Category: Poker News

There was a long wait for online poker fans who wanted to see some serious action between heavy earners at Full Tilt and the PokerStars website. This week marked a return to action for these poker players, and the resulting match ups did not disappoint.

Phil Ivey was an unexpected guest for the online action. He is a world renowned poker player who generally prefers to play live table games instead of online poker. He was active for more than 20 sessions and 4,500 hands, winning a total of more than 450,000. Despite his impressive performances, Ivey could only manage second place to Cort Kibler,who won more than $500,000 in 1,000 hands of onlin$e poker.

Those guys were the highlight of the action at Full Tilt Poker, but there was also some great competition at PokerStars. The online player St1ckman won around $200,000, while BigBadBoss took home $150,000. Another player who had a great weekend was Alex Kostritsyn, with the Greek player winning around $145,000.

Struggles –

Not everyone had a great weekend. Alex Luneau had a terrible initial run. He lost more than $600,000 in 13 sessions of action. Carloo13 at Full Tilt Poker also had a miserable time during these events. He posted losses of close to $400,000 in only two sessions.

Turn of Events –

There was a change in fortune for Luneau at the start of last week. He competed in a major money event, where the small and big blinds were $2,000 and $4,000 respectively. The online game lasted for more than six hours, with Luneau winning $500,000 in the end.

Phil Ivey’s solid run of form continued, with the veteran posting a profit of $40,000 during mixed games with small blinds of $1,000 and big blinds of $2,000.

WSOP Asia Pacific tournament that was launched in 2013 is ready for its second year of competition; it will begin from October 2 and last till October 18. Like last time, the organisers hope that the event brings excitement to the participants this year too.

The tournament

The event will be held in Crown Melbourne, which is an added attraction for the players. Crown Melbourne is one of the best and most-visited entertainment complexes in the world. It has considerably upped the excitement factor of the WSOP Asia Pacific event. Also the fact that the event has been scheduled for spring in Australia is done to lure players from the US and European strongholds.

There will be a number of games where players can compete with the best in the world. No limit Hold’em is among the main, everyday draws.

The next few days have the games like Hold’em and others with buy-in ranging from1600 to 2200 Australian dollars. With an event like 8-game, participants can play different variations of poker. Every player can choose what version of poker they want to play.

The main events scheduled at the end-leg of the tournament have a buy-in of Australian $10,000 and the High Roller comes with a buy-in of 25,000 Australian dollars.

The hiccup

The tournament organisers indeed had the best intentions when they scheduled the Asia Pacific event in the springtime in Australia. The mild season was to act as a draw for the event. However in doing so, the organisers have clashed the event with another major poker event taking place in London. This is no small tournament. It is an EPT event. It means that players will have to choose between the two. The clash will dilute the participant’s strength in both the tournaments.