by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 1, 2010 | Poker Law, Poker News
The online gaming law in Washington has made online poker play a felony in the state. However, the law also extends to payment processors, even those out of the country. Federal prosecutors in Seattle are looking to seize $553,000 from a Canadian payment processor...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 29, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
It couldn’t have been very many days ago that I was writing a totally different news article about Gus Hansen, after he’d had an appalling stretch at the Full Tilt online poker tables and dropped one and a half million dollars in just seven days, widening...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 23, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
There’s been a flood of poker shows broadcast on television over the past few years, from coverage of massive tournaments to nightly Sit’N’Go’s and even some cash games thrown in for a bit of variety. The latest and greatest show comes broadly...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 21, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker News
Following one of the most publicized losing stretches of his career, poker pro Gus Hansen is back on the attack.
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 19, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The Poker Hall of Fame is a collection of the best poker players in the world. It was founded by Benny Binion in 1979 who also owned the rights to the World Series of Poker. However, when Harrah’s Entertainment acquired the rights to the WSOP in 2004, they also...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 12, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, High Stakes Rail, Poker News
If you’ve been following our online poker news section, then you’ll know that Tom “durrrr” Dwan recently lost one million dollars in just one week. Not to be outdone, famous poker player Gus “The Great Dane” Hansen has turned around...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 6, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Tom “durrrr” Dwan is one of poker’s hottest players, most known for his dominance of the online field. The internet poker superstar seems to be successful at every poker game he puts his hand to, and there are many who argue he’s the best...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 4, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker is probably the second largest poker room on the internet, and it holds its own through a combination of great software, great games and loyal players. Earlier this week it announced some highly anticipated changes to its reward program, but rather...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 27, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The World Championship of Online Poker is winding down, but the excitement sure is not. WCOOP Event #60 took place on Sunday, a day that is normally reserved for PokerStars’ weekly Sunday Million. Most everything remained the same including the $215 buy-in and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 20, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
After outlasting an astonishingly large field in Full Tilt Poker's MiniFTOPS Event #32, norajean is basking in the sweet smell of success.
Beginning on September 19 at 13:03 ET, this $300,000 guaranteed tournament went into the wee hours of the morning before wrapping at 00:24 ET on September 20. Hosted by Michael Tureniec, this $24+2 event saw 16,572 players ante up for a chance at one of the biggest prize pots in the latest running of Full Tilt's MiniFTOPS. The massive enrollment totals bested the guaranteed money by $31,440, bringing the final tally to just under a third of a million dollars.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 18, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker Law, Poker News
Just when things seemed to be going so well for Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, the law steps in to ruin his fun.
One of the stars of this year's November Nine, Mizrachi has been named in a lawsuit by the Texas-based company Deliverance Poker. The company alleges that, in July of 2009, the Grinder signed an agreement which promised that he would act as a representative for their product. The document also allegedly earned him a payment of $150,000, as well as a 1.75% interest in the company. Mizrachi would also have received an undetermined amount of buy-ins and paid expenses, paying his way to poker tournaments around the world.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 17, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
The highly anticipated Event 24 took place yesterday, a $20+$2 No Limit Hold’em Cashout tournament hosted by Eddy Scharf. The guaranteed prize pool was $60,000, but only 5,296 players participated, creating an overlay of $7,040. Everyone started with 5,000 chips...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 16, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
With all the acumen of a lightning chess professional, Lov10kk fought their way to an impressive win in the latest event in the MiniFTOPS lineup.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 13, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
If you’re a microstakes tournament player then you’re probably struggling to get to sleep at nights this month. Either you’ll be staying up having run deep in an event, or you’ll barely be able to keep your eyes closed as you imagine all the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 11, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
After an intense ten hours of poker, MiniFTOPS’s Event #5 winner, DrMcBoy, stood victorious on Friday night. It was an impressive victory, considering the size and sheer quality of the field in this No-Limit Hold’em event. At the affordable price of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 11, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
MiniFTOPS continued yesterday with Event 6, the $31+$2 No Limit Hold’em Super Turbo tournament. Even though turbos (especially super turbos) are high variance and can be extremely frustrating, every tournament player has a special spot in their heart for them....
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 31, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
When the durrrr challenge was announced it sparked a huge amount of excitement both in those who were going to be involved personally and in the fans that would get to watch the cards and the swings as pros battled it out for literally millions of dollars. The first...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 22, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker News
The infamous durrrr challenge looks set to truly get underway once again. Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius have been battling it out on the online felt for over a year now, but very sporadically and never for a sustained period of time. Jungleman12...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 17, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Tournaments, Poker News
With a field made up of an astonishing 5,055 players, Event 32 proved to be both one of the most lucrative and exciting matchups of this latest FTOP running. With $1,000,000 in guaranteed money on the line, players flocked to this $240 + $16 6-Max tournament.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 15, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
France has passed a new online gaming law that requires online poker rooms to be licensed under the Autorite De Regulation Des Jeux En Ligne (ARJEL). New sister poker sites are opening in compliance with the French poker law which does not allow for outsiders to play...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 12, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
You’d have to be living under a rock this past week to not have realized that the Full Tilt Online Poker Series is well underway and drawing huge crowds of young poker hopefuls to compete on Full Tilt. This is, of course, the seventeenth FTOPS and the biggest so...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 9, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series kicked off this week and is starting to get into full swing with Event 11 drawing the largest crowd of the series thus far. The FTOPS is a series of online tournaments hosted by Full Tilt every few months offering massive guarantees...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 4, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Tom “durrrr” Dwan has become something of an internet poker superstar over the past years, and with good reason. The young pro, who is widely considered to be the best online player out there, issued a Heads Up challenge to the poker community some time...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 2, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Poker rooms sponsor poker professionals in a similar way large brands sponsor NASCAR racers. The poker professional is expected to promote their brand by wearing their branded apparel and being seen on television. In return, sponsored professionals receive free...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 29, 2010 | Poker News, WSOP
The good news keeps flooding in for Full Tilt Poker, with two more of the site’s FTP Red Pros winning bracelets at the World Series of Poker over the last week. Scott Montgomery and Gavin Smith won the $1,000 No Limit Hold’Em and the $2,500 Mixed...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 26, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Sometimes, no matter how much preparation and anticipation go into an event, things don't work out the way we plan.
Such was the case with the opening of Phil Ivey's poker room, hosted by the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The initial event, a $1,000,000 Freeroll was attended by some of the biggest names in the game. Chino Rheem, a member of the 2008 WSOP's Main Event Final Table, took home an extra $100,000 bounty for taking out Ivey.
by FTR Poker Admin | May 23, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The High Stakes action has slowed down in recent weeks with players like Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius absent from the big, online games. However, this doesn’t mean that the tables have been totally vacant. Players like Ziigmund and Brian Hastings have been...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 22, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Somewhat lost in all of the hype surrounding Full Tilt's notorious FTOPS event has been the great action found in the latest installment of their MiniFTOPS series.
by FTR Poker Admin | May 1, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Just after a quarter-past midnight on May 1, 2010, play completed for the 22nd time in the FTOPS XVI contest. With a first place position worth $86,716.56 on the line, two competitors fought to the finish.
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Tournaments, Poker News
If this keeps up, people will remember FTOPS XVI for its repeat champions. Earlier, in Event #1, it was BRO20. This time, it was JackQKA taking home the gold after an epic shootout in heads-up No Limit Holdem.
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 5, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker Law, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker, the world’s second largest online poker site, is being investigated by a federal grand jury in Manhattan. Subpoenas have been issued to many witnesses and indictments against two world-famous poker players, Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson. These two...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 8, 2010 | Poker Law, Poker News
Party Gaming, which is the parent company of the popular online poker room Party Poker, has posted losses amounting up to $26.5 million for last fiscal year. Party Gaming is one of the few online juggernauts that is publically traded and thus has to respond to its...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, High Stakes Rail, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Congratulations to shuriken555, who took home the gold in Fult Tilt Poker's latest marque tournament, the 20th event in this year's FTOPS XV. It was a long, hard road which began at 14:02 PM ET on Friday, February 19.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 6, 2010 | FTOPS, Online Poker News, PokerStars
It's something that can fell both the greatest players and the worst amateurs – something that has cost millions of people millions of dollars. It's a thing so evil that it's probably robbed little children of their Christmas presents at one time or another. Its name is the Bankroll Donkey, and it lurks in the heart of every aspiring player.
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 30, 2007 | Press Releases
Flop Turn River is proud to announce that its cutting-edge, online poker hand converter is now compatible with Full Tilt Poker’s hand histories! Players can analyze their play for free by uploading their hand histories at flopturnriver.com and join the discussion in FTR’s active, growing forums.
