Archive for the 'Poker Winners' Category

Poker News: Sebastian Ruthenberg Triumphs at 2008 Barcelona Open

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

When PokerStars.net EPT Barcelona ended, one thing was certain: professional poker player Sebastian Ruthenberg is having a great poker year. He won a World Series of Poker bracelet this year, and he now has an EPT trophy to go with it. Aside from bragging rights, the young German also takes home €1,361,000 in prize money.
Ruthenberg [...]

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • blinkbits
  • del.icio.us
  • Furl
  • bodytext
  • Google
  • Technorati
  • Facebook

Yevgeniy Timoshenko Takes Down Asian Poker Tour Macau Title

Friday, September 5th, 2008

U.S. poker player Yevgeniy Timoshenko bested 257 entrants to the APT Macau Main Event to win first prize and $500,000 in prize money. The 20-year old Timoshenko, known as “Jovial Gent” in online play, was in full control of the last stages of the game as he eliminated all but one of the eight who [...]

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • blinkbits
  • del.icio.us
  • Furl
  • bodytext
  • Google
  • Technorati
  • Facebook

Poker News: Robbers Make Off With Hoyt Corkin’s WSOP Bracelets

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Hoyt Corkins was away on vacation for a month when his Las Vegas home located in an upscale, gated Spanish Trails community was broken into by thieves who took their sweet time searching through his belongings and stealing his valuables. Poker fans would be interested to know that some of the things stolen from Hoyt [...]

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • blinkbits
  • del.icio.us
  • Furl
  • bodytext
  • Google
  • Technorati
  • Facebook

German Player’s Bad Beat Wins Her $354,683.57 at Party Poker

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Are you sick of bad beat stories? Along with the rest of the world, of course. Party Poker, however, has one bad beat story that even the most jaded poker player would want to hear. Particularly, since it involved the biggest bad beat jackpot in history.
Judith75 was playing in a $0.50/$1 Limit table. Yes, those [...]

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • blinkbits
  • del.icio.us
  • Furl
  • bodytext
  • Google
  • Technorati
  • Facebook

Poker News: Alexander Kravchenko Is Newest Member of Team PokerStars

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Former business investor Alexander Kravchenko started playing poker in 1997 and you can say he’s made a good use of his time on the felt. He made a name of himself when he made it in the money a more-than-impressive six times during the 2007 World Series of Poker. Kravchenko even went so far as [...]

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • blinkbits
  • del.icio.us
  • Furl
  • bodytext
  • Google
  • Technorati
  • Facebook

KILL_BILL Slays Field to Win Bodog Poker $250000 Guaranteed Tournament

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Bodog Poker hosted its biggest-ever guaranteed tournament on Sunday, promising a $250,000 prize pool. The value drew in 816 participants for the online tourney, but it was KILL_BILL who topped them all for the biggest payday.
“We’d like to congratulate KILL_BILL for his win against such a talent-rich field that included some of the biggest names [...]

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • blinkbits
  • del.icio.us
  • Furl
  • bodytext
  • Google
  • Technorati
  • Facebook

Poker News: Disqualified Player Drops Action Suit Vs. PokerStars

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Natalie “TheV0id” Teltscher thought she was seeing a major payday after her account won $1,228,330.50 for first place in PokerStars’ 2007 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event. Her dreams were burned to the ground, however, when PokerStars disqualified her after discovering that she never played in the event herself. What’s a girl to [...]

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • blinkbits
  • del.icio.us
  • Furl
  • bodytext
  • Google
  • Technorati
  • Facebook

Poker News: Jose Miguel Espinar Tops LAPT Punte del Este

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Talk about making a name for yourself. Jose Miguel Espinar wanted to prove his poker prowess despite being a newbie in the community. Well, do that he just did. Espinar came out on top at the end of PokerStars.net Latin America Poker Tour Punte del Este championship. This may have proven that despite starting his [...]

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • blinkbits
  • del.icio.us
  • Furl
  • bodytext
  • Google
  • Technorati
  • Facebook

Fred_Brink Wins PokerStars Sunday Tournament w/ 1.5 Million Guarantee

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

What happens when you offer a $1.5 Million Guaranteed Pot on a Sunday tournament online? If the PokerStars Sunday Million is any indication, you’ll find yourself with 8,431 entrants and a massive $1,686,200.00 total prize pool. This ensured a cool $204,198.82 to the winner and with that kind of prize money, you can be certain this tournament is taken seriously.

With such a monstrous field, did the online poker wizards stand a chance? Once again proving that poker is a game of skill, online phenoms Andy McLEOD and Zach “nofingclue11” Clark emerged as chip leaders going into the final table despite the sheer number of poker wannabes in their midst. Unfortunately for both, despite their strong showings, Andy McLEOD and nofingclue11 ended up in 4th and 5th place respectively. Hey, don’t feel too bad for them. That was $75,879.00 for 4th place and a very respectable $59,017.00 for 5th.

The final three saw RProps, betofetus and Fred_Brink battling for glory with Fred_Brink dead last with only 13,553 in chips. The three discussed a possible deal and luckily for Fred_Brink, the deal was never agreed upon.

Read more on Fred_Brink Wins PokerStars Sunday Tournament w/ 1.5 Million Guarantee

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • blinkbits
  • del.icio.us
  • Furl
  • bodytext
  • Google
  • Technorati
  • Facebook

UltimateBet Star Players Team signed new pro member actress Tiffany Michelle

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Online Poker site UltimateBet announced the addition of 24-year-old Hollywood actress Tiffany Michelle to its Star Players Team. The actress and singer/songwriter is one of the newest addition in UltimateBet’s already impressive lineup of pro poker players.

The cameras were rolling at this year’s World Series of Poker when Tiffany Michelle, the last female player left standing in the Main Event, outperformed her way to an impressive 17th place finish, beating the largest field to date by a woman.

The Hollywood actress walked away with $334,534 in cash and was sporting UltimateBet gear as part of the online poker site’s much-talked-about UB Army program.

Tiffany Michelle, who can be found playing online poker at UltimateBet under the username “Tiffany M”, has appeared in variety of films and television series, including appearances on Nip/Tuck and E.R. As a way to supplement income between her acting and songwriting career, Michelle began playing online poker at UltimateBet.

Read more on UltimateBet Star Players Team signed new pro member actress Tiffany Michelle

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • blinkbits
  • del.icio.us
  • Furl
  • bodytext
  • Google
  • Technorati
  • Facebook