There was some $500/$1000 H.E.R.O.S. action running during the day on Full Tilt Poker tables Competition and Glade.
High stakes professional Ted “profbackwards” Forrest played two heads-up $1000/$2000 Limit Hold’em games during the evening hours on Full Tilt Poker. His first opponent was Matt Hawrilenko over on table Creep where Hawrilenko booked a $34K+ win in a little over 20 minutes of play. Around 35 minutes later, Forrest took on “Stwasi” on table Tuba and lost another $12K+ during the 40-minute match. After 204 heads-up hands played, Forrest had booked a combined $46K+ loss to his opponents.
During the morning hours on Full Tilt Poker, high stakes players Ashton “theASHMAN103″ Griffin and “luckexpress10″ played a heads-up game of $300/$600 Pot-Limit Hold’em/Omaha.
Tom “durrrr” Dwan is up over $500k on Full Tilt Poker in 2009.
At first glance this is not a big deal, especially considering the fact that Dwan is one of the best poker players in the world.
However, once you see where Dwan was at just a few short months ago, you start to understand the type of incredible run that “durrrr” has gone on.
Up until yesterday, the “durrrr Challenge” taking place on Full Tilt Poker had been fairly disappointing to some people.
When the challenge was first announced, many people had hoped that Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan would stage some epic sessions and quickly complete the challenge. This wasn’t the case.
During the afternoon hours on Full Tilt Poker, Niki Jedlicka and the player known as “DIN_FRU” embarked on a long headas-up battle of $1000/$2000 Limit Hold’em.
During the morning hours on Full Tilt Poker, high stakes players Ashton “theASHMAN103″ Griffin and “DIN_FRU” were involved in some heads-up Pot-Limit Omaha action.
Day 2b of the World Series of Poker main event has drawn to a close, and there will now be a one day layoff before the start of Day 3.
Day 3 will officially get underway at 12 pm local time on Friday, and will combine the survivors from Day 2a and Day 2b into one large field.
2,924 players started Day 2b, and by the time the scheduled four levels had been completed, only 1,486 remained. Read the rest of this entry »
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A massive turnout for Day 1d of the 2009 World Series of Poker main event pushed the size of the field to well over 6,000 players.
To be exact, 6,494 players coughed up the $10,000 necessary in order to play the main event.
The number could have been even higher, however “several hundred” players were shut out due to the fact that Day 1d was a sellout. Read the rest of this entry »
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To say this year’s $50,000 HORSE Championship was a sprint and not a marathon is like saying Jeffrey Lisandro is not too bad at Stud games. The five-day event is designed to be a test of stamina and skill, but the final table was probably not the endurance test the tournament staff and players expected. Read the rest of this entry »
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There was some $500/$1000 H.E.R.O.S. action running during the day on Full Tilt Poker tables Competition and Glade. Booking the biggest win was the player known as “Gagrin” with over $41K in winnings. Others booking wins in the action were “NEKOTYAN” ($13K+), Ted “profbackwards” Forrest ($9K+), and Matt Hawrilenko ($7K+). The only two losers at the tables would be David Oppenheim (-$19K) and Erick Lindgren who took a $52K+ loss in 187 hands played.
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National Poker Week is a coordinated effort by the Poker Players Alliance to let lawmakers in Washington DC hear directly from poker players across the country.
Please come back during National Poker Week from July 19-25 and take 2 minutes to contact your lawmakers and tell them Poker is Not a Crime.
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The petition organized by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) calling for the legalization of the great American pastime is at nearly 200,000 signatures. Overnight on Sunday, an additional 6,000 players lent their names. Read the rest of this entry »
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Pokertek Inc. announced earlier this week that it would be pulling all 12 of its “PokerPro” tables from The Excalibur Hotel and Casino.
The reason? MGM Mirage, which owns the Excalibur, said that its players preferred live dealers over “automatic tables”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Do you still need convincing that poker is a game of skill, and not a game of luck?
The results from the 2009 World Series of Poker provide some pretty concrete evidence that skill usually wins out over luck in poker tournaments. Read the rest of this entry »
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High stakes professional Ted “profbackwards” Forrest played two heads-up $1000/$2000 Limit Hold’em games during the evening hours on Full Tilt Poker. His first opponent was Matt Hawrilenko over on table Creep where Hawrilenko booked a $34K+ win in a little over 20 minutes of play. Around 35 minutes later, Forrest took on “Stwasi” on table Tuba and lost another $12K+ during the 40-minute match. After 204 heads-up hands played, Forrest had booked a combined $46K+ loss to his opponents.
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With only scant days remaining until the start of the $10,000 Main Event at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the race for the remaining bracelets is heating up in the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
The final table of the $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout, Event #50 on the WSOP schedule, played out deep into the evening on Sunday. A total of 571 players started the event on Friday, with the final eight survivors having won their way to the final table by winning two sit and go’s over the previous two days. As with the shootout format, the players all started with the same number of chips (450,000 at the final table) and there were plenty of strong players in the mix. Read the rest of this entry »
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