When Alan Meltzer passed away last October, he left behind $1 million in his will to his chauffeur and another $500,000 to the doorman of his building. An entrepreneurial success story, Meltzer built his fortune in the music business and gained fame in the poker world when he appeared on Season 5 of High Stakes [...]
Patrik Antonius, man, myth, model, took on Full Tilt Pro Brandon Adams yesterday in a best of three sets, cash tennis match. Antonius, coming into the match as the clear favorite, offered Adams big odds. If Antonius won the match he was set to take home $30,000, while if Brandom Adams pulled out the victory [...]
The online poker world could be taking a backseat as the 2011 World Series of Poker begins this week. Without a major tournament series on the horizon online players will have to settle with the standard set of Sunday majors from the likes of PokerStars, FullTilt, Party Poker, Titan, and the Merge Network. All in [...]
Sundays are traditionally the biggest day in an online tournament player’s week, with the largest tournaments scheduled to take place. This week was no exception, with a $215 No Limit Hold’Em tournament sporting a $1.5 Million guaranteed prize pool taking place, just as usual. The difference being, however, that this wasn’t your regular Sunday Million [...]
If you’re a microstakes tournament player then you’re probably struggling to get to sleep at nights this month. Either you’ll be staying up having run deep in an event, or you’ll barely be able to keep your eyes closed as you imagine all the pots you’re going to scoop in the events coming up in [...]
Despite recently losing millions of dollars in sponsorships, Tiger Woods has rejected a $75 million bid by PaddyPower.com. Paddy Power, a gambling, sports betting and poker site focused on Irish customers, expected Woods to accept the five year contract. After his refusal, the company said it would return with a higher offer, TMZ reports. Paddy [...]
If a group of Iowa State Congressmen gets its way, gaming sites and FTR members won’t be the only ones making money from online poker. If passed, the Congressmen’s plan would make Iowa the first state in the nation to allow and regulate in-state online poker and sports betting — bringing an estimated $11.5 million [...]
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2 Billionth Hand Bonanza – €250,000 in the prize pool… The next few weeks will mark a milestone for Poker Heaven as we are about to deal our 2 Billionth Hand…To celebrate this occasion we are giving away €250,000 in cash with 50 opportunities to win. Players will be awarded cash prizes for simply being [...]