25 August 2009
Monthly Million Qualifiers on PaddyPower Poker
Paddy Power have announced the first in a series of monthly tournaments with a gigantic $1m guarantee, to take place on September 13 at 7pm GMT. The $500 + $35 buy-in event features 20-minute levels (approximately equivalent to 1hr levels in a live tournament) and a 10,000 stack.
Six Players: $600k in PokerStars Sunday Million
The payout structure in the past Sunday’s major tournament at PokerStars seems a little off – that’s because a six-way deal followed by some cold cards lead to a bizarre scenario whereby the winner earned less than the runner-up as well as third and fourth place.
20 August 2009
Sit & Go Madness at Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker have gone bloody mental. That is to say, Howard Lederer isn’t typing ‘all work and no poker makes Howie a dull boy’ repeatedly, but the site is offering a Sit ‘n’ Go Madness promotion that you’d be mad to miss.
PKR Receive Birthday Present
Next-generation online poker site PKR have double cause for celebration this week. For one thing, Monday marked their third anniversary of operations – Bluff Europe wish PKR a happy birthday and continuing success.
19 August 2009
$50,000 Doyle Brunson Bounty Tournament
Starting today, leading online poker site DoylesRoom.com is offering players as much as $50,000 for taking down the site’s namesake, Doyle Brunson, and his friends in a series of weekly bounty tournaments.
18 August 2009
Mystery-Man Martonas Takes $1.8m on Full Tilt
The first we heard of Martonas, a new player on the games as high as $500/$1,000 at Full Tilt Poker, he was dropping six figures faster than you could say “kick in the wallet.” However, the enigma returned to the tables and soon found himself sitting with $1.8m spread across several NLHE tables.
Poligraph Passes Test, Wins FTOPS Main Event
The flagship event of Full Tilt Poker’s flagship tournament attracted over 5,000 players despite the $500 + $35 buy-in, busting the $2.5m guarantee and creating a prize pool of $2.653m.
Cole “CTS” South a Huge PLO Winner
The CardRunners boys are showing their mettle in the nosebleed games at the moment on Full Tilt, particularly fan favourite Cole “CTS” South. In the last day he has been on fire at the PLO tables and walked away with an $850,000 profit.
14 August 2009
Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS Tournament Results.
Full Tilt Poker’s flagship tournament series continued last night with the Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Knockout event and the short-handed rebuy event. That $300 + $22 beast always had the potential to beat it’s $1m guarantee and did so by $180,200.
Ivey and Benyamine in Pot-Limit Insanity at Full Tilt Poker.
Proof that even the variance-fuelled rollercoaster of a game that is Pot-Limit Omaha is down to skill was evident at Full Tilt Poker’s nosebleed games last night, when Phil Ivey and David Benyamine – both widely considered to be among the best Pot-Limit Omaha players in the world – walked away the biggest winners from the games.