker Awards
Galfond Makes the Move to Canada
Ever since April 15, US poker players have been in a scramble to find a site that would allow them to play. Many had to abandon their usual site and even some quit altogether. Phil Galfond is taking a different route. Known for winning millions of dollars in online...
Merge Poker Network Re-Opens for American Players
The Merge Gaming Network will be allowing American players to sign-up at their 60+ skins within a week. This news comes on the heels of Sportsbook.com allowing US-based sign ups yesterday. Other skins should follow including RPM Poker, Lock Poker, and Carbon Poker....
Win a $7k Package to the WPT Borgata Open on PartyPoker
Atlantic City is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States. While it is known for offering fantastic shopping and fine dining, it is most famous as the "Las Vegas of the East" thanks to its large collection of casinos and gambling venues. If...
Epic Poker Main Event Day 1
Day 1 of the first Epic Poker League (EPL) Main Event has just wrapped up, and according to the world class pros who played, the league has on its hands a knockout success. The EPL Main Event is a star studded event, billed as the most exclusive series of poker events...
Three Key Ways to “Manage Luck”
For some reason several of my friends in the poker industry have been very excited recently about this whole concept of "managing luck." I think that part of it has to do with the fact that these friends are trying to prove how skillful poker really is as a game. In...
Sunday Tournament Report 8/7/2011
Another weekend of big online tournaments is in the books. With FullTilt still shut down, the WCOOP on the horizon, and no other major series running, it was up to the standard Sunday events to steal the show. Party Poker was one site looking to do just that as they...
Doubled Prize Pools for PokerStars Battle of the Planets
If you are a Sit & Go player on PokerStars, you probably already know all about the Battle of the Planets leaderboards. Sit & Go players are ranked on one of 16 leaderboards every week, and the top ranked players win cash prizes. Every week PokerStars gives...