Viktor Blom is on a bit of a rollercoaster. He won about $1.5Million last weekend, and he’s been up and down ever since. he has been rushing into his opponent’s headlong, and seems to have been doing it while keeping his cool. We’ve not really seen Viktor go out of control, and burn his money [...]
Full Tilt Poker now hosts the biggest guaranteed tournament you can buy into on a Friday night. Each Friday, $75,000 will be up for grabs in the Friday Night Fights $500 Knockout Tournament. Not only do you play for your share of $75k, but each time you knock out another player $100 will instantly be [...]
The online poker version of Pros VS Joes has just concluded in the PokerStars AllStar week. Despite an impressive showing by the Joes (with kAmIkAdZeEe, for instance, not losing a single one of his matches), the Pros did win by the slightest of margins. Going into the final 5 matches of the AllStar week, both [...]
Sunday tournament participation continues to waver as the last week before the much anticipated SCOOP series on PokerStars commences. This past Sunday there was a large amount of big names making deep runs in Sunday Majors. PokerStars saw a nice increase in attendance in a few majors due to a later starting time of the [...]
All the talk was mainly surrounding a new face on High Stakes, ‘Gypsie Queen,’ as they made their debut last week. There was much speculation into who the new player actually was, as it’s not that often new faces are seen at these nosebleed stakes. There was a massive wait list in the small hours [...]
FlopTurnRiver is one of the fastest growing poker community websites out there. They offer strategy articles, exclusive bonuses, poker news updates, a poker forum, and much more. New members are joining every day and finding that being a part of the FlopTurnRiver association has increased their poker knowledge, given them access to bigger and better [...]
The debate over whether poker is a game of chance or skill continues to gain momentum toward the skill side. There have been a number of legal opinions released recently that have ruled that poker is indeed a game of skill. Also, this past week a bill was introduced in Texas that had language that [...]
Online tournament players looking for some action over the coming months seem to be spoiled for choice. In addition to the recently unveiled FTOPS XII, tournament junkies can also get their fix in the upcoming Poker Stars Spring Championships of Online Poker. A sister to the famous WCOOP, this latest creation features an innovative three [...]
Patrik and Durrrr logged their third session in a week on Sunday 22nd March, playing for a little over an hour. The relatively brief session saw Durrrr return to the forefront again. Durrrr won $123,849 this session, eroding Patrik’s lead from the last session. Durrrr is now +$15,238.20 overall, less than half a buy-in. Almost [...]
In April, Paradise Poker will double the added money in 9 different events and give away 15,000 EUR in freerolls in 5 fantastic days! Don’t miss out on these extra value added events. Wednesday April 1st 18:00 GMT Fantastic Five €1,000 Freeroll – Entry is 20 raked hands in the previous 24 hours Wednesday’s double [...]
And the happy family that is Team PokerStars Pros keeps on growing. Not too long after their latest free agent acquisition, JC Alvarado, PokerStars has already signed up another big name to carry its flag and colors for the well-respected site. Johnny Lodden, a Norwegian poker phenomenon of only 24 years of age, has been playing [...]