02 September 2010

» Phil Ivey wins $2,000,000 at Full Tilt Poker in August

It's the end of the month and that means payday. For some of us it's a modest wage but for the regular players online at Full Tilt Poker's nosebleed stakes it means six or seven figures – won or lost.

01 September 2010

» Peetoon wins over $230,000 in PokerStars Sunday Million

The PokerStars Sunday Million, as per usual, smashed its $1.5m guarantee as 8,190 players put up the cash to create a $1,638,000 prize pool with over 1,100 players making a profit and each player at the final table guaranteed at least $12,695.

» Online poker banned in South Africa

A £900,000 fine or ten years in jail could be the penalty for online poker playing.

31 August 2010

» Jungleman12 extends lead over durrrr to almost $700,000

As we predicted, this round of the Durrrr Challenge is progressing far faster than the anti-climax against Patrik Antonius. Bluff Europe writer Matt Perry returned, stinking and muddy, from Reading Festival only to be shocked that 6,820 hands had been played already.

» Gus Hansen loses over $1.1m at $2k/$4k Limit Omaha 8

Losing over 250 big bets is easy in NL or PL games but Hansen manages it at limit...

30 August 2010

» Durrrr, Ivey and Antonius in high stakes PLO action

There's been a glut of cap PLO action online lately that he reduced the size of the pots and made railing far less entertaining. The big guns were back in action over the weekend though with Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius amongst others hitting the uncapped $300/$600 PLO tables at Full Tilt.

27 August 2010

» New Durrrr Challenge under way

Tom Dwan's latest challenge match against Daniel Cates is up and running with Durrrr taking an early lead in the 50,000 hand series.

26 August 2010

» Gus Hansen, NEKOTYAN and Ziigmund big winners

It's not often that we've been able to write about a great session for Gus Hansen this month but he had just that yesterday, showing a profit of $167k. The Danish superstar went from the bottom of the leader board to the top after dominating the seven game on Full Tilt. He's still in the red for August overall but this is definitely a step in the right direction.

25 August 2010

» WCOOP returns to PokerStars next month

The World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) makes a very welcome return to PokerStars next week with $50m in guaranteed proze money to be won. The series will feature a total of 62 events with buy ins ranging from $215 up to $10,300 for the Eight-game High Roller special.

24 August 2010

» Johnny Lodden final tables PokerStars Sunday Million

It is always nice to see that skill can be a deciding factor in tournaments. Last Sunday at the PokerStars Sunday Million final table, all eyes on the rail were on Norwegian PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden.