http://www.pokernews.com/news/online-poker/ Daily news from poker and online poker world Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:54:50 -0800 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-online-railbird-report-dwan-loses-over-a-million-isildur-7504.htm Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-online-railbird-report-dwan-loses-over-a-million-isildur-7504.htm It was a rollicking week at the virtual tables, as the high-stakes action continued to be driven by Swedish mystery man “Isildur1”, who kept challenging top online players to multitable heads-up matches. While Isildur1 was busy playing the... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-sunday-briefing-sam-siola-iola-takes-home-largest-of-8-7480.htm Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:45:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-sunday-briefing-sam-siola-iola-takes-home-largest-of-8-7480.htm Sure to be a memorable month, November kicked off with an online poker bang. A few hours after the New York Yankees locked up Game 4 of the World Series, Sam “siola” Iola locked up the biggest payday of the Sunday Majors, collecting... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/the-online-railbird-report-enter-isildur1-sahamies-wins-1-mi-7471.htm Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/the-online-railbird-report-enter-isildur1-sahamies-wins-1-mi-7471.htm A new screen name at the high-stakes tables is always a cause for celebration among the regular crowd, and this week Sweden’s “Isildur1” stepped up to the plate, challenging the likes of Cole South, Brian Hastings, Haseeb Qureshi and Patrik... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/the-durrrr-challenge-four-sessions-2-000-hands-an-81-000-win-7459.htm Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:30:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/the-durrrr-challenge-four-sessions-2-000-hands-an-81-000-win-7459.htm After a 20-day gap between sessions, Patrik Antonius and Tom "durrrr" Dwan finally found time to continue their (neverending) challenge match, sitting at four tables of heads-up $200/$400 pot-limit Omaha on Full Tilt Poker at just after 4... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/online-poker-spotlight-michael-tureniec-7453.htm Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/online-poker-spotlight-michael-tureniec-7453.htm Michael Tureniec is a Full Tilt pro born and raised in Sweden who has taken the poker world by storm amassing over $1.2 million in career tournament earnings. We caught up with Michael to discuss his chip lead in the Partouche Poker Tour, what he... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/the-sunday-briefing-grifo173-and-kirbynator-secure-sunday-s-7449.htm Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:48:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/the-sunday-briefing-grifo173-and-kirbynator-secure-sunday-s-7449.htm The final Sunday in October proved to be an exciting one on the virtual felt. Deals were failed to be reached by the final competitors in the PokerStars Sunday Million and Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee, resulting in huge scores to those emerging on... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/the-online-railbird-report-antonius-dominates-the-7-game-act-7440.htm Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/the-online-railbird-report-antonius-dominates-the-7-game-act-7440.htm It was a light week in nosebleed-stakes action, as most of the action continued to center around the $2,000/4,000 7-Game tables on Full Tilt Poker. Everyone’s favorite Finnish ex-model Patrik Antonius came out on top, adding $346,000 to the till... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/the-sunday-briefing-vivek-rajkumar-victorious-7415.htm Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/the-sunday-briefing-vivek-rajkumar-victorious-7415.htm It was another exciting Sunday as hundreds of thousands of dollars were on the line in events all across the virtual felt. Vivek Rajkumar claimed the Full Tilt $1 Million Guarantee and, after a two-way chop with "krasark", went away with... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/bodog-poker-open-iv-7402.htm Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/bodog-poker-open-iv-7402.htm The Bodog Poker Open IV begins November 1 and runs through November 8. Two tournament series will run at the same time: a Contender Series with buy-ins as low as $5, and the Championship Series with buy-ins ranging from $100 to $470 for the... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/the-online-railbird-report-the-7-game-renaissance-7398.htm Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/the-online-railbird-report-the-7-game-renaissance-7398.htm This week, the high-stakes action on Full Tilt Poker moved away from the regular crowd’s usual haunt at the $500/1,000 pot-limit Omaha tables and onto the $2,000/4,000 7-Game tables. Perhaps in an attempt to exploit some players’ weaknesses at...