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WSOP APAC Main Event Down to Final 15 - Russell Thomas Leads

15 left with Negreanu and Esfandiari still going strong

April 13, 2013

Viktor "Isildur1" Blom Wins $800k at Full Tilt Poker

There was only one big story at the online high stakes tables yesterday as Isildur1 dominated the games to end the day a $797.9k winner over six hours of play.

April 13, 2013

Winfred Yu leads WSOP APAC 2013 after day 2

Daniel Negreanu also going strong

April 12, 2013

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April 11, 2013

SallyWoo & Kagome Kagome Shine in a Big Day of Limit Action

After some heavy action over the last couple of weeks at the PLO tables it was time for the Limit games to shine again yesterday as 2-7 TD and FLO8 produced the days biggest action and bigge...

April 11, 2013

WSOP APAC Event #4 and WPT Barcelona champions crowned

Already fourth WSOP gold bracelet have been awarded at the 2013 WSOP APAC, after Aaron Lim took down the event #4, $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Six Max tournament.

April 11, 2013

Interview with Sami "LarsLuzak/LrsLzk" Kelopuro

HighstakesDB recently had the opportunity to ask a few questions from Finnish high stakes legend Sami "LarsLuzak/LrsLzk" Kelopuro.

April 11, 2013

Isildur1 Dominates The Games Winning $583k

After ten hours at the tables yesterday Viktor "Isildur1" Blom had beaten all-comers and walked away a $583k win at the PLO, FLO8 and Triple Draw tables.

April 10, 2013

Phil Ivey Wins 9th WSOP Bracelet

Phil Ivey climbs to 9 WSOP gold bracelets after defeating Brandon Wong heads up for the Mixed Event title at the WSOP APAC in Melbourne

April 10, 2013

WSOP APAC: Two champions crowned, Ivey and Negreanu final table event #3

Already two WSOP champions have been crowned in the inaugural World Series of Poker Asia Pacific, while the event #3, AU$2,200 buy-in Mixed Event, is now down to final six players.

April 09, 2013

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April 09, 2013

First Week of April Recap - Ike "luvtheWNBA" Haxton wins $1/2 Million at Full Tilt

The first week of April has seen some insanely swings at the highest stakes currently avai...

April 08, 2013

SanIker Takes $213k From Isildur1 at $500/$1000 NLHE

Taking a break from the $500/$1000 CAP PLO action, Isildur1 reignited his NLHE rivalry with SanIker at the $500/$1000 CAP NL tables yesterday. SanIker has run exceptionally well against Isil...

April 07, 2013

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With nine days to go in our exclusive Intertops $2k rake race there is still outstanding value to be had, and with the sites own weekly races and 36% rakeback as standard Intertops Poker off...

April 07, 2013

Bttech86 is the Comeback King - Wins $1.5m Back from Isildur1

After witnessing Isildur1's extraordinary $1.7m win over Ben "Bttech86" Tollerene on Thursday the American pro managed to reload with Full Tilt account and stage what has to be described as ...

April 06, 2013

The Making of Viktor Blom - Part 3 – Back against the wall

Read on as Viktor puts his faith in his ability and finally makes the breakthrough he has been praying for

April 05, 2013

Viktor "Isildur1" Blom Wins $1.7 Million In Less Than Six Hours From Bttech86

When Viktor "Isildur1" Blom fired up the $500/$1000 CAP PLO tables again this morning to take on fellow high stakes pro Ben "Bttech86" Tollerene there must have been a few Blom fans who, alt...

April 04, 2013