The final table of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona Main Event was a star-studded affair with representatives from the old school of poker and the new online poker generation in the form of John Juanda and Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies, but the two men would have vastly differentRead Full Article

 The final table of the €50,000 buy-in High Roller event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona has eight players, but essentially it is a three-man race between Dan Smith, Mike McDonald, and JC Alvarado, considering the three players control nearly 13 million of the 16 millionRead Full Article

For anyone watching the high-stakes tables at PokerStars this past weekend it may have seemed like they were watching the Full Tilt Poker tables in late 2009 when Viktor “Isildur1” Blom first made his appearance at the nosebleed poker tables. Although his weekend clash was with another FullRead 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 FullRead Full Article

In the past month or so there have been a number of new screen-names taking their shot at the best poker players in the world, playing at the nosebleed table on Full Tilt Poker. Seats in the highest stakes games are usually reserved for players with well-known monikersRead Full Article

When it comes to top-lists about poker they usually contain names like Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, durrrr, and Ziigmund. Where this article differs is that it looks into the future, in an attempt to find the five online poker players ready to breakout in 2011, and go fromRead Full Article

Great news for Tom Dwan fans.  The 22 year old Full Tilt Poker Pro, who had been suffering a torrid time at the cash tables in recent weeks, is now up $1,500,000 after a few sessions of $500/$1,000 Pot Limit Omaha against Power Poker frontman Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies.Read Full Article

Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies Finnish high-stakes poker legend Ilari Sahamies, better known by his Full Tilt Poker alias ‘Ziigmund’, was born in Helsinki in 1983. As a youngster he excelled in sports, particularly soccer and wrestling. As he grew older and became a teenager his interest shifted to theRead Full Article

According to coinflip.com, in a Friday night appearance on Finnish radio, high-stakes poker pro Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies has some very candid remarks on Full Tilt Poker’s newest high-stakes catalyst Isildur1: Sahamies talked about everything from Isildur1’ identity, to the possibility he is not playing with a full deckRead Full Article

After a relatively quiet match with Marcello “luckexpress” Marigliano that saw the Italian up $22k, followed by a back and forth with fellow high-stakes regular Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies that saw durrrr walk away $68k in the black, it fell upon English poker pro Sammy “any two” George toRead Full Article