While the best poker player in the world may be the infamous Phil Ivey, his fellow Team Full Tilt pro Tom “Durrrr” Dwan has overtaken him in online earnings to once again be on top of the leaderboard for online profits in 2010.Ivey, who currently sits with $3.6 million earned, is now in second place  Read more »

Young budding superstar and Team Pokerstars Pro Jason Mercier added $435,000 to his online bankroll last night in Event #42 of the World Championship of Online Poker, $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’Em.The poker professional already has WSOP, EPT, and NAPT titles under his belt.The rising star outlasted a gargantuan field of 3,122 players, and with a  Read more »

Jeffrey “The Iceman” Lisandro, who’s been on an incredible tournament run since the 2009 World Series of Poker, took down the 1st place prize of £159,514 ($211,411) in Event #2 £5,250 Pot-Limit Omaha.Lisandro, who won the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year title, added a fifth Series bracelet to his resume with the score. “The  Read more »

While it’s not because of a lack of effort, the “Great Dane” Gus Hansen continues a terrible 2010 after losing over $185,000 at the high stakes tables last night and early this morning on Full Tilt Poker. Hansen’s marathon session included over 3,000 hands, and included nearly every poker variation available on the popular poker  Read more »

It’s been a long time coming for poker professional Phil Laak, who finally won his first World Series of Poker bracelet late last week in London. Laak placed 1st in Event #1, £2,500 6-max No-Limit Hold’Em, for a prize of £170,802 ($223,000).Earlier this year at the Bellagio, the “Unabomber” broke the record for the longest  Read more »

Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies absolutely crushed two members of Team Cardrunners last night, as Brian Hastings and Cole South lost over a combined $700,000 at the $500/$1000 Pot-Limit Omaha tables on Full Tilt Poker.Brian Hastings originally started the session with Ziigmund, losing $100K+ over 300 hands with him before he needed to take a short break.  Read more »

The Full Tilt Poker felt was very busy last night, with Tom “Durrrr” Dwan recording over 2,000 hands against up-and-coming player AARookie. The fresh face poker pro managed to snag away over $150K from Dwan, over three tables of $40/$80 No Limit Hold’Em.Dwan played a large volume of hands not only with AARookie, but also  Read more »

Last night, the high stakes action returned to Full Tilt Poker after a brief delay. Malestra Pam, a regular at the nosebleed Limit Hold’em games on Full Tilt, took over $300,000 from Patrik Antonius at $2000/$4000 Limit Hold’Em.The pair, who played well over 1,000 hands, spent approximately 8 hours battling at the highest limit game  Read more »

As poker players, we’re constantly trying to gather the most information available. “Why did the 3 seat only buy-in for the minimum?” “Why did the button choose to limp in that spot?” “Why didn’t she re-raise when she had pocket aces?” Whether or not the information we’re gathering is at the poker table, or within  Read more »

While the first Durrrr Challenge is technically still underway, the newest member of Team Full Tilt has already begun his second endeavor. This time around, Tom “durrrr” Dwan is taking on Daniel “jungleman12″ Cates, who’s a regular on Full Tilt Poker at limits of $25/$50 and above. Considered to be a No-Limit Hold’Em specialist, Cates  Read more »