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  • 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

  • Tokwiro Releases Statement on UltimateBet Software Glitch Awarding Pot to Wrong Player

    Wednesday, December 24, 2008, Haley Hintze
    Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG, proprietor of UltimateBet, released a statement on Tuesday acknowledging an unusual software glitch and explaining a fix that was rapidly put into place to prevent future instances of the same problem from occurrin...more

  • Online Poker Weekend: Burkholder Wins $1M Guarantee at Full Tilt

    Monday, December 22, 2008, Mickey Doft and Ryan Nelson
    An uptick in player turnout marked action in the Sunday online majors, with Full Tilt running a special $1 million guarantee with a $500 35 buy-in, and PokerStars drawing over 8,000 players to its rich Stars Sunday Million event. The night'...more

  • Online Poker Report: 'BobbyFi', 'oh i win yay' Take Early-week Majors

    Wednesday, December 17, 2008, Mickey Doft and Ryan Nelson
    Getting to the final table with a deep stack was the key to success in online poker's early-week majors. At Full Tilt on Monday, "oh i win yay" reached the final in second place and stormed to the win with a comeback during heads-up play. I...more

  • Online Poker Weekend: Three-way Chop in Sunday Million

    Monday, December 15, 2008, Mickey Doft and Ryan Nelson
    A busy winter Sunday found plenty of action in the major tournaments across the major online sites, including PokerStars, where an unusual three-way chop for even money occurred. Stars' event rules dictate that a share is reserved for the a...more

  • Bodog Announces '12 Days of Poker'

    Thursday, December 11, 2008, Haley Hintze
    Bodog has announced a promotion for those players that can find a bit of extra time this busy holiday season. Dubbed the "12 Days of Poker," Bodog is running a 45-event series jammed into 12 days of action from December 21st through January...more
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