14 August 2009
Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond Wins $783,000.
LeggoPoker’s aejones was dominating the high-stakes NLHE tables yesterday, meaning we’re right to have their videos on our front page. He played just under 1,000 hands and walked away with a $618,000 profit including one huge $370,000 pot against Martonas, flopping top two pair with Ah-Th in a 3-bet pot 184BBs deep.
What a Surprise, Another Crazy Bet from Boku87.
Boku87 gained notoriety on the Two Plus Two forums – and even rumours that PokerStars may sign him as a pro – when he successfully won a prop bet in which he laid 1-3 odds that he would turn $100 into $10,000 in just two weeks.
12 August 2009
Gus Hansen Turns Around, Wins $430k in PLO
Pot-Limit Omaha experts say that if you’re going to play the game, you have to be prepared to lose four buy-ins in half an hour and not care. This certainly seems true for The Great Dane, who has made $428,000 - which goes a long way to filling in the $897,000 hole he has dug himself into this month.
Kevin Saul Takes Down FTOPS #11
Looks like it could be the year of the pro when it comes to this incarnation of Full Tilt Poker’s flagship tournament series, the FTOPS. After Team Full Tilt member Andy Bloch came close to taking down the Stud tournament, eventually finishing second; Kevin Saul has won the $200,000 Guaranteed PLO tournament.
11 August 2009
Matt “Hoss_TBF” Hawrilenko Discusses Hellmuth’s Online Tilt
The online poker forum community was awash with discussion of Hellmuth (as per usual) a couple of months ago when, during a session of high-stakes Limit Hold ‘em at Ultimate Bet, Matt Hawrilenko and Phil Hellmuth got into what can only be described as a “handbags” situation.
Three Players Hit Million-Dollar Profits This Month
The high-stakes games at Full Tilt Poker have been heating up uncontrollably over the past month or so. Yes, it has only been eleven days since the beginning of the month and yes, in that time three players have made over $1,000,000.
10 August 2009
David Benyamine Takes $1.2m at PLO.
Former Full Tilt red pro David Benyamine, now playing as MR B 2 U SON at the nosebleed games, returned a massive winner at the $300/$600 PLO tables this week. Benyamine was one of the most successful and often-sighted regulars at the high stakes tables on Full Tilt before a large downswing saw him drop out.
07 August 2009
PokerStars Launches New Deposit and Reload Bonus.
PokerStars now truly has it all - great software, a large pool of fish, an excellent VIP program and top-notch support. Oh, and now they have some great new bonuses lined up for their players too.
Transfer Your Chips Between Poker Sites.
A new site, SendMyChips.com, has been set up to allow players to swap money between their favourite poker sites in a safe, fast and effective way. This eliminates the rigmorale of cashing out, waiting for the debit and depositing again or, even worse, dealing with a screenname online.
04 August 2009
Full Tilt Poker Presents New Software Promotion.
Full Tilt Poker are renowned for the high quality of their poker software - designed by poker players for poker players, the client is full of neat features and handy shortcuts to make your playing experience sweeter.