by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 28, 2015 | Press Releases
Many people consider Chris Moneymaker to be solely responsible for the poker boom after he won the WSOP Main Event in 2003. At 12pm ET on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, Moneymaker will visit FlopTurnRiver.com for an Ask Me Anything event. Get ready to ask him anything during his AMA!
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 2, 2014 | Online Poker News, WSOP
Want to win a trip to Las Vegas, including airfare, two nights at Planet Hollywood, and a $200 gift card? Well now you can, courtesy of WSOP.com. All first time depositors are eligible for this exclusive offer, which runs between Oct. 1 and Oct. 30. Simply sign up,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2014 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
Poker pro, Jason Mercier, recently visited FlopTurnRiver.com to answer questions about Open Face Chinese Poker and POFC strategy and his personal life. Mercier mentioned his love for playing basketball and taking his boat out in FL. As funny as it is meaningful, his AMA summary is a must read!
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2014 | Press Releases
Jason Mercier will answer questions from FlopTurnRiver.com's many forum users that will range from inquiries about Open Face Chinese poker and POFC strategy to whether or not he's single during his upcoming Ask Me Anything event. Be sure to tune in for Mercier's AMA with Flop Turn River!
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 5, 2013 | Poker News, Televised Poker, WSOP
After 171 hands and 8 hours of play on the final table of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event, only two players remain. Club promoter Jay Farber sits as chip leader at 105 million and young poker pro Ryan Riess with 85.675 million, and both players are eager to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 1, 2013 | Poker News, Televised Poker, WSOP
We are only days away from the Final Table of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event! Picking up right where we left off last week, here is the latest hand-for-hand results of this week’s special double episode edition. The action begins with 18 players and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 25, 2013 | Poker News, Televised Poker, WSOP
The World Series of Poker Main Event returned to television this week for Part 2 of Day 7. With the final table mere episodes away, it is down to the nitty-gritty as only 21 players remain to battle it out for the $8.3M first place prize. Check out the highlights...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 25, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
Daniel Negreanu is having a great year. He won the WSOP APAC Main Event earlier in the year, and now he has won the WSOPE High Roller and a historic second Player of the Year title go along with the one he won back in 2004. High Roller Negreanu’s sixth bracelet...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 17, 2013 | Poker News, Televised Poker, WSOP
It’s that time again! The World Series of Poker Main Event returned to TV yesterday with Day 7. Only 27 players remained out of a field of 6,352, the 7th largest field in history, and that number would drop down to 21 by the time the episode ended. Check out the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 10, 2013 | Live Poker Results, Poker News, Televised Poker, WSOP
The World Series of Poker Main Event returned on TV last night with Part 2 of Day #6. In cased you missed Part 1, click here. The day began with 4 tables of 9 players each. Check out the highlights below to see who was lucky, who was unlucky, and who was eliminated...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 2, 2013 | Live Poker Results, Poker News, Televised Poker, WSOP
The action returned to TV last night for Day #6 at the 2013 Word Series of Poker Main Event. Check out the highlights below to see who got lucky, who got scummed, and who is still alive in the hunt for the World Championship. Highlights Back-to-back hands with pocket...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 27, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP
This Tuesday (Wednesday night for those of us in Canada) the televised action at the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event continued, picking up right where last week’s two episodes left off. Day 5 saw a series of big hands, high profile exits, and more than a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 18, 2013 | Poker News, Televised Poker, WSOP
After a multi-week hiatus, last night marked the return of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event to ESPN. Fans were treated to two hours of brand-new coverage of Day 5 action, and alongside some bad jokes that’s exactly what they got. Check out the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 20, 2013 | Press Releases
The winner of the WSOP’s ME in 2004, Greg “Fossilman” Raymer, will answer questions from FlopTurnRiver.com’s forum users beginning at 9pm ET on March 27, 2013. Visitors are encouraged to ask Raymer anything about poker, his position with the PPA, his coaching classes or any other topic!
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 4, 2012 | Poker News, WSOP
In July, 6,598 people began the World Series of Poker’s Main Event with the dream of being crowned its champion months later. And after seven grueling sessions of play were completed over 11 days, only nine remained in competition for the title. When play...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 30, 2012 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Born Thomas Austin Preston, Jr. on New Year’s Eve in 1928, Amarillo Slim succumbed to colon cancer on Sunday, April 29, 2012, while receiving hospice care in Amarillo, Texas. He was 83 years-old at the time of his death. Referring to himself as the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 10, 2011 | Live Poker Results, Poker News
The Poker Hall of Fame this week announced their 2011 nominees. The following ten players have been selected as candidates to be inducted into this year’s Poker Hall of Fame: Annie Duke Barry Greenstein Jennifer Harman-Traniello Linda Johnson John Juanda Marcel...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 20, 2011 | Poker News, WSOP
The 2011 November Nine is set and once again there will be no women on the final table. However, one young lady did come close. Erika Moutinho battled all the way to 29th place, winning the coveted Last Woman Standing moniker. It’s a sad fact that the number of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 12, 2011 | Poker News, WSOP
The WSOP Ladies Event used to be little more than a curiosity. A place for women to compete against each other, instead of wallowing through the usual sea of Y chromosomes. It had definite positive qualities. Encouraging those females to play in the WSOP who might...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 6, 2011 | Poker News, WSOP
There’s no denying that 2-7 Triple Draw is something of a niche poker discipline, but it’s no less skilful for it. Just take a look at the list of stellar pros who signed up for WSOP 2011 Event #49 if you’re in need of any convincing. 309 competitors...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 23, 2011 | Poker News, WSOP
Events that generate real column inches at the WSOP usually involve big pros making the final table. Sometimes, amid stories of Mercier’s second and Hellmuth’s close shave, the success of an ordinary man or woman can be overshadowed. Kirk Caldwell is just such a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2011 | Poker News, WSOP
HORSE is definitely the best name for a poker format. Comprised of five different variations – Hold’em, Omaha, Razz, Stud, and Omaha Hi/Lo – it also happens to be the most comprehensive test of skills available at the World Series. Usually an excursion for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 13, 2011 | Poker News, WSOP
It’s an odd paradox that the lower the number of attendees a World Series tournament gets, the more media attention it garners. The reason is that contests like Event #16, the $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship, only appeal to a select group of players....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2011 | Poker News, WSOP
We’re barely two weeks into the WSOP, but already the endless stream of bracelets is becoming overwhelming for poker fans. The players must have felt the same way in the pro-heavy field in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo World Championship. Ever major poker discipline...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 9, 2011 | Poker News, WSOP
If there’s one big positive to take from this year’s World Series of Poker, it’s that attendance figures have been on the rise. The dark days of Black Friday might take some credit, but the overall message is that poker in United States is far from...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 8, 2011 | Poker News, WSOP
There are plenty of good players without a WSOP bracelet. Although with 50+ handed out every year, it sometimes seems like the small gold wrist decorators aren’t too hard to come by. In reality that’s far from the truth and for that reason, there are...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2011 | Poker News, WSOP
The World Series of Poker has announced an expansion of their live coverage plans for their upcoming season.
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 4, 2011 | Live Poker Results, Poker News, WSOP
Going back-to-back is one of sport’s finest accomplishments. In the hideously competitive world of professional games, achieving consistent success in a specific area is something to be lauded. In poker, it can be more difficult to win the same event two times...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 9, 2010 | Poker News, WSOP
If you make any attempt at all to follow the poker world, then you’ll know that the November Nine took their seats around the World Series of Poker Main Event final table over the weekend, and battled it out until there were just two players remaining. Jonathan...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Tournament players have been waiting all year for the biggest online tournament series on Earth and it is finally here. The World Championship of Online Poker, or WCOOP, has begun. As usual, FlopTurnRiver will be updating its members on all of the WCOOP’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 10, 2010 | Poker News, WSOP
The World Series of Poker is the tournament every poker player dreams about playing. This year, 7,319 players registered for the tournament to make that dream come true; it was the second largest field in WSOP history. ESPN was there to capture all the poker glory on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 18, 2010 | Poker News, WSOP
The “November Nine” for the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event have been decided. After battling through a field of 7,319 players who each ponied up $10,000 for the chance to win the $8.9 million first prize, only nine players remain for the final table...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 24, 2010 | Poker News, WSOP
Valdemar Kwaysser has done himself and his country proud at the World Series of Poker this week, surviving a grueling final table and emerging the victor of the $10,000 Championship of Pot Limit Hold’em. The Hungarian native’s performance lead to the third...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 23, 2010 | Poker News, WSOP
Back in the day when cash games dominated the poker landscape, heads-up play was something of a rarity. The format was mostly reserved for embittered one-on-one confrontations between rival players gambling huge sums on their superior ability. With the rise of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 4, 2010 | Poker News, WSOP
There are two ways to steal money at a poker tournament: with guns, like in the recent German poker heist, or with sleight of hand, like this week in the World Series of Poker. Instead of prison, the thief now faces a humiliating lifetime ban. In the third level of...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 28, 2010 | Poker News, WSOP
For professionals and poker fans around the world, the start of the WSOP in Vegas today marks the beginning of the greatest tournaments that the poker world has to offer. The series kicks off with the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship, an event designed for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 9, 2010 | Online Poker News, Poker News, WSOP
For players and fans of poker, there is no greater or more prestigious game than the World Series of Poker Main Event. From now until June 20th, you can qualify to win a $15,000 Main Event package at bwin and earn your chance to play with the pros. bwin, a member of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 16, 2010 | Poker News, WSOP
The World Series of Poker is always coming up with new ideas and formats to keep the yearly poker mecca fresh and exciting. Alongside a raft of new features for the 2010 WSOP, an old favorite is set to re-take the stage. The WSOP Tournament of Champions will have it’s...
