by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 10, 2022 | Heads Up, Poker Strategy
Alright, so you’ve made the final table. Then, slowly but surely, your opponents fall before your mighty stack until, finally, there is only one player standing in your way. As you tally up the chip count, you realize that the two of you are nearly dead even....
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 23, 2015 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
A native of Alberta Canada, Jaime “jaimestaples” Staples was recently dubbed a “Friend of PokerStars” as a result of the work he has done on the Amazon-owned website, Twitch.tv. After giving up his aspirations to become a professional golfer along with his...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 13, 2014 | Editorials
If you know someone who leaves and breathes online poker, then sooner or later you might encounter him somewhere beyond his workplace. Not only that, but it might be his birthday or Christmas! If you did remember that you should buy a present but have no idea what to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 5, 2014 | Online Tournaments
The inaugural Garden State Super Series is set to begin on Sunday, September 7, 2014! With a total $1M guarantee prize pool spread out over 60 events and buy-ins as little as $5.00, the GSSS has something for everyone regardless of how big or small your bankroll is!...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 3, 2014 | Online Poker News, Poker Law
In a surprising move yesterday, the Russia government announced that it will consider legalizing online poker in Russia. The move came after multiple inquiries of Kaha Kahiani, the president of the „League of Poker Fans“ to the government, where he stressed the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2014 | Full Tilt Poker
This week Full Tilt Poker announced an exciting new way to play online poker tournaments. With the release of Flipout Tournaments players will be able to cut out lengthy pre-bubble play and get into the heart of the action. Sarne Lightman, Full Tilt Poker’s Head of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 26, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
After a weekend of Viktor Blom riding the rollercoaster of variance, and putting in some serious volume, yesterday saw him take a more sedate pace, but we don’t think that was all his choice. With his highest limit game being a $1k/$2k FLO8 game lasting only 12...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
It seems I picked the wrong weekend to take some time off. It seems that Viktor Blom has been doing his impersonation of a rollercoaster, and has plummeted from a massive $570k profit on the 22nd, with an equally impressive $687k loss on the 23rd, followed by a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Poker News
So, yesterday, I was AWOL, and I know I promised you all some exciting action from our Swedish Hero. Sorry it’s a little late, I wasn’t hauled off by hit men hired by Mr Blom, and I wasn’t abducted by aliens. More I can’t tell you, but I do...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2013 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
We’ve all been in a bar in the “Happy Hour”. I’ve seen it stretched to two hours, but Full Tilt Poker are going for a record. They are running a “Happy Hour” Week! It starts on Monday the 18th of February, and runs through to Sunday...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2013 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
As Dr. Evil knows, “One Million Dollars” is nothing to sneeze at, and Full Tilt Poker is offering you the chance to win your share of a Million Dollar Guaranteed Prize Pool with their “Cool Million” tournament. With the tournament having a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 1, 2013 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
We’ve all dreamt about turning a cheap satellite to major event, and turning it into a fortune. We could then really show our skills, and play with the big dogs. Well, SennaBoris79 from Russiadid just that. He turned $27 into a ticket for the TCOOP Main Event,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 22, 2013 | Poker News, TCOOP
It’s that time of year again where it all goes crazy, and we all start talking about Turbo Tournaments with massive Prize pools. It must be time for TCOOP 2013! Over the weekend, we saw TCOOP Events #09 to #19, and we have all the results for you here at FTR....
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 11, 2012 | FTOPS, Online Poker News, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XXI continued today with a whopping three events. All three events continued the streak of prize pools surpassing the Full Tilt guaranteed amount. Event #19 was a Pot-Limit Omaha High/Low, Knockout, Super Stack tournament with a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 11, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
After being locked out of the American online poker market and paying hundreds of millions to the Department of Justice, PokerStars is now eyeing a purchase that could grant them a strong foothold for re-entering the US market. The Wall Street Journal first published...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 10, 2012 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker News
After one week of FTOPS XXI events, the tournament series is still going strong. Event #17 attracted the most entries of any of the tournaments to date with 6,106. Action was fast and furious as players competed for over $600,000 in regular prize pool money, in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 2, 2012 | Press Releases
After purchasing Full Tilt Poker in-part to settle the civil suit the U.S. Department of Justice filed against PokerStars, the online poker giant is scheduled to re-open its former rival, Full Tilt Poker, on November 6, 2012. Now owned by PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 6, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Today, Bodog.co.uk closed it’s doors for new players on a fairly long list of countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Hungary and Bulgaria. Current players will be able to play at the casino like always, but the site is no longer accepting new customers. Current...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 24, 2012 | Nebraska, Poker Law
Just yesterday, the five members of the Nevada Gaming Commission unanimously agreed to give South Point Casino a license to legally operate a real-money, intrastate poker website. The event is historic because it marks the first time that a license of this sort has...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 14, 2012 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently posted a notice on their website seeking a third party “Claims Administrator” to help with the Full Tilt Poker remission procedure. The DOJ estimates that there are many as 1.3 million “potential US victims” who...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 11, 2012 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
After a long absence, “FTPDoug” as known on the twoplustwo poker forums, has returned. He revealed that the “FTPDoug” account was actually a joint account that continued to be used years after the employee named Doug left the company. The account has been used for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 26, 2012 | Nevada, Poker Law, Poker News
When Nevada’s Gaming Policy Committee wrapped up its final meeting yesterday before the 11-member panel’s scheduled calendar break, the panel, led by Governor Brian Sandoval, had unquestionably positioned Nevada to become the first state to allow at least...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 19, 2012 | Poker News
By Wednesday, this had already been a busy week with regard to the presumably impending deal between PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Early in the week, three members of FTR’s board of directors, Rafe Furst, Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer, filed motions to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 10, 2012 | Poker News
After a week in federal custody, Ray Bitar, chief executive officer of Full Tilt Poker, was released on bail. After arguing last week that Bitar posed a flight risk and should be denied bail, the U.S. Attorney’s Office agreed to a deal that was approved by...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 2, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Following suit with other poker sites, players can now play a speedy version of poker on the iPoker Network. iPoker calls their version “Speed Hold’em Poker”, which is essentially identical to the old Rush Poker of Full Tilt and the recently released Zoom Poker from...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 29, 2012 | Delaware, Poker Law, Poker News
Just yesterday, Delaware Governor, Jack Markell, made his state the second in the nation to legalize intrastate online gambling by signing the Delaware Gaming Competitiveness Act of 2012, legislation also known as House Bill 333. With amendments drafted by members of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 22, 2012 | Nevada, Poker Law, Poker News
Just yesterday afternoon, Bally Technologies, Inc. received the first interactive gaming supplier license issued by the state of Nevada. Bally Technologies submitted its application for the license in October of last year, two months before Nevada became the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 12, 2012 | California, Online Poker News, Poker Law
In an unexpected turn of events, California Senate Bill 1463 was pulled from today’s meeting agenda. This bill would legalize and regular online poker within the state of California. It was expected to be voted on in the Senate Governmental Organization Committee...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2012 | California, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
On June 12th there will be some additional changes to California’s online poker bill SB1463. The main change will require that license applicants must currently operate a brick and mortar card room or casino that offers poker. Other changes include reducing the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 8, 2012 | Nevada, Poker Law, Poker News
Founded in 1932, Bally Technologies, Inc. received a unanimous recommendation for an interactive gaming supplier license from Nevada’s three-member Gaming Control Board on Wednesday of this week. Bally Technologies is the first company to receive a...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 26, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
According to an email sent out by Mark Bryan, a gaming analyst at Merrill Lynch, the Australian government plans to legalize online poker sometime in the next six to 12 months. This move will coincide with a relaxation of other online betting restrictions, such as...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 21, 2012 | Illinois, Poker Law
When the Department of Justice issued its reinterpretation of the Wire Act in December of last year in response to the interest New York and Illinois had in selling lottery tickets via the Internet, the door was opened for Illinois to become the first state to offer...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 17, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
Event number 30 of PokerStars’ SCOOP 2012 was action-packed and took surprisingly little time to determine the winners. It was a Turbo “SuperKnockout” 6-Max bounty tournament, in which half of each player’s buy in became a bounty on their head. This prize structure,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 12, 2012 | New Jersey, New Jersey Casinos, Poker Law, Poker News
On Thursday, the Regulatory Oversight and Gambling Committee of New Jersey voted 3-1 (with one member abstaining) in favor of sending an online gaming bill (A2578) to a vote at the full Assembly. This is a good step forward for those in favor of online gambling in New...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 12, 2012 | New Jersey, New Jersey Casinos, Poker Law, Poker News
On Thursday, the Regulatory Oversight and Gambling Committee of New Jersey voted 3-1 (with one member abstaining) in favor of sending an online gaming bill (A2578) to a vote at the full Assembly. This is a good step forward for those in favor of online gambling in New...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 10, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
Event #8 of the 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has concluded after many hours of play. This event was the “SuperKnockout” event, which featured a very large bounty on each player’s head. Most bounty/knockout tournaments put a small,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 28, 2012 | Live Poker Results, Online Poker News, Poker News
The second annual online tournament series iPOPS (iPoker’s Online Poker Series) kicks off tomorrow, Sunday April 29th, 2012. Hosted on the iPoker network, the series this year consists of five events of the course of the week, with a guaranteed prize...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 16, 2012 | Poker News
Just in time for the first anniversary of Black Friday, the Poker Players Alliance initiated a campaign to support a bill introduced by Texas Representative, Joe Barton. In his 14th Congressional term, Barton introduced a bill in June of last year that attempts to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 9, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
It appears that 888 will soon become a household name among poker and casino players. Despite many online poker sites being hit hard by Black Friday, 888 Poker did extremely well in 2011. Their poker site revenue increased 58%, the number of active customers increased...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 7, 2012 | Online Poker News, Party Poker, Poker News
Party Poker has unveiled plans to develop their own form of “Rush Poker.” This comes shortly after the successful release of PokerStars’ own version of the game last month. The announcement came during an interview of bwin.Party CEO Jim Ryan by the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 6, 2012 | Poker News
After four years of development, Face Up Gaming introduced its subscription-based poker website, FaceUpGaming.com, on April 1st of this year. Players are welcome to join the site for free or they have the option of paying a monthly fee of $24.95 for a Gold...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 2, 2012 | Poker News
A study conducted by researchers at the University of Nevada and the University of Hamburg indicates that Canadians are twice as likely to participate in a game of online poker when compared to Americans. The study also reveals that Canadians are just as likely to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 24, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News, Utah
In a pre-emptive move against the possibility of legalized online gambling at the federal level, Utah has become the first state to legally opt out. Yesterday, Governor Gary Herbert signed into law bill HB108. This bill excludes all Utah residents from gambling online...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 20, 2012 | New Jersey, Poker Law, Poker News
New Jersey State Senator, Raymond Lesniak, is sponsoring a bill that is similar to one rejected by the state’s Governor, Chris Christie, last year. If passed by both of New Jersey’s legislative houses, the current bill would make it legal for casinos...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 17, 2012 | Maryland, New York, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Utah, Washington
Last week, Bovada began blocking anyone from the states of Maryland, New York, Utah and Washington from creating a new account on their site. It has been said that Bovada will soon also start blocking existing customers from Maryland. Bovada is the rebranded name that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 30, 2012 | New York, Poker Law
A recent New York court ruling regarding the ancient Chinese tile-based game of Mah Jong may prove to have positive effects on the potential legalization of online poker. During Criminal Court Judge John H. Wilson’s ruling in People v. Feng, he declared that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 21, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Authors of the most popular poker app, Zynga, have recently confirmed that they intend to move forward with plans to enter the real money online poker market. They are currently in talks with a number of different potential partners to make real money games a reality...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 16, 2012 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Complaints are still rolling in to the Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC) by disgruntled former FullTilt Poker players. The AGCC issued a statement to remind players that FullTilt Poker is no longer licensed by their organization, and thus are unable to help...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 12, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX) spoke optimistically about the future of online poker in the United States last week at the Digital Gaming and Lottery Policy Summit. Barton believes that acting swiftly and decisively is the way to go. He was quoted as saying that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 5, 2011 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars
An astounding 200,000 people helped Pokerstars.com, the world’s largest poker site, to make history on Sunday December 4th by participating in the largest poker tournament ever. This event was part of Pokerstars’ ongoing 10th Anniversary celebrations. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 3, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Last week, it was confirmed that the Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) came to an agreement to buy the Fulltilt name, assets and debts from the U.S. Department of Justice for a sum of $80 million. The agreement stated that the GBT would be responsible for paying back all...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 20, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
In a move that will be popular among multi-tabling players, the Cake poker network will now allow the use of Heads-Up Displays (HUDs) at their tables. Until now, Cake poker deliberately formatted their hand history files in a way that made it impossible to gather...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 27, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Titan Poker and Mansion Poker right now are giving away $100,000 in cash prizes and tournament tokens to players taking it to the limit! From October 31st – December 31st, play as many hands of Limit Hold’Em poker as you can to win your share of $100,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 24, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee for Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade will hold a hearing on online gaming tomorrow. Topics addressed in this hearing will include the safety of online gaming and likely a discussion of Congressman Joe...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 23, 2011 | bet365, Online Poker News, Poker News
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by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 22, 2011 | Online Poker News, Party Poker, Poker News
Party Poker’s inaugural Pokerfest series begins this Sunday. Pokerfest 2011 touts 47 events spread out over 15 days, with buy-ins ranging from points only to the $640 main event. The main event will run on November 6th, with a hefty $1 million guaranteed prize...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 21, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Donald Trump has formed a bold new partnership with New York hedge-fund manager Marc Lasry’s Avenue Capital, to operate an online poker site. This news, coming from Bloomberg, describes the partnership between Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. and Lasry Avenue...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 13, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Sunday is the biggest day on the online poker calendar. The time for every player great and small to plug into his nearest interweb terminal and sweat the Sunday Million. PokerStars’ flagship tourney has been drawing in the punters for years and continues to be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 20, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker Law, Poker News
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...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
This year’s World Championship of Online Poker is in full swing at PokerStars, with players from around the globe competing for awesome prize pools in exciting tournaments. We’re fast-approaching the halfway mark of the series, so a huge amount of cash has...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
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...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
In the recent online poker meets Washington debate, we’ve often heard the terms intrastate and interstate being lobbed around. To clarify, intrastate poker would mean online poker players in California, for example, can play only against other players also in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 31, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
In a bizarre poker headline this week, American online poker pro Daniel Cates, who plays under the screen names Jungleman and w00ki3z, was denied entry into Canada. Cates was attempting to move to Canada to continue his online nosebleed play, as he posted on his...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 9, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Phil Ivey has taken an aggressive route to salvation. Attempting to emerge from the wreckage of Black Friday with his reputation intact, but has this gambit paid off? It all began with a law suit, demanding that Full Tilt pay out millions of dollars owed to their...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 2, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The sorry saga that is Full Tilt Poker continues to rumble on, with news that the company’s former star player, Phil Ivey, has withdrawn his law suit against the site. However, hot on the heels of that reprieve comes another class action filing, this time aimed...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 1, 2011 | Poker News
Paddy Power Poker recently released it’s schedule for its live poker festival, the Irish Winter Festival. The festival will feature eight events and will be headlined by the €1,000 + €100 NLH Freezeout main event. It will take place over October Bank Holiday...
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 | Jun 1, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is without a shadow of a doubt one of the greatest online poker sites serving players on the internet today. In addition to many other great features, it is the king of tournament poker and if you’re an online tourney player then you’ll feel...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 24, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
PokerStars has continued to uphold and improve its reputation as the home of online tournament poker over the last couple of weeks as players from around the world have been competing against each other in the Spring Championship of Online Poker. Although player...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2011 | Poker Law, Poker News
Despite coming across as having a relatively neutral – if not thoroughly uninterested – stance towards online poker over the past few years as the issue came before congress, the American Gaming Association has come down in support of the legalization of...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The poker landscape may have altered drastically since the last time PokerStars rolled out the tournament red carpet, but that hasn’t stopped them from presenting the very latest Spring Championship of Online Poker. Although U.S. players were noticeably absent,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 9, 2011 | Poker Law, Poker News
April 15th, 2011 has become known as Black Friday in the poker community, the day on which the United States Department of Justice and FBI took to the online poker world in a big way, issuing indictments against eleven individuals and seizing bank accounts and web...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 5, 2011 | Poker Law, Poker News
It is no secret that the law as it pertains to online poker, or the lack thereof, is a complete and utter mess. The gray area of online poker legislation and that of regulation have been ongoing hot topics in the poker world for years, and since Black Friday those...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 5, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Despite the hugely disruptive effects of the events of Black Friday, online poker action continues to go strong, even at the effected sites such as Full Tilt Poker. Those players outside the US who are still able to play for real money at Full Tilt will find it is...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 2, 2011 | FTOPS, Poker News
As the first post-meltdown FTOPS draws to a close, onlookers can now get a good sense of the health of the online poker industry. Although guarantees and attendance were down overall, it seems like it was business as usual for high stakes tournament players in the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 30, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
After a pair of successful runnings, bwin is ready to unveil their third season of the Nations Cup. This particular event allows players from across the globe to show their national pride, competing with their fellow countrymen in an effort to prove who’s the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 28, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
PKR, the internet’s premier 3-D poker room, had recently launched a software update which allows users to play in a virtual version London’s Fox Poker Club. For those not familiar with the ins and outs of PKR, here’s a brief primer. Imagine a poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 27, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Although players from the United States are unable to play at Full Tilt 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 26, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Poker is nothing if not resilient. Whether it be on the back streets of Texas or ethereal internet avenues, the game just keeps on trucking. Full Tilt is currently battling indictments in the U.S., having withdrawn their custom for that nation’s citizens, but...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 20, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
If you made a living grinding Stars from your swanky U.S. apartment, Friday’s indictments probably seem like the end of the world, but for a large swathe of the online poker industry, the news came as an unexpected boon. Most sites withdrew from America...
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