20 February 2012
Jens Kyllonen and maybe Phil Ivey win big online
The two big winners in the high stakes action over the weekend are two big names - allegedly. We know that Jeans89, who won $77k to put him in first place for the 2012 rankings, is EPT Copenhagen winner Jens Kyllonen.
15 February 2012
PokerStars increase guarantees on several tournaments
Unsurprisingly for a site that never has overlays even when guaranteeing $10,000,000 for a $200 tournament, PokerStars have bumped up the guaranteed prize pools on several events including the Sunday 500, Sunday Storm and their Saturday events.
14 February 2012
Andre Akkari wins Sunday Warm-up, Kyle Julius wins Million
PokerStars brought back Double Vision Sunday this past weekend, meaning their major Sunday guarantees ran twice, one hour apart. Naturally, the guarantees were met on each tournament and surprisingly, some recognisable names wound up in the winner’s circle.
10 February 2012
Ilari Sahamies wins $200k at high stakes PLO
Yesterday saw Isildur1’s rollercoaster continue as he locked up a six-figure win, primarily against Ilari “Ilari_FIN” Sahamies who dropped over $200,000 at the $100/$200 Omaha tables. However, he went on a tear to win it back from the same man.
09 February 2012
Isildur1 wins $300k, loses $250k, wins $300k again
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom took to the online felt at PokerStars again yesterday in a suitably swingy session that nevertheless saw him take home $350,000 in profit. That belies the true nature of his win, though, that saw quarter-million dollar swings galore.
31 January 2012
Turbo Championship of Online Poker concludes
The inaugural PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker is over, with the $770 Main Event wrapping things up with a $2.4 million prize pool. The 3,500 plus field capped off a series that has awarded $18 million in prize money.
24 January 2012
Toby “810ofclubs” Lewis wins PokerStars TCOOP #16
Much like James Akenhead, we haven’t heard much from Toby Lewis for a while – though he did pick up a WCOOP title late last year. Much like James Akenhead, he’s won a tournament on PokerStars.
13 December 2011
PokerStars 10th Anniversary Sunday Storm meets guarantee
As part of the PokerStars 10th Anniversary celebrations, the guarantee of the $10 + $1 buy-in Sunday Storm was upped from $200k to $1m. No problem for PokerStars who saw 116,400 players compete for a $1.16m prize pool.
12 December 2011
Phil Galfond leaves BlueFirePoker training site
Phil Galfond has announced that he is parting ways with BlueFirePoker, coming as a shock to many in the poker community who had always thought of BlueFirePoker as “Phil Galfond’s training site”.
09 December 2011
Ilari Sahamies wins $300k in first week of December
Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies has continued his November tear into this month with over $300k won in the first nine days of December. He added another $118k to his total yesterday despite playing fewer than 100 hands.