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  • Game On! Phil Ivey Accepts Tom 'durrrr' Dwan's Million Dollar Challenge; Dwan Explains Motivation

    Thursday, January 8, 2009, Haley Hintze & Gloria Balding
    The high-stakes poker world buzzed earlier this week when online star Tom "durrrr" Dwan, in conjunction with a feature in the February issue of BLUFF Magazine, announced a challenge to all other poker players. Dwan's open challenge included...more
  • Online Poker Roundup: 'MFen1152', 'judgedredd13' Capture Early-week Majors

    Wednesday, January 7, 2009, Mickey Doft and Ryan Nelson
    Hundreds of entrants showed up for the big-money tournaments on Full Tilt and PokerStars on Monday and Tuesday, continuing the New Year's trend of busy online action. "MFen1152" and "judgedredd13" walked away with the deepest prizes. Here's...more
  • Full Tilt's FTOPS XI Details Released

    Tuesday, January 6, 2009, Haley Hintze
    Full Tilt Poker has now released details for next month's eleventh Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS XI). FTOPS XI will run February 4-15, 2009, and offer a busy 25-event agenda. The total in pre-tourney guarantees for the 25 events will...more
  • Online Poker Weekend: 'stoledog', '007Paghman' Triumphant

    Monday, January 5, 2009, Mickey Doft and Ryan Nelson
    More big turnouts marked the first weekend of 2009 as both PokerStars and Full Tilt again topped their announced guarantees in the biggest Sunday online poker events. In a contrast to recent weeks, however, relative unknowns dominated the f...more
  • Boris Becker 'Battleship' Poker on Deck for PCA

    Thursday, January 1, 2009, Haley Hintze
    Celebrity spokesman and former tennis great Boris Becker will take on a succession of online qualifiers when the unique "Battleship Poker" event gets underway at the upcoming PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in Nassau, the Bahamas. Always an ...more
  • Online Poker Roundup: Isaac Baron Takes Stars Super Tuesday

    Wednesday, December 31, 2008, Mickey Doft and Ryan Nelson
    The last major online events of 2008 took place at Full Tilt and PokerStars on Monday and Tuesday, respectively. As usual, both events drew solid turnouts, and in a fitting wrap to the year, both events offered several big names at their fi...more
  • Online Poker Weekend: 'lp_SakiSaki' Wins Massive Sunday Million

    Monday, December 29, 2008, Mickey Doft and Ryan Nelson
    The record-setting activites as part of "World Record Week" at PokerStars dominated Sunday's online poker world, including a special edition of the Stars Sunday Million that guaranteed $2.5 million in prizes, but shattered that guarantee. A...more
  • 'stan34powa' Wins PokerStars' Guinness World Record Tournament

    Monday, December 29, 2008, Mickey Doft and Ryan Nelson
    As anticipated, the attempt by leading online poker site PokerStars to break its own mark for most players in a tournament went off without a hitch on Sunday. Stars' "Guinness World Record Tourney" easily reached its 35,000-player cap, with...more
  • PokerStars 'Guinness World Record' Tourney Entries Capped

    Saturday, December 27, 2008, Haley Hintze
    PokerStars has announced plenty of promotional extras in conjunction with its latest assault on the Guinness Book of World Records. The record-setting event, which starts at 3:30 pm ET on Sunday, reached its 35,000-player cap early on Satur...more
  • Online Poker Roundup: Rice Tops Obst in Stars Super Tuesday

    Wednesday, December 24, 2008, Mickey Doft
    The early-week majors in online poker featured plenty of big names making deep runs. At PokerStars on Tuesday, Craig Rice bested James Obst at a tough final table that also included Alex Smith and Shane Schleger. On Monday at Full Tilt, "du...more