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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]

On November 15, the biggest weekly tournament in poker, the PokerStars Sunday Million, will add another milestone to its already impressive resume – $250m in total prize money awarded. To mark the occasion, PokerStars is hosting a special edition with a huge $2.5m guarantee. First place prize money will be in excess of $300,000!
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World famous poker players are almost always signed to one company or another. There are very few well known pros who continue to operate without the backing of a major online poker site. Tom Dwan was one of these players, but has now been snapped up by the most pro-friendly site of them all - [continue]

Event #18 in the FTOPS XIV schedule was a rare first for the festival. Although the Full Tilt Series of Poker always lays on a wide variety of different games and structures, it’s unusual to see something completely new pop up. This latest style of tournament is a completely original idea, made possible by the [continue]

Another huge FTOPS Event is in the books.  Event 17, a $300+$22 rebuy tournament, completed earlier this morning.  Hosted by Isaac “Mr. Menlo” Baron, the tournament boasted a $1,000,000 Guarantee and hosted over 1,000 of the world’s best poker players.  Baron is widely considered one of the best online tournament players around, having won both [continue]