How Useful are Live Tells? We had Zach Elwood, author of the critically acclaimed book “Reading Poker Tells” answering questions from the forum recently, and we thought we’d condense his gems of wisdom into some sections. “Tells exist because poker is a game that naturally gets people’s emotions going. Even in low-stakes games, where the [...]

This weekend of Full Tilt Poker tournaments finished on Monday after millions in prize money had been awarded. This weekend had a few notable finishes by major poker pros, along with lesser known players making great showings. $500K Guarantee $200 + 16 No Limit Hold’em (Super Stack, Multi Entry) FarSeerCantDie $95,000 SheMustSayYes $65,850 Carter “cswidler” [...]

This Sunday was the second in this MiniFTOPS series, with 2 events for us to enjoy. The First was Event #17, a $12 + $1 Multi Entry Knockout NLHE event with a $200k guarantee. Each player also had a $2 bounty on their head, leaving the remaining $10 to go towards the main prize pool. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]