POKER NEWS

06 October 2010

DrugsOrMe wins half a million from Gus Hansen
DrugsOrMe wins half a million from Gus Hansen

Gus Hansen may have a World Series of Poker bracelet to brag about now but unfortunately for The Great Dane it doesn’t seem to have done much towards improving his online results.

Andreas Torbergsen wins over $1.5m in September
Andreas Torbergsen wins over $1.5m in September

With September come and gone, no one has yet woken up Green Day and for that we should be thankful. It is time, however, to look at who made the most money at Full Tilt Poker’s high stakes games. It’s Andreas “skjervoy” Torbergsen who made more than $1,500,000 in the month of September.

Sunday Million returns with $1.527m prize pool
Sunday Million returns with $1.527m prize pool

Now that the WCOOP is done and dusted the usual Sunday tournaments returned to PokerStars, including the $215 Sunday Million that this week attracted 7,638 players to bust the $1,500,000 guarantee. In the end the last man standing would receive almost a quarter million dollars.

05 October 2010

Tom Dwan beats Ziigmund out of $1,200,000 at PLO
Tom Dwan beats Ziigmund out of $1,200,000 at PLO

Tom “durrrr” Dwan had one of his best days ever at Full Tilt Poker's nosebleed games, boosting his bankroll by $1.5m largely at the expense of Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies who dropped $1.2m in a brutal session of $500/$1,000 PLO.

Isildur1 returns to Full Tilt; $300,000 in 6,500 hands
Isildur1 returns to Full Tilt; $300,000 in 6,500 hands

Last night Isildur1 returned to the high-stakes heads-up tables at Full Tilt Poker, taking on both Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Daniel “jungleman12” Cates in a couple of epic heads-up matches that spanned over 9,000 hands.

04 October 2010

durrrr challenge – jungleman12 holds Dwan to breaking even
durrrr challenge – jungleman12 holds Dwan to breaking even

We already reported that Isildur1 took on jungleman12 and lost $100,000 to the 20-year-old Maryland University student; as soon as Daniel Cates was done with that match he resumed his challenge against Tom “durrrr” Dwan across four tables of $200/$400 NL.

Isildur1 loses $100,000 to jungleman12 in six-table match
Isildur1 loses $100,000 to jungleman12 in six-table match

Isildur1 managed to get some action going at $100/$200 yesterday when he took on Daniel “jungleman12” Cates over six tables; Cates emerged a $100,000 winner but there is still some revenge left to be had after the man many think to be Viktor Blom won half of Cates’s bankroll when they met this time last year.

01 October 2010

Ziigmund beats up on Gus Hansen at CAP PLO
Ziigmund beats up on Gus Hansen at CAP PLO

The bad news for online railbirds is that the pros seem to be favouring the capped games once again; the good news is that it doesn’t stop six-figure swings and huge beatings dished out by one player to another.

30 September 2010

Isildur1 returns to Full Tilt Poker
Isildur1 returns to Full Tilt Poker

We’re not saying that Viktor Blom is definitely, one hundred per cent Isildur1, but we’re just saying that not long after Blom made a five-figure cash in the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event; Isildur1 sat down at a $100/$200 game on Full Tilt Poker.

Andreas Torvaldson wins $1m in 24 hours; good2cu runs hot
Andreas Torvaldson wins $1m in 24 hours; good2cu runs hot

Andreas Torvaldson, aka Skjervoy, isn’t a name that gets mentioned much in the talk of high stakes players but in the past twenty-four hours he has gone on an Isildur1-esque run, accumulating more than $1.1m in profit.