http://www.pokernews.com/news/online-poker/ Daily news from poker and online poker world Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:13:08 -0800 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/patrik-antonius-and-isildur1-play-largest-ever-online-pot-at-7575.htm Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:40:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/patrik-antonius-and-isildur1-play-largest-ever-online-pot-at-7575.htm For the second time in less than five days, Patrik Antonius and Isildur1 broke the record for the largest pot in online poker history. At just before 9:30 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday night, Antonius and Isildur1 were in the middle of a... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-online-railbird-report-isildur1-takes-on-ivey-sahamies-a-7567.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-online-railbird-report-isildur1-takes-on-ivey-sahamies-a-7567.htm The high-stakes action on Full Tilt Poker was as wild as it's ever been this week, with Isildur1 continuing as the primary catalyst. After dropping nearly $3 million to Patrik Antonius in a nine-hour heads-up match, Isildur1 sought to... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-online-railbird-report-special-edition-antonius-wins-2-7-7557.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-online-railbird-report-special-edition-antonius-wins-2-7-7557.htm In one of the greatest heads-up battles in online poker history, Patrik Antonius halted “Isildur1’s” spectacular November run, relieving the young Swede of nearly $3 million over the course of a 2,189-hand, nine-hour match that ran from... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/online-poker-spotlight-matt-mlagoo-lagarde-7552.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/online-poker-spotlight-matt-mlagoo-lagarde-7552.htm With over $200,000 in live tournament earnings and a whole lot more than that won online, Matt "mlagoo" LaGarde is one of the rising stars in the poker world. We caught up with Matt to see what he thinks of being a CardRunners instructor, why he... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/patrik-antonius-wins-largest-pot-in-online-poker-history-7551.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/patrik-antonius-wins-largest-pot-in-online-poker-history-7551.htm Moments ago, a few lucky railbirds witnessed Patrik Antonius win the largest pot in online poker history. Fresh off his recent battering of Tom "durrrr” Dwan, mystery Swede "Isildur1" took to the virtual felt against Team Full Tilter... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-sunday-briefing-huge-paydays-at-both-full-tilt-poker-and-7548.htm Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-sunday-briefing-huge-paydays-at-both-full-tilt-poker-and-7548.htm Prize pools were bumped up across the virtual felt on Sunday with Full Tilt’s FTOPS XIV coming to a close and PokerStars upping its Sunday Million Guarantee by $1 million. Huge paydays resulted. Pat “obiedman” O’Brien collected the biggest... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-online-railbird-report-dwan-drops-3-million-to-isildur1-7542.htm Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-online-railbird-report-dwan-drops-3-million-to-isildur1-7542.htm In a series of heads-up battles that have put the glacially paced “durrrr Challenge” to shame, Tom “durrrr” Dwan lost more than $3 million to unknown Swedish player “Isildur1.” In the space of less than a week, Dwan logged nearly as... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/online-poker-ftops-xiv-in-full-swing-7536.htm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/online-poker-ftops-xiv-in-full-swing-7536.htm Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series returned last week with its 14th installment. Seventeen tournaments are on record and over $10 million in prize-pool money has been on the line. The biggest individual piece so far has gone to "OmadJoped"... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/pokernews-exclusive-tom-dwan-introduced-as-team-full-tilt-pr-7521.htm Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:25:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/pokernews-exclusive-tom-dwan-introduced-as-team-full-tilt-pr-7521.htm Following yesterday's huge news of Full Tilt Poker signing Tom "durrrr" Dwan as the newest member of Team Full Tilt, the site held an official press conference on Monday night prior to the conclusion of the World Series of Poker Main Event. http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-sunday-briefing-ftops-xiv-rules-the-weekend-7516.htm Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-sunday-briefing-ftops-xiv-rules-the-weekend-7516.htm The final table of the World Series of Poker had the day off, but Sunday was business as usual on the virtual felt. Six-figure scores were prominent, as Full Tilt’s FTOPS XIV kicked off a few days ago. "Jakivi" defeated "rakeinfools" to claim...