by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2015 | Editorials, Poker News
From 2005 until 2011, online poker was unstoppable. Unlike many of their “real life” counterparts, who were typically grizzled veterans (or at least 30-year-olds), the rulers of online poker were often young college kids. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were won,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2015 | Editorials
I’ve been a poker player for the better part of a decade, and during my up-and-down journey I’ve read my fair share of poker strategy books. We all have. Virtually every player serious about winning has taken a peak in Doyle Brunson’s Super System books, leafed...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 28, 2015 | Editorials
In life, the winners and losers aren’t always so clear-cut—there are a lot of people that just scrape by, living lives of quiet desperation. In poker, we are not afforded the same luxury: either you are a winner, or you are a loser. In part 1 of this editorial we...
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 | Jun 14, 2011 | Poker News, PokerStars
SuperStar Showdown 10, Isildur1 versus Rui Cao, will take place June 19th, at 1200 EDT (1900 GMT) at PokerStars. Rui Cao plays on PokerStars as PepperoniF, and under his real name, Rui Cao on Full Tilt Poker. The challenge will consist of 2500 hands, with two tables...
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 | Feb 11, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
At 3 PM EST on February 13th, Eugene Katchalov will face off against Viktor “Isildur1” Blom in the PokerStars Superstar Challenge. Eugene Katchalov is riding a wave of momentum into this showdown. The Ukrainian poker star recently took down the $100,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 9, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, PokerStars
Stars has done a great job marketing the SuperStar Showdown challenges. For the first time we have online heads up matches where they play at a set time, so that everyone can tune in and watch. The SuperStar Showdown is a great spectator event for poker, and a huge...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 27, 2011 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom and Daniel ‘W00kiez’ Cates, also known as Jungleman, will face each other this Sunday in round three of the PokerStars SuperStar Showdown 2500 hands heads up match. The match begins Sunday at 5:30PM ET. This will be the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 15, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News
It’s possible we will be seeing Isildur1’s name in red, soon. Swedish high-stakes blogger Sohello “BankTheMan” Shah has reported that “a famous Swedish high stakes player” got sponsorship from a well known poker site. While the...