Top 10 Biggest Online Pots of 2011
It was a strange year for high stakes online poker with the loss of Full Tilt Poker, star players like Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan avoiding online play altogether and U.S. players relocating just to get in...
View ArticleTop 5 Online Poker Winners/Losers of 2011
Saying the high stakes online poker scene went through a few changes in 2011 is like saying Isildur1 has gone on a few downswings.The entire online poker industry was shook to its very core by the...
View Article$1 Million Main Event to Cap PokerStars Micro Millions
PokerStars announced its new Micro Millions tournament series today with 100 micro-stakes events and a $1 million guarantee to cap the series off.Running March 15-25, the Micro Millions has up to 10...
View ArticleGalfond Strikes Back: Top 10 Weekly Winners/Losers
Phil Galfond put his terrible start to 2012 in the rearview mirror this week by winning an impressive $643k on PokerStars.Galfond was nearly unstoppable as he played huge sessions against online...
View ArticleSunday Scoop: Russia Takes Two out of Three
This weekend in online poker Russian players dominated, winning the Sunday Million and the Sunday Warm-Up.By the end of the day Russia had locked up wins in two of the day's three biggest events....
View ArticleWho’s Thriving One Year after Black Friday?
Despite the loss of the US market one year ago, a handful of online poker rooms are still thriving.In 2010 an estimated 1.8 million Americans played online poker and wagered roughly $16 billion mostly...
View ArticleNick “GripDsNutz” Grippo Wins SCOOP Main Event
Nick “GripDsNutz” Grippo has capped the record-breaking PokerStars 2012 SCOOP by outlasting 517 players to win Event 40, the $10,300 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event.Grippo, a veteran online grinder from...
View ArticleSunday Scoop: Shannon Shorr Takes PokerStars 500
Poker pro Shannon Shorr highlighted a busy Sunday of online poker tournaments by winning the elite PokerStars 500 yesterday.While the Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up tend to offer bigger prize...
View ArticleSunday Scoop: Dan Smith is the Man in Sunday Million
Dan “Danny98765” Smith added to an already impressive year by winning the PokerStars Sunday Million yesterday.Smith already had $3.6 million in tournament winnings including super high roller wins in...
View ArticleSunday Scoop: Joao M., $kill Game Win Big on Double Vision Weekend
Joao M., $kill Game, Akademnuk and Chris “Run dat Game” Lovett all made huge scores during Double Vision Sunday on PokerStars this weekend.As part of Double Vision Sunday both the Sunday Million and...
View ArticleTop 10 Online Poker Winners & Losers of 2012
It was a fascinating year for high-stakes online poker as Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky dominated PokerStars, while the big names were hit hard on the resurrected Full Tilt.Sulsky has long been one of the...
View ArticleSunday Scoop: Jarzabek Nails 3rd in Sunday Million
Recent hot-hand Casey “bigdogpckt5s” Jarzabek continued his strong 2013 by finishing third in the Sunday Million for $118k yesterday.Jarzabek incredibly finished fourth in last week’s Sunday Million...
View ArticleSunday Scoop: Boeree Goes Deep, ‘Mafews’ Victory
Liv Boeree and Scottish pro Rory “Mafews” Mathews made significant scores in the biggest online tournaments this weekend.Boeree fell just shy of a Sunday Million final table while Mathews claimed...
View ArticleUKIP Treasurer Panned for 'Sexist' Comments on Women and Poker
Treasurer of the UK Independence Party Stuart Wheeler is in hot water over comments he made disparaging women's abilities in poker, chess and bridge.Wheeler was speaking at a debate on gender-based...
View ArticleTop 10 Online Poker Winners & Losers of 2013
Every year the high-stakes online poker games provide some of the best stories of the year.This year didn’t disappoint with Niklas “Ragen70” Heinecker putting on one of the most dominant performances...
View Article10 Remarkable Numbers from the PokerStars Sunday Million
For over seven years the PokerStars Sunday Million has been the flagship weekly online poker tournament for players across the globe.At least $1 million is guaranteed each and every Sunday and,...
View ArticleHigh Stakes: Patrik Antonius Owned April with $1.8m Profit
April was a busy, swingy month in high-stakes poker that saw two names emerge above all others.Patrik Antonius and the resurfaced Niki Jedlicka didn’t just post a few small wins, they crushed the...
View ArticleHigh Stakes: Gus Hansen, trex313 Take Huge Hits
Early last week it appeared that Gus Hansen had finally turned a corner with his online game but he’s right back where he started after losing a whopping $1.2 million in the latter stages of the...
View ArticleHigh-Stakes Hand of the Week: Ziigmund Rope-a-Dopes, Gets Clocked
Finnish player Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies is one of the most experienced and most interesting players in high-stakes poker online – and he's not exactly faint of heart when it comes to big...
View ArticleHigh-Stakes Hand of the Week: Monster Pot for Atha Cliath
In the wake of the 2014 World Series of Poker, the high rollers have begun to flock back to online poker. This past week a famous name who battled on the highest levels two years ago might have...
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