The 2011 World Series of Poker Europe has been set in Cannes, France, and this year employees and tournament organizers expected to generate record-breaking numbers. In terms of celebrities, all of the biggest names in poker and Hollywood would be in attendance, including several U.S. players who have remained modest in terms of media coverage  Read more »

Although there have been bigger wins, few have come at more opportune times than Patrik Antonius’. Arguably now the face Team Full Tilt, Antonius has proved once again to the world that he’s still amongst the best in his field by adding over $1.7 million in his online account in just seven days.You would assume  Read more »

The Finnish player Patrik Antonius has had little difficulty in dismantling his opponents at the high-stakes Pot-Limit Omaha tables. In just under 400 hands, Antonius ended his April 24th evening up a substantial $560,000.Taking on the opposition of No Pasaran, Andreas “skjervoy” Torbergsen, LokoIsBack and FinnishNightmre, the $300/$600 PLO tables were very profitable bringing Antonius  Read more »

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 »

Although many have probably seen the alias of “refaelamit” playing in some of the biggest games available online over on PokerStars, very few probably have an actual perspective on who’s really behind that screen name. Rafi Amit, who seldom goes by Refael, is an incredibly intellectual and talented poker player who regularly plays in some  Read more »

Kagome Kagome, formerly known as IHateJuice, played yet another Limit Hold’em session against rival Patrik Antonius, this time finishing in the black for $289K. The pair of players were involved in a session which included 667 hands, and over 2 hours of play.As customary, the battle took place amongst two tables with both opponents pitting  Read more »

Despite PokerStars revamping its current software with the latest innovation of “home games” and several other unique creations, the more traditional high-stakes poker action still showed devotion to Full Tilt Poker. In a brief heads-up contest, Gus Hansen held his own against fellow Full Tilt pro and Cardrunners instructor David Benefield, and took his business  Read more »

Over on Full Tilt Poker, Patrik Antonius was busy as usual playing an intense heads-up session of $3000/$6000 Fixed-Limit Hold’em. His opponent in this session was Kagome Kagome, and although the name may look slightly new, it’s actually none other than his regular rival IHateJuice. Despite playing under a different alias, the results were very  Read more »

Although there were several big stories concerning the top professionals in the game in 2010, the hidden gem was definitely Daniel “jungleman12″ Cates.  The online superstar not only finished 2010 with the biggest earnings for online play, but he’s also gained a tremendous amount of notoriety for taking on the world’s best players in the  Read more »

Last night on Full Tilt Poker, the Finn Patrik Antonius closed his 2010 similar to the way it began, playing against the skillful German limit specialist IHateJuice at the new $3K/$6K Limit Hold’em tables.The pair has been playing constantly for many months, regularly exchanging six-figure earnings on a nightly basis. While the action between the  Read more »