Archive | December, 2010

Isildur1 Joins Team Pokerstars

Isildur1 [courtesy of Poker Stars]

The online phenom known as “isildur1″, has been a major force in the online world since late 2009. Despite the online player participating in a large volume of mid to high stakes games on Full Tilt Poker, it wasn’t until his appearance in the realm of nosebleed cash games that this celebrity’s stardom took off.  Read more »

URnotINdanger2 Takes $366K From Antonius

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Despite the online poker tables being regularly filled with professional players at nearly every level, almost anyone who takes the game seriously recognizes that much of their earnings as a player doesn’t come from world-class opponents. It makes logical sense, that in order to profit from playing a game you need to play against opponents  Read more »

The Magician pulls World Poker Tour Five Diamond title out of hat

Antonio Esfandiari WPT.com

Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari pulled off one of his greatest tricks on Wednesday, outlasting the most stacked final table in World Poker Tour history.A total of 438 players handed over their $10,000 buy-ins to the Bellagio, creating a prize pool of more than $4 million.  After leading for days, Esfandiari would bluff chips into Vanessa  Read more »

Cates Battles Antonius in the Mixed HA Game, Wins $325K

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Daniel “jungleman12″ Cates has had a very successful year in many respects. The newly-turned 21 year-old spent the latter part of his year traveling across the United States, spending time with both friends and family while enjoying the liberties of his new-found legality. While the month of December is certainly the time of year where  Read more »

CRAZY Day at the Online Felt, Dwan Loses Over a Million

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In one of the most action filled days of November at the online felt, one of the busiest online players was the increasingly popular Tom “durrrr” Dwan. The famous poker player was busy grinding away over 3500 hands of Pot-Limit Omaha. While Dwan’s lengthy sessions are often filled with tremendous swings and variance, he often  Read more »