Wednesday, 23 December 2015
At the start of 2015 you'd have got long odds on Phil Ivey being the year's biggest loser at the online poker tables.
But, the number crunchers at HighStakesDB.com have totted up the totals for 2015 and revealed that Ivey's losses stand at around $3.7 million.Playing at Full Tilt under the moniker ‘Polarizing’, Ivey lost $1.25 million while things were even worse at PokerStars where the ten-time World Series Of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner dropped $2.481 million.However, it wasn't all bad for the 40-year-old as he pocketed $1.7 million for winning the main event of the Aussie Millions tournament series in January while there were additionally rumours of a spectacular return from visits to the high-stakes cash tables in Macau.In contrast, the year's biggest online winner was none other than Viktor Blom as the Swede finished 2015 showing a seven-figure haul. Despite being in the red to the tune of $1.36 million at Full Tilt, 'Isildur1' more than made up for it at PokerStars where he ended the year $3.5 million in the black.Other notables that ended 2015 well in front included Ben Sulsky ($1.1 million), Jens Kyllonen ($870,000) and Ike Haxton ($340,000) while those hoping for better in the New Year include Phil Galfond (-$470,000) and Nottingham's Sam Trickett (-$260,000).
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
$200 GTD ‘East of Eden’ Poker Tournament Monday night at Intertops Poker will be a freezeout tournament with no re-buys or add-ons.
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