For the first time in its history the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker will be played without players from the US market. The site is still running a full slate of tournaments, although the guaranteed prize-pool has been altered accordingly. The 62 tournaments have a total guaranteed prize-pool of $30 million, which has seen a number of top online tournament players from theRead Full Article

With the void created by the loss of the nosebleed regulars from the US like Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, Daniel Cates, Scott Palmer, the Dang Brothers, and on and on, a number of European high-stakes players have decided to fill the void at the nosebleed tables on Full Tilt Poker, and thus far they have been holding their own. Some of these players areRead Full Article

The PokerNewsBoy Awards have come to a close and now it’s time to look at the winners chosen by you the fans. Here is a look at the winners in the PokerNewsBoy Player Awards Categories: ·    Best Newcomer (Player) – Winner: Jake Cody (46% of the vote) – Runner-up: XBlink The UK poker pro was a runaway winner in this category. ·    Best HighRead Full Article

Coinciding with the World Series of Poker Main Event final table, Full Tilt Poker will be running the 18th installment of their popular Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS for short). The 34 tournament series will begin November 10th –as the WSOP Main Event is being decided by the final two players—and boasts a total guaranteed prize-pool of $19 million. The FTOPS XVIII willRead Full Article

It’s hard to believe that the 17th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is set to begin on Wednesday August 4th 2010. The 34 tournament series will have a total guaranteed prize-pool of some $19 million, a number which is typically surpassed as players flock to the popular online poker room in hopes of winning one of the huge tournaments. An exciting new wrinkleRead Full Article

Full Tilt Poker kicked off the 15th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) with a $216 No Limit Holdem tournament. The tournament saw a total of 5,646 players hit the virtual tables, crushing last year’s opening event by nearly 1,000 players, and falling just shy of the 5,712 players from two years ago. Full Tilt’s $1 million guarantee for the tournament was easily eclipsed,Read Full Article

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is a massive series of online poker tournaments that Full Tilt Poker hosts every August. It’s comparable to the World Series of Poker in that there are a lot of tournaments held in a short amount of time and millions of dollars are given away in prize money. This summer’s event, the FTOPS XIII, awarded more thanRead Full Article