It was like a dreamscape for young poker pro Trevor Pope. Every card seemed to fall in his direction, every chip flowing atop his stack. Anyone who witnessed the final table of the 2013 World Series of Poker Event #2, $5k 8-handed NL Holdem, had no doubt as to the eventual winner of the bracelet.
Benny Chen, better known as “1Mastermind” to his high-stakes opponents on Full Tilt Poker, is often recognized for playing nosebleed cash games in the online poker community, but not so much for his live poker tournament play.
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.
Derren Brown, a celebrated English master of thaumaturgy, self-proclaimed spiritualist and illusionist extraordinaire, has met his match. According to his mind-blowing acts, he can do everything from pulling tarantulas form hats to reading minds and hypnotizing innocent members of the audience.
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.
For years now, online poker has been the second largest grossing internet gambling industry, behind the immense online casino industry. Online bingo has always been a big money maker for operating networks as well, but as of this year, PlayTech is actually reporting first quarter figures wherein online bingo has become a more profitable business than its massive iPoker Network.
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