01 October 2009
David “POKERBLUFFS” Eldar Wins $500,000
The action on Full Tilt Poker, besides the king-high call made by Patrik Antonius that we reported here, was largely muted late yesterday night. POKERBLUFFS took advantage of this, and despite playing exclusively $500/$1,000 managed to stay out of the 15 biggest pots and still come away the biggest winner.
30 September 2009
Patrik Antonius Wins $500,000 With King High
Antonius and Tom “kingsofcards” Marchese were playing almost 250BB deep three-handed at the $500/$1,000 stakes when the hand took place. Marchese raised on the button to $2,400 when the Team Full Tilt member 3-bet to $8,200. POKERBLUFFS quickly got out of the way and Marchese called.
Martonas Rejoins High Stakes Games at Full Tilt
To the joy of many of Full Tilt Poker’s high-stakes regulars, the enigmatic Martonas rejoined the $500/$1,000 and $300/$600 games at Full Tilt yesterday. He began with a $300/$600 session against Cole “CTS” South for about 1,000 hands; winning approximately $230,000.
29 September 2009
PokerStars Breaks Another Record
Not too long after breaking their own record for the world’s largest ever poker tournament – with 65,000 entrants competing in a marathon event – PokerStars have outdone themselves again.
28 September 2009
After WCoOP Hiatus, Sunday Million Returns with $1.53m
Now that the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker has come to an end - having shattered it’s $40,000,000 guarantee by giving away over $50m – the weekly Sunday Million has returned.
25 September 2009
Galfond Wins $150k from Benyamine at PLO
What with most of the Full Tilt pros being preoccupied at the World Series of Poker Europe in London at the moment, the action at the high stakes games on Full Tilt Poker has been a little dry.
21 September 2009
Phil Galfond Wins Nearly $800,000
While Ivey was busy taking the better part of $1,000,000 from Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies in a series of six-figure coinflips, Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond kept up the good name of Phil by netting $757,944 at $200/$400 PLO in just 1,400 hands.
20 September 2009
Gus Hansen’s Comeback Stops With $212k Loss.
A few days ago we reported that Gus Hansen, who lost more than $3m in August at the Hold ‘em and PLO tables, had made something of a comeback with a $321,000 score at the $200/$400 PLO tables at Full Tilt Poker.
19 September 2009
Irish Winter Festival seats up for grabs with William Hill Poker
William Hill Poker is giving players the opportunity to win a fantastic package to one of Ireland’s premier events. Packages worth $4,000 are up for grabs in Sunday’s Irish Winter Festival Super Satellite. Winners will earn a €1,500 + €150 buy-in to the Main Event, €360 for 4 nights’ accommodation (Oct 23rd – Oct 27th, 2009) for qualifiers and their guest, at the City west Hotel in Dublin, up to $1,025 for travel and €100 for a special Irish Winter Festival Party.
Ivey vs Ziigmund Sees Finn Lose Over $1m
Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies did not have the best day at Full Tilt Poker on Friday morning. Firstly he challenged durrrr to some heads-up $500/$1k PLO action during which he dropped $500,000 but clawed back around half of that.