23 February 2010
PokerStars Sunday Million awards $7.2m prize pool
When PokerStars guaranteed $4,000,000 for their $216 Sunday Million weekly event – requiring 20,000 entrants; over double the usual weekly turnout – many thought the online poker giants were finally getting too bigheaded.
22 February 2010
Tom Dwan loses $820,000 at $300/$600 PLO
Tom Dwan took to the $300/$600 Pot-Limit Omaha tables and didn’t fare too well. Over the course of almost 3,000 hands, the young Team Full Tilt member lost over $820,000 with Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies being the main beneficiary of his torrid run.
“yuvee04” wins his fourth FTOPS title in FTOPS XV
Very few people can claim to have won multiple major tournament titles, but one Yuval Bronshtein has joined that elite few by netting his first FTOPS XV title in Event #23 last night. Oh, it’s his fourth overall. Nice going.
19 February 2010
Isildur1 loses $900,000 at Full Tilt Poker
Isildur1 made a well-publicised return to the high-stakes games on Full Tilt Poker this year after his rise and fall to the tune of $6,000,000 in 2009. In a period of less than two days, the Swedish over-aggressor earned the better part of $1.5m.
FTOPS leader requests help choosing an avatar
Full Tilt Poker like to splash out in their big tournaments, and the fifteenth incarnation of their FTOPS event is one of the biggest. The winner of the FTOPS XV leaderboard wins not only free entry to every FTOPS XVI event but also a custom avatar.
17 February 2010
Isildur1 returns – wins $750,000 at nosebleed stakes
Well, he won $51,000 the other day but evidently the Swede known only as Isildur1 has gotten fed up of not making six-figure impacts on the high stakes poker community. He took to the $200/$400 tables and won $732,000 – ZeeJustin took a hit of nearly half a million.
FTOPS XV awards 13 winners millions already
The fifteenth incarnation of Full Tilt Poker’s flagship tournament series has gotten off to a flying start. From the first $1m guaranteed event ($216 6-max NLHE) that saw a first prize of over $150,000 to the latest $1,000 event that burst a $1,500,000 guarantee, the events have not disappointed.
16 February 2010
Hansen wins $460k; Isildur1 makes a small score
Gus Hansen added to his huge total winnings for 2010 with a near-half million score last night, playing over 4,000 hands in the past day – that kind of effort, as Dusty “leatherass” Schmidt would tell you, is readily rewarded.
15 February 2010
PokerStars Sunday Million awards more big prizes
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Online poker players are not, to a man, lonely geeks incapable of girlfriends. The Sunday Million actually saw a significant reduction in players on Valentine’s Day.
13 February 2010
Durrrr wins a staggering $750k at Cap PLO
In the cap games at Full Tilt, the play is No- or Pot-Limit but each player can only wager a set amount per hand, usually 30BBs. Phil Ivey played them intensely as practise for his WSOP final table in November.