With US presidential elections to be held later this year, of great interest to poker players is the stance of each presidential candidate with regards to the legalization of online poker. As Democrat Barack Obama vies for his re-election, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum are in the race for the Republican [...]
Yesterday afternoon witnessed the first of two heads up competitions at the thirteenth Full Tilt Series of Poker. Over the past few years one-on-one battles have become a staple of high stakes tournaments, both live and online. The World Series now features a heads up tournament and the NBC National Heads Up Poker Championships has [...]
Another day gone by, another great FTOPS Event in the books, another yellow shirt handed out. One of the most prestigious online poker tournaments in existence, Full Tilt Poker’s own Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) XIII is currently underway, and we just witnessed all the trials and tribulations (not to mention the drama, oh, [...]
FTOPS XIII continued yesterday with the first rebuy tournament of this year’s series. Event #4 was a $200 buy-in no-limit Hold’em tournament, with 1 rebuy and 1 add-on allowed. It featured a $500,000 guarantee, which was easily surpassed as 1,415 entrants bought-in, and there were 1,024 rebuys and 958 add-ons. That raised the total prize [...]
The 13th Full Tilt Series of Poker got underway with bang this week with Event #1. Since its establishment in 2006, the FTOPS has become a regular highlight in the high stakes online calendar. Not only does it attract a strong contingent of Full Tilt sponsored pros, but also the cream of the online poker [...]
Event #2 of FTOPS XIII is in the books, and a major congratulations goes to champion Jive32. This is the 13th installment of FullTilt’s Online Poker Series, and with huge guarantees it should be another successful venture. Event #2, a 6-max, Double-Stack, Shoot-Out, led to a lot of furious action. For those unaware, a Shoot-Out [...]