Tag: Gus Hansen

10-23-2009

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...

10-21-2009

The fourth stop along the Season 6 circuit of the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour kicked off Tuesday at the Casinos Poland at the Hyatt Hotel in Warsaw, Poland. Day 1a saw 88 ambitious players pony up 25,000 PLN (approximately €6,000 or $9,000)...

10-16-2009

It sure has been a busy week. Thankfully, it's Friday and since you're reading this, you'll at least have something to talk about at the poker table. Have a good weekend and we'll see you again on Monday.

10-16-2009

The rail is the demarcation line that separates the players from everyone else. The term ‘railbird’ was originally a derogatory nickname for players who just busted or the down-and-out gamblers pathetically hanging out on the rail, like famished...

10-16-2009

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...

10-14-2009

If you want to save time by reading the day's top poker news all in one place, you've come to the right place. The Nightly Turbo is all about saving you time, and time saved means more time at the tables, which means more time to exploit the...

10-11-2009

Amid harsh economic times, financially strapped people find creative and inexpensive ways to entertain themselves. Observing online poker is one of those activities. It’s so cheap, it’s free. At one time, watching online poker was a fixation for...

09-26-2009

The WSOPE recently offered the first edition of the Caesars Cup, a new twist on poker similar to golf's Ryder Cup in which members of the U.S. and Europe battled for bragging rights and the first Caesars Cup trophy. Unfortunately for the Team...

09-25-2009

It's Friday. That means, the weekend is here. So we'll just get right to it today. Here is the news. Tell your friends where you found it and come back on Sunday for the Weekly Turbo in case you missed something this week.

09-25-2009

The high-stakes online cash games were all but deserted this week as tournaments dominated everyone's time, from guys like Phil Ivey, Tom "durrrr" Dwan, and Patrik Antonius, who were in London for the World Series of Poker-Europe to online pros like...

09-23-2009

The Nightly Turbo is dedicated to bringing you the day's top poker stories. This is the best place to get your daily news fill and get back to your game faster.

09-18-2009

The World Series of Poker Europe, or WSOPE as it is called, is under way in London as players compete for their shot at WSOPE gold. Held at the Empire Casino in Leicester Square in London from September 17 through October 1, this year's WSOPE...

09-13-2009

The work week can get overwhelming, and not everyone has the time to dive head first into the poker world's top stories every day. Weekend warriors rejoice! You've just flopped the nuts because the Nightly Turbo is introducing a special weekly...

09-09-2009

We bet you're sitting there exploiting the fish at your tables and wondering what has been going on in the poker world today. Well, we're on top of that for you and instead of having you look everywhere for it, we've put it all in one place so you can get

09-06-2009

Poker history was made on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus today as it played host to its first ever International poker tournament. Full Tilt Poker and the World Poker Tour teamed up with the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino to launch the...

09-03-2009

After serving as a game catalyst at the highest limit games on Full Tilt Poker for the majority of the month of August, "martonas" was nowhere to be found this week. Though he booked over $1.3 million in winnings in the pot-limit Omaha cash games last mo

09-02-2009

In this week's installment of ESPN's World Series of Poker Main Event coverage, two of Hollywood's top comedians set out to prove that they could play with the best of them.

08-20-2009

Over the last year, pot-limit Omaha emerged as the game of choice amongst the online high-stakes elite. If no-limit hold'em was in the picture at all, it was in the $500/1,000 mixed HA games on Full Tilt Poker frequented by the likes of Patrik...

08-19-2009

Today, the Kyiv Sport Palace saw the second and final flight of Day 1 runners take to the felt in the inaugural PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv. By the time registration closed, 167 players had been given chip stacks for Day 1b...

08-18-2009

Tuesday continues to be a popular day with poker fans thanks to the plethora of poker content available on the airwaves. ESPN once again brings the heat as the network's World Series of Poker Main Event coverage begins tonight. Featuring 6,494...