Archive for the 'Online Poker' Category
Ddrufnek wins 2008 PokerStars WCOOP
Thursday, September 25th, 2008What kind of name is Ddrufnek?
While other poker sites are forced to shell out cash from their tills to meet tournament guarantees, PokerStars isn’t sharing in their woes entirely. In its second week, PokerStars’ 2008 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is still drawing in players like bees attracted to [...]
Be Careful of People Hacking into your Online Poker Accounts
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008If you’re playing most of your poker online, consider yourself warned.
Thanks to the thousands of dollars that can be stored in online poker accounts, it is no wonder that the poker community is now the target of high-technology crimes. Still, despite the stories you’ve heard about stolen passwords and account hackings, you [...]
Sebastian Ruthenberg’s dream Poker Season continues
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Yes, this guy is definitely having one heckuva’ year.
When PokerStars’ EPT Barcelona ended, one thing was certain, professional poker player Sebastian Ruthenberg is having a great poker year. He won a 2008 World Series of Poker bracelet already and he now has an EPT trophy to go with it. Aside [...]
Cat Lover beats Full Tilt Poker
Monday, September 22nd, 2008No, we ain’t quite sure if this poker pro really is a cat lover.
As the battle for online poker Sunday domination continues, FullTilt poker found itself having to add a whopping $21,400 to meet the $750,000 guarantee in the popular site’s Sunday tournament.
Don’t think this makes the tournament any easier. A [...]
Not even Bad Beats can stop the Party at Party Poker
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Yes, Party Poker sure is staying true to their namesake.
Are you sick of bad beat stories? Along with the rest of the world, of course. Online poker conglomerate Party Poker, however, has one bad beat story that even the most jaded poker player would want to hear. Particularly, since it involved the [...]
Poker 101: Thou shall not file lawsuit against PokerStars
Monday, September 1st, 2008Online poker sure is a tricky business.
Why? A certain Natalie ‘’TheV0id’’ Teltscher thought she was seeing a major payday after her account won $1,228,330.50 for first place in PokerStars’ 2007 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event.
Her dreams were burned to the ground, however, when PokerStars disqualified her after discovering that [...]
Can Craig Marquis win the 2008 WSOP?
Sunday, August 31st, 2008The online world probably has an official representative in the final table of this year’s WSOP.
Craig Marquis is probably representing the online generation at the main event final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker. Even with well known players like David Rheem and Scott Montgomery on the poker table, [...]
UltimateBet Scandal tries to overshadow the 2008 WSOP
Monday, August 11th, 2008Everything (or everyone) popular needs a good scandal and poker is certainly no exception.
UltimateBet is still under fire for the cheating that occurred on the vastly popular online poker site and as expected, owners of the site are doing damage control by training their fire extinguishers on a searing blaze trying [...]
