Archive for July, 2009

Represent your country today.

07/28/09

The opportunity to represent your country is one of the best feelings in the world.  To play poker in front of thousands of spectators is exhilarating.  Now the average player has the chance to do both this week during the Americas Cup of Poker presented by PokerStars.com.  This tournament consists of 16 countries, USA, Mexico, Ecuador, Canada, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, Venezuela, Peru, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Guatemala, Panama [...]

Forget about those big pots.

Just recently I found myself walking around the Rio Casino.  Periodically checking out the WSOP and watching some of the main event.  I decided to take a glance at the cash games to see if I could find a juicy one to play in.  I walked up, and there it was.  A 2-5 game in which four friends were playing.  Each player was about 5k deep and creating tons [...]

Phil Ivey headlines WSOP’s November Nine

07/19/09

The 8th day of the Main Even has come to a conclusion, and the November Nine has been set.  Chip leader Darvin Moon, a logger from Maryland, commands a large chip lead over most of the table and has about 200 big blinds to his credit.  Yet, even with that stack, Darvin is not the headline at the final table.  World class, top professional and [...]

FTOPS XIII Coming Soon!

07/19/09

Full Tilt Poker has announced its next FTOPS event (Full Tilt Online Poker Series).  These reoccurring events are the one of the most popular tournaments available online.  The events will be held August 5th-16th 2009.  There will be a total of 25 events with a guaranteed prize pool of $25 million.

Additionally, Full Tilt has decided to implement the miniFTOPS as well in FTOPS [...]