http://www.pokerkingblog.com Online and live poker news, views and opinions Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:33:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Full Tilt Poker recently released details regarding the 13th installment of their FTOPS (Full Tilt Online Poker Series) and MiniFTOPS events. The company continues to tweak the format of the event, and this installment will be no different. FTOPS XIII will run from August 5th until August 16th, and will feature 25 ... http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2009/07/04/full-tilt-poker-elects-to-run-miniftops-xiii-at-same-time-as-wcoop/ Tom "durrrr" Dwan dominated the high-stakes action on Full Tilt Poker in June, and has now completely erased all of his losses in 2009 (and then some). There was a time earlier this year when Dwan was stuck nearly $4 million dollars on Full Tilt. Since that time, Dwan has staged a ... http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2009/07/02/durrrr-dominates-in-june/ Do you still need convincing that poker is a game of skill, and not a game of luck? The results from the 2009 World Series of Poker provide some pretty concrete evidence that skill usually wins out over luck in poker tournaments. For instance, there are now FOUR multiple bracelet winners this ... http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2009/06/30/still-think-that-poker-is-a-game-of-luck/ You may or may not already know this, but Canadians are unable to play on Bodog. The official reason that Canadians can't currently play on Bodog? "Jurisdictional issues". The unofficial reason? The company has some important operational centers that are based in Canada, and likely doesn't want to draw the ire of ... http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2009/06/27/bodog-finally-opening-its-doors-to-canadian-players/ A few years ago, many of the top pros openly wondered when Jeff Lisandro would win his first World Series of Poker bracelet. Prior to the 2007 World Series of Poker, Lisandro was considered to be one of the best poker players in the world without a WSOP bracelet. He had millions ... http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2009/06/25/jeff-lisandro-wins-for-the-third-time-at-the-2009-world-series-of-poker/ According to HighStakesDB.com, Tom "durrrr" Dwan is up over $500k on Full Tilt Poker in 2009. At first glance this is not a big deal, especially considering the fact that Dwan is one of the best poker players in the world. However, once you see where Dwan was at just a few ... http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2009/06/23/durrrr-digs-himself-out-of-a-deep-hole/ The final table of the $5k Pot Limit Omaha event at the 2009 World Series of Poker featured two of the most successful online tournament players of all time. First you had Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy, who is practically the Godfather of the online tournament scene. "JohnnyBax" has been around for years, ... http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2009/06/21/sorel-zangbezan24-mizzi-narrowly-misses-out-on-a-bracelet-once-again/ According to various people in the poker world, two of the richest poker players in the world agreed to a $5 million dollar World Series of Poker bracelet bet earlier this month. The two participants in the bet: Phil Ivey and Howard Lederer. The bet: can Phil Ivey win two or more ... http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2009/06/16/phil-iveys-5-million-dollar-bracelet-bet-with-howard-lederer/ Phil Ivey taking over the all-time bracelet lead at some point seems like a foregone conclusion. Given his fiercely competitive nature, you just know that Ivey wants to be sitting at the top of that list. In addition, passing Phil Hellmuth would be the ultimate needle. In case you haven't already heard, ... http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2009/06/14/when-will-phil-ivey-take-over-the-bracelet-lead/ To say that Ville Wahlbeck has had a strong start to the 2009 World Series of Poker would be the understatement of the year. Wahlbeck is off to an incredible start this year, having already made three WSOP final tables in just a few weeks. Wahlbeck has cashed in four tournaments so ... http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2009/06/13/ville-wahlbeck-takes-lead-in-wsop-poy-race/