Mr Blom is back home, surrounded by his creature comforts, and still playing the biggest games online. He’s a machine. In fact, has anyone ever checked Viktor Blom is actually human? Could he in fact be a machine, made of metal, and have a cybernetic brain able to play poker at the highest levels? Can [...]
If you are running hot right now, head on over to Titan Poker and play some sit-n-go tournaments. Since 2005, Titan has been running special jackpot sit-n-gos, which are growing in popularity every day. Since they were started, over $7,000,000 has been awarded! “This shows that Titan Poker’s jackpot tournaments are very popular and are [...]
Welcome to this week’s version of the Bodog Poker Leaderboard update. We’re a mere two days away from the end of the month which means that the August leaderboard is coming to a close. Who is in the lead right now and is that lead safe? Read on to find out! As always, let’s see [...]
Another Saturday means another look at the Full Tilt Leaderboards. We are very close to the end of the month, so today we’ll be taking a look at how the races are shaping up as they come down to the home stretch. If you’d like to follow the FTP Leaderboard results, FlopTurnRiver archives the results [...]
After nearly three and a half hours of grueling and exciting heads-up play, John “The Razor” Phan was able to overcome Amit Makhija for the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker title. The poker pro, Phan, was awarded $1,116,428 and the WPT winner’s braclet. Online poker prodigy, Makhija, walked away with a second place prize [...]
This afternoon at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California, the final table of the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker got underway. Six players remain, with the young Amit Makhija leading the way, holding almost 30% of the chips in play. He has held the chip lead since Wednesday, proving to give the other [...]
The Poker Player’s Alliance yesterday held the first of it’s two charity poker tournaments organized to coincide with the national political conventions of Americas two primary parties. In partnership with the Democratic National Convention in Denver the PPA hoped to raise funds for the Paralyzed Veterans of America charity by inviting attendees to compete in [...]
There was a notable sense of surprise and enthusiasm around the poker world yesterday, as CQPolitics reported that language spelling out the Republican Parties long held opposition to online gambling had been removed from their party platform. However this new found hope was short-lived, as news that the erased text is to be re-added to [...]
Last week, the Sixth Annual Irish Poker Classic’s Main Event attracted a record 169 players – signs that the popularity of this international tournament is growing. The event had a €150,000 guarantee with a €1,500+€100 buy-in. Ten out of the 169 placed in the money, with Rob Taylor taking home the grand prize of €46,000 [...]
After four seasons NBC has decided to move Poker After Dark away from the South Point Hotel and Casino. Hosting the 2009 Season’s 60 episodes will be the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino’s newest event center, “The Grand”. Poker fans need not fret; host/model Leeann Tweeden will be moving with the show. Past participants Phil [...]
Another Sunday is in the books as the world’s best online-MTT players vied for over $5,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools across a variety of sites. As always the PokerStars Sunday Warm-up got things started. With its $750,000 guarantee and early start time, it’s the perfect way to get a long day of tournaments off and [...]