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Poker News: Farewell To Poker Legend Chip Reese

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

David “Chip” Reese is considered by many to be the greatest high stakes cash game poker player in the world.
Chip Reese was born David Edward Reese in Dayton, Ohio in 1951. As a child, David had an uncanny talent for winning at cards and often played with the other kids in the neighborhood for the [...]

Poker News: FTOPS VI Wraps Up. Here Are The List of Winners!

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

It’s finally over! 16 on-line poker tournament events were held at Full Tilt Poker as part of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series VI!
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series VI concluded its successful run. Here’s a look at the winners, as well as how much money the series made for players past the guarantees. All [...]

Poker News: fkscreennames is FTOPS VI Main Event Champion

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

fkscreennames is the Main Event Champion of Full Tilt Online Poker Series VI (FTOPS VI)!
At last, the main event of this season’s FTOPS (Full Tilt Online Poker Series) at Full Tilt Poker. This $500+$35 event boasted a stunning $2,000,000 guarantee, and, true to form, topped it. With 4,371 entrants, the top 585 places paid, with [...]

WSOP Poker News: Andy Philachack Wins WSOP-C New Orleans Main Event!

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOP-C) went to the exciting city of New Orleans to host yet another WSOP-C Main Event, which was a No Limt Texas Hold’em freezeout tournament that would go on for 3 days at the Harrah’s Casino in New Orleans. 160 entrants each put down $5,000 to earn a seat [...]

Full Tilt Poker Pro Chris Ferguson Wins WSOP-C Main Event at Lake Tahoe

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Casino was the venue for the recent leg of the World Series of Poker Circuit. The WSOP is having a Circuit, and they’re touring different casinos all over the United States. Just recently, the WSOP-C came to Harvey’s Lake Tahoe in California to have a three-day series of No Limit Texas Hold’Em.
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Online Poker Tournament News: Full Tilt Online Poker Series VI (FTOPS VI) Is Under Way!

Friday, November 9th, 2007

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) just started, kicking off a 12-day run featuring 16 different online poker events with over $9 million in guaranteed prize money for the lucky FTOPS VI winners. The quarterly FTOPS series is established as online poker’s second-largest ongoing poker tournament series, with plenty of poker pros on hand [...]

PokerStars European Poker Tour London Main Event Underway

Friday, September 28th, 2007

A total field of 392 players made the £5,200 buy-in for the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Main Event held at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London. The total prize pool reached a whopping £2,028,400 with the PokerStars EPT Main Event champion earning £611,520. 32 of the top tournament placers would also get a share [...]

19-year old Annette Obrestad Makes Poker History at World Series of Poker Europe

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Who would ever think that a 19-year old would win the £10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event?
Well, Annette Obrestad at age 19 became the youngest player ever to win a World Series of Poker bracelet, and also was the first woman to ever win the World Series of Poker Main Event.
The Empire Casino in [...]