POKER NEWS

10 August 2010

Jungleman12 discusses the durrrr challenge with Aaron Jones
Jungleman12 discusses the durrrr challenge with Aaron Jones

The LeggoPoker podcast (The LeggoCast) recently uploaded an interview with Daniel “jungleman12” Cates, the latest high stakes sensation and the next man to take on Tom “durrrr” Dwan for 50,000 hands in a bid to win over $1.5m.

09 August 2010

PokerStars guarantees $50,000,000 prizes for 2010 WCoOP
PokerStars guarantees $50,000,000 prizes for 2010 WCoOP

The world’s largest regular online poker tournament series returns for its ninth run on September 5, this time bigger and better than ever.

Ten tournaments down at Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS XVII
Ten tournaments down at Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS XVII

Unlike the annual World Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS series seems to run every week – not that we’re complaining.

Cake Poker tightens security following reported leaks
Cake Poker tightens security following reported leaks

Cake Poker suffered some embarrassment last week when it was reported that their encryption was compromised.

06 August 2010

FTOPS XVI begins, Brent Roberts wins $160,000
FTOPS XVI begins, Brent Roberts wins $160,000

The sixteenth incarnation of Full Tilt Poker's flagship tournament series got off to a flying start yesterday as the better part of 5,000 players turned out to smash the $750,000 guarantee on Event #1 to create a prize pool of $918,200.

Ziigmund loses $600,000 in six days – may take a break
Ziigmund loses $600,000 in six days – may take a break

Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies is the polar opposite of our reports of Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey yesterday. Less than a week into August, the young Finn has lost $560,000 this month through tilt, bad beats and general variance.

05 August 2010

Ivey joins Tom “durrrr” Dwan on the August online leaderboard
Ivey joins Tom “durrrr” Dwan on the August online leaderboard

It’s appropriate that, at a time when skill vs luck in poker is being debated in official government institutions across the pond, two of the best players in the world have had a roaring start to August – between them, Phil Ivey and Tom “durrrr” Dwan have made more than $1,500,000 between them in the month of August. It’s only been five days!

Dwan continues his hot streak to win over $400,000.
Dwan continues his hot streak to win over $400,000.

The high stakes games are undergoing a familiar pattern – they are being durrrr-molished as Tom “durrrr” Dwan continues the winning streak that saw him shoot $2,000,000 ahead in the durrrr challenge against Patrik Antonius.

04 August 2010

CardRunners launches new affiliate program to encourage growth
CardRunners launches new affiliate program to encourage growth

CardRunners is the largest poker training site online today – built on the foundations of Taylor Caby’s vision and reinforced with the ruins of StoxPoker and an alliance with Full Tilt, it is now possible to learn techniques to win at poker on CardRunners, then grind out the tables at Full Tilt and pay for your next month at CardRunners... it’s a very un-vicious cycle.

02 August 2010

Confirmed: jungleman12 will be taking durrrr challenge
Confirmed: jungleman12 will be taking durrrr challenge

Rumours have been flying thick and fast but heads-up juggernaut jungleman12 has changed his “probably” to a “definitely” and will be taking on Tom “durrrr” Dwan in the durrrr challenge. So far that’s all we have, with jungleman12 saying on his blog that “it’s going down”.