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Overnight Battle - Isildur1 vs. Jungleman12

January 21, 2011 at 2:24 PM |

An extraordinary game took place last night, Viktor Blom and Daniel Cates played $50/100 heads-up NLHE on PokerStars. Isildur1 tilted a few times, Cates won $102,616 from the Swedish star.

Poker Rooms

Mikita Badziakouski joins Team Partypoker

January 21, 2019 at 5:48 PM |

One of the best high-roller regulars joins other top-notch players with the likes of Fedor Holz, Jason Koon, Ike Haxton or Timofey Kuznetsov.

Poker Players

Phil Galfond Takes $1.1 Million from Isildur1

January 14, 2013 at 2:28 PM |

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom finished his last session with a $1.1 million loss to Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond. Most of the money changed hands in PLO.

Poker Strategy

Poker Strategy: How to probe the turn efficiently?

March 5, 2024 at 5:17 PM |

Today, we’ll discuss a fairly frequent spot when you play out of position as the preflop caller, and the action goes check-check on the flop.

Poker Tournaments

The PartyPoker Race: Join Its $1.5M Grand Prix Summer Series

July 25, 2024 at 3:55 PM |

Learn about the Grand Prix Summer Series, the second edition of partypoker’s iconic tournament in 2024. We explore the history, format, events, and buy-ins.

Poker Strategy

Poker Strategy: How should you play on the turn as the preflop aggressor (IP)?

January 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM |

In today’s article, we’ll begin our journey playing turns, which is far more fun and complex than the previous streets.

Poker Rooms

PokerStars increases spin and go rake

December 6, 2019 at 7:29 PM |

The operator also changes the blind-structure and the core buy-ins.

Poker Rooms

Speculation on Possible Partypoker Mystery Bounty Tournament

August 26, 2024 at 4:06 PM |

Rumours and new images suggest that partypoker’s gearing up to offer a dedicated mystery bounty tournament. Learn more about what we know of this development.

Poker Strategy

Poker Strategy: How to find the best spots to play suited connectors? (part I)

February 24, 2023 at 4:22 PM |

Most poker players have a certain positive feeling towards suited connectors, but better if you do not overestimate them.

Poker Strategy

#9 Range interaction - case studies

December 27, 2022 at 5:07 PM |

This article will cover a topic that's also often overlooked by beginners; how different positions can change strategy. Almost all the time, when we learn new information, it gets stuck in our heads, and we overly simplify our strategy. That's quite normal, but sometimes can lead to huge errors.

Poker Tournaments

WPN Introduces Iconic Venom Series in Mystery Bounty Format

July 15, 2024 at 3:28 PM |

The popular Venom series from the WPN network is back but with a twist. Learn about how its MB features will affect the tournament and where to join the action.

Poker Players

Sorel Mizzi Is No Longer Banned on Full Tilt

February 18, 2011 at 1:40 PM |

After being permanently banned from Full Tilt Poker in 2007, the Canadian poker pro, Player of the Year Sorel Mizzi is (quite surprisingly) now again allowed to play there.

Poker Rooms

Party with the King of Instagram!

December 4, 2020 at 7:32 PM |

Dan Bilzerian is joining GGPoker, and Rakerace.com players now have a chance to beat him online and party with him in Las Vegas!

Poker Tournaments

GGPoker’s Ambitious $250 Million World Festival Series

April 25, 2024 at 2:53 PM |

GGPoker raises the bar of poker tournaments once again with its ambitious $250 million World Festival Series. We discuss the festival’s highlights and details.