Archive | May, 2011

Diminished Player Volume Doesn’t Hurt Antonius, Patrik Wins $361K

Patrik Antonius

Despite Full Tilt Poker no longer serving players in the U.S. demographic, one of the biggest faces for the company, Patrik Antonius, is still raking in large sums of money. In a late April surge, Antonius managed to capture over $360,000 from his adversaries in an enlightening post-Black Friday Pot-Limit Omaha session.Although Black Friday was  Read more »

GSN High Stakes Poker Still Airs: Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond Joins

High Stakes Poker (Courtesy of GSN)

High Stakes Poker on GSN is already eleven episodes in, however one of the biggest names in online poker is now making his first appearance. The player most commonly known in the poker world as “OMGClayAiken” has entered into the mix of regulars on High Stakes Poker, and is likely looking to stir up the  Read more »

NBC Still Set to Air Poker After Dark PLO Cash Games

Poker After Dark

In light of the recent events in the online poker world, NBC is still on schedule to run its continuing series on Pot-Limit Omaha with the world’s biggest online and live stars. Originally starting in the middle of April, big-name celebrities such as Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius have all invested at least  Read more »

Kagome Kagome Makes Does His First Video Interview With Pokerstatic.com

Hasufly (Kagome Kagome)

Formerly known as IHateJuice, the high stakes limit specialist has been the source of a little controversy over the past few months. Inciting a heated forum on TwoPlusTwo.com about his unethical name change and how that went about, the player also known as Hasu finally felt comfortable stepping into the forefront to explain his actions.Regularly  Read more »

Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars Have Their Domain Names Returned

U.S. Department of Justice

PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker have had their domain names released, and players from the United States may now go through the necessary steps to issue their withdrawals.Black Friday was in essence the end of online poker for residents of the United States. The sites of Absolute Poker, Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars all had  Read more »

Jamie Gold Signs a New Sponsorship Deal

Jamie Gold

While many players across the globe are still enthralled by the events of Black Friday, there’s one infamous pro who still seems to be making forward progress in his online career as a professional American player.The 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jamie Gold has recently signed a sponsorship deal with PPNPoker, which  Read more »

Selbst Doubles Her Fun By Winning Back-to-Back NAPT Mohegan Sun Titles

Vanessa Selbst (2011 NAPT Mohegan Sun, Final Table)

While the name Vanessa Selbst isn’t quite yet a household name, it probably should be. The Team PokerStars Pro has established herself as one of the brightest and most successful upcoming poker pros in the game, and as of late, her results have justified her reputation. For the second straight year, Selbst has weaven her  Read more »

Poker Babes!

Ultimate Poker babe – Tatjana Pasalic

Poker Babes!While many of the big poker rooms are cutting down on poker professionals to represent them, or they are simply bailing on them to look for other rooms’ representation, Bodog is actually adding one more poker pro to their roster. However, Bodog’s poker pro roster is not the usual kind you see around at  Read more »