One of the biggest online poker weekends ever included a special bonus tourney from PokerStars. Just a week ago, the site announced its $2 Million Turbo Takedown, with an entry fee of 10,000 Frequent Player Points (FPPs) or the chance...
FTOPS comes to a close with main event
Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS VII came to a close early this morning with a winner being crowned in the $535 main event, which had nearly 5,300 people registered. FTP member “Reverse” won the title by beating FTP pro Thomas Wahlroos heads up in the finale. Reverse’s ��...full article
Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS VII came to a close early this morning with a winner being crowned in the $535 main event, which had nearly 5,300 people registered. FTP member “Reverse” won the title by beating FTP pro Thomas Wahlroos heads up in the finale.
Reverse’s biggest cash previously on the site was about $7,600, according to officialpokerrankings.com. With the win, he pocketed more than $450,000.
The Web site poker-king.com recounted the heads-up action:
The final hand of the tournament came after “Reverse” had taken a 3-1 chiplead heads up. Thomas Wahlroos pushed with K9 of diamonds, and “Reverse” called holding A5 of clubs.
The flop came 5 10 2, giving “Reverse” a pair. The turn was a 6 and the river was a 2, giving “Reverse” the victory and the FTOPS title.
The event featured a prize pool of nearly $2.6 million. Everyone at the final table made more than $30K — ninth place in the event earned a $34,000 payday.
FTOPS VII Main Event: 'Reverse' Tops Wahlroos
A $2 million guarantee was announced, but the total purse in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series [FTOPS] VII Main Event climbed much higher once all the entrants had been tallied. 5,291 players paid $500+35 each for the right to vie for...
South Carolina Senate approves charity poker games
A bill that would grant legal status to charitable poker games in South Carolina moved one step closer to becoming law when a State Senate panel gave its approval on Friday. The bill aims to exempt charitable poker from South Carolina laws that ban dice and ��...full article
A bill that would grant legal status to charitable poker games in South Carolina moved one step closer to becoming law when a State Senate panel gave its approval on Friday.
The bill aims to exempt charitable poker from South Carolina laws that ban dice and card games. According to a story from the Charleston Post and Courier, passage of the bill would almost certainly result in an increase in the amount of charitable poker played in the state. Excerpt:
No comments:
Post a Comment