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Before the internet it was very difficult to achieve anything spectacular without people discovering who you were. The information super-highway has changed all that. Now people can hide behind avatars and screen-names as they go about their business. At the online poker table this kind of anonymity is commonplace. Every player you compete against is [continue]

Another day gone by, another FTOPS event in the books! This time it was the FTOPS XIV Event #22: $2,500 + $120 Super Stack NLHE. 938 hopefuls showed up of which only 90 cashed; just 6 of them took home prizes well into the 6 figures!
The final table went down as follows:
9th: just a few [continue]

With FTOPS XIV winding down, 9,832 players took part in $120+$9 No Limit Hold ‘Em Knockout event.  Hosted by the 2009 World Series of Poker sixth-place finisher, Steven Begleiter, the tournament had a prize pool of $983,200 with its first-place finisher winning over $100,000.
The final table was as follows:
Seat 1 – Dinhjo [continue]

There are loads and loads of poker tournaments. Even more than a cat could fit into all of its 9 lives. At any point you care to name, all the myriad online poker sites are running multiple tournaments of various different shapes and sizes. Even the most dedicated grinder will never be able to experience [continue]

With FTOPS XIV coming to a roaring finish, this past weekend was chalk-full of big buy-in huge guarantee tournaments. Both FullTilt and PokerStars completely dominated the online poker scene, as the FTOPS Main Event and the Sunday Million both cleared $2,500,000 in entry fees. Needless to say, a few lives were changed yesterday.
PokerStars was able [continue]

Upcoming Poker Events for Week of November 15, 2009:
$250,000 Guaranteed
Sunday, November 15, 2009, at 19:00 GMT
Buy-ins = $300 + $20
Satellites available.
Win part of a huge guaranteed prize pool for an amazingly low buy-in!
Irish Open 2010 Super Satellite
Sunday, November 15, 2009, at 19:30 GMT
Buy-ins = $250 + $18
Satellites available
$7,200 Prize Package includes entry to the Irish [continue]

The 14th installment of FullTilt’s Online Poker Series has come to an end. FTOPS XIV went down swinging late last night, as the Main Event concluded at 9:11 AM EST Monday morning. Over 5,000 players ponied up the $535 entry fee, creating a massive $2,735,500 prize pool.
The tournament was hosted by FullTilt’s newest professional, [continue]

Sign up at Absolute Poker between November 15th and December 10th, and you could find yourself winning thousands in extra, free cash!  Each person that signs up and makes a real money deposit will automatically be registered to play in five $1,500 freerolls!  That’s a total of $7,500 that’s up for grabs!  Don’t forget their [continue]

Andy Bloch was on hand to host Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series Event #20.  No-limit Hold’em was the game and 2,803 players paid the $216 to join-in on the fun.  This created a prize pool of $560,600, easily eclipsing the $400,000 guarantee.
Bloch is a very accomplished poker player, however, many will know him as one [continue]

After three successful years at the helm of the poker’s most prestigious event, Jeffery Pollack has announced that he is stepping down as the Commissioner of the World Series of Poker. Under his aegis the WSOP has grown dramatically and Pollack has become a popular figure in the poker community. His departure from Harrah’s appears [continue]