27 January 2010
In Mother Russia, Pot Limit Omaha beats you!
Besides WSOP and WSOPE final tablist Ivan Demidov, we don’t hear a great deal about Russian poker players – the game lost its sport status recently and it means that the poker industry in Russia has suffered horribly.
25 January 2010
Cole South wins the largest pot of 2010
Less than two years ago this would have been the largest pot ever played online. Now it’s barely in the top twenty, but we’re sure Cole “CTS” South doesn’t care after capturing the largest pot of 2010 so far against Ziigmund and LarsLuzak.
Second time lucky for vietcong01 in Sunday Million
Juan Antonio Maceiras – not a big name in the poker world, but this online MTT grinder known as vietcong01 at PokerStars has accomplished a remarkable feat – his $255,954 score for winning the PokerStars Sunday Million is his second victory in the huge tournament.
Everleaf Gaming and UPN merge poker networks
Everleaf Gaming have announced a merger with UPN in order to create a bigger, better poker network. After Alec “trahaho” Torelli leaving Doyle’s Room to join Victory Poker, this seems to be another power play on the Everleaf front.
20 January 2010
Gus Hansen wins almost $600,000
After a torrid 2009 that saw Gus Hansen drop millions into the nosebleed poker economy, the Great Dane made a New Decade’s resolution to start winning this year. So far, so good.
18 January 2010
Cole South has a +$275,146 weekend
It was a relatively quiet weekend at Full Tilt Poker, but if you’ve been reading our online news section long enough you’ll know that it certainly doesn’t mean no one won or lost six figures.
AceQuad wins $179,000 for Sunday Million victory
Rolling in like a gigantic freight train, the PokerStars Sunday Million again surpassed expectations this week as 8,885 players came together to create a $1,777,000 prize pool; begging the question – when will it become the Sunday $2,000,000?
17 January 2010
Tom Dwan wins $400,000 at Full Tilt’s 7-Game
Tom Dwan is well on the comeback trail now with a $400,000 win in the 7-game after just 587 hands taking his 2010 total earnings to nearly $600,000 in just 4,000 hands. It’s only been sixteen days!
15 January 2010
Phil Ivey earns $6.5m in 2009
High Stakes DB is continuing to provide yearly summaries for our favourite players in the nosebleed games and Phil Ivey’s results are as impressive as you’d expect. Despite only playing 101,000 hands in the entirety of 2009; he earned a cool $6,513,580 and was a winner at every game he played.
Neil Channing comes 2nd in iPoker Monthly Million
Neil Channing isn’t particularly known for his online exploits – he rarely tears himself away from the big cash games at the Grosvenor Victoria casino long enough to log on to a laptop.