Gus Hansen and Daniel Cates high stake poker action 2011

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 | Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro | No Comments

High stake poker action during the third week of March Gus Hansen’s losing days are now a distant memory both for him and for the railbirds who follow his every move at Full Tilt Poker. Lately, it seems that whenever he logs in, he walks away from the table with a huge chunk of his opponent’s money. That trend continued over the last few days, as Hansen locked horns with Daniel Cates repeatedly and generated profits in excess of $750k. With all that, Cates didn’t do too bad himself: he ended Read more [...]

NoPasaran and XWINK on Full Tilt high stake poker action March 2011

Thursday, March 17th, 2011 | Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro | No Comments

High stake poker action during the second week of March These past few days the overall online poker action may have been going through a lull, but if that was indeed the case, someone forgot to tell NoPasaran and XWINK about it. The two players locked horns at the $300/$600 PLO tables at Full Tilt, with XWINK obviously looking to ride his winning streak. It all blew up in his face this time though, and since his return, he appears to be riding a rollercoaster rather than anything else. NoPasaran Read more [...]

XWINK (XBLINK?) back in high stake poker action March 2011

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 | Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro | 1 Comment

High stake poker action during the 1st week of March Last week (the first week of March) was an extremely happening one in terms of high stakes online poker action. Several ‘name’ pros saw action at both top online poker rooms (Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars), but quite probably the biggest story of the week was the re-emergence of XWINK at Full Tilt Poker. Provided he is indeed the same 20-something old Canadian who played at UB under the moniker XBLINK, XWINK’s story is a truly impressive Read more [...]

Daniel Cates and Victor Isildur Blom high stake poker action February 2011

Saturday, March 5th, 2011 | Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro | 1 Comment

HHigh stake poker action during the 4th week of February The nosebleed stakes PLO tables were busy last week, with many of the regulars seeing action. Two of the most significant such high stakes matches saw Patrik Antonius go up against Daniel Cates at Full Tilt Poker and Viktor Blom (Isildur1) lock horns with Scott Palmer at PokerStars. Both matches ended up as one-sided affairs, as Blom took about $500k from Palmer and Cates scored a $608k profit at Antonius’ expense. Cates vs Antonius Read more [...]

Gus Hansen and Phil Ivey high stake poker action February 2011

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 | Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro | No Comments

High stake poker action during the third week of February The week of February 14-20 saw a considerable flare-up in nosebleed stakes online poker action. The biggest winner of the week was Gus Hansen (with more than $475k). Many of the “name” players who hadn’t showed up at the tables for weeks were back in action, taking on their more active peers. Gus Hansen saw action and he locked horns with none other than Phil Ivey. Ilari Sahamies, who hadn’t exactly done well in 2011, decided Read more [...]

Bleznick and Cates high stake poker action February 2011

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 | Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro | No Comments

High stake poker action during the second week of February 2011 Here’s a summary of the high stake poker action from the 2nd week of February 2011. During the week between February 6 and 13, the online poker action was yet again sizzling at both Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars. Jared Bleznick and Daniel Cates took center stage yet again, although not for the reasons they would’ve preferred. They both dropped serious amounts of money to players relatively unknown for the high stakes railbird Read more [...]

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Blom and Bleznick high stake poker February 2011

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 | Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro | No Comments

Blom and Bleznick high stakes online action Here's a recap of the high stake poker action from the 1st week of February 2011. Viktor Blom, aka Isildur1 may have had his woes during January at PokerStars’ tables, but in the end he managed to lure Lady Luck to his side, finishing the month above the red line. Last week, his heater continued. In fact, his $332,904 profit – accumulated over about 8,200 hands - made him the biggest winner of the week. Another player who did extremely well was Read more [...]

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UIGEA regulations and their influence on the poker industry

Monday, February 7th, 2011 | Poker Articles, Poker News | No Comments

UIGEA regulations and their influence on the poker industry The poker industry continues to grow around the world (primarily fueled by poker online operators) but it continues to face headwinds in various areas. Government regulation continues to be a major factor in many markets, as does consolidation among some operators-- including the planned merger of bwin and PartyGaming -- as they try to scale up to challenge dominant players such as PokerStars and Full Tilt. The effects of the US UIGEA Read more [...]

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The PokerBRB league is taking a break in February

Thursday, February 4th, 2010 | Poker Freeroll, Poker News | No Comments

The PokerBRB tournament and freeroll league is taking a break in February. The reason is that we will be expecting some downtime while we change host from the awful UK2Net to our own dedicated server at EUKhost.

In addition we will come up with some new competitions for our relaunch in March.

Look forward to seeing you again at the tables (all 594 of you who have currently registered)

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Another Full Tilt Poker 50$ freeroll on Poker Bankroll Blog

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 | Poker Freeroll, Poker News | No Comments

Our buddies from WOSB are hosting a 50$ freeroll on Fult Tilt tomorrow at 14 EST. Follow the link to learn more about how to get the password. The results from this tournament will count towards the PokerBRB freeroll league leaderboard. If you do not have a Full Tilt Poker account you can read more about our great Full Tilt Poker sign-up bonus here. Read more [...]

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