Matthew LeLacheur

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XXI continued today with a whopping three events. All three events continued the streak of prize pools surpassing the Full Tilt guaranteed amount. Event #19 was a Pot-Limit Omaha High/Low, Knockout, Super Stack tournament with a buy-in of $256 and a guaranteed prize pool of $75,000. The event drew [...]

After being locked out of the American online poker market and paying hundreds of millions to the Department of Justice, PokerStars is now eyeing a purchase that could grant them a strong foothold for re-entering the US market. The Wall Street Journal first published news of a potential deal between PokerStars and The Atlantic Club, [...]

After one week of FTOPS XXI events, the tournament series is still going strong. Event #17 attracted the most entries of any of the tournaments to date with 6,106. Action was fast and furious as players competed for over $600,000 in regular prize pool money, in addition to the $20 bounty on each player’s head. [...]

Just one month after Full Tilt Poker reopened their doors, they’ve already begun the 21st edition of their Full Tilt Online Poker Series. There was some speculation as to how many people would turn up for these events after the 18 months of down time that Full Tilt Poker experienced. We’re glad to report that [...]

After being in business for a decade, SunPoker has just announced that they are closing their poker room doors for good, effective immediately. In a form letter sent to all account holders, SunPoker’s management cited the September changes to the iPoker network as the reason for closing their poker room. Their company will continue to [...]

FlopTurnRiver is pleased to announce an exclusive PCA satellite tournament for its members. There are 50 $10 PCA satellite seats up for grabs in this satellite. The FTR satellite has a buy in of only 10 cents, so everyone can afford to get in on the action. Tell your friends, play for a dime and [...]

Today, Bodog.co.uk closed it’s doors for new players on a fairly long list of countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Hungary and Bulgaria. Current players will be able to play at the casino like always, but the site is no longer accepting new customers. Current players also will not be able to play poker, or bet on [...]

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently posted a notice on their website seeking a third party “Claims Administrator” to help with the Full Tilt Poker remission procedure. The DOJ estimates that there are many as 1.3 million “potential US victims” who had funds with Full Tilt Poker before they shut down. The estimated [...]

After a long absence, “FTPDoug” as known on the twoplustwo poker forums, has returned. He revealed that the “FTPDoug” account was actually a joint account that continued to be used years after the employee named Doug left the company. The account has been used for official responses from FullTilt Poker on the message board since [...]

The World Series of Poker Main Event field has dwindled down to the final two tables, with not one but two women players remaining in the event. Gaelle Baumann of France and Elisabeth Hille of Norway are both trying to make history as only the second female player to ever make the final table of [...]