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It's once again time for World Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars. This year, WCOOP will be bigger than ever before, and PokerStars guarantees $40,000,000 in 45 events, including three High Roller events and the Main Event which has a prize pool of $10,000,000! PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker will start off with 2 tournaments on the 3rd September - No Limit Hold'em ($1,25 million guaranteed) and a Razz tournament ($200k guarantee), and end on the 20th September with the Main Event ($10,000,000 guaranteed). 

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Every Sunday, PokerStars and Full Tilt poker, arrange their biggest and most popular tournaments. And it's not for nothing that these two sites attract thousands of poker players week after week to play in their tournaments. PokerStars Sunday Million tournament has a guarantee of $1,5 million dollars for the buy-in $200+$15. Usually the prize pool ends up greater than the money PokerStars guarantees. Last Sunday, 7911 players entered the tournament and created a prize pool of $1,582,200. The winner came to be "Sosnoviy", he received $236,610 in first prize. The biggest "Sunday tournament" at Full Tilt poker is the $750,000 guarantees. Only half of the prize pool which PokerStars guarantee, but this tournament is still very popular as the guarantee is reached every time. The last $750,000 guarantee at Full Tilt attracted 4401 players who were willing to pay the buy-in of $200+$16. The prize pool landed on $880,200 and "DOOLfan" took care of the first prize of $155,434.

Things are not going Gus Hansen's way lately. The usual flow in his way of playing poker is far gone. Not to talk about his usual "luck". Last weekend he lost around 1.4 million dollars. All this money, mainly lost to these 2 players - Cole South and Brian Hastings. The game these three played was Pot Limit Omaha, and it stood clear from the beginning that someone is going to win big...and someone is going to lose big. The big loser came to be, Gus Hansen. Gus simply couldn't get anything going this time and another big losing session was soon a fact. The biggest pot played was between Gus Hansen and Cole South. It landed on the stunning amount of $446,583 and Cole South won it with a nut flush. Let's hope that Gus Hansen will get back in shape as soon as possible. Because he's for sure one of the most entertaining high stakes players to watch.

Full Tilt poker has just released a new version of their poker client. The new client has a lot of new cool futures. For example, an advance filter which makes it easier to find the right game and also the possibility to list your favorite cash games and tournaments. The new client also makes it easier to keep track on statistics such as Full Tilt points, cashier, specific sessions you have played, and much more. Another new function is that it's now possible to "make a deal" on the final table in sit&gos and MTT's (multi-table tournament). For the once that really liked the old version of Full Tilts poker software, don't worry! It's still possible to use the old version, and the poker tables in the new version are the same as in the old one.

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Eric Hansel, the founder of EGM Green, designs the world's only eco-friendly casino tables and furniture. He also provides LEED consulting services and a full suite of green consulting, including wind, solar, co-generation, and geothermal audits and implementation for casinos, hotels, spas and homes. However, Eric Hansel made the world's first eco-friendly poker table this year and brought it to Las Vegas. In Las Vegas, he let 36 of the most successful players through the history of poker sign the unique poker table.

Read more » Peter Eastgate's eco-friendly poker table auctioned at WSOP

Darvin Moon, the chip leader in the Main Event of World Series of poker 2009 have no interested in signing any contract with any poker site. And it doesn't matter if they try to draw with millions of dollars and nice hotel rooms in Las Vegas.

Read more » WSOP - Main Event: Darvin Moon (Chip Leader) says "no thanks" to sponsorships

Have you seen the classic poker movie Rounders from 1998? If no, then you really have missed out on the best poker movie ever done (if you ask me). If you have seen Rounders and always hoped for a follow-up, your dreams will most probably come true within a near future.

Read more » Rounders 2 - soon a reality?

On the 1st of July, 2009, a new law which forced casinos and slot machine halls to close down went into effect. The idea to this new law was brought to life during the time when Vladimir Putin was the president of Russia. Many casinos/slot machine halls already back then started to transform their premises into poker rooms, because poker was classed as a sport, and therefore it was legal to organize cash games and tournaments. But now, live poker is also banned in Russia and over 400,000 people that used to work at casinos, slot halls, and poker rooms, are now without jobs.

Read more » Poker is no longer a sport in Russia

PokerStars, the world's biggest poker site, has just announced on their website that they will organize a tournament called Americas Cup of Poker. In Americas Cup of Poker, players from 16 countries will have the chance to compete against each other and help their nation to the final. The final will take place at a ski resort in Bariloche, situated against the backdrop of the Andes, in the region of Patagonia. The final will be played live, and the 2 most successful countries in ACP (Americas Cup of Poker) will have the chance to win $250,000.

Read more » PokerStars Americas Cup of Poker

Last Friday we wrote about Nicki "Kaibuxxe" Jedlicka from Austria who won many million dollars online back in 2007, but then lost most of his bankroll to Phil Ivey and other pros. After that, Nicki Jedlicka disappeared from the high stakes scene and not until a few weeks ago he started showing up on the highest tables at Full Tilt poker. He started off by winning around $1 million in just 24 hours, most of it from Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, the American high stakes pro. That win truly whetted his appetite for playing more high stakes poker. Last Sunday Jedlicka took on Patrik Antonius and played the poker of his life. It was in this session, Jedlicka won one of his biggest pots ever - $409,481.

Read more » Nicki Jedlicka takes home $400k pot VS Patrik Antonius

4,401 players took part in the $750,000 guarantee tournament last Sunday at Full Tilt poker. The total prize pool landed on $880,000 and the winner was going to take home not less than $155,434. After about 11 hours of poker there were only 2 players left, "KtownCicero" and "HITTHEPANDA". Of these 2 it came to be the American,"KtownCicero" who grabbed the 1st place and the first prize of $155,434. "HITTHEPANDA" received $94,093 for his second place.

1 KtownCicero $155 434
2 HITTHEPANDA $94 093
3 crazyz987 $61 614
4 feltingfools $48 411
5 wvumaniac2 $36 352
6 jba1986 $26 934
7 kishotti $20 244
8 00s $15 843
9 chkrazethedevil $11 794

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Darvin Moon has a huge chip lead of the last 9 remaining players in the Main Event, WSOP 2009. He's already guaranteed to become a millionare even if he ends up last on the final table in November. But Darvin takes everything very relaxed and continue working his "9-5" shift in the woods.

Read more » WSOP - Main Event: Darvin Moon (chip leader) - A true working class hero

Yesterday it was once again time for the most popular online tournament, Sunday Million at PokerStars. 8342 players signed up for the tournament and created a prize pool of $1,67 million dollars. 1260 players would get a share of the $1,67 million prize pool and the winner would get $245,421. However, it came to be 2 Swedish poker players that ended up playing heads-up against each other.

Read more » PokerStars - Sunday Million: Swedes dominated

Nicki Jedlicka or "Kaibuxxe" which his nickname when playing online is, has had some huge swings in his short high stakes career. During 2007, when "Kaibuxxe" was only 19-years-old, everything was going his way and he managed to win around $3 million dollars in just 3 months time. But as we all know, the most things come to an end sooner or later. 

Read more » HighStakes: Nicki Jedlicka is back in business again

The players at Everest poker who qualified online for the main event must be really happy at the moment as they will get a share of $1 million dollars. All this thanks to that Antoine Saout from France who made it to the final table in the main event.

Not less than 53 players qualified online to play in the main event in WSOP through Everest Poker this year. Everest were really generous this year as they promised to add the total amount of money that their players made from the main event to a special "pot" (from their own pocket), a pot which their online qualifiers got to share between them. However, the maximum amount of this "pot" was set to $1 million dollars, luckily for Everest Poker, as one of their players has made it all the way to the final table in WSOP. All the 53 online qualifiers will now get $18,868 each, plus that they already got to play in the main event.

According to the American poker pro, Annie Duke, women are wasting too much time trying to prove that they are really good poker players. Instead she thinks that women should let everyone think they can't play poker, and take advantage of it.

Read more » Annie Duke - "Let them think that you are stupid"

The Swedish online high stakes player, "DIN_FRU" has won over $1 million dollars so far this year. Most of the money "DIN_FRU" has won has been from the highest fixed limit tables at Full Tilt poker. Who is this successful poker player from Sweden?

Read more » HighStakes: "DIN_FRU" keeps on winning

Tom "durrrr" Dwan won around $800,000 yesterday when he took on some of the biggest poker pro's in the world on the $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha tables at Full Tilt poker. One of the biggest pots was against Di "Urindanger" Dang and David Benyamine, then Dwan won around $310,000.

Read more » HighStakes: Tom "durrrr" Dwan wins $800,000 within 24 hours

The action has really been on in Bobbys Room at Bellagio in Las Vegas lately. According to the Finnish poker pro, Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies own website, he lost a $2,4 million pot and Doyle Brunson lost $2.1 million within an hour. Doyle said in his blog that he have never seen so much money won and lost each night as in Bobbys Room.

Read more » HighStakes: $2,4 million pot in "Bobbys Room"

One of the finalists in the main event of WSOP this year is so disappointed on how the tournaments have been organized this year that he said he will throw away his bracelet if he takes home the whole tournament. All this in order to make a statement and the with the hopes that things will improve in future world series of poker for other poker players.

Read more » WSOP - Final Table: He will throw away his bracelet if he wins

Last week we wrote that Full Tilt poker were really tired of always being in the shade of "big brother" PokerStars and their huge success. Now they wanted to break PokerStars biggest online tournament record by offering a tournament with low buy-in and huge overlay. This is how the Guinness world record attempt went for Full Tilt...

Read more » Guinness World Records: Full Tilt VS PokerStars

After a very though duel between the 6 last remaining players on the final table it came to be Team PokerStars Pro, Alexandre Gomes who took home the tournament and the first prize of $1,187,670. Erik Seidel didn't manage to keep the good flow he had earlier in the tournament and he was the first player that had to leave the final table.

Read more » WPT: Alex Gomes wins Bellagio Cup V

Now there are only 6 players left in WPT Bellagio Cup. Of these 6 players we find no less than Erik Seidel, a man that already has won the most a poker player can win in his life (8 WSOP bracelets and a WPT title for example). Now he's aiming for another win as he is one of the last 6 remaining players.

Read more » WPT: Erik Seidel, one of the 6 remaining players

According to different poker forums and magazines, Phil Ivey has betted x-amount of money on himself to win the Main Event to x-times the money. According to one of his friends and teammates in team PokerStars, he would take home one of the biggest wins the world of poker has ever seen if he becomes the last man standing.

Read more » WSOP - Main Event: Phil Ivey's side bet

Jack Whittaker, 62, had everything and was really happy with his life until 7 years ago, when he won the biggest lottery win ever (at that time), $315 million. After the win he's life took a big turn and became a huge tragedy as family members died and his wife left him.

Read more » American won $315 million - his life turned into a huge tragedy