by FTR Poker Admin | May 12, 2010 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
In what turned out be one of the best-attended events in this year's Spring Championship of Online Poker, three players walked away with some major cash. All told, 21,526 players showed up for the trio of events, with nearly $1.5 million on the line. Check out the results for each below:
by carlcarlsoniv | May 8, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
With over 1.8 million dollars in its total prize pool, PokerStars’ SCOOP Event 15 ended with big wins for Peter “Belabacsi” Tarply who won the high stakes pool for $196,080, AMBlues19 who won the mid stakes for $89,065, and ricardo4473 who won the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 7, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker has been in full swing for several days now, and few events have matched the quality of play and prizes found in Event 12. Made up of three separate tournaments, there were nearly 20,000 participants combined. Here are the results of each of the trio of tourneys.
by FTR Poker Admin | May 5, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
PokerStars’ SCOOP Event 7 is one of the most exciting events in this season’s series of online poker tournaments. Event 7 was the first of many No Limit Holdem Heads-up tournaments. Players went at it in what is said to be the purest form of poker, heads-up. Unlike at...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 5, 2010 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The PokerStars SCOOP 2010 Event #3 is in the books! Many dreams came true, and others got shattered, in what was an awesome display of tournament magnificence. As we know, each SCOOP event is broken down into 3 tourneys, with each one catering to a different audience...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 30, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
PokerStars’ second annual Spring Championship of Online Poker, or SCOOP, is coming soon and PokerStars is kicking it off in style. They are giving their players a bonus matching their reload for 20% up to $100, C$100, €75, or £65. This translates to extra money to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 24, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars
When players think of PokerStars, they think about the games, promotions, and great pros that have made it the king of online poker sites – a place to play, but not where we'd go to get news from around the industry.
Well, the brass over at PokerStars are determined to change that perception. Earlier this week, it was announced that the internet gaming giant has acquired three of the top poker blogs on the web. The lucky trio are as follows: PokerPages.com, PlayWinningPoker.com, and Poker-Babes.com.
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 | Mar 19, 2010 | PokerStars
Your chance for professional sponsorship is just one week away! On Saturday, March 27, PokerStars will run its Dream Job Australia Grand Final, where the top ten finishers get a shot at a $100,000 live poker contract. The winner will be chosen to represent PokerStars...
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 | 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 | Mar 6, 2010 | EPT, High Stakes Rail, Poker News, PokerStars
A group of six armed robbers halted play this morning at the 2010 PokerStars.net EPT event in Berlin. The break in occurred around 2:30 PM local time inside the city's Grand Hyatt Hotel.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 10, 2010 | Live Poker Results, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars
Only 24 players are left of the initial record-setting 1529 hopefuls that showed up in Atlantis Resort and Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Ryan ‘g0lfa’ D’Angelo is no stranger to this blog, and once again he makes an appearance, this time...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 7, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News
Justin Bonomo is no longer a part of the Bodog team, and leaves behind the popular site to pursue other endeavors. Ed Pownall, the Global Public Relations Director for BodogBrand.com, issued a statement in which the news was confirmed. It read as follows: “Bodog and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 24, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars has an excellent VIP system, but many people have complained that only the top tiers have actual rewards that are worth shooting for. Well, complain no more, because in 2010 PokerStars will introduce some changes to its VIP Program with the goal of making...
