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Australian Weekly Poker News 10 – 15 of June
Jeff Rossiter bags second place at the GuangDong Ltd Asia Millions. Last week saw the conclusion of a very unique tournament in the heart of Macau at the PokerStars Live in the City of Dreams Hotel. The Asia millions attracted 71 players from all over the world...
Jonathan Taylor Beats 1,818 Players to win WSOP Event #14
Jonathan Taylor is no stranger to the WSOP brand, racking up 10 Circuit cashes and an impressive 3 Rings for over $250,000 in the last 2 years alone. Yesterday, he went on to improve that record by winning Event #14 - a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event with nearly 2,000...
WSOP Daily Update 8th June, 2013
Yesterday saw a winner decided in event #14, continuing play in events #15 and #16, and the first day of play in event #17. The WSOP is surely moving along smoothly at the Rio in Las Vegas, and we've brought you an overview of all the action. Event #14 The $1,500 No...
Top Executives Leave Bwin.Party
Struggling gambling company Bwin.party Digital Entertainment, the leading European online gambling operator, has said goodbye to three top executives, all of who were responsible for the company’s prospective US operations. Sources have confirmed that World Poker Tour...
First Trailer For Online Poker Movie ‘Runner, Runner’
Check out the first official trailer of the upcoming online poker movie Runner, Runner, starring Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck. The film is written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, creators of Rounders, Ocean’s 13, and The Runaway Jury. The flick also stars...
Mike The Mouth Wins 4th WSOP Bracelet in Event #13: Stud-8
Adding to his already impressive collection of jewelry, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow won his fourth career WSOP bracelet in event #13, a $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low event. The three-day tournament drew 210 players and payed out prizes just shy of $1 million, of which...
WSOP Daily Update 7th June, 2013
It seems that the "old school" of poker players aren't as bad as a lot of people seem to think. At least that's what the winner of Event #13 is going to be telling people for the foreseeable future. We have the results from that event as well as the final table from...
Titan Poker Launches PokerFest 2013 Satellites
Titan Poker have announced that the winner of their weekly Super Satellite tournaments will have the honour of representing the British based poker room at the PokerFest tournaments in Romania and Macedonia this June. Europe’s leading online poker room Titan...
Lev Rofman Wins First Bracelet in WSOP PL Hold’em Event #12
Event #12 of the 2013 WSOP ended Friday after about eight hours of final table play. Lev Rofman won the tournament, earning $166,136 and his first career bracelet. The Pot Limit Hold'em event attracted 535 entrants, who each payed $1,500, for a total prize pool of...
Niklas Heinecker claims the GuangDong Ltd Asia Millions Main Event
As the sun set on another poker day in Macau, a kind of visual bell tolling to call gamblers, poker players and general fun seekers to the city, one of the biggest (and richest) poker events to ever be held in Asia came to a close on Friday evening....
New US Federal Internet Gambling Bill Introduced
With States such as Nevada, New Jersey and even Delaware all having Internet Gambling laws on the books, it was only going to be a matter of time until the federal government was back looking at the thorny problem again. This time it's Representative Peter King who's...
Isildur1 Watch, 7th June, 2013
We haven't published an Isildur1 Watch recently, and this is basically due to Viktor Blom not putting serious volumes in, and not have any really significant results. The fact we haven't been able to keep up with him and grab video might also be a contributing factor....
WSOP Daily Update 6th June, 2013
On the 8th day of WSOP 2013, FTR looked about the results coming from the Amazon Room in the Rio casino in Las Vegas, and we saw that it has been a good start. We have more action from the events that ran on the 6th, including the final table of Event #11 Event #11...
Levi Berger wins $473,019 in Event 11 ($2,500 NLH 6-Max)
Day 3 of event 11 started with 14 hopefuls and on the top of the pack was the man who eventually took it down, Levi Berger. It around 11 hours and 108 hands at the final table, but when it was said and done, Berger took home nearly a cool half mil and his first gold...
Duhamel out Haxton in as Final table is set for the GDAM
Watch the Final table live here on FTR Day 2 of the GuangDong Ltd Asia Millions got underway on Thursday and following a busy and intense day of poker eight players remain to challenge for the incredible HKD$ 34,600,000 (USD$4,464,516) first place prize. All...
Bovada Introduces Mobile Casino
Bovada has long been a reputable name in US-facing online gambling. It offers not only poker, but also casino games, sports betting and wagering on horse races. Bovada has just expanded their line of products by introducing a new Mobile Casino. With this Mobile...
WSOP Event #9 Won by Cliff Josephy
The ninth event of the WSOP, a $3,000 No-limit Hold'em Shootout, was won by Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy, giving him his second career WSOP bracelet. The pro player from Syosset, New York triumphed over the field of 477 players, winning $299,486. On the first day of this...
Brent Wheeler Takes Event #10, $1,500 Limit Holdem, at WSOP 2013
It took the better part of Wednesday night and 121 hands of heads-up play, but Brent Wheeler of Chicago, IL emerged a winner of a $1,500 Limit Holdem tournament at this years’ World Series of Poker collecting $191,605. The final table of nine started last night with...
ISPT Wembley won by Jakub Michalak
The inaugural ISPT event at Wembley that finished yesterday was been won by Top Ranked Polish player, Jakun Michalak. 761 players picked up chips at Wembley, either by playing "satellite" like Day1's online or at live venues. Alternatively they just turned up with...
WSOP Daily Update 5th June, 2013
As we enter the second week of the 2013 WSOP, the wins are starting to mount up, and the points are stacking up for the Player of the Year race. Two bracelets were won on the 5th, and we also had another three events all giving us great action. Event #9 The final...
PokerStars Weekly News Update – 5 June
Daniel Negreanu Wins Event 39 of PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Popular poker pro Daniel Negreanu recorded his first major online tournament victory, beating out a field of 180 and winning $216,000 in the $5,200 buy-in 6-max PLO tournament....
Canada Poker News – June 2 – June 8
Benny Chen Wins 2013 WSOP Millionaire Maker Stratford, PEI native Benny Chen became the first ever winner of the WSOP Millionaire Maker tournament, defeating Michael Bennington heads up for a first place prize of $1,198,780. Chen outlasted a field of 6343 players on...
Jonathan Duhamel comes out on top in Day 1 of the GDAM
Jonathan Duhamel and Team PokerStars Lead the way Watch the GDAM live on FTR here. The unique GuangDong Ltd Asia Millions event in Macau kicked off at 3pm (CST) with 71 players all paying HKD$1,000,000 for the privilege to play for the top prize of HKD$ 34,600,000...
AU Weekly News 2 – 6 of June
Hachem claims all the riches in the ANZPT Repechange, Melbourne. With a stacked Repechange event in the Crown poker room, Melbourne last weekend Anthony Hachem rose above one of the most talent soaked tournaments in Crown poker rooms history to claim the...
Michael Malm – winner of 8-Game Mix Event #8
For those of you who are not familiar with 8-Game Mix, this is the game of the true poker pro. Consisting of a rotation of 8 games (Fixed Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball, Fixed Limit Texas Holdem, Fixed Limit Omaha High/Low, Fixed Limit Razz, Fixed Limit Seven Card...
Benny Chen becomes the first WSOP 2013 millionaire thanks to Event #6 No-Limit Hold’em “Millionaire Maker”
Event #6 kicked off on Saturday with an astonishing 6,343 entrants spread out across two starting sessions which created a $8,563,050 prize pool as well as the biggest single day starting field in the History of the WSOP! Unfortunately for some, no final table is...
WSOP Daily Update, 4th June, 2013
Day Seven in the WSOP House, and I've been so hooked on the action, I appear to have forgotten to eat, wash, or leave my computer for the past week. Bad news for my girlfriend, good news for you as I have all the action from The Rio casino in Las Vegas. Event #6 The...
Matt Waxman Wins Amazing Heads up Match to Take WSOP #7 Bracelet
The $1,000 NLHE Event #7 gave us the biggest heads up battle of the 2013 WSOP over seven hours of mano-a-mano action, ending with Matt Waxman winning the bracelet and $305,952. Ten players entered the final day, but Scott Felton fell very early in the day to give us...
WPT Announces First Half of Season XII
The WPT have announced their plans for the rest of 2013, and it really is going to be global six months. With events covering North America, Europe, Africa and Asia, the World Poker Tour is really living up to it's name. The first of these will be in Europe, with the...
Isildur1 Watch, 4th June, 2013
It seems Viktor Blom is a man on a mission, and that mission is to try and win every single dollar on Full Tilt Poker. If effort alone is going to do it, Viktor seems to being going in the right direction. He's been playing bigger than usual sessions over the past...
Guangdong Asia Millions starts on the 5th of June
The gargantuan GuangDong Ltd Asia Millions (GDAM) scheduled for the 5-7 of June at the City of dreams PokerStars live in Macau is undoubtedly going to one of the biggest poker tournaments ever to be hosted, not only in Asia, but across the world. The buy-in alone (HKD...
WSOP Daily Update 3rd June, 2013
The sixth day of the 2013 World Series of Poker from Las Vegas didn't see any final tables, but only because Event #6 has had an extra day added due to a higher than expected turn out. Event #6 The 6300 entry $1,500 "Millionaire Maker" has broken all the records, and...
Bovada Report: Week of June 3th, 2013
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Nick Humphris Wins GUKPT Portsmouth Main Event
The fourth leg of the GUKPT came to a conclusion Sunday night, with Nick Humphris prevailing over 134 players to win £16,500 as well as a £2,125 seat in the GUKPT final, which will be held later this year in London. The three-day £500 + £50 no limit Hold'em main event...
John Beauprez Claims WSOP 2013 Event #4, $1,500 No-Limit Holdem 6-max
American poker pro John Beauprez (pronounced boh-prai) from Denver, Colorado came out on top among 1,069 entrants at Event #4 in this year’s WSOP for $324,764. The field featured notables of the likes of Jonathan Duhamel, Joe Cada, Rob Salaburu, Matt Salsberg, Grant...
Isildur 1 Watch, 3rd June, 2013
Amazingly, Viktor Blom hasn't head off to Las Vegas yet, maybe he's going to be playing the Guangdong Asia Millions starting on the 5th of June (By the way, FTR is going to be hosting the live stream for this) before he heads out to Nevada? Whatever the case is,...
2013 WSOP Event #5 Won by Mike Gorodinsky for $216,988
The $2,500 Omaha/Seven Stud Hi/Lo 8 or better event may have not been everyone's cup of tea, but had some names starting the final day that would have been recognisable to most poker fans. Mike Gorodinsky won out against the last 19 players making it into Day 3. With...
WSOP Daily Update 2nd June, 2013
Day Five with the poker circus at the Rio, and we have another 2 WSOP champions, and a massive "Millionaire Maker" messing with the schedule. Event #4 The $1,500 6-Max NLHE Event #4 came to a close with John Beauprez winning the title and $324,764 to go with the...
Isildur1 Watch, 2nd June, 2013
Viktor Blom is one in a million, and that's a conservative estimate. There are few of us who can play poker at a high level, and play the volumes to male a profit while keeping our sanity. Viktor Blom showed he can do that once again with the massive session he put in...
WSOP Daily Update 1st June, 2013
Day four at the WSOP, and we have our second and third bracelets won. We also have action from Event #4, Event #5 and the "Millionaire Maker" Event #6 to cover as well. Event #2 Today saw Trevor Pope dominate the final table of Event #2, the $5,000 8-Max NLHE to take...
WSOP Event #3 won by Charles Sylvestre for $491,360
The first of June saw two WSOP bracelets won in the poker complex of the Rio casino in Las Vegas. The one won by Charles Sylvestre was for Event #3, $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Re-Entry, and won him $491,360. Across the two opening flights, 3,164 entries had joined the...
Trevor Pope Wins WSOP Eight-Handed Event #2
Trevor Pope, from Wisconsin, won his first career bracelet today in WSOP Event #2, an eight-handed NL Hold'em event. This event attracted 481 hopeful entrants who ponied up $5,000 each, generating a prize pool larger than $2 million, of which Pope took home $553,906....
Isildur1 Watch, 1st of June, 2013
Yesterday, we had left Viktor playing over the change in date, working hard after winning $431,013 on Thursday. Viktor seemed to be playing well, and putting good volumes. History wasn't on Viktor's side though, he has crashed and burned playing long sessions in the...
WSOP Daily Update 31st May, 2013
The 31st of May 2013 saw the third day of action in the 2013 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, but we didn't see any bracelets awarded. The next titles are going to be won later today, and will be in tomorrow's update. Event #2 The $5,000 8-Max Event #2 has played...
Rafael Nadal Plays Unique MTT with Fans
Tennis superstar Rafael “Rafa” Nadal was in Paris last week, about to begin competing at the prestigious 15-day French Open at Stade Roland Garros. But before the French Open got underway, Rafa got warmed up by playing at a special poker tournament hosted by...
Countdown to 100 Billion Hands Dealt at PokerStars ticking…
PokerStars are building up to dealing their 100 Billionth hand of online poker sometime in mid June (the expected date if Jun the 14th, but don't hold me to that!). To celebrate this momentous occasion, PokerStars are going to be giving away some presents to their...
Isildur1 Watch, 31st May, 2013
The end of May says one thing to me. It says "Damn, you're gonna be busy!" With a combination of SCOOP, closely followed by the WSOP, I tend to be running around like a headless chicken. I was doing it so much today, I nearly forgot to look at what I'd been able to...
WSOP Daily Update 30th May, 2013
The 30th of may 2013 was the second day of the 44th WSOP in Las Vegas, and saw the first Bracelet awarded. We also saw action in Event #2 and Event #3. Event #1 Today saw Poker Journalist Chard Holloway take the first bracelet of 2013 in the $500 Casino Employee...
WSOP #1 Won by Poker Journalist Chad Holloway
How often have we heard Poker Journalists claim to know what they're talking about when it comes to the top flight of the game? I know I do it nearly every day. Chad Holloway now has a big stick to beat any detractors of his work over the head, and it comes in the...
WSOP 2013 Bracelet Winners, Results, & POTY (Daily Updates)
The 43rd annual World Series of Poker is under way in the fabulous Las Vegas! The action kicked off on May 29th with events 1 and 2, and this year will bring in a total of 61 new bracelet winners. We will be updating this page on a daily basis to keep you up to date...
Party Poker offering Poker Players the Chance to Play at the Home of Man Utd.
The home of the most famous club football team in the world, Manchester united, is to host a special charity poker event over the 9th and 10th of August this year. The event will also be attended by Manchester United Legends, both past and present. “Only a select few...
Isildur1 Watch, 30th May, 2013
Yesterday saw Viktor Blom but in more volume that we've seen recently. Yes, he won a major online title, but we want to see him crushing the cash tables on Full Tilt, not getting lucky in a donkament. Viktor started off his Wednesday at work by playing some $300/$600...
WSOP Daily Update, 29th May, 2013
The 29th of May 2013 was the first day of the 44th World Series of Poker at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas. Event #1 The Series started off with, as you'd expect, Event #1, the Casino Employee Event. This event is only open to, as you'd expect, Casino Employees, and has...
The 44th World Series of Poker Starts Today!
Yes, it's that time of year already. Anyone who's anyone in the poker world is either already in Las Vegas, or planning their trip. Their goal? To win lots of money, and add the line WSOP Title to their résumés. American, Greg Merson, is both the reigning Main Event...
Isildur1 Watch, 29th May, 2013
We've not been seeing much of Viktor Blom recently, as the sessions he's been putting in have been small, and pretty inconsequential in the win/loss stakes. Viktor's yearly cash game profit line was standing at $2,907,700 before the action yesterday. So, apart from...
SCOOP 2013 Round Up
We are at the end of the 2013 SCOOP series, and we've seen a few stories pop out over the last few weeks. SCOOP Richest Online Poker Tournament Series in History This SCOOP has smashed all the records for an online poker series. No-one was really expecting...
Viktor Blom Wins 2013 SCOOP $10,300 Main Event
Last night, Viktor Blom closed out the 2013 SCOOP series with a more than $1 Million win after he won the SCOOP Main Event high tournament. This Event was split over two days, and Day 1 ended with Viktor sitting in second place with 412,539 in chips, just behind the...
Rafa Nadal Aces 100 Fans in Paris
As the French Open at Stade Roland Garros begins this weekend, PokerStars Team SportStars member Rafa Nadal was in Paris, and played against 100 of his fans. Thing is, less than 5 miles away from the famous venue of the French Open, Rafa wasn't playing Tennis, he was...
Jonathan Hilton Wins the WSOP National Championship
Jonathan Hilton has outlasted 20 WSOP Circuit Main Event winners, 18 Casino Champions, 62 at-large qualifiers, and 27 WSOP POY $10,000 buy-ins to take home the third annual World Series of Poker National Championship for $355,599 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. The...
WPT Championship Won by Chino Rheem
In the early hours of Saturday Morning, the 2013 $25,000 WPT Championship came to an end, with one of poker's more controversial stars taking the title. Controversy has followed Chino throughout his career, but he wasn't the only one at the final table who had...
Isildur1 Watch, 24th May, 2013
Viktor Blom has been working hard over the past few days, with each day consisting of at least 1500 hands. He seems to have been grinding his way through the day, doing his best to improve his profit line for the year. In the end, does it even matter? He's keeps going...
New Team PokerStars Online Short: Shane “Shaniac” Schleger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_jW1-ecg4g PokerStars has today released a new video on YouTube showcasing the roller-coaster journey of Shane “Shaniac” Schleger as a professional poker player – from working as a waiter in New York in 2004, to now living by the...
Isildur1 Watch, 22nd May, 2013
Yesterday saw Viktor take his foot of the gas a little, and relax a little, only playing 991 hands over a 10+ hour day. So maybe not a totally relaxing day. More like a lazy summer day in the fields, doing the bare minimum to get by without overly exerting yourself....
SCOOP Update, 21st May, 2013
Today, we have the results from the weekend, and tomorrow we'll be catching you up on all the action from beginning of the week. SCOOP 15 Mid ($82) saw a 30 hour marathon NLHE Ante Up event come to a close with a four way deal. 1,794 players had started, 234 got a...
Isildur1 Watch, 21st May, 2013
Monday is usually a grind for most of us. I'm usually recovering from playing poker late into the early hours as I tend to play some of the big multi table tournaments that Sunday tends to bring. For Viktor, Grinding means just that, and for someone who only plays...
This Week at FlopTurnRiver.com (20th-26th May)
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Isildur1 Watch, 20th May, 2013
Today, I think Viktor may be feeling a little Dizzy, as the spirals in his mind appear to have come back out to play. In fact I may have seen less spirals in strands of DNA, as yesterday seemed to see Viktor prepare for replication via Mitosis, and split into pieces....
Isildur1 Watch, 19th May, 2013
Viktor Blom is on a bit of a rollercoaster. He won about $1.5Million last weekend, and he's been up and down ever since. he has been rushing into his opponent's headlong, and seems to have been doing it while keeping his cool. We've not really seen Viktor go out of...
Isildur1 Watch, 17th May, 2013
Mr Blom is back home, surrounded by his creature comforts, and still playing the biggest games online. He's a machine. In fact, has anyone ever checked Viktor Blom is actually human? Could he in fact be a machine, made of metal, and have a cybernetic brain able to...
Doyle Brunson Not Playing Any Further WSOP Events
The Living Legend that is Doyle Brunson is not going to be seen at the WSOP Tournament tables this yeah. No, he's not dead, as far as I'm aware the 79 year old Texas Dolly is still very much alive and kicking. On Tuesday Night he tweeted a short comment that has ended...
SCOOP Round Up, May 16th, 2013
Yesterday saw a Finnish truck driver, playing on a mobile phone, see off stiff competition at the final table of SCOOP 08 High to make the most money from deal done by the final five players. The $1050 buy in event ran over two days, and had a $1,000,000 guaranteed...
Isildur1 Watch, 16th May, 2013
Since Monday, when we think Viktor returned to the shores of sunny ol' England, he has been playing poker late into the night, making my job of keeping an eye on his action rather difficult. I've been burning the candle at both ends to bring you guys the best report...
Altergott wins Grand Final Super High Roller to Bring EPT’s Ninth Season to a Close
It's over. Finished. Kaput. Ended. Season 9 of PokerStars' European Poker Tour has come to an end. The Finale was the €100k Super High Roller that was won by German (Austrian for tax purposes) heads up specialist Max Altergott. He takes away a €1,746,400 prize for...
Gus Hansen Has Massive Day at Bovada Poker
Leading member of the Full Tilt Professionals, Gus Hansen, had a fantastic day playing poker yesterday. At both the 2-7TD and the FLO8 tables, Gus was on fire. The beginning of the day didn't look that great as he when started off at the 2-7TD $1k/$2k tables by losing...
SCOOP Round Up, May 15th, 2013
The monster that is SCOOP 2013 is rolling on, giving PokerStars the chance to hand out some very nice watches to some very interesting poker players. Yesterday saw the culmination of the 2-day SCOOP 03 (6-Max Action hour 2-Day), and the High ($530 rebuy) tournament...
Isildur1 Watch, 15th May, 2013
Monday seemed to be a day off for Viktor. He may have taken the chance to jump on a plane back to his home in London, and get away from the ridiculous prices for pretty much everything in Monte Carlo. His trip to the Principality of Monaco was not the most profitable...
SCOOP is here!
The Spring Championship Of Online Poker started on Sunday, and we already have 2 days of information to catch you up with. The SCOOP format is the same as last year, with each Event having a Low, Mid and High buy in tournament. SCOOP 01 High (6-Max NLHE) was won by...
Neil Raine wins GUKPT Stockton
28 year old professional poker player, Neil Raine, has won £17,960 and the GUKPT Stockton title. He was able to defeat the 166 runner field that included WSOP bracelet winner Lawrence Gosney, recent GPS Newcastle Champion Ellie Biessek and GUKPT leader board champion...
WPT Canadian Spring Poker Championship won by Amir Babakhani
Given the global reach of the industry, these day's it's pretty unusual for a sponsored major poker event to have a final table of local players. However, that's exactly what happened last weekend at the $3,300 CAD WPT Canadian Sprint Poker Championship in Montréal....
Isildur1 Watch, 13th May, 2013
Our article yesterday highlighted a great day for Viktor Blom, with him winning over $1.4million on the Full Tilt tables. He seemed to take some time off to recover, and was back at the tables today before the Super High Roller in Monaco today. I hope Viktor is taking...
Steve O’Dwyer wins EPT Grand Final in Monaco.
The Poker Media has been buzzing about the amazingly stacked final table for this year's PokerStars EPT Grand Final since last night, and I can point to a dozen examples of what would normally have been extreme hyperbole about this table of poker players. Thing is,...
Isildur1 Watch, 12th May, 2013
With Viktor Blom currently in Monte Carlo, where buying a sandwich can involve you calling your mortgage advisor for a second or third mortgage, I'm guessing he's packing enough stacks of Euro's not to have an issue buying dinner. Given the decisions and actions...
EPT Grand Final Table Set, and It’s Stacked!
Have you ever dreamed about a final table so awesome it might be a herald of the apocalypse? If you have, stop reading now, or you are never going to sleep tonight. This year's final table may be a precursor to the end of the universe, as it's just that stacked full...
Massive Cash Game now on EPT Live Stream
Have you ever railed a cash game with over €3.5Million on the table? Would you like to? The PokerStars live web stream from the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo is currently showing a €1,000/€2,000 No Limit Hold'Em cash game, involving some of the biggest names in...
PokerStars EPT Season 10 Schedule Announced
Earlier this week, the bigwigs at PokerStars combined with the team running the European Poker Tour announced that schedule for the tenth season of the massively popular tour series. With the action taking place in seven European cities, and the PCA in the Bahamas,...
Isildur1 Watch, 11th May, 2013
After the past few days, we wouldn't have begrudged Viktor Blom time off. He has lost seriously large amounts of money, some to Ben "Sauce1234" Sulsky and some to Ben "Bttech86" Tollerene, and a little more scattered around. If it was me, I'd be avoiding all...
EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo down to Final Sixteen
How many PokerStars Team Pros, former EPT Winners, WPT Winner and WSOP Bracelet Winners would we need to see in the final sixteen to start calling it a tough final two days? Whatever that number is, I'm pretty sure we've not only passed it, but may have doubled it....
PokerStars 100 Billion Hand Promotion Announced
PokerStars have announced the plans for the 100 Billionth Hand promotion that they have been teasing all along the "Road to 100 Billion" set of milestone promotions. $5 Million has been set aside for this promotion, with $1,000,000 set to be given out when the actual...
Isildur1 Watch, 10th May, 2013
Yesterday, we watched Viktor Blom have an day that ended with him still fighting over chips on the table. Viktor was not enjoying himself, and probably felt mauled, and concerned about the crows picking over the remains of his bankroll. We had seen cards massacred and...
Isildur1 Watch, 9th May, 2013
Viktor Blom is currently in Monte Carlo, but rather than enjoying the sun, the ridiculously over priced beverages, or the scantily clad gorgeous women, Viktor has been playing poker online. The man must be Stone Cold Crazy. Viktor's day started off at the NLHE tables...
The EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo reaches Day 3
The €10,000 buy in Main Event of the PokerStars EPT Grand Final being held in Monte Carlo has reached Day 3, and our Chip Leader is PokerStars Pro, Johnny Lodden. Lodden has 605200 chips in his multi coloured stack, with more than a hundred thousand chips than the guy...
Jared Tendler AMA Summary
On the First of May, the world's foremost expert on the mental aspect of playing poker, Jared Tendler, joined FTR for an Ask Me Anything Interview, where our forum could ask him literally anything. Our members took the chance to improve their mental game, and we saw...
Isildur1 Watch, 8th May, 2013
Yesterday saw Viktor Blom improve his upturn in profits after several days of seeing his yearly profits declining. It seems that Viktor has worked it out, and returned to winning ways, We'll have to see what happened yesterday. Viktor was playing The EPT Grand Final ...
MiniFTOPS XXII Now in the Record Books
MiniFTOP XXII is now over, and we have all the results written down, counted and confirmed. We also have a new Leader Board Champion. Event #34, the Two Day, $200 +$16 was fought over two days, starting on the 4th of May, and lasted 39 levels, and finished in the...
Isildur1 Watch, 7th May, 2013
Yesterday, Filik brought you the action from Viktor's Sunday at work, and we saw Blom in spank Ben Tollerene for over $800k, and I missed the action while drinking beer and enjoying a BBQ for the first warm UK Bank Holiday of the year, and it was an absolutely lovely...
This Week at FlopTurnRiver.com (6th – 12th May)
After an action packed week last week, we've taken out foot off the gas a little this week, just in the name of public safety. Our legal team were concerned that if we kept up the relentless high quality of our free content, we may be sued by the families of the heart...
MiniFTOPS Series XXII Week 2 Recap
Full Tilt Poker has finished the second and final week of events in MiniFTOPS Series XXII. In the end, over 120,000 players competed for over $4 million in prize money. Check out the results below to see the winners of each event. Event #21 PL Omaha Hi Rebuy ($10 +...
Isildur1 Watch, 6th May, 2013
Coming into Sunday Viktor “Isildur1” Blom had suffered a few bad days before and it seemed that a day off would be a good idea, but Blom had other plans. Isildur1 decided to skip most of the action this time, including the 2-7, FLO8 and Holdem games and went straight...
Isildur1 Watch, 5th May, 2013
Lately, Viktor "Isildur1" Blom has been on a downward trend, and has been leaking money away, which is a shame, as from what I've been seeing, he's been playing pretty well, and knowing when to pull the plug. He must be running on faith that the universe is going to...
PokerStars Announce GuangDong Asia Millions Tournament
PokerStars, in conjunction with GuangDong Ltd, announced today their plans for an event to be held in Macau, billing it as one of the "biggest poker tournaments ever held." There are two main tournaments planned, with the Main Event being a HKD $1M buy in, with up to...
MiniFTOPS XXII Festival Still Rolling On!
The incredibly successful MiniFTOPS series is in it's twenty second season, and last night we saw Event #30 go into the books. This was the $20 + $2 NLHE $30,000 GTD event, and this was an Escalator Tournament, which meant the further into the event we got, the blind...
PokerStars Still Interested in New Jersey Casino?
On the 1st of May, we reported comments from The Atlantic Club, a New Jersey casino, that the deal for PokerStars to take over ownership of the venue was not going to be completed. The deal has been thought to hinge on the ability of PokerStars to enter the newly...
Isildur1 Watch, 3rd May, 2013
Today's Watch is a tail of 2 sessions, the first being a hard day's night following on from yesterday's article. I have never accused of Viktor of not having a work ethic, but this Kid seems to be unstoppable, He put in a big volume over the day, and I hope he's not...
Interview with Espen Sørlie
Espen "sh4wshank" Sørlie is a full time online tournament player and an instructor on the poker training site Run It Once (Phil Galfond's new training site). He began playing poker seriously in June 2011, turned professional in January 2012 and has over $1 million in...
Isildur1 Watch, 2nd May, 2013
Today is going to be a first, we're going to cram two days worth of Viktor Blom into one article. Certainly a reason to Party if there was ever was one, and we'll do our best to make it as crammed full of action as we can. Viktor started off on Tuesday with a little...
PokerStars Deal to Buy Atlantic Casino Dead?
It's becoming clear from sources we have received that the deal by PokerStars' Owners, The Rational Group, to buy the Atlantic Club casino is not going to go forward. The deal that was penned back in December stipulated a deadline of the 30th of April for Rational's...
Ultimate Poker Deals 1st Hand of Regulated Online Poker in US!
By the time you read this, history will have been made and the first hand of online poker regulated by a branch of the US Government will have been dealt. Someone will have won the first real money in what is bound to be a massive business. Ultimate Poker launched...
Isildur1 Watch, 30th April, 2013
Viktor's Monday certainly couldn't be argued to have been strenuous. It must have almost seemed like a holiday with less than 3 hours at the tables. Viktor has certainly been playing less over the past few days, and this may be down to him coming to terms with how he...
This week at FlopTurnRiver.com (29th April – 5th May)
If you thought last week was full of goodies, this week is going to blow you socks off. We have world-class mental game coaches, Top Tournament Directors, and elite players all in for AMAs, and we're still giving away money. We must be crazy! FTR Member Only...
PokerStars Mobile App Wins mGaming Award
Last Wednesday evening, the prestigious mGaming Awards were announced. These awards are the culmination of the mGaming summit, and took place in London. One of those awards was for PokerStars, as they won Best Mobile Poker Operator, for their outstanding iOS and...
Isildur1 Watch, 29th April, 2013
Viktor Blom's Sunday was a "Mano-a-Mano" affair, with him going to war against three different opponents, and the "prizefights," were all between heavyweights. Viktor seems to be taking his foot off the pedal a little as he's backed off on his volume over past few...
Isildur1 Watch, 28th April, 2013
Viktor Blom had a nice relaxing Saturday, and only played 897 hands, with most of that being part of the daily head butting session over the PLO tables, but it seemed to all be sliding away from Viktor, and yesterday marked the end of his winning streak. The watch is...
EPT Berlin has it’s First German Winner!
For the first time, PokerStars EPT Berlin has it's first home grown champion in Daniel Pidun, who has beaten out 911 other players to take the title, and €880,000. The final table started very short today, which was due to the 6 hour final table bubble from last...
Full Tilt Poker MiniFTOPS XXII heading into second week.
MiniFTOPS XXII is heading into week two of it's schedule, and the battle for the Leader board is hotting up. Last night saw Event #15, the $50+£5 10 Game Mixed event, which was won by "BPotMHeHOGi." He won out against 981 other entrants over the ten hour event, and he...
Isildur1 Watch, 27th April, 2013
I woke up this morning, all excited about watching the live final table from EPT Berlin, and seeing what Viktor Blom had managed to do today, and if he'd managed to continue marching over his opponents, or if they'd turned the tables on him again. It was like...
EPT Berlin has Reached the Final Eight
PokerStars EPT Berlin is down to the final table, and they are down to the final eight players, all vying for the €880,000 prize for first place. Today started with 17 players left in the field, and had seen Roman Herold as the chip leader with 4,485,000 sitting in...
Red Spade Open Returns This Sunday
This Sunday sees the return of the Red Spade Open on PokerStars. The $55 event has a $1Million Guarantee, with at least $200k going to 1st place. Every PokerStars pro in the field has a $100 bounty on their head, and in a special bonus, so do EPT Commentators Joe...
Isildur1 Watch, April 26th, 2013
With Isildur putting the volume, he has been driving himself to make some serious money. I personally think he's trying to force the poker community to give him the respect he feels he has already earned, and will play himself into the ground until he has it. He...
European Poker Tour Berlin Main Event in the Money
The PokerStars EPT Berlin Main Event has played it's way down to the final 24 players, all of whom are guaranteed to be taking home at least €27,000. The event started with 912 players over 2 starting days, creating a first place prize of €880,000, that all of the...
Isildur1 Watch, 25th April, 2013
When we left Viktor Blom yesterday, he was playing through the change of date, after a pretty disappointing day. This left me thinking about what Viktor wants to get from playing poker (apart from money of course!) and it came to me in a dream last night: RESPECT....