Looking out the window you can tell that this is going to be a great summer. The weather is great and great destinations are waiting all around the world. Usually this is the part of the year when many poker players feel the same way, thus the drop in most poker room’s traffic during the [...]
We are at the very end of the road in July, as tomorrow a new month begins, with new names emerging as forces in the Ongame Leaderboard. This month has been positively exciting, with p3rc4 dominating the month, but showing signs of weakness last week. The Ongame Leaderboard was extremely stable in the Spring, with [...]
Starting Friday, August 1 at 16:00 ET until 16:00 ET on Sunday, August 3, Full Tilt’s Sit & Go Madness Part IV will on the rage. More than $75K in cash and prizes are up for grabs for those who choose to play. Just look for a selected SNG and play to win! All the [...]
Four Republican Congressmen have become the first from their party to formally declare their lack of satisfaction with the UIGEA. The act, which prohibits financial institutions from transferring funds to online gambling proprietors, has previously come under fire from both banks and lawmakers over it’s lack of clarity. Congressmen Judy Biggert, Jim Gerlach, Christopher Shays [...]
It’s time to bring back FTR’s coverage of the Poker Stars Leaderboard, which I will be doing until September, when courtiebee takes over. Until then however, I’ll be bringing you all the action, as some of the best and brightest battle it out! Just to bring everyone back up to speed, here’s where we were [...]
After a month which began with fears that Season VII of the now legendary World Poker Tour might be without a network, news of a deal to bring the WPT to India bring an end to a striking turnaround. WPT Enterprises have agreed a deal with the privately run Zee Network, one of the leading [...]
The majority of movies that Hollywood has made about the game of poker have been pretty big disasters. Often these films not only fail at the box office but they also fail to capture the essence of the game itself. Well the movie industry is preparing to take another crack at a poker flick in the [...]
For a limited time only, Bodog players who earn at least 2,000 poker points in a month will be rewarded the double points bonus. This allows players to double their cash rewards! Points can also be used for poker points tournaments. This bonus makes right now a great time to be an avid poker player [...]
The last Sunday is always the biggest Sunday of the month for online tournament pros, as extra tournaments get added, and tons of players come out. Yesterday was no different, as not only were the extra tournaments present, but the Sunday Warm-up was special yesterday, with it being a second chance tournament, giving players who [...]
Getting their players to live poker tournaments is the name of the game on Titan Poker right now. No matter where in the world the tournaments go down, you can be assured that Titan Poker will have players representing them. Coming up soon, Titan Poker will be sending players to a multitude of places, including [...]
Two companies that have been making the headlines for all the wrong reasons have captured the attention of the press for something less dubious. It has been announced that Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker, both caught up in the recent superuser scandals, will be merging to form a brand new poker network: CEREUS The front [...]