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SanIker Gets Revenge On durrrr - Wins $311k at $200/$400 NLHE

After some heavy NLHE losses to Tom "durrrr" Dwan in recent weeks, German NL specialist SanIker took revenge on the Full Tilt Professional yesterday, taking him for $310.9k

March 07, 2013

Paul Volpe Leads The Field Once Again

"paulgees81" is chip leader at WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star

March 07, 2013

Isildur1 & Bttech86 Both Up Over $1m in Two Days - Bttech Wins $905k at $250/$500 PLO

Yesterday was a huge day at the PLO tables of Full Tilt with the two biggest winners accum...

March 06, 2013

Leo Margets Signs with PokerStars, Ongame Launches "Strobe Poker" and more

PokerStars announced recently the newest member of Team PokerStars Pro, 29-year-old Leonor “Leo” Margets from Barcelona, Spain.

March 06, 2013

Andrew Lichtenberger Leads WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Event

It hasn't been so much fun for Jason Mercier though

March 06, 2013

Isildur1 On a $600k Heater

After a few false starts Viktor "Isildur1" Blom has finally hit a decent upswing, and is currently over $600k up in the last 24hrs.

March 05, 2013

$60,000 Betsafe Race Underway - Runs through March 24th

The $300k March Promotion Bonanza at Betsafe continues at full steam

March 05, 2013

Another Good Day for durrrr - Wins $342k At NLHE, 8-game & Draw

Two days back at the tables after his flurry of huge wins in February and Tom "durrrr" Dwan appears to be crushing once again as he topped the daily leader board for the second consecutive d...

March 04, 2013

Ike Haxton Talks Isildur1, the Full Tilt/PokerStars Challenge & Life as a PokerStars Online Pro

This Sunday (10th March), we see Team PokerStars battle the Full Tilt Professionals in an ...

March 04, 2013

"benislovas" Takes Down Sunday Million 7th Anniversary and $848,589

A total of 49,287 players ended up turning out for the 7th Anniversary of the Sunday Million on Pokerstars and the results came in just a few hours ago.

March 04, 2013

durrrr Back Again - Wins $272k in NL 2-7 Triple Draw

After crushing the opposition in February, Tom "durrrr" Dwan is back and has once again proved himself at the highest level by winning $272k at the NL 2-7 Triple Draw tables yesterday to top...

March 03, 2013

February Overview - durrrr is Back With a Bang in a $2.3m Month

With the shortest month of the year over, let's take back at the highlights of yet another mega action packed four weeks at the virtual felt of Full Tilt and PokerStars, the worlds two bigge...

March 03, 2013

The Professionals vs Team PokerStars Challenge Set For March 10th, Isildur1 in a new interview

Full Tilt Poker has released details for the upcoming The Professionals vs Team PokerStars...

March 02, 2013

Paul Klann Wins WPT LA Poker Classic 2013

Takes home the top prize of $1,004,090

March 01, 2013

Barcode Wins $271k at $200/$400 PLO

With precious little action over at Full Tilt yesterday the biggest high stakes winner came from the $200/$400 PLO action over at PokerStars where three hours of early morning action enabled...

March 01, 2013

Party Poker Player Pool Unexpectedly Split Up

Players have been segregated based on their playing history

February 28, 2013

patpatpanda Stops The Rot - Wins $272k in Big PLO Games

As anyone following the online high stakes scene will know, Macau based action junkie patpatpanda hasn't exactly excelled himself since he opened his account at Full Tilt Poker, losing over ...

February 28, 2013

Player Spotlight: Postflopaction has been killing the games this year to the tune of $2.4 million

Alex Kostritsyn has dominated the mixed games on Full Tilt

February 28, 2013

Negreanu Chooses Grospellier and Haxton for the Team Challenge

Daniel Negreanu has released some new information regarding the Team Challenge between Team PokerStars Pro's and Team Full Tilt Poker.

February 28, 2013

Paul Volpe Leads The Final 6 At WPT LA Poker Classic

517 starters have been reduced to just 6

February 28, 2013

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