Sahamies played 87 hands and lost 164,000 dollars

• Author: News2
• Filed under: High Stakes Results, Ilari Sahamies, Ziigmund
• Date: Jun 29,2010

Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies appeared last night at Full Tilt Poker and ended up losing over 160,000 dollars during those 87 hands he played. Despite these losses Sahamies’s game balance from this year is still on the positive side.

Vanessa Rousso the new mannequin for EQ Energy Drink

• Author: News2
• Filed under: Gossip, Poker, Vanessa Rousso
• Date: Jun 28,2010

Poker babe Vanessa Rousso has signed a deal with EQ Labs which means she is the new hot mannequin for their EQ Energy Drink. This energy drink differs from traditional can drinks: EQ is a tablet. Rousso is a great model for the product as she loves to use it herself too…

WSOP Tournament of Champions continues - Ivey, Juanda and Farha out

• Author: News2
• Filed under: Barry Shulman, Erik Seidel, Greg Raymer, High Stakes Results, John Juanda, Johnny Chan, Mike Matusow, Phil Ivey, Sammy Farha
• Date: Jun 28,2010

The WSOP Tournament of Champions started yesterday, and already five big names - including among others Phil Ivey - have been eliminated. At the moment the leaderboard consists of Erik Seidel, Johnny Chan and Mike Matusow. The tournament will continue today and later on July 4th.

Hellmuth: “The competition with Ivey is about 20 bracelets”

• Author: News2
• Filed under: High Stakes Results, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, WSOP
• Date: Jun 27,2010

Poor Phil Hellmuth…!! The loudmouth was chasing his 12th bracelet from the WSOP Event #41 but eventually ranked only seventh. Needless to say, Hellmuth was very disappointed after the tournament but also said that the competition between him and Phil Ivey shall be about 20 won WSOP bracelets…

Women in Poker Hall of Fame nominees announced – among them Duke, Harman and Liebert

• Author: News2
• Filed under: Annie Duke, Betty Carey, Jennifer Harman, Joanne Liu, Kathy Liebert, Nani Dollison, Phyllis Caro, Poker
• Date: Jun 27,2010

Seven female poker professionals have been nominated to the 2010 Women in Poker Hall of Fame vote. Now you can pick your favorite from these stunning ladies and vote her until the 15th of July. Two of the candidates will make it to the Hall of Fame in September.

Argentinean soccer star Juan Veron PokerStars’s newest team player

• Author: News2
• Filed under: Gianluigi Buffon, High Stakes News, Juan Veron
• Date: Jun 24,2010

The newest addition to Team PokerStars is the Argentinean soccer star Juan Sebastián Veron. Veron will represent the biggest poker room of the world and help it to spread especially in Latin America. He already has a fellow international soccer player, the Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, in the team.

WSOP Event #40: Frank Kassela the first to win two bracelets this year

• Author: News2
• Filed under: Frank Kassela, High Stakes Results, Poker, WSOP
• Date: Jun 24,2010

Yay, this year’s WSOP has finally gotten the first double champion!! Frank Kassela who just won the WSOP Event #40 - and more than 214,000 dollars - had already claimed a bracelet from the Event #15.

Sahamies approaching Antonius in profits, the downswing of “Isildur1″ still continues

• Author: News2
• Filed under: Cole South, High Stakes Results, Ilari Sahamies, Isildur1, Joel Nordqvist, Online poker, Patrik Antonius, Tom Dwan, Ziigmund, durrrr
• Date: Jun 24,2010

June has been pretty quiet at Full Tilt Poker, but this week the high stakes scene has been much more active. Speaking of June earnings, the two Finns - Patrik Antonius and Ilari Sahamies - are leading in profits whereas “Isildur1″ has nearly reached Joel “Odonkor1″ Nordqvist on the loser list.

WSOP Event #41: Will Phil Hellmuth win his 12th bracelet?

• Author: News2
• Filed under: Barry Greenstein, High Stakes Results, Phil Hellmuth, WSOP
• Date: Jun 24,2010

The final of the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo tournament will be played tomorrow. There are only 15 best players left - among them Phil Hellmuth who is trying to win the 12th bracelet of his career and Barry Greenstein chasing for his fourth bracelet.

“XWINK” made good profits during the weekend

• Author: News2
• Filed under: High Stakes Results, Jared Bleznick, Patrik Antonius, XWINK
• Date: Jun 21,2010

Lately it’s been pretty quiet at Full Tilt Poker - mainly due to the ongoing WSOP tournament. But there are anyway some players who are doing good results at Full Tilt. For example “XWINK” and Patrik Antonius have been playing really well in June.

North American Poker Tour will continue next fall at “The Bike”

• Author: News2
• Filed under: Daniel Negreanu, NAPT, Poker
• Date: Jun 21,2010

The North American Poker Tour (NAPT) has announced a new spot on the tournament schedule. This newest addition will be the Bicycle Casino (”The Bike”) in Los Angeles. Daniel Negreanu believes that a strong local player base will ensure the success of the tournament.

Video: “durrrr” and buddies partying in a penthouse hotel room

• Author: News2
• Filed under: High Stakes News, Phil Galfond, Tom Dwan, Uncategorized, durrrr
• Date: Jun 21,2010

Tom “durrrr” Dwan took a little break from his bracelet chase by partying in a penthouse hotel room with his friends. There is a video clip in the article where spicy shots are drunk on the hotel roof.