11 January 2011
Scott Palmer beats Tom Dwan out of $240,000 in mixed games
Yesterday we reported that durrrr had kicked off 2011 in style, winning $300,000 from harrington25 and the PLO cap games at Full Tilt. Well, it’s been donated back – Scott “URnotINdanger2” Palmer played Dwan at the mixed game and won $240,000.
10 January 2011
Tom Dwan gets 2011 off to a $300,000 plus start at Full Tilt
The weekend saw some high stakes action launching us into 2011 with a bang as hundreds of thousands of dollars were won and lost at the nosebleed games on Full Tilt Poker. Tom “durrrr” Dwan got off to a nice start this year, netting himself $306,000 in three hours of $200/$400 PLO. Yeah, that’s a nice hourly rate.
06 January 2011
Scott Palmer wins $340,000 more from Richard Lyndaker
Poker players aren’t renowned as an honest and consistent bunch, if we’re... er, honest. That’s why it’s no surprise that less than 48 hours after swearing off high stakes games, Richard Lyndaker (known best as nutsinho or Kpederson) took on Scott “URnotINdanger2” Palmer in another $200/$400 heads-up session.
05 January 2011
Richard “nutsinho” Lyndaker taking a break from high stakes
Richard “nutsinho” Lyndaker is well known in the high stakes cash games on PokerStars, dominating the $25/$50 and higher games. He was one of the first to tackle Daniel Negreanu at $100/$200 and is also one of the more entertaining chatters at the table for those railing the games.
04 January 2011
Isildur1 hits G spot to beat Tony G out of $44,280 – on yer bike!
The second ever PokerStars SuperStar Showdown had many railbirds and players alike licking their chops when it was announced that Tony G would be the next challenger. The loud Australian TV pro is well-known in the poker community and love him or hate him you can’t deny that he is an entertaining figure at the tables.
Daniel “jungleman12” Cates finishes 2010 as a $5.4m winner
This time last year, no one knew who Daniel Cates was. We knew of jungleman12 as one of the many victims of the rampant rise of Isildur1 in 2009 but besides being known as “that high stakes heads-up guy who lost half his bankroll” he was totally unknown.
30 December 2010
Isildur1 destroys Scott “urnotindangr” Palmer in epic battle
Forget England bowler James Anderson, it's Isildur1 who has truly proven himself to be the King of Swing since signing for PokerStars. His most recent swing was truly upward and came at the expense of Scott Palmer, better known online as urnotindangr who took on the Swede at multi-tabling heads-up PLO and promptly lost $175,000 over the next 3,500 hands.
20 December 2010
Isaac Haxton beats Isildur1 in first SuperStar Showdown
The first of the SuperStar Showdowns against legendary online poker player Isildur1, recently signed by PokerStars, went underway last night with Isaac “philivey2694” Haxton going toe-to-toe with the Swedish superstar across four tables of $50/$100 heads-up NL for 2,500 hands. In the end, it was a repeat of their epic ten-tabling match last November with Haxton emerging a winner – this time by $41,701.
16 December 2010
WSOP runner-up Racener finals Super Tuesday.
When Jonathan Racener isn’t busy being handed a heads-up seat at the World Series of Poker November Nine final table by a 6-bet bluff from Joseph “subiime” Cheong, he’s apparently receiving DUIs. However, when he’s not doing that he is showing his tournament chops; following his WPT final table with a spot at the final of the PokerStars Super Tuesday.
15 December 2010
Antonius takes on jungleman12; dead heat in NL/PLO mix
Once again the nosebleed action was fairly quiet but for Patrik Antonius, who sat down at a table of both Pot Limit Omaha and No Limit Hold ‘em with Daniel “jungleman12” Cates in a battle of the durrrr challenge challengers. The end result was as close to even as you can get playing $300/$600 with Cates winning $5,000.