by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 6, 2012 | Online Poker News
After being in business for a decade, SunPoker has just announced that they are closing their poker room doors for good, effective immediately. In a form letter sent to all account holders, SunPoker’s management cited the September changes to the iPoker network as the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 31, 2012 | Live Poker Results, Poker News, PokerStars
FlopTurnRiver is pleased to announce an exclusive PCA satellite tournament for its members. There are 50 $10 PCA satellite seats up for grabs in this satellite. The FTR satellite has a buy in of only 10 cents, so everyone can afford to get in on the action. Tell your...
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 14, 2012 | 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 3, 2012 | Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
Recent confirmation of a deal between Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and the U.S. Department of Justice to allow the sale of Full Tilt and the repayment of their players may not be as rosy as it seems. There is some degree of doubt as to whether the U.S. government will...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 16, 2012 | Online Tournaments, WSOP
The World Series of Poker Main Event field has dwindled down to the final two tables, with not one but two women players remaining in the event. Gaelle Baumann of France and Elisabeth Hille of Norway are both trying to make history as only the second female player to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 16, 2012 | Online Tournaments, WSOP
The World Series of Poker Main Event field has dwindled down to the final two tables, with not one but two women players remaining in the event. Gaelle Baumann of France and Elisabeth Hille of Norway are both trying to make history as only the second female player to...
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 2, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
After more than one month since Purple Lounge suddenly went off line, its parent company, Media Corporation, has announced that the site will not resume operation. The Board of Media Corp announced this week that all employees of Purple Lounge have been laid off, that...
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 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The two day SCOOP 2012 Main Event tournaments began on Sunday May 20th. Play was halted at the conclusion of level 20 (10 hours) and resumed early this afternoon. After two weeks worth of events, and many players entering many of the available events, a mere 10 hour...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 21, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
PokerStars has set a new record for the largest ever online poker tournament series. This year’s Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP 2012) ran for two weeks, featuring 40 events of three tournaments each for a total of 120 events. Registration for the last...
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 14, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
Spain’s new cash-strapped, conservative government is now demanding that online poker license applicants pay backdated taxes for their last 4 years of operation within Spain. This abrupt ultimatum comes just weeks before the first licenses were slated to be issued on...
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 7, 2012 | California, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Today bwin.Party announced a formal agreement with the United Auburn Indian Community (UAIC) to provide online poker to the residents of California if intrastate legislation is enacted. The UAIC is a federally recognized Californian Indian tribe that currently owns...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 5, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
It’s time again for another promotional period on the Road to 100 Billion Poker Hands at PokerStars. For this 80th Billion hand milestone, PokerStars is giving away money to the lucky players who play on every millionth hand starting at 79,700,000,000 and ending at...
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 23, 2012 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The truly original documentary “All in: The Poker Movie” was developed to investigate the explosion in popularity of poker around the world. Featuring interviews with many well-known professional players, it chronicles the journey of poker from its shady backroom past...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 21, 2012 | Online Poker News
Play at bwin poker for your chance to win a seat to the most well-known tournament in the world- the World Series of Poker Main Event. Satellites and Super Satellites are running now through to June 6th. You don’t need to be a pro or have a bankroll to enter or to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 16, 2012 | New Jersey, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
After the first attempt at legalizing poker within the state of New Jersey failed last year, sponsor Raymond Lesniak has helped the new Senate Bill 1565 get over the first few hurdles on its way to becoming law. In March of 2011, Republican Governor Chris Christie...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 14, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
It has now been one full year since April 15th, 2011 when the Department of Justice (DOJ) shut down a number of major online poker sites who had been servicing American card players. Dubbed “Black Friday” by players around the world, Americans found themselves...
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 2, 2012 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News
Bodog has announced Jennette Tan as the latest addition to their Team Bodog. Nicknamed “Jay”, Tan is an Asian poker player who was born in Los Angeles. In addition to her beauty, she also holds a Masters Degree in Business. She briefly moved to Hong King to start a...
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 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 | Mar 6, 2012 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Details have been extremely scarce in recent months since Group Bernard Tapie (GBT) supposedly reached a deal to purchase Full Tilt Poker (FTP). In December 2011, it was widely reported that the GBT had come to an agreement to purchase the assets and liabilities of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 3, 2012 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
Sunday, March 11 2012 will mark the 6th anniversary of the ever-popular PokerStars Sunday Million tournament. To mark this special occasion, PokerStars is bumping the guaranteed prize pool to an extraordinary $6,000,000! At least $1 million will be awarded for the top...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 27, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Last week the Washington Examiner newspaper ran an opinion piece regarding online gambling written by Louis Freeh and Tom Ridge. The article called for lawmakers to swiftly enact unambiguous legislation regarding internet poker and internet gambling. Both men have...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2012 | High Stakes Rail, Live Poker Results, Online Tournaments, Poker News, WPT
Just one month after his $2 million win at the Aussie Millions High Roller event, Phil Ivey has continued his roll with his shrewd play at the WPT LA Classic. Thanks to a late surge, at the conclusion of day 1 he is sitting in 5th place with 116,300 chips. The chip...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2012 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Jonathan Duhamel is relieved to hear that his prized 2010 WSOP Main Event Championship bracelet has been recovered. The bracelet, along with $115,000 in cash and other items including a Rolex watch were stolen from him in a home invasion in December of 2010. The home...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2012 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News
The online poker site Bet24 has signed on another poker pro to their brand, Gillian Epp. The 27 year old is an established poker player who also writes columns for the poker magazines CasinoPlayer and PokerPro Canada. At the age of 19, Gillian Epp started out as a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News
The World Sports Exchance will be closing their poker room at 1pm ET on February 15th, 2012. WSEX originally opened their doors in 1995 as a Sportsbook/Casino based in Antigua. They became quite successful and by 2007 WSEX was one of the top sportsbook sites. There...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 11, 2012 | Poker Law, Tennessee
There are a number of officials in Tennessee who believe that legalized online poker would cut into their state lottery revenues, much of which goes towards education programs. Shirley Raines, President of the University of Memphis, is opposed to bill H.R. 2366 that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 6, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
FairPlayUSA is a fairly new advocate of regulated online gaming. While not as established as the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), it is still helping to raise awareness of the issue and working toward the goal of legal online poker. The group was created in 2011 as a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 4, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News
After months of negotiations, the sale of Cryptologic has been finalized. The buyer is Amaya Gaming Group at a price of $35.8 million, approximately 55% over the closing price of Cryptologic’s shares on December 14th. Cryptologic Limited was an Ireland-based software...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 3, 2012 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
When Alan Meltzer passed away last October, he left behind $1 million in his will to his chauffeur and another $500,000 to the doorman of his building. An entrepreneurial success story, Meltzer built his fortune in the music business and gained fame in the poker world...
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 givememyleg | Jan 28, 2012 | High Stakes Rail, Live Poker Results, Poker News
Phil Ivey again shows why he is one of, if not the, best players in the world. Today he won the $250,000 buy-in 2012 Aussie Millions Super High Roller event for $2 million. According to the Hendon Mob “All-time money list” this win put Ivey into second place at just...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 23, 2012 | Poker News, PokerStars, TCOOP
Action was fast and furious in Event #10 of PokerStars’ Turbo Championship of Online Poker, a $10 rebuy tournament. The event drew 12,636 players and netted an additional 39,000 rebuys and 6,000 add-ons for a total prize pool of $579,330. This nearly doubled the...
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 | Jan 14, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
In what appears to be an attempt to avoid more fallout of Black Friday, the Yatahay poker network has rebranded as the Winning Poker network. They are just one network of many to conduct a rebranding of this sort. Bodog recently rebranded to the name Bovada for U.S....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 7, 2012 | Live Poker Results, Poker News, PokerStars
One of the most popular PokerStars exclusive events kicked off this week, the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. The series is being hosted at the Atlantis Resort and Casino, which is located on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. It will consist of 41 different events,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 2, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
With the recent developments of the Department of Justice’s clarification of the 1961 Wire Act and the pending poker legalization bill by Senator Joe Barton, it appears that the glory days of poker will soon return. But two experts believe that things will be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 2, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
With the recent developments of the Department of Justice’s clarification of the 1961 Wire Act and the pending poker legalization bill by Senator Joe Barton, it appears that the glory days of poker will soon return. But two experts believe that things will be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 26, 2011 | Live Poker Results, Nevada, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Late last week, the Nevada Gaming Commission officially approved Regulation 5A in a unanimous 4-0 vote. This regulation sets the rules and framework for online poker within the state of Nevada, including licensing requirements. The Las Vegas Review-Journal estimates...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 24, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
On Friday the Department of Justice issued a legal opinion which states that the Federal Wire Act of 1961 is only applicable to the prohibition of sports betting across state lines. Up until now, the Wire Act has been one of the many hurdles in the way of legalized...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 19, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
On Saturday it was announced that Joe Hachem would not be resigning with PokerStars as a Team Pro member. His contract expired recently and it was a mutual decision not to renew the contract. The 45 year-old Australian father of four says he will remember his time...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 17, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
Come January 1st 2012, 38 websites/operators will be the first to provide legal online gambling to residents of Denmark. The Danish “orderly” regulatory framework will have each operator pay a 20% tax on their gross income. Pokerstars, 888 Poker, Betfair...
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 10, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
As part of a recent $180 million facelift for Tropicana Las Vegas, Jamie Gold has been announced as their new poker spokesman/ambassador. This coincides with the grand re-opening of their newly renovated poker room, which has been renamed “The Jamie Gold poker...
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 28, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
While the current UIGEA prohibits interstate and out of country online gambling, it also explicitly permits intrastate (within state) online poker. This opening has spurred groups in California to fight hard to get real money online poker rooms running in the state....
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 26, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Last week Group Bernard Tapie (GBT) and the Department of Justice came to an agreement which would allow the GBT to purchase Full Tilt Poker and its assets. Currently Full Tilt Poker and all player funds are being held by the American Justice Department. The GBT is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 21, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
In one fell swoop, it appears that the path to regulated online poker for Europeans is shorter now than it is for Americans. Jurgen Creutzmann, a German MEP (Member of European Parliament) has drafted a report recommending a common and accepted collection of laws for...
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 | Nov 14, 2011 | Live Poker Results, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
There are currently two similar proposed bills for legalization of online poker. In March, John Campbell (R-Calif.) introduced HR 1174 the “Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act.” In June, Joe Barton (R-Texas) introduced HR...
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 | 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 | Jun 8, 2011 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
Poker players throughout the United Kingdom may be starting to find it difficult to sleep as their excitement mounts in face of the upcoming poker action. The Grand Series of Poker Live Tour Season Two is kicking off in under two months time in Manchester, and will be...
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 19, 2011 | EPT, Poker News
Amid much speculation of how Black Friday would affect the live poker scene, live tournaments are still doing extremely well and drawing great crowds. The poker action was heating up in Spain’s capital city of Madrid last week as the conclusion to this latest...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 19, 2011 | EPT, Poker News
Serving as a further testament to the strength of poker and that the game shall live on in whichever form necessary regardless of attempts to stop it, the European Poker Tour held their inaugural Champion of Champions event. Every single player who has won an EPT...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2011 | Poker News, WPT
This week saw massive amounts of controversy erupt in the live poker tournament scene, as one of the players taking part in the World Poker Tour Championship event was identified to be none other than Ali Tekintamgac. The german poker player was invited to play in the...
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 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 9, 2011 | Poker News, WSOP
Although for most players it is not the most tragic effect of the recent DOJ Black Friday indictments, television poker has been hit extremely hard. The filming of poker television shows ground to a very sudden halt and even series which still had unscreened episodes...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 6, 2011 | EPT, Poker News
Although a substantial part of the poker world was turned upside down by the events of Black Friday and players both in and outside of the US are feeling at a loss, the live tournament scene is still going strong. The PokerStars EPT is among those tournaments keeping...
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 | 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 18, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
The World Series of Poker is in a few short months and Party Poker wants to help you get there. This, coupled with a few more exciting offers, means there’s never been a better time to play at Party Poker. From now until May 2, Party Poker will be running daily...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 11, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and Scott “UrNotInDangr” Palmer faced off again after their Round 1 battle last week. Palmer won round 1 by $5,425, which he carried into round 2. That proved not to be enough, though, as Blom pounded Palmer, ending with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 7, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
Viktor Blom, better known to the online poker world as Isildur1, clashed with online qualifier DodgyFish72 in the fifth PokerStars SuperStar Showdown. In the closest Showdown to date, Isildur1 won by just $10 after 2500 hands of $5/$10 NL Hold’em! DodgyFish72,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
As MiniFTOPS XIX rolled along, action continued to be hot as players took their shot in the $20 + $2, 6-Max, NL Hold’em Multi-Entry Tournament that was Event 37. After it was all said and done, 20,209 separate entries ended up battling it out for the $404,180....
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
As MiniFTOPS continues, action is heating up in the popular Full Tilt Poker tournament series. Event 15 was a multi-entry tournament, which means players could have more than one entry in the tournament, ZeeJustin style. Overall, this $31+2, No Limit Hold’em...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Players with bankrolls of all sizes are hitting the online poker tables hard this week, as the Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series is now well underway. It’s been over a month since the beginning of FTOPS XIX which was an enormous success. Mini FTOPS XIX looks to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 28, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Somehow we have already nearly made it through the second month of 2011, and as March looms just around the corner the powers that be at Poker Heaven have announced their latest stream of promotions. As with every other month, players will enjoy a bunch of fresh new...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 28, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Ever wanted to play face-to-face with some of the usernames you see online to try and get a read? Well 888poker is giving you the chance with their new Pokercam tables. 888poker players with a webcam can play face-to-face with friends and other players by joining...
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 22, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Tournaments, Poker News
The endurance of tournament players all around the world was being tested as the Full Tilt Online Poker Series started approaching its end with event 40. In addition to the constant lineup of actual events and satellites pushing the stamina of tournament players to...
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 14, 2011 | Poker News
For the first time ever, the WPT is stopping in Vienna, Austria and bwin is giving players two ways to qualify for packages to this brand new event. The prize package to WPT Vienna is a $7,500 value and consists of the $4,600 Main Event Buy-in, $2,200 for hotel...
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 | Feb 7, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Each Sunday at 19:00 GMT, Everest Poker offers their $50,000 guaranteed tournament. This tournament is a great way to wrap up your weekend and gives players a chance to score big. To help players out, Everest Poker is offering more ways to qualify for this great...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 5, 2011 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
The tournament players were flocking to France for the end of last month, as the PokerStars European Poker Tour hit Deauville, bringing some of the biggest names in the game with it. It was a stop filled with intense action, near misses and a lot of fun as the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 31, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Even with the large number of online poker rooms operating on the internet today, Poker Heaven seems to manage to consistently lead the pack in terms of offering a constant stream of new and exciting promotions. January is coming around the close, and Poker Heaven has...
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 | Jan 17, 2011 | bet365, Online Poker News, Poker News
bet365, one of the UK’s and the world’s leading online gambling sites, has a strong reputation for running excellent and frequent promotions. It seems like almost every other week a new announcement is made, offering great rewards to users of their online...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 17, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
Nordic poker fans have the chance for a dream come true, PokerStars announced recently, and if you’re a football fan as well then this could well be the opportunity of your lifetime. Members of Team PokerStars will be living it up large at the upcoming...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 11, 2011 | Live Poker Results, Poker News, PokerStars
The world has started to focus on the Caribbean Sea as poker action heats up this month with the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. The Main Event is already well underway, with days one and two completed and day three set to kick off at 12pm ET today. Among the other...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 3, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
While a lot of the world sees poker as purely gambling, we know that it’s not only a game of skill, but can also provide real value to the world as a fundraiser event for charitable organizations. Exactly that is planned for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 28, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
Poker fever struck the land down under earlier this month, as the 2010 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour reached its final stop for 2010 and Season 4 in the beautiful Australian city of Sydney. The competition was hard and plentiful but at the end of the marathon...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 26, 2010 | Poker News
After the busy rush that always comes before christmas, people all around the world now have the time to relax and enjoy a few lazy days doing whatever they please, and what better way to pass the time than playing at 888poker. As well as the huge array of regularly...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 26, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Traditionally the new year is a time for shift between poker sites, as players have either completed requirements for yearly bonuses at old sites and want to move on, or are gearing up for a year of solid grinding to make the most of certain poker room’s VIP...
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 20, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The past several weeks have been completely action-packed for online poker tournament players, both serious and recreational. Full Tilt Poker has, of course, been hosting its latest MiniFTOPS following the recent conclusion of FTOPS XVIII, and the series enjoyed a...
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 | Dec 17, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The filming of Season 7 of GSN’s High Stakes Poker has begun. This season is sure to bring more exciting cash game action as familiar and new faces join the cast of players this season. High Stakes Poker is GSN’s wildly popular cash-game poker show. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 16, 2010 | Poker Law, Poker News
It seems lately that legislation and regulation concerning poker is never far from everybody’s mind, as it becomes an increasingly hot topic and the subject of much debate. While it looks at this stage like recent efforts to achieve regulation on a federal level...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 15, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Poker fans throughout the United States and the internet have been eagerly awaiting the airing of the latest season of High Stakes Poker, with filming due to start today, but there have been some unexpected changes to the show’s lineup which may leave fans...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 13, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Tournament players all around the world are currently going crazy for the great value being offered to them by the generous tournament organizers at Bovada Poker. Although the main part of the latest FTOPS is now complete, the fun is far from over. We are currently in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 7, 2010 | Poker Law, Poker News
There has been lots of discussion in the online poker world about Senator Harry Reid’s, who is also the Senate Majority Leader, bill to legalize online poker during the “lame duck” session. With the passing of that bill, though, could come a 15-month...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 7, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
A little over six weeks ago, we reported that we had heard rumors from a Swedish poker player’s blog that “a famous Swedish High Stakes player” had signed a sponsorship deal with “a well known poker site.” Isildur1 was of course the first...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 6, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Titan Poker, one of the world’s leading poker rooms, has recently announced a whole host of new promotions which will brighten the days and evenings of many a poker player. As the days start to get shorter and the temperatures plummet, Titan Poker is launching...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 6, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
The poker world has been abuzz with news of online tournaments over the recent weeks, but live poker is by no means dead either, with major tournaments still being held all around the world. Spain’s second largest city of Barcelona was abuzz with exactly that as...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 1, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
It’s been a huge month for online tournament players, but as November came to a close so too did the PokerStars Regional Championships of Online Poker. Following closely on the heals of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series, the PokerStars events gave tournament...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 29, 2010 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
After nearly 3 months, play resumed in the durrrr Challenge #2 when Tom “durrrr” Dwan locked horns with Challenge 2 opponent, Daniel “jungleman12” Cates. The two combatants played two No Limit Hold ‘Em sessions over the weekend. During...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 28, 2010 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars
The inaugural USA Championship of Online Poker (USACOOP) tournament series continued on Friday, November 26th with Event 7, a $300+20 No Limit Hold’em 6-max event. While most people were eating Thanksgiving leftovers or bargain shopping on Black Friday, some...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 27, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
The ESPN Poker Club has long been an excellent resource for poker fans on the net. From blog and columns to schedules and live coverage, they’ve been a solid part of the poker community, and really the only area letting them down was their very sub-standard free...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 25, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WPT
Poker fans around the globe will get to see a poker tournament with a bit of a rock and roll twist, thanks to the World Poker Tour Regional Series event that came to a close this week. The WPT kicked off the Series with the $5,000 Seminole Hard Rock Fall Open, which...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 24, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) is coming up in January and PokerStars has started running satellite qualifier for the events. This year, PokerStars not only has the PCA Main Event, but a fun and unique new live event, which they are calling the Fish and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 23, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Tournament players will be breathing a sigh of relief and enjoying a few days to themselves after a hectic two weeks of November. The Full Tilt Online Poker Series, which was in full swing from the 10th of November, came to a close today as the Main Event wrapped up....
