by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 16, 2011 | Poker Law, Poker News
Scott Yeates, the former VIP Manager of PokerStars, has taken to the web to decry the evils behind the downfall of Full Tilt Poker
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 26, 2011 | Poker Law, Poker News
Tuesday, October 25th, in a historic day for online poker, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee met at the request of Joe Barton (R-Texas). The meeting included representatives of various online gambling stakeholders including Indian tribes and consumer...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 24, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker Law, Poker News
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...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
In the most positive piece of news since Full Tilt Poker players from the United States had their accounts frozen following FBI indictments against Full Tilt, the site is claiming to have successfully regained access to a bank account holding significant funds. There...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 29, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
FTOPS XX Event #35 featured 278 entrants buying in for $500, in a 3X shootout. In this format, each player who made it to the final table had to win one table in a freezeout, win another table in a freezeout, then move onto the final table. The tournament lasted for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 27, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Although players from the United States are unable to play at Bovada Poker since the recent FBI indictment on April 15, Full Tilt continues to be the place to be for players from the rest of the world as the twentieth FTOPS is currently in full swing. We’re...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 23, 2011 | Poker News
Poker is a game of ups and downs. Bankroll swings and bad beats. One minute you could be raking in a big pot, the next, your access to U.S. Poker sites could be shut down. The past few days have undeniably been a low point in the long history of the game, so what...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 19, 2011 | Poker Law, Poker News
Note *Non-US players (over 70% of total player pool) are still playing on Full Tilt and PokerStars normally at this time. Last Friday, April 15th, the United States Department of Justice launched an attack against three of the world’s largest online poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 19, 2011 | Poker Law, Poker News
Note *Non-US players (over 70% of total player pool) are still playing on Full Tilt and PokerStars normally at this time. Last Friday, April 15th, the United States Department of Justice launched an attack against three of the world’s largest online poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Casino News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
The nineteenth Full Tilt Online Poker Series finally came to an end early this week, after an impressive 45 tournaments were played out. The series has been great for players and railbirds alike, with the giant guaranteed prize pools drawing huge crowds of players and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2011 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XIX hasn’t stopped rolling since February 3rd and shows no signs of slowing down. Last night, Event #31 became the latest tournament to enter the Full Tilt history books, with 729 players setting down the $500 + $35 entry fee. Each and every player who...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Tournament action is getting as hot as it comes this month, as thousands of internet poker players from every corner of the earth meet at Bovada Poker to do battle in FTOPS XIX. There are a huge range of events to choose from, but for the massive crowd of players who...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
3500 players entered the FTOPS #15 event. Sam ‘Miserd00d’ Stein took first place for $182,447. Before this year the biggest all time win for Sam ‘Miserd00d’ Stein had been $52,000 in FTOPS Event 8 in 2008. In 2009 Miserd00d had cashed twice in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Poker players young and old all around the world are sitting down at their desks and powering up their computers this month, as the poker action is getting hot on Full Tilt Poker. The nineteenth Full Tilt Online Poker Series is in full swing, and with serious amounts...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 29, 2011 | Poker News
A player from one of the world’s leading poker sites has once again proven that poker is a game of skill, and the best in the world have that title for a reason. A tournament with the world’s largest-ever buy-in came to a close this week, and the field of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 21, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News
While things in the online poker world are starting to quiet down in terms of tournament series, the cash tables have been heating up and railbirds will have been delighted by the recent flurry of durrrr challenge sessions. Tom “durrrr” Dwan has sat across...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 18, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The eighteenth Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series is slowly starting to wrap up and come to an end, but there are still a small number of events left to be played. Tournament players from all around the world are jumping at the chance to play for big guaranteed prize...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 20, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Tournament players have quite the life these days. It seems every month there’s a series of major live tournaments taking place in some beautiful city around the world, or heading online and enjoying the many daily and weekly guarantees offered by poker sites....
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 15, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
November is looking like it’s going to be the tournament poker month of 2010. Not only have we seen exciting live tournament final tables from the likes of the World Series of Poker and the Partouche Poker Tour, but even online players are getting a taste of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 4, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Amidst concerns about minimum electable age and player nomination, one thing is certain – Erik Seidel has earned his seat amongst the best names ever to shuffle up and deal.
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 4, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Tom “durrrr” Dwan is never far from our headlines, whether he’s betting millions on a World Series of Poker bracelet chase, cleaning up on the various poker TV shows, battling the world’s best in the durrrr challenge or just experiencing major...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 17, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, High Stakes Rail, Poker News
When you think of online poker, the thing that rouses the most excitement is probably the durrrr challenge. The shear amount of action involved and the quality of the poker being played is enough to get anyone’s heart racing, or it would be if any cards were...
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 18, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
September is definitely the month to be a micro tournament player at Bovada Poker! While those players with a lot of time and deep pockets can find tournament action pretty much whenever they want to, for those of us a little more on the conservative side of things,...
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 | Aug 16, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series came to a close today, after running for nearly two weeks. It’s been a great series with a huge amount of money won, and there will be many tournament players now looking forward to a well-deserved break. This FTOPS XVII offered...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 14, 2010 | Poker Law, Poker News
Rather than continuing to keep their heads buried in the bureaucratic sand, members of the U.S. Financial Services Committee are backing a bill which would legalize and regulate America's online poker populace.
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 | May 29, 2010 | Poker Law, Poker News
After nearly four years with no teeth, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is ready to take a bite out of the world of online poker. The official enforcement of the act beginning on Tuesday, June 1st, has drawn wide speculation from poker players....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 22, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News
Brian “sbrugby” Townsend’s troubled career as a professional poker player has reached a new hurdle: a $2.8 million downswing. Since the start of 2010, Townsend has lost $1 million playing Omaha and $1.8 million playing HORSE, adding up to a massive...
by carlcarlsoniv | May 8, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Online legend Annette Obrestad finally got to see her name in red when she signed on as the newest Full Tilt Pro this week, just in time to host the FTOPS XVI Main Event on May 2nd. Obrestad’s years of play on Full Tilt have paid off big for the young rising...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 1, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XVI Event 23 ended in a surprising upset victory for PTownDrunk, who left the final table with $56,500 dollars. PTownDrunk came back after barely surviving most of the final table with a small stack – when four players remained, he held barely 12% of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 1, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Action is heating up on Full Tilt’s high stakes poker tables as one of the most exciting matchups has resumed. After over a month without a single hand, the durrrr challenge is back on. Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan played 1,184 hands of Pot Limit Omaha today to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS 11, a 6-max turbo quadruple shootout with 1,102 players and $330,600 prize pool ended with a decisive victory for BegsClutch. BegsClutch defeated kiwid10 on the final table when kiwid shoved with AKo and BegsClutch called with pocket aces. The Full Tilt Pros...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 24, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another great FTOPS event is in the books, and we have another big-money winner. Today was a particularly special one, because it was a super turbo 6-Max event. Every player would start with only 300 chips, with blinds at 15/30! Needless to say, it was a very fun...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 10, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Three weeks ago, StoxPoker.com founder and high stakes poker pro Nick Grudzien admitted to using multiple accounts on Full Tilt and PokerStars but denied charges that he was colluding. Earlier today, NoahSD posted a detailed investigative report on the 2+2 high stakes...
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 29, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The high stakes poker action toned down a bit with the absence of Isildur1. However, that does not mean that there was a complete break in the action. Cole South, Ziigmund, and durrrr were involved in all of this week’s action on tables ranging from $200/$400 to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 10, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Annie Duke, once better known as Howard Lederer’s sister, can now add a new bullet point to her resume: “NBC National Heads-Up Champ, 2010”. She has demonstrated extraordinary poker prowess, and dominated the whole minefield that is the road to that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 23, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Clonie Gowen has been denied for the third and final time, effectively ending her bid to capture a 1% stake in Full Tilt Poker and its partner companies.
U.S. District Court Judge Robert C. Jones ruled last week that, no matter what may have taken place at the now-infamous Golden Nugget meeting between Gowen and the members of the Full Tilt brass, the company owes no additional compensation to the plaintiff.
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 | Feb 19, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another day gone by, and another FTOPS Event in the books! Today we had the pleasure of witnessing the action of FTOPS XV, Event #15: $200+$16 No Limit Hold’em Turbo. This event was hosted by Brazil’s own Leandro “Brasa” Pimentel, a feared live...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another day gone by, and another FTOPS Event in the books! Today we had the pleasure of witnessing the action of FTOPS XV, Event #15: $200+$16 No Limit Hold’em Turbo. This event was hosted by Brazil’s own Leandro “Brasa” Pimentel, a feared live...
