I guess you can now say that the king just accumulated even more treasures for himself.

Carter ”ckingusc” has beefed up his already glowing poker resume. After winning the PokerStars’ 2008 World Championship of Online Poker Main Event, King won the Sunday Million after arriving at the final table second in chips.

King had to outlast 7,905 other participants to take down the $193,697 prize the 2009 PokerStars Sunday Million had for its participants. The sheer number of players pumped the prize pool to $1,599,800 and 1,170 players ended up in the money.

Terris ”tpreston” Preston entered the final table as the short-stack and he was the first to be eliminated for $11,068.50. Rabbiej, who was also nursing a short stack, was eliminated several hands later in eight place for $18,183.80. BigSexyKN was the next one to go courtesy of a bad beat dealt by Carter King. BigSexyKN settled for seventh place and $27,671.

At 250,000/500,000/50,000, Craig ”1GENERAL_TAO” Bergeron was eliminated when…

Read More » Carter King can now add winning the 2009 PokerStars Sunday Million to his impressive poker resume

FINALLY, it’s over. Now we can move on to more important things like Mickey Rourke’s WrestleMania match.

And in case you didn’t get that, I was kidding. ANYWAY, the 2009 Full Tilt Online Poker Series XI has ended. The highlight was the $500 + $35 No Limit Hold’em Main Event that concluded with Adam ”csimmsux” Geyer taking top honors.

Full Tilt had no problems meeting the event’s $2,500,000 guarantee as 5,287 contenders entered the tournament. The prize pool was pumped up to $2,643,500 giving the winner a healthy payday of $456,056.62.

It took almost 13 hours before the final table. Eventual winner, Adam ”csimmsux” Geyer, was in 2nd place with 6,785,550 in chips. KA1SERfknS0ZE was in the lead with 8,652,650. Event no.9 winner Luie Sojo also made it to the final table with 2,624,144 in chips. Bringing up the rear was Supermanpunch with 1,607,481.

Luie Sojo ended his winning streak when he was eliminated first at the final table. His As-8s was no good when Clubflush5’s pocket fives hit a set on the flop. Luie Sojo hit two pair at the flop but didn’t improve. He left with $34,365.50.

Supermanpunch (yes, we so dig this guy’s nickname…)

Read More » Adam ”csimmsux” Geyer wins the 2009 Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) XI Main Event Finale

Yes they are, and they have something special in mind on the lucky one who’ll eventually win it.

PokerStars players are eager to find out who will win the Mega Milestone Hand at the very popular online poker room. Currently, the number of cash games is just a little over 24,850,000,000 so it’s only a matter of time before someone wins the 25 billionth cash game on PokerStars.

But the winner doesn’t just walk away with bragging rights and a story to tell. He or she will also win several jackpot prizes of such great magnitude that it is enough to induce players to play online poker non-stop for weeks.

Just how great are the prizes? The winner of PokerStars’ 25 Billionth Cash Game Hand will win $100,000 in cold cash, a grand final package to the European Poker Tour Monte Carlo, a package to the PokerStars Carribbean Adventure, a World Series of Poker package and a Main Event ticket to the World Championship of Online Poker.

PokerStars wasn’t kidding when they said that the prizes would be spectacular. These are the stuff poker dreams are made of.

Players on the same table as the Mega Milestone Hand winner will not leave empty-handed too. They will share amongst themselves $100,000 in cash and prizes. So just hanging around…

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And on TOP of it all…

Sorry, force of habit. Anyway, the Full Tilt Online Poker Series XI is in full swing, drawing in thousands of players including poker professionals and casual online players. Event no.5, $200+$16 Limit Hold’em 6-max, was no exception as a total of 1,603 players came to play. After the dust cleared, TOPTEN came out on top to take the $44,327.10 first prize money.

TOPTEN was nowhere near the chip lead at the start of the final table with only 301,235 in chips. It was tom10167 on top with 1,624,496. Killinda_sts was close behind with 1,432,881. Bringing up the rear was Michael ”benvo123” Benvenuti with 147,152 in chips.

It was Benvenuti who made an early exit after he was eliminated by killinda_sts. He took home a respectable $7,228.40 for his sixth place finish. After suffering numerous bad beats, it was pool_shark_10’s turn to go as he finished in fifth place for $11,267.80.

Fourth place went to Scott ”TheMrC” Castelluccio courtesy of killinda_sts when Castelluccio’s A-4 proved to be no match to killinda’s…

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Muckducks. Not a very intimidating handle inside an online poker room eh?

Tell that to the players who lost to him at Event no.1 of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series. Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series always brings in thousands of players eager to take home a chunk of the guaranteed prize money. Event no.1 with a $200 + $16 buy-in was no exception as the $1 Million guaranteed prize pool attracted 6,275 players. 738 players ended up in the money in the tournament where the prize pool escalated to $1.255 million.

Emerging at the top of a fiercely contested battle was Canadian player ”muckducks” who walked away with $216,512.60 after beating a relentless American who goes by the name ‘’sticky seat.”

The chip lead was lost and regained by muckducks several times in heads up play. Luckily for muckducks, it just wasn’t sticky seat’s day as the American ended up losing two crucial hands during heads-up play.

In one of the hands, muckducks was all-in with pocket 7s and was called by sticky seat holding pocket queens. Unfortuntely for sticky seat, a 7 hit the river giving him a terrible beat and muckducks a huge chip lead.

During the last hand, sticky seat raised pre-flop and was re-raised by muckducks who pushed All-In. Sticky seat called and was ahead with his As-Kc versus muckducks’ Jd-Td. Unfortunately for sticky seat, it was muckducks’ day when the flop hit 8d-9c-Qc, giving muckducks the nut straight.

For his gallant effort, sticky seat won $137,147 for…

Read More » Canadian player Muckducks beats Sticky Seat to win Event 1 of Full Tilt Online Poker Series

We have no idea why they haven’t thought of this sooner.

Then again, we probably won’t give a rat’s ass anyway. But just two week ago, online poker site DoylesRoom announced that something was brewing and that they were working on something really special.

Finally, the poker site has formally announced that it has moved to the Cake Poker Network and as a result, American players can start playing in the highly popular online poker site again.

Doylesroom was forced to enforce the ban on American players when it was part of the MicroGaming Network. Due to strict poker legislation, Microgaming Network decided that it could no longer justify accepting new player registrations. Doylesroom, since it was part of the network, had no choice but to stop accepting American poker players since last November.

Now that Doylesroom has moved to the Cake Poker Network, U.S. players can rejoice. To add to the festivities, Doylesroom is hosting a $5,000 freeroll this Saturday at 5pm EST. On February 1 during the same time slot, the poker site will host a $100,000-guaranteed tournament for the much reduced price of $162.

Already a regular player at Doylesroom? Don’t worry because your rights are protected. Your current balance will transfer to the Cake Poker Network seamlessly. Furthermore, you will keep the ”loyalty points” you have so carefully accumulated…

Read More » Online Poker Room DoylesRoom opens to Americans

Talk about national pride.

Australian Stewart Scott battled a tough field of 679 players consisting of poker professionals, Internet qualifiers and WSOP bracelet holders to come out on top of the 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event. For his outstanding effort on home soil, Stewart brings home a staggering AUD$2 million in prize money.

Stewart Scott was in chip lead at the end of Day 4 and he ended up going all the way to become champion. He entered the final table with 4,520,000 in chips. His nearest competitor, Peter Rho, had 2,420,000.

Barny Boatman had the short stack with 349,000 in chips and he was unable to recover so he exited in 8th place. Just moments after, Richard Ashby was sent to the rail in seventh place ($150,000) after being eliminated by Rajkumar Ramakrishnan. Zach Gruneberg was eliminated in sixth place ($210,000) but don’t feel bad for him. He won a seat to the main event courtesy of Cake poker. Furthermore, he won Event #4 for a cool $35,000.

Another player who was able to join the Main Event cheap was fifth placer Sam Capra who got in through a $330 live satellite. A pretty solid investment since he won $300,000 for his fifth place finish. He was eliminated with Peter Rho who was holding…

Read More » It’s only fitting that an Australian Poker Player wins the 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event Trophy right?

He probably doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the ongoing Grand Slam tournament too.

Event# 3 of the 2009 Aussie Millions was the $1,100 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo event. A total of 102 players signed up, including poker notables such as 2008 Aussie Million Main Event winner Alexander Kostritsyn, Jamie Pickering, Tony G and WSOP Main Event runner-up Ivan Demidov.

Thanks to the game’s limit structure and tough contenders, the tournament went on for 17 hours! When Mel Judah came out on top, you can be sure he earned it.

Demidov and Kostritsyn were among the early bust-outs. Soon, other poker pros such as Tony G and Harry Demetriou soon followed. When it came time for the final table, Rainer Quel was in chip lead with 132,000. Mel Judah was in the middle of the pack with 109,500 in chips. Mick Stanton was in the cellar with a mere 12,500 in chips.

By this time, the blinds were so high that people were sent to the rail in quick succession. Mick Stanton was the first to bust and he ended up in 9th place with $2,550. Mel Judah then eliminated Michael Guzzardi in eighth place ($3,570) after the latter…

Read More » While the 2009 Australian Open heats up, one guy was already named an Aussie Millionaire in Poker

How can she do that? Well, to become champion of a poker tournament solely dedicated for charity, that’s how.

It was a star-studded single-table tournament but this time, no one was playing for extra money in their bankrolls. PokerStars.com Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Tournament of Champions invited APPT winners to come back and compete against each other for their respective charities. In the end, it was Vanessa Rousso who came out on top after she beat APPT Sydney champion Martin Rowe in heads-up play. As a result of her win, Rousso’s charity, the No Limit No Profit Initiative, gets a huge windfall.

Other players who played in the event included 2007 APPT Macau High Rollers champion Eric Assadourian (Samuel Morris Foundation), 2005 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Hachem (Shane Warne Foundation), 2008 APPT Manila champion Van Marcus (Child Fun), 2008 APPT Auckland winner Daniel Craker, APPT Sydney champion Martin Rowe (Save the Children), Lee Nelson (CanTeen of New Zealand) and 2008 APPT Macau champ Eddy Sabat (The Hemophilia Foundation of Southern California).

Of course, one can’t really expect cutthroat action during a charity game. The levels were short and the atmosphere was friendly, a far cry from the APPT games, that’s for sure. Daniel Craker was the first one out when eventual winner, that’s Vanessa Rousso, hit a straight on the river with her pocket 7s.

Martin Rowe then proceeded to pick out opponents…

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That’s exactly what Danny ‘THE__D__RY’ Ryan did.

Talk about a mad rush. For Danny ‘THE__D__RY’ Ryan, Sunday was a big payday waiting to happen. Ryan went on a poker rampage to wreak havoc on two of the biggest online events last Sunday, PokerStars’ Sunday Million and Full Tilt’s $750,000 Guarantee.

Ryan finished in 23rd place at Full Tilt’s online poker tournament and came from behind to win PokerStars’ Sunday Million.

PokerStars’ Sunday Million had 7,755 participants and a staggering $1,551,000 prize pool. At the start of the final table, Danny Ryan was in the middle of the pack with 7,502,280 in chips, a small stack compared to the 17,204,381 chips wielded by the chip leader who goes by the name ”Parachuting.”

Although Parachuting held on the chip lead even as the game came down to three players, he eventually succumbed and finished in third place. Tables turned when Parachuting bet out on the button to 2,400,000 and was re-raised by Ryan to 6,600,000.

Parachuting shoved all his chips in the middle with Ah, 7h only to find himself in major trouble when Ryan called with Ac, Kd. The flop was a dangerous 5h,10h,Jc but…

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