Archive for 2010-02-23
February 23, 2010
RichieRichZH Gets RichJust three weeks after setting records in their premier Sunday Millions Tournament, PokerStars obliterated the record this past Sunday. In honor of the “40 Billionth Hand Celebration” PokerStars put a $4 million guarantee on this week’s Sunday Million’s tournament. The 4 million was eclipsed by over $3.2 million, when 36,169 players registered to play for the $1,145,510.31 first place prize. After 13 hours and 20 minutes , the winner of that historic prize was RichieRichZH from Switzerland.
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February 23, 2010
Do you remember how you got into poker? If I had to guess, it was either through a home game, like me, or a TV, like 3 million others.This was before I had kids, of course, but on Thursday nights, we got together and played Texas Holdem. I was bad at first — I used to love to chase inside straight draws — but I got better, and pretty soon, I was leaving with more money than I brought. Which usually meant I left with $2 profit after keeping my original $5. I always wondered why "High Stakes Poker" didn't stop by our house to film us first.
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February 23, 2010
In only 12 days and what felt like a blink of an eye, the 15th installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is complete. And amazing numbers were recorded. In 27 tournaments, the cumulative prize pool for FTOPS XV came to $18,609,100, which was awarded to thousands of players in addition to the 27 winners. That is an impressive dollar figure.With those 27 coveted online poker titles forever on players’ records as FTOPS victories, each winner also received a limited-edition FTOPS jacket, gold FTOPS jersey, and gold jersey avatar for future use on Full Tilt Poker.
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