Isildur1 Wages PLO War Against Ben86, Wins $408k
Long-time rivals Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and Ben “Ben86” Tollerene got reacquainted in an extended high-stakes PLO heads-up match on PokerStars last night.Blom and Tollerene waged war in $200/$400 PLO...
View ArticleIsildur1 Continues Epic 2015, Clears $4.5m on PokerStars
Is 2015 the year of Viktor “Isildur1” Blom?It certainly looks that way right now as the Swedish poker prodigy passed the $4.5m mark on PokerStars earlier this week. Isildur1 shows absolutely no signs...
View ArticleBrazilian Woman Spins $5 into $1m on PokerStars
Brazilian Samara Lúcio played a $5 Spin & Go tournament on PokerStars last night.Today she’s a millionaire. Lúcio hit one of the massive $1m jackpots that was offered as part of PokerStars’ first...
View ArticlePokerStars Overhauls VIP Program, SuperNova Diminished
PokerStars is making some major changes to its VIP program with extremely high-volume grinders set to take a hit. The company announced the changes, which are set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2016, over...
View ArticlePokerStars' $10m Christmas Festival Capped by $5m Sunday Million
The dark days of winter are coming on but nothing makes the season brighter than a huge pile of cash to be won in PokerStars' $10m Christmas Festival.Starting Monday, Nov. 16, and running right...
View ArticleWilliam Hill to Run Exclusive $1k Tourney for PokerListings Players!
William Hill is giving players a special $1k bonus tournament just for signing up through PokerListings.The PL Exclusive $1k All-In tournament will run Dec. 10 and is open to all PL players for just...
View ArticleIsildur1 Down Over $1m in Three Weeks on PokerStars
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom returned from an extended from PokerStars high-stakes tables this weekend only to lose another $182k.Blom got re-acquinted with old rivals Crazy Elior and Ilari “Ilari FIN”...
View ArticleStern, Galfond Lead High-Stakes Pros in Planned Three-Day Sit-Out
Several of poker's most high-profile, high-stakes players have joined forces for a planned sit-out Dec 1-3 to protest changes to PokerStars' rewards program.The changes, announced by PokerStars on...
View ArticleiPoker Offers €100k in Merry Missions Freerolls
iPoker is giving players a chance to give themselves an early Christmas present with its new €100k Merry Missions.All players have to do to take part is complete one easily-achievable daily mission....
View ArticleNegreanu: “People Will Love Some of the Changes to PokerStars in 2016”
Daniel Negreanu finally spoke out about the recent changes to the PokerStars VIP program on the Joe Ingram podcast last night.The show lasted nearly two hours with Negreanu answering questions from...
View ArticleFull Tilt’s “The Deal” Progressive Jackpot Hits $200,000
For just the second time ever Full Tilt’s progressive jackpot “The Deal” has reached over $200,000.That means one player is going to walk away with at least $100,000 and the other 50% of the jackpot...
View ArticleChilean Wins Full Tilt “The Deal” for $102k, 6,855 Players Get Paid
That didn’t take long.Barely 12 hours after finally passing the $200,000-mark Full Tilt’s progressive “The Deal” jackpot was picked up one very lucky player. DECV1979, from Chile, picked up $102,215...
View ArticlePokerStars Responds to Strike, Adds Four $1m Freerolls in 2016
PokerStars has responded to last week's high-stakes sit-out and simultaneously announced four separate $1 million free tournaments open to all players in 2016.Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu was...
View Article22 Event, €180k GTD Tourney Series in Dec. on NYX Poker Network
A €100,000 Guaranteed main event will wrap up the brand new, 22-event NYX Poker Series coming Dec. 17-23 on Betsafe Poker and the NYX Poker Network.The seven-day NYX Poker Series, which you can access...
View ArticleMizrachi, Matusow Behind New Bitcoin Poker Site Get Lucky Poker
Old-school poker pro Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi is launching a new Bitcoin-based poker site called Get Lucky Poker.The site, which already appears to be in beta and counts "1,011" players, is set...
View ArticleWilliam Hill Poker Giving Away £60 Gift Bags, Up to £1,200 Bonus
Deposit £20 on William Hill Poker and you’ll be treated to your very own Christmas present that features £60 in perks on the site.The William Hill Poker gift bag includes WHPS tokens, deposit match...
View ArticleIsildur1 Dominates Unusual Year in Online Poker in 2015
2015 was a strange year for super high-stakes online poker.The legendary nosebleed games on Full Tilt were finally shuttered as the site transitions into a poker room for recreational poker players....
View ArticleUnibet's David Pomroy: "I Genuinely See Us as Market Leader Eventually"
The live poker tournament scene is as saturated as ever.The World Series of Poker (WSOP) and World Poker Tour (WPT) have a global network of events that spans all buy-in levels. The European Poker...
View Article50 Tickets Added to Exclusive TCOOP Phase 1 Satellite on Jan. 20!
Want to play for a guaranteed $1.5 million prize pool in Event #1 of the 2016 PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker?It starts with a ticket to Phase 1 and you can win one via PokerListings for...
View ArticleRussia on the Brink of Country-Wide, Legalized Online Poker?
Would it have ever crossed your mind 20 years ago (or 10 or 5) that one day Russia would be closer to country-wide, legal online poker than the United States?That appears to be the bewildering and...
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