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Littlepokerwizard 8 Year old who won $500,000?
Forums and Poker Blogs are swirling with the unconfirmed story that an 8 year old named “littlepokerwizard” has won $500,000 on an unidentified poker site. The story originated from a Tumblr.com blog, and has snowballed from there. Absent are any details that can be verified, the current claim is that...
Isildur1 Roars Back to the Tables
I dont want to mislead anyone, Isildur1 hasn’t exactly left the tables. After taking a Five Million dollar hit in the highly publicised few weeks when he was playing anyone and everyone who wanted a piece of the action, Isildur1 had kind of faded. Little to no news of his...
There are many nice thing about charity events. Chief among them is the fact that you get to participate in a game that you love, and give back to a very good cause; lately there are no shortage of good causes to give to! Also, there are the prizes. Not...
So, the European Poker Tournament was live streaming to the internets, when 6 armed men showed up and robbed the place. Here is the link to the youtube video, i will try to embed it, but it hasn’t worked for me in the past. Long story short..it’s not just home...
I read an articled published by Sports Media Network that was claiming that some less than savory characters were using Facebook and other social networking sites to scam people out of money by claiming to be major poker players and asking people to purchase shares in their upcoming major tournaments....
Poker is a fantastic game. It has so many facets and nuances that if you only ever played Texas Holdem, you could spend your whole life concentrating on perfecting it, and still have work to do. That being said, poker is also great because there are so many variances. There’s...
Poker Strategy
Bankroll Builders, Vol. 7 Part II: Low-Limit Turbo SNGs
In our last edition of Bankroll Builders, we clued you in on what sites to hit up for turbo SNGs, how much money you'll need to get started, and how much you can expect to earn. Now, we'll get down to the nitty-gritty with some basic strategy......
Six Characteristics of a Great Poker Player
First off I’d like to express that I do not think I am a great poker player. I have been outplayed thousand of times, some of my opponents constantly outplay me. I tilt, play in bad games, gamble too much, drink too much and make countless other......
Bankroll Builders, Vol. 7 Part I: Low-Limit Turbo SNGs
Most online sites spread single-table turbo sit-n-goes. PokerStars spreads full-ring turbo SNGs with $3.40, $6.50, and $16 buy-ins and six-max turbo SNGs with $3.25, $6.50, and $13 buy-ins. Full Tilt's gamut of full-ring and......
Elite Strategy: No-Limit Hold'em with Vinny Pahuja
Poker is a game of information so it is in this vein that PokerNews brings viewers a strategy section devoted specifically to helping to develop one’s game. Titled ‘Elite Strategy,’ these articles feature the wisdom of some of poker’s top players....
From the Big Screen to the Final Table: The New Guy
Eddie Griffin offers a funny turn as a convict that helps The New Guy star DJ Qualls successfully navigate high school. Griffin's character Luther offers Qualls some great advice throughout the move that is applicable to poker players but few hit......
From the Big Screen to the Final Table: Things to Do In Denver When You Are Dead
There have been plenty of mob movies, but few can hold a candle to Things to Do in Denver When You Are Dead starring Andy Garcia. There a number of lines from the film that are applicable to poker players but none more-so than this quote from Bill......
Thats Gambling
Online Poker Industry Approved For Canada
With the growth of the card game poker already in full flow, it is no wonder that so many countries are looking to break into the online gambling industry in order to turn a handsome profit, the latest that have looked to join the game is the Canadian province of...
The weekend is a time where most online poker players spend hours of their time playing at the virtual tables of their chosen poker room but players at Party Poker and Bwin Poker were given the news that their sites could be set to merge into one poker room. A merge...
Priest Wins $100,000 in Poker Game
A priest has shown that its not all about staying in at home and reading the bible when he’s not conducting a service at his parish. The South Carolina based priest entered into a poker tournament with his hopes set firmly on taking the $1 million first place prize money with...
Pro Poker Player Facing Charges Over Wife’s Murder
A british born professional poker player is looking at the possibility of police call his bluff over his involvement in the murder of his wife. Marcus Bebb-Jones is being held oin charges that he killed his wife and then used her credit cards to live a playboy style lifestyle in Las...
College Drop Out Earns Over $8.5 Million Playing Poker
The slogan ‘Don’t be a fool, stay in school’ has long been something that every parent has told their children at least once in their life, with their kids fighting to make it through the college years but on young mans parents will be definately thinking that their son made...
Pokerstars Announces Latin American Poker Tour Schedule.
The internets largest online poker room Pokerstars have announced the new schedule for the upcoming Latin American Poker Tour. Previous running of this tournament was greatly received by players who flooded to take part in the tournament run by the biggest name poker room. With this year being the third year that...
Prof's Vegas Poker Blog
2010 Deep Stack Extravaganza I Running Thru February 24
photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com 2010 DSE I at The Venetian Poker Room 2010 Deep Stack Extravaganza (DSE) series is currently running the first installment through February 24 at the Venetian Poker Room. Stop by on Friday before the High Noon start time with your $340 buy-in and play in...
Homeland Poker at the Redrock Resort Las Vegas
photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Red Rock's popular poker room Homeland Poker Tour is kicking off its sixth season this week at the Redrock Resort in Las Vegas. Following their format of playing qualifers that sends players to the next levels, the Homeland Poker Tour appeals to the lower limit...
19-year-old Wins PPC $2.2 Million, Barry Shulman Keeps Streaking
photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Barry Shulman playing during the 2009 WSOP at the Rio Resort Las Vegas Harrison Gimble, 19-year-old poker player from Jupitor, Florida, pocketed $2.2 million in the Seventh PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). The youngest player to win the PCA, Harrison "gibler321" Gimble, faced Tyler Reiman...
Twas the night before Christmas
photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Happy Holidays from the Rio Resort Las Vegas The Night Before Christmas in the Poker Room Twas the night before Christmas and all through the poker room, Not much was moving, quiet as a tomb, The chip racks were stacked on the side in a row, Hoping some good luck...
PokerStars looks to break record again
PokerStars is aiming to break their own Guinness World record (again) for the most amount of players in a poker tournament. They beat Full Tilt in July with 65,000 players, and in a few days they hope to surpass even that. The landmark date is Dec. 27 at 11:45 a.m. (Vegas time),...
Daniel Alaei Wins Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic
photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Daniel Alaei walked away with $1.4 million after winning the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas Daniel Christopher Alaei outlasted a poker pro rich field of 328 players to claim his first World Poker Tour title. The high-stakes...
The House of Poker Blues
Yes this is the House of Poker Blues, but that does not mean we don't like free casino money and most folk that I know enjoy the casino games as well. That is why I'm going to let folk know about this offer of $38 absolutely free to try out...
Mastercard Stopping Transactions to Online Gaming
Word is spreading fast that Mastercard, and possibly even Visa, has now imposed restrictions on funding online gaming. This issue will effect most if not all online gaming sites, be it poker or gambling. This is just another small setback though , players can still use the online wallets like...
World Poker Blogger Championship
It's time for the World Blogger Championship of Online Poker over at PokerStars . Known world wide as the WBCOOP, this is an annual series of poker tournaments that active poker bloggers play for the title of World Blogger Championship of Online Poker. The seven day event will start on January...
Free Money with Fun Step Tournaments
I thought today I would bring up a little about the Fun Step Tournaments over at Carbon Poker. The wife plays these and really enjoys them. She wins free money by using her play money to buy in with ! The Fun Step Tournaments are actually a total of three steps...
The end of 2009 is upon us, and it's an end to another decade. We've all seen a lot happen this past year, the biggest news in my opinion being the election of the first black man here in the States as President. It's been a rough year for President...
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Isildur1 Loses $1.8 Million to Tom Dwan and Phil Galfond
Isildur1 giveth and Isildur1 taketh away. He then turns around and giveth away more than he taketh way. Such seems to be the life of this high stakes online grinder. Viktor Blom screen name Isildur1 had been on a nice run as of late. He was...
Kevin MacPhee screen name wu_wizard / Imalucsac
Kevin MacPhee / wu_wizard / Imalucsac Kevin MacPhee is a professional poker player that has been gaining quite a bit of notoriety from all that he has accomplished in his poker career. Kevin has been playing poker since the year 2006 and has had quite a run thus far. Kevin is...
Isildur1 VS Brian Hastings Rematch
Isildur1 VS Brian Hastings Rematch High stakes Pot Limit Omaha star Viktor Blom screen name: ‘Isildur1′ has made huge waves in the online poker scene. Blom sat at six different heads up tables with fellow high stakes poker regular Brian Hastings, at a level that put the $200/$400...
Viktor Blom screen name Isildur1 posts 250k win
Viktor Blom screen name Isildur1 has made huge waves once again with his massive online swings. Today, he took a step in the right direction with his online play. Blom played four heads up tables as well as four full ring Cap Limit Omaha tables. The heads up matches [...]...
Annie Duke Wins NBC National Heads-up Match
The NBC National Heads-Up Championship just concluded and it was an exciting weekend of poker. Pros, celebrities, and a couple of amateurs all descended on Caesars Palace in Las Vegas looking to take down the $500,000 top prize. Among those in the field were Doyle Brunson, Erik Seidel,...
Hero in the ETP Berlin Robbery
Mass commotion broke out at the Pokerstars EPT Berlin Poker tournament yesterday afternoon. The EPT was robbed by 6 men with masks on bearing pistols, machetes, knives, and are alleged to have held assault rifles. The robbery was thwarted for the most part by a single security guard by...
Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog
CardRunners Presents …Truly Free Poker Training
My first lesson … watching Cole South talk through a $5/$10 no-limit heads-up game. He tells what you’re looking from your opponents to develop reliable reads, and how to size your bets accordingly: More like this available to you with TrulyFreePokerTraining.com....
McLean Karr takes down WPT Bay 101 title Hellmuth knocked out in 6th
The final table of the Bay 101 Shooting Stars Classic concluded early Saturday morning as McLean Karr, down to just 10 big blinds with 27 players left when day 3 started, winning $878,500, which includes a $25,000 WPT Championship seat, defeating Andy “BKiCe” Seth in heads-up play. Phil Hellmuth...
EPT Berlin Poker Robbery Suspect Released Mistaken identity?
From the Associated Press: A spokeswoman for Berlin police — who did not give her name in keeping with department policy — said the suspect had been set free due to a lack of evidence. The suspect, who was detained late Friday, denied throughout several hours in questioning having taken part...
Suspect Arrested in EPT Berlin Robbery
UPDATE UPDATE: The suspect has been released. Apparently German coppers got the wrong guy … or are running a high-level police play where they detain a person and let him go hoping he will lead them to someone else. No word on whether or not they are still looking for...
Nevada Gambling Control Board considers setting guidelines between casinos and .net sites
An article by Howard Stutz at the Las Vegas Review-Journal states that the Nevada Gambling Control Board is considering establishing a set of guidelines between casinos and the .net section of online poker sites, which could lead to widespread changes into how poker tournaments are run in Nevada. In...
Phil Hellmuth makes WPT Bay 101 Final Table Ultimate Bet Cancels 2010 Aruba Classic
After having what he admitted was his worst year in poker last year, Phil Hellmuth decided some changes were in order. In his blog from February, Hellmuth hired mindset coach Sam Chauhan and had a battery of tests among other changes to get his poker game back to the...
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IN DEPTH QUESTIONS ABOUT SET MINING(long)
First off i will tell yall what i consider small pair,middle pair,an high pair.Small pair 22-77 i'm in the pot with these hands 80% of the time to set mine an 20% of the time to steal the blinds in postion.Middle pair 88-jj 85-90% of the time to take down...
my hud wont work with satellites
I play on ps and my hud wont work with satellites. Anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it? The history is recorded, but the hud never shows up....
How to Keep from Losing Pre-Flop
Hey Guys, I'm currently on a bit of a downswing. I'm talking almost every time I flop 2 pair, someone lands a higher 2 pair on the river despite my frantic 10-20x BB raises. If I flop a fullhouse, someone will flop 4 of a kind on the river (actually...
Shove to Induce Call 1st Hand of 9 Player SnG
Hi all, when dealt AA or KK in BB on the very first hand of a single table SnG with 4 - 5 limpers - especially one from UTG - is a large raise or a shove more likely to induce a call? It seems on the rare occasions that...
How does your sizing differ from what you'd do in smaller pots? If you change it at all. I ask because I'm not really clear on this one. Assuming there's between a 19bb and 25bb pot with 100bb starting stacks then stacks are going in on the flop or turn, most of the...
If you're familiar with the original documentary about Captain Zeebo. The second episode of the series is about Andrew Robl (good2cu). It's available for a one day preview right now at: http://robustothemovie.com/ March 14....
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Black Belt London Live Day 1A complete
150 players started the opening day of London Live and by the close only 34 remained....
BoylePoker freeroll for all its losing Cheltenham Festival punters
BoylePoker is giving poker loving horse racing fans the chance to win some of their cash back if they lose out at the National Hunt showpiece....
BLOG – zero-to-sixty in record time?
I’m used to going 0-60 in three or four seconds when I’m on the road but it’s not something that happens to my bankroll often. Well, having run my measly bucks up to $25 or so at my last blog I managed to get a few cashes, a podium finish...
Hellmuth leads Bay 101 Shooting Stars with 27 left
Well, this won’t do anything to deflate his ego. Of the 126 survivors from Day 1a and Day 1b, just 27 remain; 26 of whom are trailing behind UB pro and 11-time WSOP bracelet-winner Phil Hellmuth....
UB cancels 2010 Aruba Classic tournament
Now that the World Poker Tour is in safe hands and going strong, you don’t often hear of poker tournaments falling through. However, to the surprise of many, UB have cancelled their Aruba Poker Classic – well, they’ve put it “on hiatus from 2010”....
Phil Galfond takes $1.66m from Isildur1
Isildur1 and Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond haven’t clashed much at the high stakes tables but that changed last night – an intense match of $300/$600 PLO and NLHE soon became $500/$1,000 PLO and by the end of the session Galfond found himself $1.6m richer....
My Poker Thoughts
Playing more poker isn’t the only way to win more money at the tables. Education is just as important as every second you spend playing hands. Education will help you to make all the right decisions in nearly every situation. Just as you dedicate a certain amount of time a...
It came to light recently that a player was awarded a pot with the worst hand, over at Cake Poker. The revelation was revealed on the 2+2 forums - where a player with a king high flush beat an ace high flush. While it was amusing that the first few...
In my previous post I was critical of one particular online room (network) for their announcement of “updates” - which put them just a few light years behind other online poker rooms, rather than many light years. But today I’ll be talking about an online poker room, Full Tilt Poker, who...
I play on quite a few different online poker sites. I’m lucky because I don’t live in the USA, so I have a wider choice of rooms to play at. Although I tend to spend most of my time with my American cousins playing at Full Tilt and Poker Stars,...
Why Do Losers Say Online Poker Is Rigged?
I was having a conversation with a player from my home game the other day. We were talking about online poker, and after saying how he struggles to win online, he said “I think Poker Stars is rigged”. He’s been playing poker long enough to know it’s unlikely that Poker Stars...
It’s that time of year when millions of people decide to stop smoking, start an exercise regime, or change one of endless other things in their life. For the 90% of the population who decide to do something different for the new year, it usually lasts until the 2nd week of January. Yes that’s very...
thecortster's Poker Blog
All good things must come to an end
Short and sweet: I am closing my blog.After more than four years of blogging, I am throwing in the towel. Some of you may have noticed that my motivation for blogging has gradually lessened over time and I think now is an appropriate time for me to end it. This...
A lot has happened since my last entry. Let's start with the Main Event. Day 2 started well for me, I had my 70k up to 250k pretty quickly after an early set-up with KK vs AKs. I was playing with Gus Hansen, John Juanda and James Akenhead. As a...
Good day mate! I really like the way Australians are. The way they talk, their positive (yet not fake) attitude, just the general atmosphere in Melbourne is something that keeps me coming back year after year.our chef at Koko, a very nice Japanese restaurant at the CrownI went 0 for...
My first PCA trip did not quite live up to my expectations, pretty much only as a result of the poor weather. Of the 10 days I was there we only had one sunny day, one decent day and eight meh days. When so much of the Atlantis experience is...
My trip to the Bahamas did not go very smooth at all. First, my plane in Kansas City was delayed two hours due to a failure with some generator (?) and consequently I missed my connecting flight in Dallas. Because there were no more flights from Dallas to Nassau, I...
2010 has arrived! I can't believe that the millennium is now 10 years in the past! It's something I'll never forget because my mom forbade me to go to the Brandenburg Gate with all my friends and I still tease her about it to this day. She thought it was...
Rounders, Inc.
[This post is part of my series on Mike McDermott quotes from the movie Rounders] “I was watching when the cards came out. That’s an old habit with me, like breathing. I watch the cards also, but I watch the players reacting to the cards. I was watching their eyes when...
[This post is part of my series on Mike McDermott quotes from the movie Rounders] “… but as Canada Bill Jones said, ‘it’s immoral to let a sucker keep his money.’ Like they teach you in One L, caveat emptor pal.” I used to pretty much just give up pots to women...
[This post is part of my series on Mike McDermott quotes from the movie Rounders] “In Confessions of a Winning Poker Player, Jack King said ‘Few players recall big pots they have won, strange as it seems. But every player can remember with remarkable accuracy the outstanding tough beats of his...
[This post is part of my series on Mike McDermott quotes from the movie Rounders] “You don’t hear much about guys who take their shot and miss. But I’ll tell you what happens to them. They end up humping crappy jobs on graveyard shifts trying to figure out how they came...
[This post is part of my series on Mike McDermott quotes from the movie Rounders] “The key to the game is playing the man, not the cards. A brilliant player can get a strong hand cracked, go on tilt, and lose his mind along with every single chip in front of...
[This post is part of my series on Mike McDermott quotes from the movie Rounders] “Guys around here will tell you, you play for a living; it’s like any other job. You don’t gamble. You grind it out. Your goal is to win one big bet an hour. That’s it. Get your...
About.com Poker
Best Poker Games for Small Groups
Sometimes you only have three or four people around, but you still want to play cards. You can play Texas Hold'em with even just two people heads-up, but all that shuffling can get to be a pain. If you've only got a few poker people around, try combining some of...
I'm asking: Do you chop the blinds?
When playing Texas Hold'em cash games, sometimes it folds around to the small and big blinds and the question is asked: Do you chop? What do you answer? Here are my quick thoughts on chopping the blinds. Poll: Do you chop the blinds? Yes, always No, never It depends on the situation View Results I'm asking:...
Armed Robbery at European Poker Tour
Yesterday, a crazy scene unfolded at the EPT Berlin tournament when six men interrupted play carrying machine guns and robbed the casino. According to different media outlets, the bandits made off with somewhere in the range of 240,000 to 700,000 Euros, though no official number has been released. Thankfully, no...
Long before I got this gig writing about poker for about.com, I had a personal poker blog. I met a ton of great people and other poker players through poker blogging, and of course learned a ton about poker and the world of poker players from reading others blogs. I've...
Tonight, my quest at my home poker game will be to re-introduce deuce-to-seven triple draw, a high-action variation of five-card draw that maddens many, but I love. I love low and hi/lo poker games, because, well, simply put, I'm better at them than 90% of the people I play with....
Texas Hold'em Poker Variations
I don't know about you, but every so often I get tired of playing plain old Texas Hold'em. Luckily, there are many fun variations of the game which are easy to learn and introduce into your home game: Double Flop Hold'em Poker Rules Crazy Pineapple Poker Rules Omaha High Poker Rules Why not...
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All Current & Past Online Poker News UFC Poker – Information about the new UFC Poker site. This room opened in November and here’s our review. Players Only Promotion Code – Information on the new $1000 promotion code for Players Only Poker. Get clearing requirements and details about the PlayersOnly poker site.. Pokerstars...
All Current & Past Online Poker Promotions UFC Poker – There is a new online poker site running now, UFC Poker. Check it out here. EPT Satellite Tournaments – Play in EPT satellite tournaments running at Pokerstars right now. This article shows you the EPT satellite tournaments that are available, with buy-in...
If you love online poker and the UFC, you might want to check out the new UFC Poker room. Then again, maybe not. While the room is a place to play free online poker, the room is lacking in many ways. As both a UFC fan and a poker nut,...
If you're looking to qualify for a big, live event this year, take a look at the EPT tournaments playing all over Europe. What could be better than a big poker tournament combined with a European vacation? The best place to qualify for Season 6 EPT tournaments right now is...
Using our links and promotion code, anyone who signs up at Players Only Poker can get a 100% bonus up to $1000! Not only is the bonus huge, but it also has the best clearing requirements in online poker. Forget about grinding it out for hours and hours, you can...
Do or Die Poker
UB $500,000 Guaranteed in the Works
UB $500,000 Guaranteed in the Works...
Paddy Power Offers Tiger Woods $75 Million Sponsorship Deal [Digg]
Paddy Power Offers Tiger Woods $75 Million Sponsorship Deal according to TMZ...
Paddy Power Offers Tiger Woods $75 Million Sponsorship Deal
Paddy Power Offers Tiger Woods $75 Million Sponsorship Deal...
This is my latest post on Oz Poker. I hope you enjoy it. Curtis III Agony of Going Deep | Australian Online Poker | Oz Poker – Australian Poker....
International Poker coming to an End?
International Poker coming to an End?...
Secret Service Busts man over Online Poker Money [Digg]
The Sercret Service Busts man over Online Poker Money. The feds are at it again trying to find out how online poker players get payouts....
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Mike Sexton Predicts Online Poker Regulation in 2010
Writing in Poker News Daily, Mike Sexton predicted, "The direction of online poker will finally come out of the 'gray area.' I believe that legislation will finally come forth in some fashion, so we'll know whether or not online poker will become regulated. If it's not on the...
Annie Duke Wins National Heads-Up Poker Championship
Annie Duke won the The National Heads-Up Poker Championship's to claim the $500,000 first-place prize and becomes the first woman champion. Duke defeated Erik Seidel, who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets and ranks 9th all-time money list, in the tournament’s best-of-three finals. Seidel won $250,000 as...
Heads-Up Championship Starts Today
NBC’s National Heads-Up Poker Championship gets underway today, and will be contested through March 7.This made-for-TV event will air on the following dates:April 18 - Noon – 1 p.m. ET/9:00-10:00 a.m. PT April 25 - Noon – 2 p.m. ET/9:00-11:00 a.m. PT May 2 - Noon – 2 p.m. ET/9:00-11:00...
Florida Joins Ranks of States Considering Intrastate Gambling
Florida’s state legislature is considering a bill to legalize intrastate online gambling and regulate it through the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering. State Representative Joseph Abruzzo authored the Internet Poker Consumer Protection and Revenue Generation Act of 2010.The bill seeks to create an Internet hub operator to administer online poker rooms...
Cops Bust Poker Game at Idaho Senior Center
This kind of rampant stupidity happens a couple of times each year, gets everyone upset who reads about it, makes the police look like fools, and in an age of fiscal frugality it represents a huge waste of police resources. Last year we blogged about the Dallas TX swat team...
Why I Ride: Tour de Palm Springs Trip Report (No Poker Content)
[This is one of my occasional posts about cycling. There's no poker content at all]Big, sponsored bike rides differ from the smaller group rides most of us are used to. And the major difference is that rides such as the Tour de Palm Springs, which purport to offer something for...
FULL TILT POKER BLOG
Pardon the brief interruption in service. I’m trying to get a problem worked on with the redesigned Blog. The spacing of the lines – too much in between each line, comparably too little between each paragraph – makes it difficult to read. I’m continuing to write and will begin posting...
#982 – From the Desk of the Assistant to the President Princess
No doubt you’ve noticed some changes in the Blog in the last few days. Ever since I started producing The Full Tilt Poker Blog in February 2007, Uncle Tilty has been promising to redesign the page to my specifications and desires. Well, it took just thirty-eight months, but this is...
#981- Shauna’s Weekly Full Tilt Promo Update
MiniFTOPS Play in MiniFTOPS this month for your chance to turn a small buy-in into a huge score. Get in on the action of the 27 FTOPS XV events at a fraction of the price and win your share of more than $6 million in guaranteed prize money. Event #5, Friday March 12,...
#980 – 2010 NBC Heads-Up Championship #6 – Day of the Dog, Part III
By consensus vote, Friday’s second first-round bracket, Diamonds, had the most talent and the most difficult match-ups. Barry Greenstein, 5-0 in the first round, faced Vanessa Rousso, last year’s runner-up. Annie Duke, though never a threat in the HUC, drew Andy Bloch, in a match that promised to pit not...
#979 – 2010 NBC Heads-Up Championship #5 – Annie Duke Has Just Won the Championship
Congratulations to my good friend Annie Duke who just won the NBC National Heads-Up Championship over long-time friend Erik Seidel in two out of three matches. Because of the long friendship of the pair and similar poker views, it wasn’t so much a triumph of one style over another, or...
#978 – 2010 NBC Heads-Up Championship #4 – Day of the Dog, Part II
[This is part of my narrative of the NBC Heads-Up Championship, which this year is not appearing in real time but in serial form, as I write. Although I'm writing quickly, I'm also experiencing it all and trying to give at least a few hours of perspective before writing. Consequently,...