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Results and updates from some of the largest cash games in the world, both online and live. We'll recount some of the biggest hands, and tell you who is winning and who is losing.
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June High Stakes Update: Patrik Antonius on Top
It’s not surprising that the high stakes action on Full Tilt Poker has been very light so far in June, considering that the World Series of Poker is currently taking place.
Many of the high stakes...
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May High Stakes Update - "jungleman12", Gus Hansen on Top
With the World Series of Poker less than a week away, the high stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker have turned into a bit of a ghost town.
Many of the top players in the world are currently resting u...
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Tom "durrrr" Dwan Down $2 Million+ In Last Two Weeks
According to Highstakesdb.com, Tom "durrrr" Dwan has lost a total of $2,143,594.00 on Full Tilt Poker in just the last two weeks.
This loss has come over a total of 16,217 tracked hands, meaning t...
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Tom Dwan Now Up $6.7 Million on Full Tilt Poker in 2010
It was less than six months ago when "Isildur1" was putting the boots to Tom "durrrr" Dwan on Full Tilt Poker.
From January 1st 2009 to November 30th 2009, Tom Dwan suffered such a beat down on Fu...
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April High Stakes Update - Tom Dwan Continues to Roll
Tom Dwan continues to dominate in 2010, adding another $1.45 million to his already impressive profits in the first two weeks of April.
Dwan, who dropped a total of $5.57 million on Full Tilt Poke...
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"Isildur1" A No-Go, "durrrr" Continues to Roll and "Jesus" Gets Into Movies
1. "Isildur1" a no-go for PartyPoker.com Big Game IV.
According to Tony G, "Isildur1" will not be participating in the PartyPoker.com Big Game IV, which gets under way on Sunday.
Tony G was th...
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"Ziigmund" Takes a Million Off of "durrrr" In Early Morning Session
Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies just completed a lengthy early morning session on Full Tilt Poker, with Sahamies winning more than a million dollars in the battle.
According to Hig...
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March High Stakes Update: Dwan Continues To Surge, Cole South Giving It Back
With the high stakes games on Full Tilt Poker taking a bit of a breather over the past few days, I thought that now would be a good time to see how the biggest names are faring in the high stakes cash...
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Brian Hastings Destroys "Isildur1" (Again)
In December of 2009, Brian Hastings single-handedly ended the run of "Isildur1" on Full Tilt Poker (at least temporarily), sending the Swedish player to a loss of $4.2 million in just a single session...
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Tom Dwan Now Up Two Million in "durrrr Challenge"
The latest installment in the "durrrr Challenge" earlier today only lasted nine minutes and 61 hands, but Tom "durrrr" Dwan was still able to extend his lead by over $200k.
During today's micro-se...
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Tom "durrrr" Dwan Exacts Some Revenge on "Isildur1"
In November of 2009, Tom "durrrr" Dwan and "Isildur1" waged war against each other in a number of high stakes cash game battles on Full Tilt Poker.
"Isildur1" constantly got the best of Dwan in th...
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Tom Dwan Extends Lead in "durrrr Challenge"
Tom "durrrr" Dwan continues to extend his lead over Patrik Antonius in the "durrrr Challenge", and is currently up about $1.75 million after 33,242 hands.
"durrrr" won an additional $342k in a sho...
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Kevin "ImaLucksac" MacPhee Wins EPT Berlin, "durrrr" Dominates
1. Kevin "ImaLucksac" MacPhee Wins EPT Berlin.
945 players took part in this year's EPT Berlin event, which ended up creating a total prize pool of nearly 5 million Euros.
The EPT Berlin was m...
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Brian Townsend's Downswing Continues
Brian Townsend, "Team Cardrunners" member and "red" Full Tilt player, has not gotten off to a great start in 2010.
As a matter of fact, Townsend has lost more than any other player on Full Tilt Po...
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Cole South Up $3.5 Million in 2010 on Full Tilt Poker
In a recent blog posting on Cardrunners.com, Cole South said that "I've been very fortunate to start the year off hot."
According to HighStakesDB.com, South is up nearly $3.5 million so far in 201...
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"durrrr" Wins a Million
There has been plenty of high stakes action on Full Tilt Poker over the past 24 hours, with one of the biggest beneficiaries of this action being Tom "durrrr" Dwan.
According to HighStakesDB.com, ...
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"Isildur1" Up $1.46 Million in February on Full Tilt Poker
After a few month absence, "Isildur1" has returned to playing the biggest games on Full Tilt Poker, much to the delight of railbirds across the world.
After dipping his toe into the shark-filled h...
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"Ziigmund" Destroying The Competition on Full Tilt Poker in January
Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies is off to a great start on Full Tilt Poker in 2010, having banked just over $1.7 million dollars in profits over the first 28 days of January.
"Ziigmund", who was the fif...
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Gus Hansen Is Off To a Strong Start in 2010
Gus Hansen had a really bad year on Full Tilt Poker in 2009.
"The Great Dane" ended the year down $5,575,624.38 on Full Tilt Poker (according to HighstakesDB.com), which was the biggest loss poste...
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Dwan Continues To Battle Back in December
One of the most interesting stories of 2009 has definitely been the up and down year of Tom "durrrr" Dwan.
Dwan's bankroll has experienced some monumental swings in 2009. He started out the year r...
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Tom Dwan Banks $225k In "durrrr Challenge" Session
Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Patrik Antonius continued the "durrrr Challenge" earlier this morning, with Dwan emerging with a profit of $225,715.
A total of 29,764 hands have now been completed in the "c...
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Brian Hastings Demolishes "Isildur1"
Brian Hastings completely annihilated "Isildur1" earlier tonight, earning himself over $4 million dollars in the process.
According to HighStakesDB.com, Hastings is up $4,206,960 in the past 24 ho...
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"Durrrr" Wins Some Back, "Browndog19" Surges
As everyone knows, Tom "durrrr" Dwan turned in one of the worst months in the history of online poker in November.
Dwan, fresh off of signing a lucrative deal with Full Tilt Poker, was surely on t...
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Is the "Isildur1" Run Over?
Has "Isildur1" finally imploded, joining the ranks of a number of other players who had some short-term success at the highest of stakes, only to give it all back?
Has multi-tabling against the lik...
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Thanksgiving High Stakes Update: "Ziigmund" Up $2.3 Million, Antonius Down $2.7 Million
Some of the biggest names in poker are continuing to wage war on Thanksgiving Day, opting to pass on the turkey and football in favor of some $500/$1000 Pot Limit Omaha.
Earlier this morning, Tom ...
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Two Million Dollar Cash Game Pots This Past Weekend
There was more crazy cash game action on Full Tilt Poker this past weekend. As is usually the case these days, "Isildur1" was right in the middle of all of it.
There were two million dollar plus p...
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Tom Dwan Drops Another $800,000 To "Isildur1"
Just a day after smashing Sammy "Any Two" George for $750k in the "durrrr" Million Dollar Challenge, Tom "durrrr" Dwan dropped it all back (and more) to his arch-nemesis, "Isildur1".
The multi-tab...
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Patrik Antonius Crushes "Isildur1" In Heads-Up PLO Battle
Patrik Antonius and "Isildur1" went to war on Monday evening / early Tuesday morning, with Patrik Antonius emerging as the big winner.
Just how big?
When the smoke had cleared and the dust had ...
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"Isildur1" Has Another Million Dollar Day
Another day, another million dollar session for "Isildur1" on Full Tilt Poker.
Sure, we are talking about "Isildur1" quite a bit lately on this blog, but why not? This mysterious Swedish player is...
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The "durrrr" vs "Isildur1" Battle Continues To Rage On
Once Phil Ivey was eliminated from the World Series of Poker main event, most of the attention in the online poker world turned to the epic "durrrr" vs "Isildur1" battle on Full Tilt Poker.
There ...
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"Isildur1" vs Tom "durrrr" Dwan
There have been some pretty epic heads-up, high stakes battles on Full Tilt Poker in the past.
Phil Ivey vs Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies. Tom "durrrr" Dwan vs "martonas". The list goes on and on.
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Tom Dwan Moves Further Ahead in "durrrr Challenge"
Patrik Antonius and Tom "durrrr" Dwan completed some more hands in the "durrrr Challenge" on Tuesday, moving the nine-month battle a bit closer to completion.
Dwan was able to book a small win on ...
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High Stakes Update: "durrrr", Ivey On Top in October
Tom "durrrr" Dwan has continued his rollercoaster of a year in October, banking an estimated $1.32 million dollars over 6,263 tracked hands.
Dwan has been all over the place in 2009. He got off to...
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Phil Ivey Up $1.5 Million Dollars in October on Full Tilt Poker
Things are going pretty well for Phil Ivey right now.
Not only did Ivey win two World Series of Poker bracelets this past summer (and millions of dollars in prop bets), but he also has a chance at ...
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Tom Dwan Retakes Lead in "durrrr Challenge"
Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Patrik Antonius played another short installment in the ongoing "durrrr challenge" late Wednesday night, with Dwan booking a $274k win over the 400 hand session.
With his pro...
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"Martonas" Returns to High Stakes Games on Full Tilt Poker
"Martonas" made a big splash on Full Tilt Poker in the summer, seemingly appearing out of nowhere and doing battle with some of the biggest names in the world.
"martonas" went on a big run in the ...
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Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond Up over $1.3 Million Dollars in September on Full Tilt
After a fairly quiet start to the year, Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond has finally caught his stride and is currently up over $1.3 million dollars in September on Full Tilt Poker.
Galfond has put in ...
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Phil Ivey Finishes as Big Winner in "Top Guns" Cash Game on Poker After Dark
The final episode of the two week long "Top Guns" cash game on "Poker After Dark" has now aired, and Phil Ivey has emerged as the big winner.
Tom Dwan appeared as though he was going to end up as ...
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Tom "durrrr" Dwan Continues To Lead "Top Guns" Cash Game
The first seven episodes of the "Top Guns" cash game on "Poker After Dark" have now aired (eight if you include the first "Director's Cut", and Tom "durrrr" Dwan continues to lead in terms of overall ...
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Tom "durrrr" Dwan Finishes as Big Winner In First Week of "Top Guns" Cash Game on Poker After Dark
The first week of the "Top Guns" cash game on "Poker After Dark" has now drawn to a close, and Tom "durrrr" Dwan has emerged as the big winner (so far).
Tom Dwan has been able to win $300k+ in the...
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"POKERBLUFFS" Wins a Huge Pot Against Patrik Antonius
Just when you thought that August was going to end with a whimper on Full Tilt Poker, the high stakes action on the site suddenly heats up.
The game of choice today? No Limit Hold'em, but surprisin...
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Cardrunners Pros Winning Big in August
The list of the most profitable players on Full Tilt Poker so far in August is dominated by Cardrunners pros, with Cole South and Brian Hastings both earning themselves over a million dollars during t...
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The "Martonas" Roller Coaster Ride Continues
The mystery of who is behind the "martonas" alias on Full Tilt Poker still hasn't been solved yet, but here are a few things that we know for sure:
1. "martonas" will play anyone.
2. The best pl...
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"Martonas" vs "durrrr"
"Martonas", the Swedish poker player who still remains anonymous, has single-handedly set the high stakes games on Full Tilt Poker ablaze in the past few weeks.
High stakes regulars such as Tom "du...
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"Martonas" Earns Himself a Million Dollar Stack on Full Tilt Poker
The Swedish player known as "martonas" accomplished a rare feat earlier today, building a stack of over $1 million dollars on a $500/$1000 NLHE cash game table at Full Tilt Poker.
"Martonas" joins ...
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"Mr. B" Is On Fire
David Benyamine, who is affectionately called "Mr. B" by his fiancee, Erica Schoenberg, is currently in the midst of a major upswing on Full Tilt Poker.
As you may or may not know, Benyamine recent...
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August High Stakes Update: Ashton "theASHMAN103" Griffin on Top
August is just a few days old, but there has already been a great deal of high stakes action on Full Tilt Poker.
With the recent conclusion of the World Series of Poker (for most players) in Vegas,...
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Richard Ashby, Cole South Dominate July Cash Game Action on FTP
July featured the return of many well-known players to the high stakes cash game tables on Full Tilt Poker.
The cash games in "Bobby's Room" were apparently very good during the World Series of Pok...
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Niki Jedlicka Is Crushing Once Again
There was a period of time, back in 2007, when Niki Jedlicka was one of the hottest poker players in the world.
Niki Jedlicka seemingly appeared out of nowhere and starting inflicting heavy damage ...
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Richard Ashby, Tom Dwan Leading the Way in July High Stakes Action on FTP
Richard Ashby (formerly known as "CHUFTY") and Tom "durrrr" Dwan are currently having the most profitable months on Full Tilt Poker so far in July.
Both players are up around $1 million dollars (As...
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High Stakes Regulars Return to Full Tilt Poker
Many of the names that you are accustomed to seeing on Full Tilt Poker have not been around much this summer.
Names such as Patrik Antonius, Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies were rar...
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"Durrrr" Dominates in June
Tom "durrrr" Dwan dominated the high-stakes action on Full Tilt Poker in June, and has now completely erased all of his losses in 2009 (and then some).
There was a time earlier this year when Dwan ...
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"durrrr" Digs Himself Out of a Deep Hole
According to HighStakesDB.com, Tom "durrrr" Dwan is up over $500k on Full Tilt Poker in 2009.
At first glance this is not a big deal, especially considering the fact that Dwan is one of the best po...
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Full Tilt Poker High Stakes Results for May
The World Series of Poker has been dominating the news for the past week.
With all of the tournaments, cash games and golfing excursions that make up the World Series of Poker experience, there has...
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$25k Heads-Up Championship Recap, "durrrr" vs "Ziigmund", More
The $25k NLHE Heads-Up Championship on Full Tilt Poker wrapped up on Sunday afternoon, with "TheASHMAN103" eventually being crowned the champion.
"TheASHMAN103" defeated Full Tilt Poker "red pro" D...
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May High Stakes Update: "durrrr" Surging, "Ziigmund" Strong
With the World Series of Poker (and all of its high-stakes cash games) less than a week away, many of the top poker players in the world have been camped out on Full Tilt Poker, fine-tuning their game...
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May Full Tilt High Stakes Update: Dwan, Ivey, Schwartz on Top
We are just a week into the month of May, but there are already some familiar names that have amassed hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits.
Tom "durrrr" Dwan has gotten off to a quick start ...
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Antonius Up $488k in "durrrr" Challenge
Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan logged some more hands in the "durrrr" challenge on Sunday. By the end of the session, Patrik's lead in the challenge had widened to approximately $488k.
According to F...
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Gus Hansen Closes April With Three Million Dollar Upswing
Gus Hansen, who is known for his massive bankroll swings, finished April with a near three million dollar upswing on Full Tilt Poker.
According to HighStakesDB.com (link below), Gus Hansen went on ...
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Antonius Widens Lead in "durrrr" Challenge
Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Patrik Antonius continued the "durrrr" challenge earlier today.
At the conclusion of the 842 hand session, Patrik Antonius had widened his lead in the challenge, and is now up...
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2009 = Antonius Domination
2009 is only about 3 1/2 months old, but that hasn't stopped Patrik Antonius from racking up almost $4 million dollars in profit on Full Tilt Poker so far this year.
Antonius has been bludgeoning t...
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"durrrr" Challenge Update
On February 18th, 2009, the "durrrr" Challenge got underway to a great deal of fanfare.
Early in 2009, Tom "durrrr" Dwan issued a challenge to any poker player in the world that wasn't named Phil G...
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"Ziigmund", "OMGClayAiken" Leading Cash Game Leaderboard on Full Tilt Poker in April
April has gotten off to a pretty quiet start on Full Tilt Poker.
The high-stakes cash games on the site have been pretty dead over the first 5 days of April. Many of the regulars are occupied with ...
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Dwan vs Ivey in Late Night PLO Battle
While you were sleeping last night, Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Phil Ivey were locking horns in a monumental heads-up battle.
The two players were battling on two tables of heads-up $500/$1000 Pot Limit ...
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Daniel Negreanu Has Lost To Quads Three Times on High Stakes Poker
As most people are likely aware, Daniel Negreanu has been involved in some of the biggest pots in the history of "High Stakes Poker".
What people may not know is that Negreanu has now lost to Quads...
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Phil Ivey Up $3.4 Million Dollars on FTP in the Past Month
After getting off to a rocky start in 2009, Phil Ivey has come roaring back and is now up over $1.3 million dollars on Full Tilt Poker this year.
Ivey ended 2008 as the single biggest winner on Ful...
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Ivey vs Dwan
Phil Ivey and Tom "durrrr" Dwan, arguably the two best poker players in the world, put on an unbelievable display on Sunday. The two players waged a war on Full Tilt Poker, battling each other on a nu...
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Slaughter At The Thunderdome: Ivey Destroys Dwan
Phil Ivey joined the likes of Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond, Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies and Tom "durrrr" Dwan as the only players to ever accumulate a stack of over $1 million dollars on Tuesday evening....
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Brian "tsarrast" Rast Up $1.6 Million Dollars This Month on Full Tilt Poker
Brian "tsarrast" Rast is having a great month on Full Tilt Poker in February, having made an estimated $1.6 million dollars over just 8,348 tracked hands.
Rast is a well-known high-stakes cash game...
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January High-Stakes Cash Game Report
After a slow start to the month, the high-stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker ended with a bang.
Five players ended up with profits of over a million dollars, while six incredibly successful onlin...
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Sick Poker Hand Report: Dwan vs Antonius
A few months back, Patrik Antonius was involved in a pretty crazy hand with Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro.
In the hand, Antonius was dealt pocket eights, while "LarsLuzak" was supposedly dealt pocket A...
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Million Dollar Cash Game Gets Underway At The Aussie Millions
The Million Dollar Cash Game is now underway at the 2009 Aussie Millions.
Some of the names who are currently participating in the action include Tom "durrrr" Dwan, Patrik Antonius, Niki Jedlicka, ...
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Patrik Antonius Dominating Full Tilt Poker In January, Up Nearly Three Million Dollars On the Month
A few days ago, we told you about how Tom "durrrr" Dwan is off to a rough start so far in January. Since then, things have continued to go poorly for Dwan - he is now down almost $2.8 million dollars ...
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"durrrr" Down $2.15 Million on Full Tilt To Start 2009
After finishing 2008 as one of Full Tilt Poker's biggest winners (+5.4 million), Tom "durrrr" Dwan has given a bunch of money back to start 2009.
After the first fifteen days of the year, "durrrr" ...
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LarsLuzak and Phil Ivey Battle on "GusHeaven"
Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro and Phil Ivey waged war on "GusHeaven" on Thursday afternoon. "GusHeaven" is one of the $500/$1000 No Limit Hold'em tables on Full Tilt Poker.
When the dust had settled, P...
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Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies Off To A Strong Start in 2009
The high-stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker have gotten off to a bit of a slow start in January. A number of the top players, including Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius, have largely been abs...
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Guy Laliberte: The Engine of the High-Stakes Economy on Full Tilt Poker
No one really knows just how many different accounts Guy Laliberte has used on Full Tilt Poker.
Based on style of play and things that other players have said at the tables, there is a pretty good ...
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Tom "durrrr" Dwan Up Over $2.2 Million Dollars in December on Full Tilt
Tom Dwan, better known as "durrrr", is up over $2.2 million dollars on Full Tilt Poker so far in December.
A great deal of these profits have come over the last couple of days. "durrrr" has had a v...
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"LarsLuzak" Takes Down $637k Pot vs "Ziigmund"
There have been four or five monstrous cash-game pots played on Full Tilt Poker in the past 24 hours.
"Ziigmund" took down a $387k pot against "DaEvils" in $500/$1000 No Limit Hold'em action after ...
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Papa Ninja, Hansen Hangout, Anurag Dikshit and More
1. Who is Papa Ninja? We've received dozens of emails over the past few days, asking us if we know who the mysterious "Papa Ninja" is on Full Tilt Poker.
Papa Ninja popped up a few...
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"OMGClayAiken", "Urindanger" and Patrik Antonius Dominating Full Tilt Cash Games in December
The list of the most profitable players on Full Tilt so far in December includes some very familiar names - names that have dominated the high-stakes games on the site all year.
At the top of the l...
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Four Players Up Over A Million Dollars on Full Tilt So Far in December
After a relatively boring November, the high-stakes cash game action on Full Tilt Poker has really taken off over the past week or so.
There are currently four players that have banked over a milli...
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High Stakes Action in December, Jeezy vs KG, LAPT Nuevo Vallarta
Bunch of interesting news items over the past couple of days, so here they are .. also, Kevin Garnett vs "Young Jeezy" in an epic high-stakes poker battle..
1. High Stakes Leaders in December.
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Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond Reaches The Mythical One Million Dollar Mark on "GusHeaven"
Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond joined Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies and Tom "durrrr" Dwan Friday night as the only players to ever accumulate a stack of over one million dollars in a No Limit Hold'em game on...
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Sick Hand of the Day - OMGClayAiken vs LarsLuzak
The high-stakes cash game action on Full Tilt Poker has picked up dramatically over the past few days, as a number of the biggest names seemed to have returned after being absent for much of November....
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Eli Elezra, David Oppenheim Dominate November Cash Games on Full Tilt Poker
November is now in the books. Two familiar names led the way in high-stakes cash game action on Full Tilt Poker in November.
For once, the most profitable player wasn't Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen or Da...
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Tom "durrrr" Dwan Returns to Full Tilt Poker With a Bang
There was a flurry of high-stakes action on Full Tilt Poker at the end of October / beginning of November, and since then, things have been pretty quiet.
One well-known player that has been largely...
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Ozzy 87 and "MR B 2 U Son" Combine For a $367k Pot
One of the biggest online pots of the past few weeks went down on Full Tilt Poker earlier today.
David "MR B 2 U SON" Benyamine, Aurangzeb "Ozzy 87" Sheikh and Emil "whitelime" Patel were sitting a...
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High Stakes Update: Antonius, Ziigmund on Top in November
The high-stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker have certainly cooled off as of late.
Names such as Phil Ivey, Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Hac "trex313" Dang have not been playing much this month. Ivey has...
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Nuts78 on Top of FTP Cash Games So Far This Month
The biggest winner in the high-stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker so far this month is not Patrik Antonius. It's not Phil Ivey. It's not David Benyamine, and it's not Gus Hansen.
The biggest winn...
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Patrik Antonius Wins Sick $606k Pot Against LarsLuzak
It wasn't the biggest pot in the history of online poker (that distinction belongs to a $700k+ KK vs AA hand between Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Di "Urindanger" Dang), but it was definitely the most unbelie...
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Lady Marmelade Gets Slaughtered Yet Again
Another month has passed us by - October is now in the books.
October was a particularly spectacular month for high-stakes action on Full Tilt Poker. The $500/$1000 No Limit Hold'em games on the si...
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Di "Urindanger" Dang Wins the Largest Ever Online Poker Hand
This weekend has seen some of the craziest action in the history of online high-stakes poker.
The record for the largest ever online poker cash game pot has been broken FOUR times already this week...
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Ivey, Hansen and "durrrr" On Top of Full Tilt Poker in October
23 full days of action have been booked and recorded on Full Tilt Poker in October, and some very familiar names are currently on top of the cash game leaderboard.
Phil Ivey is currently sitting at...
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Gus Hansen Up Nearly Two Million Dollars on Full Tilt in October
Two players are currently up more than a million dollars on Full Tilt Poker so far in October - Gus Hansen and Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies. These are two of the most volatile players on the site (in ter...
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Ozzy 87 vs ElMariachimacho, Kentucky Domain Case, Tom "durrrr" Dwan and More
1. "Ozzy 87" vs "ElMariachimacho". There have been some pretty savage beats dished out on the $500/$1000 "RailHeaven" table on Full Tilt Poker, but yesterday's pot between "Ozzy 87" and "ElMari...
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Hansen on Another Heater
Gus Hansen is on another heater on Full Tilt Poker.
"The Great Dane" is up almost $1.4 million dollars on the site since the start of October, making him far and away the biggest winner so far thi...
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"Ziigmund" Almost Does It Again
Just a day after amassing a ridiculous $1.1 million dollar stack on "RailHeaven", Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies nearly did it again.
He was within striking distance on Monday, building up his stack to...
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Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies With a One Million Dollar Stack on "RailHeaven"
Ilari Sahamies, better known as "Ziigmund" on Full Tilt Poker, was the first player to ever top the $1 million dollar mark on "RailHeaven" earlier today.
"RailHeaven" is the $500/$1000 hig...
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Weekend Update - EPT London, High Stakes Results, Doyle Brunson and More
It's Saturday afternoon here, and things seem to have slowed down a bit after a hectic week. Instead of writing one big article, I decided to compile everything into one update. We'll be back with our...
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Phil Ivey Posts a $2.2 Million Dollar Gain on Full Tilt Poker in September
Thanks to an outstanding last day of the month, Phil Ivey ended up as the biggest winner in the high stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker in September. When all was said and done, Ivey ended up with a...
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Full Tilt Poker Cash Games: Ivey Still On Top in September
September is not even half over, and already there are three players who have made a million dollars worth of profits in the high stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker. They are: Phil Ivey, David Benya...
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Patatino Wins Largest Online Cash Game Pot Ever - With a Pair of Twos
RailHeaven on Full Tilt Poker, which is the six-max $500/$1000 NLHE game, has seen tons of action over the past couple of weeks. The game has produced three of the largest online pots ever over the pa...
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Phil Ivey, theASHMAN103 on Opposite Ends of the Cash Game Leaderboard on Full Tilt Poker This Month
Summer is definitely over on Full Tilt Poker as the action has picked up considerably in the past few weeks. Phil Ivey has found himself in the center of most of the action, engaging in a number of hi...
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Wednesday Produced the Three Largest Online Cash Game Pots Ever
Before Wednesday, the largest online cash game pot was won by Fast_Freddie, aka Mohammad Kowssarie. The hand took place on Ladbrokes, and the two participants were "Fast_Freddie" and Johnny "bad_ip" L...
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Phil Ivey Up Over $1.2 Million Dollars in Just Two Days on Full Tilt Poker
Phil Ivey declared on Labor Day that he would be playing much more online in the coming weeks so that he can get back into a groove. Well, Phil Ivey definitely appears to have his groove back, as he i...
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Tom "durrrrr" Dwan Mounts Furious Comeback After Dropping $600k on Monday
Labor Day started what should be a great month of high-stakes action on both Full Tilt Poker and Pokerstars. There was a ton of action on Full Tilt Poker on Monday, and Tom "...
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Howisitfeellike, sunra18 and PrtectYaNeck All Having Strong Months on Full Tilt Poker
August is almost over. Many familiar names are atop the Full Tilt Poker leaderboard, including the likes of David Benyamine (+$782k), Tom "durrrr" Dwan (+$654k) and Phil Ivey (+$608k).
How...
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Gus Hansen Continues His Streaky Play; Benyamine, Ivey and Tony G Return to Full Tilt
Is there a streakier player on Full Tilt Poker than Gus Hansen?
"The Great Dane" continued his wild fluctuations on Thursday, posting a one day gain of almost $500k on Full Tilt Poker. Much...
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Howisitfeellike, Charzard Off To Strong Starts on Full Tilt Poker in August
Sure we're only a couple of days into August, but so far four players have booked profits in excess of $200k in the high-stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker. They are:
"howisitfeellike", +...
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Gus Hansen, LoLiNa End July Atop the Full Tilt Poker Cash Game Leaderboard
July is now in the books, and the biggest winners and losers in Full Tilt Poker's high stakes cash games have now been decided for the month.
The big winner ended up being Gus Hansen, who ...
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Flipping Is All the Rage on Full Tilt Poker These Days
What do you do when you're an online poker player with a multi-million dollar bankroll and a sick urge to gamble? You hop onto Full Tilt Poker and "flip" in the highest limit Pot Limit Omaha games on ...
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"Lolina", "Slaktarn" Putting In Strong Months on Full Tilt Poker
July is almost over, and some familiar names are occupying the lists of the biggest winners and losers in the high stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker this month.
First off, a new phenomenon seems...
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Crazy Swings In High Stakes Cash Games on Full Tilt Poker This Month
When we last left you, Gus Hansen was on a major tear on Full Tilt Poker.
Every so often, despite being one of the biggest donators to the high stakes cash games on Full Tilt, Hansen will ...
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Gus Hansen Continues His Roller Coaster Ride on Full Tilt Poker
According to Highstakesdb.com, Gus Hansen is on another heater in July. Not only is he putting in a ton of hands (25,257 so far this month), but he is also doing extremely well, and is currently up ov...
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SteveSung, OnTheRize Leading The Way in Full Tilt Cash Games This Month
"SteveSung" is currently leading the way in the high stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker this month, as he has currently banked a total of $720k in profit as of July 13th. These profits have come ove...
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$438,000 Pot Between Jason "pr1nnyraid" Rosenkrantz and Patrik Antonius
The new ultra high-limit tables on Full Tilt Poker, set up at the request of Patrik Antonius, produced their first truly massive pot early Friday morning.
The action ...
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David Benyamine Continues to Have a Ridiculously Strong Run in June
June of 2008 will likely always hold a special place in David Benyamine's heart.
Not only has the former professional tennis player done extremely well for himself at the World Series of P...
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Tom "durrrr" Dwan Wins a Half Million in One Day on Full Tilt
According to Highstakesdb.com, Tom "durrrr" Dwan cleared over a half million dollars on Full Tilt Poker yesterday.
Almost all of this profit came while playing high stakes Pot Limit Omaha....
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Benyamine, Antonius Top Cash Game Winners on Full Tilt So Far in June
David Benyamine continues to have a fantastic year on Full Tilt Poker. Benyamine currently sits with a total profit of $668k in June, which puts him at the top of the list for the month. "ICallSoWhat"...
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ICallSoWhat Back on Top in June
With the World Series of Poker currently taking place, there is considerably less high-stakes cash game action on Full Tilt Poker compared to other months. The likes of David Benyamine, Gus Hansen and...
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David Benyamine is a Machine
What do you do if you make the final table of a World Series of Poker event and have a chance to win your first bracelet?
Most people will head back to their hotel roo...
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Reasons Why It is Good to Be Cole South Right Now
1. He just put in a ridiculous session on Full Tilt Poker that saw him drop as much as $400k, only to come roaring back and finish the day up almost $500k on the site (according to HighStakesDB.com). ...
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David Benyamine Up Over Two Million Dollars on Full Tilt Poker in May
David Benyamine is crushing the high stakes games on Full Tilt Poker so far in May, and is up an estimated $2.01 million dollars on the month. His Pot Limit Omaha numbers are even better, as he up an ...
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Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies Comes Storming Back
The first four months of 2008 weren't very kind to Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies.
The ultra-aggressive poker player from Finland had gotten off to a rocky start on Full...
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Saturday Night News and Notes - FTP Heads-Up, Cash Games, Turbo Takedown, "The Grinder"
1. FTP Heads-Up Championship. The tournament is currently paused and will resume on Sunday afternoon. There are four players currently left in the tournament: Andy Bloch, Emil "whitelime" Patel, David...
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"present", Markus Golser Leading the Way in May Full Tilt Poker Cash Games
With the World Series of Poker quickly approaching and the FTOPS currently taking place, I would expect that the high stakes cash game action on Full Tilt Poker will really start to heat up over the n...
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CHUFTY, "OMGClayAiken", "This_is_4_DV" Off to Fast Starts In High Stakes Cash Games on Full Tilt Poker In May
The list of winners so far this month in high stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker contains some very familiar names, including the likes of Phil Galfond, David Benyamine and Markus Golser. With the l...
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ICallSoWhat Continues To Crush High Stakes Cash Games on Full Tilt Poker in April; Ivey Surges; "lady marmelade" The Big Loser
With April almost in the books, it's time to take another look at the biggest cash game winners and losers on Full Tilt Poker in April.
"ICallSoWhat" continues to le...
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ICallSoWhat Up Over 2.4 Million Dollars on Full Tilt Poker in 2008
There are a number of players having really strong years so far in the high stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker, but "ICallSoWhat" is having the best. According to HighStakesDB.com, "ICallSoWhat" is ...
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Ed "Bluescouse" Hollis Back at It Again
After a one month absence, Ed "Bluescouse" Hollis is back at it again, playing well above his bankroll and drawing a throng of onlookers.
The last time that Ed left u...
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"xSt0n3rx", "ICallSoWhat" Leading the Way in FTP High Stakes Cash Games so far in April
The month is still young, but as of April 8th "xSt0n3rx" and "ICallSoWhat" are leading the way in Full Tilt Poker high stakes cash games (No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha).
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Tom "durrrr" Dwan Up Over Two Million Dollars in Full Tilt Poker High Stakes Cash Games in 2008
As of April 3rd, 2008, Tom "durrrr" Dwan has emerged as the biggest winner on Full Tilt Poker Year to Date with a total estimated profit of $2.132 million dollars. This takes into account the high sta...
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Heads-Up Challenges Are All The Rage These Days | Hellmuth vs Dwan | Antonius vs Brunson | "Team Antonius + Ziigmund" vs "Team LarsLuzak + KObyTAPOUT"
In case you haven't been following the poker world that closely over the past month or so, there are three heads-up challenges that may or may not go down.
First you have Phil Hellmuth Jr. vs Tom "...
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"PokerGirl1", "Cogaz" Leading the Way in Ladbrokes and Prima Cash Games So Far in March
We usually spend our time talking about the high stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker, as Highstakesdb does a great job of tracking these games, plus there is usually a lot of action. Today I thought ...
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"luvtheWNBA", "LucLongley" Leading the Way in FTP Cash Games So Far in March
It's still early in the month, but so far Isaac "luvtheWNBA" Haxton and Brian "LucLongley" Hastings have banked the most money in the high stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker in March.
"luvtheWNBA...
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Ed "Bluescouse" Hollis is Back
When the story last left off, Ed "Bluescouse" Hollis had just made a blog posting on his site entitled "IN BAD SHAPE", where he lamented that he had just dusted off almost all of his bankroll. He had ...
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Full Tilt Poker High Stakes Report - Who's Winning and Losing in 2008?
We are now almost two months into 2008. Who's winning in the high stakes poker games (Pot Limit Omaha and No Limit Hold'em) so far this year on Full Tilt Poker, and who's losing?
Overall, the bigge...
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Speculation Continues Over Identity of "seda1" On Full Tilt Poker
Online poker message boards have been abuzz over the possible identity of the mystery player known as "seda1" on Full Tilt Poker.
"seda1" has almost exclusively been playing $500/$1k heads-up No Li...
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High Stakes FTP February Cash Game Update: Phil Ivey Mixed, "Trex313" Still On Top
The high stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker have really been heating up in the past week or so, and Phil Ivey has been right in the thick of things.
Ivey, known for his extremely short online ses...
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"ThePayBack1" Loses Two Huge Pots on Full Tilt Poker in the Past Two Weeks
It's a bit of a slow news day in the poker world so I thought that I would recap a couple of rather monstrous hands that were played by "ThePayback1" since roughly the beginning of February.
Appare...
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Tony G Up Eight Million In Cash Games In The Last Three Months?
A few months ago, Tony G spoke about a night playing high stakes Pot Limit Omaha in Russia. According to Tony, poker is becoming extremely popular in Russia, especially Pot Limit Omaha. Apparently the...
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Gus Hansen Going Bananas on Full Tilt Poker Tonight
The newsflow in the poker world has been a bit slow as of late. To be honest, I've been sitting here for about an hour tonight, wondering what the hell I was going to write about. I decided to check o...
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"Dustin Dirksen", "FinddaGrind" Off to a Good Start in the High Stakes PLO Games on Full Tilt Poker in 2008
After just nine days of action in the high stakes Pot Limit Omaha games on Full Tilt Poker, "Dustin Dirksen" and "FinddaGrind" are both off to strong starts.
"Dustin Dirksen" is currently leading t...
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Highstakesdb Releases The List of Biggest Cash Game Winners and Losers on Full Tilt Poker in 2007
Highstakesdb.com (source link below) released their list of the top cash game winners on Full Tilt Poker in 2007. They broke it down into two lists: top winners and losers in No Limit Texas Hold'em fr...
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High Stakes Action Has Returned to Full Tilt Poker
For a month or two, the high stakes games on Full Tilt Poker were practically dead. You would have a number of top players simply sitting alone on a heads-up table, waiting for someone to move up and ...
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The Curious Story of Ed Hollis (Bluescouse)
If you follow the world of online poker and the sometimes strange people that inhabit it, then you have probably heard of Ed Hollis, aka "Bluescouse."
He is a young poker player from Wales. His blo...
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Tom "Durrrr / Hold_emNL" Dwan: One of Online Poker's Toughest Opponents
Tom Dwan plays under several different aliases.
He is best known as "durrrr" on Full Tilt Poker, but he also puts in some hours on Pokerstars as "Hold_emNL."
If you ask many of his opponents the...
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Dustin Dirksen Taking a Beating in November
I headed on over to highstakesdb.com today and generated a list of the top winners and losers in the Pot Limit Omaha games on Full Tilt Poker so far in November.
A few things jumped out at me:
1...
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The Top Winners and Losers In No Limit Hold'em Year to Date on Full Tilt Poker
Yesterday we had our list of the top winners and losers YTD in the high limit Pot Limit Omaha games on Full Tilt Poker - today we are going to cover the No Limit Hold'em games.
The biggest winner y...
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The Biggest Winners and Losers in Full Tilt Poker's High Stakes Pot Limit Omaha Year to Date
So far in 2007, most of the biggest games taking place on Full Tilt Poker have been in the high limit Pot Limit Omaha games. Last year it seems as though No Limit Hold'em was the high limit game of ch...
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Tony G Wins a $3.15 Million Dollar Pot
The last few weeks have been all about the Absolute Poker fiasco and "TheV0id" being disqualified from the WCOOP. We thought that it was high time to throw some more positive stories into the mix, suc...
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Patrik Antonius Back Terrorizing Full Tilt Poker as "FinddaGrind"
The only person that I can think of who has had more online poker aliases than Patrik Antonius is maybe David Benyamine.
Patrik has played as I_KNOCKOUT_U, Allthewomen, Luigi66369, CryMeaRiver8, an...
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Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius Battle in $807,400 Pot at the Million Dollar Cash Game
The Million Dollar Cash Game. Phil Ivey. Patrik Antonius. Brian Townsend. Tony G. You just knew that there were going to be fireworks, and you knew that there would be some monster pots.
A truly mo...
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ADZ124 Killing the High Limit Games on Pokerstars
In my mind, ADZ124 has replaced Hallinggol as the player that people watch the most on Pokerstars in the high Limit No Limit Hold'em games. Just like Hallinggol, ADZ124 will normally have stacks on 6-...
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Learn From the Corpses of Former High Limit Online "Pros"
It seems as though a couple of new high limit cash game "superstars" pop up every month. Full Tilt Poker is the room of choice for these players, as Full Tilt Poker offers up some of the highest limit...
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What was the Sickest Ever Online Poker Hand?
There have been some sick, sick hands played online, with some almost impossible beats dished out. This list will not only include the incredibly bad beats, but also include the unbelievable call down...
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Brian Townsend Takes a Two Day Beating in Vegas
I guess when you are playing against some of the best poker players in the world, and you are up a couple of million dollars over the course of a month, eventually variance is going to swing back and ...
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Ben Affleck Loses Huge Pot in High Limit Game at the Rio
So, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were in Vegas for the charity poker tournament which benefited the Darfur region of the Sudan. 170 professional poker players and celebrities played in the event on Thur...
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Why Did Brian "sbrugby" Townsend Remove Details of His High Stakes Games in Vegas?
If you are a regular reader of Brian Townsend's blog on Cardrunners.com, you probably noticed that he was frequently updating the results of his high stakes games in Vegas. The game in question origin...
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Brian "SBRugby" Townsend Drops $400k To Phil Ivey in Heads-Up Session
The railers on Full Tilt Poker were buzzing last night as they witnessed an entertaining heads-up battle between Brian "Sbrugby" Townsend and Phil Ivey. Phil Ivey ended up taking $400k off of Townsend...
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SBRugby Destroys Ram Vaswani Heads Up
The online poker world was buzzing on Thursday about the beating that Brian Townsend, aka "SBRugby" put on Ram Vaswani in heads-up No Limit Hold'em action on Full Tilt Poker. SBRugby took Vaswani f...
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Phil Hellmuth Loses $500k to Phil Ivey in Chinese Poker
Rumors started trickling out of Monte Carlo yesterday that Phil Hellmuth had suffered a huge loss at the hands of Phil Ivey at Chinese Poker. Why anyone would want to play Phil Ivey heads up in any ty...
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$430,000 PLO Pot on Full Tilt Involving SBRugby, Durrrr and David Benyamine
Wow. Just wow. Is this the biggest pot ever online? This flop was a perfect flop in order for everyone to get their money in. SBRugby flopped top boat, Durrr flopped the nut flush draw, ...
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The Biggest Winners and Losers in the Full Tilt Poker High Limit Games, Year to Date
Here are the results, YTD, of the highest cash games at Full Tilt Poker. The results are quite spectacular. Sbrugby, AKA Brian Townsend, is the biggest winner on the list. He absolutely has killed ...
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Phil Ivey Lowers the Boom on Andy Beal
For those of you who don't know, there has been a very high stakes poker game going on in Vegas for about the last three weeks or so. Andy Beal, self-made billionaire and mathematical genius, has been...
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