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Today 2:06 PM

Rheem Still Leads After Short Day At WPT Championship Event 2013

Negreanu one of only two players to bust on day 5

Today 9:58 AM

Gus Hansen & Bttech86 Both Make Near $600k Scores

Once again we were treated to a bonanza of high stakes action at Full Tilt yesterday, as the biggest names in the online poker world came out in force at both the PLO and FLO8 tables.

Yesterday 1:18 PM

Rheem Steams At Day 4 Of WPT Championship Event 2013

Negreanu and Lindgren also amongst final eight

Yesterday 10:13 AM

2013 WSOP Europe schedule released, Deeb on top of SCOOP leaderboard and more

WSOP.com has released the schedule for 2013 WSOP Europe, and this year the tournament series will offer seven gold bracelets including first-ever high roller bracelet event.

Yesterday 10:08 AM

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Tuesday 3:21 PM

Big PLO & FLO8 Ring Games - no_Ola & durrrr Both Win Big

We've gradually seen an increase in interest in the $500/$1000 CAP PLO games, and yesterday morning saw four full tables of action at the highest PLO stakes online. The biggest winner to eme...

Tuesday 12:08 PM

Amir Babakhani Leads Going Into Day 4 Of WPT Championship Event 2013

Mercier, Negreanu and Cody all still in the hunt for another title

Tuesday 10:10 AM

Mike Linster Leads After Day 2 At WPT Championship Event

$1.1 million up for grabs for the winner

Monday 5:46 PM

Open Spots On Leader Board In The New $2k Winner Race

One raked hand will get you a paid spot on the leader board, $550 for first place

Monday 11:34 AM

trex313 Beats the $500/$1000 CAP PLO Games for $843k

After an 11 hour session of $500/$1000 CAP PLO last night, it was Hac "trex313" Dang who left as by far the biggest winner, with an impressive $843k haul.

Monday 10:48 AM

WPT Championship Underway, Northug Keeps Grinding and more

The final event of the World Poker Tour's eleventh season is now underway, just one week after the European Poker Tour's ninth season reached it's conclusion.

Sunday 11:55 PM

Ben "Bttech86" Tollerene is Saturday's Only Six Figure Winner - Makes $162k at $500/$1000 CAP PLO

Yesterday was a relatively slow day at the nosebleeds, with Ben "Bttech86" Tollerene the o...

Sunday 7:58 PM

OMGClayAiken Strikes Back - Wins $615k at FLO8

After another great day of high stakes action over at Full Tilt, Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond walked away as the day's biggest winner with a $615.5k score, almost eliminating his big PLO loss...

Saturday 5:06 PM

Isildur1 Wins Another Million

After a couple of bad days Viktor "Isildur1" Blom has once again put in a fantastic performance at the tables to end yesterday as a $1m winner.

Friday 12:17 PM

Doyle Brunson might not be playing the 2013 WSOP

Doyle Brunson is thinking about whether he should pass on tournament play at the WSOP this summer, just few weeks before the 44th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) is ready to kick off.

Friday 8:00 AM

Mid Month Recap - Gus Hansen & cottonseed1 Enjoying Million Dollar Mays

As we enter the second half of May, let's take a quick look back at the last two, action packed weeks of highstakes online action.

Thursday 7:37 PM

Ski Legend Petter Northug Seen Multitabling High Stakes PLO

The worlds best cross-country skier takes on the best poker players at PokerStars high stakes tables

Thursday 12:35 PM

SallyWoo Wins $187k as the FLO8 Action Continues

Once again it seems that FLO8 is the nosebleed players game of the moment over at Full Tilt with plenty of $2k/$4k action yesterday. Limit specialist, SallyWoo, ended as the day's biggest wi...

Thursday 11:54 AM