by Jack Sawyer
posted on March 10th, 2010
Annie Duke, once better known as Howard Lederer’s sister, can now add a new bullet point to her resume: “NBC National Heads-Up Champ, 2010″. She has demonstrated extraordinary poker prowess, and dominated the whole minefield that is the road to that particular title, and did what Vanessa Rousso fell just short of doing last year: [...]
posted on February 20th, 2010
Congratulations to shuriken555, who took home the gold in Fult Tilt Poker’s latest marque tournament, the 20th event in this year’s FTOPS XV. It was a long, hard road which began at 14:02 PM ET on Friday, February 19.
posted on February 19th, 2010
Another day gone by, and another FTOPS Event in the books! Today we had the pleasure of witnessing the action of FTOPS XV, Event #9: $500+$35 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em.
Heads-UP NLHE is one of the toughest forms of poker available, period. No amount of books can teach you how to play this properly. In HUNL, [...]
posted on February 19th, 2010
Another day gone by, and another FTOPS Event in the books! Today we had the pleasure of witnessing the action of FTOPS XV, Event #15: $200+$16 No Limit Hold’em Turbo.
This event was hosted by Brazil’s own Leandro “Brasa” Pimentel, a feared live tournament player. He is the first Brazilain poker player to have reached a [...]
posted on February 15th, 2010
There was another $1,500,000 at stake on Sunday night over at the Full Tilt Poker tournament tables. The tenth FTOPS event of 2010 kicked off at 6:03 PM ET, hosted by renowned pro Chris Ferguson. 4,682 players bought in to the $300+$22 event in which the top 720 places were paid.
posted on January 10th, 2010
Only 24 players are left of the initial record-setting 1529 hopefuls that showed up in Atlantis Resort and Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Ryan ‘g0lfa’ D’Angelo is no stranger to this blog, and once again he makes an appearance, this time as the overwhelming Top Chip with 24 to go in the 2010 [...]
posted on November 17th, 2009
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 [...]
posted on November 11th, 2009
Another day in the books, another FTOPS event gone by! This time it’s the FTOPS XIV event #13: Hold’em No Limit Shootout 6-max Deepstack $300+$22. Tonight’s event was hosted by the acclaimed pro David “The Dragon” Pham, who has many accolades in the many tournament circuits worldwide.
This tournament drew 1,009 hopefuls of which only 108 [...]
posted on November 11th, 2009
The WSOP Main Event has already come and gone. The final table started with 9 players who would play 17 hours until the last two were left standing. The biggest story coming into the final table was Phil Ivey’s presence. Despite being short stacked, many felt if Ivey could accumulate chips, he could dominate the [...]
posted on November 8th, 2009
Another day gone by, and another FTOPS Event in the books! Today we had the pleasure of witnessing the action of FTOPS XIV, Event #7: $100+$9 R/A. Tonight’s event was hosted by Bruno Stefanelli, a relatively lesser known Italian pro poker player with an impeccable sense of style. He is one of those rare hybrids [...]
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