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  • The Online Railbird Report: Wild Weekend for Dwan, Sahamies and Isildur1

    Wednesday, March 10, 2010, Nicole Gordon
    Full Tilt Poker hosted some huge action this weekend, largely driven by the presence of everyone's favorite online poker punching bag "Isildur1." There were epic heads-up matches, swingy six-max games, and as many as eight tables of $300/$6...more
  • The "durrrr" Challenge: Dwan Widens Lead to $1.75 Million

    Tuesday, March 9, 2010, Nicole Gordon
    Patrik Antonius capped off a miserable day at the online tables with another losing session in the "durrrr" Challenge, his tenth in their last eleven meetings. Antonius and Tom "durrrr" Dwan met for only a bit over an hour and 364 hands, bu...more
  • The Online Railbird Report: Isildur1 Wins $1,187,406 in 30 Hours

    Wednesday, February 17, 2010, Nicole Gordon
    After a two-week warm-up period at the $25/$50 and $50/$100 tables, Swedish phenom "Isildur1" returned to the nosebleed-stakes cash games Monday night and wasted no time, taking on several high-profile poker pros in multi-table heads-up mat...more
  • The Online Railbird Report: "Isildur1" Returns, Kostritsyn Crushes the Competition

    Thursday, February 11, 2010, Nicole Gordon
    This week we saw Alexander "PostflopAction" Kostritsyn emerge as a major force at the high-stakes online cash-game tables, Patrik Antonius stop the bleeding on his 2010 losing streak, and Tom "durrrr" Dwan playing six-figure pots again. Ho...more
  • The "durrrr" Challenge: Dwan Expands Lead by $315,000

    Tuesday, February 9, 2010, Nicole Gordon
    With very little high-stakes cash-game action running last night, Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Patrik Antonius sat down for a nearly three-hour session of the "durrrr" Challenge. After 883 hands of play, Dwan booked yet another win, adding $314,82...more
  • Top 5 Performers in FTOPS History

    Tuesday, February 9, 2010, Mickey Doft
    On August 14, 2006, Full Tilt Poker introduced the Full Tilt Online Poker Series with its first installment, FTOPS I. Three-and-a-half years and 263 tournaments later, FTOPS XV has arrived. That got us wondering, "who are the top performers...more
  • The Sunday Briefing: "palurdo" Banks a Sunday Million Win on Super Bowl Sunday

    Monday, February 8, 2010, Mickey Doft
    It may have been Super Bowl Sunday, but that did not slow down the action on the virtual felt, as eight players emerged from the Sunday majors with six-figure scores.The largest went to "palurdo," earning just shy of $250,000 for victory in...more
  • Full Tilt Online Poker Series XV: Satellite Your Way to a Gold Jersey

    Friday, February 5, 2010, Don Peters
    The next installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series is right around the corner, beginning Feb 10. This time around, 27 different events will be held and more than $17 million is guaranteed. PokerNews is here to give you a primer on th...more
  • UB Online Championship Awards: A Closer Look at the Two-Week Online Poker Event

    Wednesday, February 3, 2010, Elissa Harwood
    With awards season in full swing, UB has been busy awarding some serious prizes of its own. The fourth annual UB Online Championship came to a close on Sunday after two weeks and 18 high-stakes events. In case you missed any of the virtual ...more
  • The Online Railbird Report: Antonius Stuck, Sahamies Up, and "Isildur1" Returns

    Tuesday, February 2, 2010, Nicole Gordon
    Full Tilt Poker's high-stakes cash games roared back to life this week, as online poker luminaries Patrik Antonius, Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies, Brian Townsend and Gus Hansen hit the virtual felt. $100,000 turn raises and $300,000 pots were t...more