Full Tilt Poker has earned quite a name for itself among high-stakes poker player with its long-running FTOPS tournament series, guaranteeing multi-millions in prizes to those who can afford to compete for the ultimate rewards.
While thousands of poker players have gathered in the gambling mecca that is Las Vegas to participate in the 2013 World Series of Poker, they aren’t the only ones putting their money on the line.
In April of 2011, Full Tilt Poker, along with some other major online poker brands, was shut down, its domain seized by the US Department of Justice; an event that came to be known as the Black Friday of Online Poker.
Daniel Negreanu is one of the most recognizable professional poker players in the industry. He’s been playing poker since he was 15, professionally since he was old enough to legally join a live table
As we all know, the website WSOP.com has existed for quite some time now, and offers a range of free-play poker tables for entertainment purposes. However, rumors have been flying about like tumbleweeds in a dessert tornado as to the launch of WSOP.com’s impending real money online poker room. As of now, the closest target for launch is ‘Summer of 2013’.
The name, Viktor Blom. The reputation, capricious. The arena, PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker (a.k.a. SCOOP). The prize, over $1 million. That about sums up the high-stakes Main Event that saw a field of near 600 slowly and meticulously whittled down to nothing as the infamous ‘Isildur1’ emerged victorious at one of the card room’s most prestigious online poker events.
In just two more weeks, poker enthusiasts worldwide will train their eyes upon the gambling mecca that is Macau as it plays hosts to one of the most talked about poker events in the history of the game.
Anyone who knows poker knows Daniel ‘Kid Poker’ Negreanu. He’s the charismatic, cool-headed Canadian poker pro with five WSOP bracelets, 2 WPT title and more than $18 million in live tournament cash winnings
There has been widespread debate over a practice that has become known as “rat-holing” at online poker sites for years. PokerStars is attempting to address the issue with a ‘complex solution’; one that would involve software enhancements to impose specific, compulsory rules to prevent rat-holing by players.
Last year, history was made at the World Series of Poker when renowned poker pro Guy Laliberte made the bold move to initiate a brand new event at the 2012 WSOP. A phenomenal philanthropic success, the Big One for One Drop, which featured a massive $1,000,000 buy-in, was able to raise over $5.3 million for the One Drop Foundation.
As it became apparent that several US states intended to enact laws that would allow for intrastate online poker and/or other forms of internet gambling, software developers were forced to come up with a way to verify each player’s location. For example, in Nevada – currently the only state to launch a legal online poker site to its adult population – only residents within the state can play. Using a method known as cell phone triangulation, Ultimate Poker is able to ensure players can only login from within the state’s borders.
It’s that time of year again, when the most seasoned professional poker players, as well as any amateur who can gather up the required buy-in, gather at the Rio Las Vegas in Nevada, USA to participate in the World Series of Poker. The most prestigious of all live poker events in the world, the 2013 WSOP is slated to kick off on Wednesday, May 29, packed with 62 events that culminate in the grand finale; the WSOP Main Event.