isildur1 might be the name on everyone’s lips these days, as the unknown players sweeps $6 million off the tables last week (mostly from NL Holdem superstar Tom durrrr Dwan, of the self-named Million Dollar Challenge), but there’s another “old-timer” (comparatively speaking) on everyone’s lips today, and it happens to be another poker pro who [...]
The Mini-FTOPS XIII is almost underway. It starts September 9, and offers up the same 25 events at a fraction of the buy-in (1/10th) for a total $3 million guaranteed prize pool, including a $500,000 main event. That main event caps the Mini-FTOPS XIII series on September 20 at 5 pm ET for a $55 [...]
When a poker site runs a Guaranteed Tournament, the money in that guaranteed prize pool is typically expected to come from the buy-ins of the players entering the competition. But when not enough entrants sign up for a tournament, the poker site doesn’t have enough buy-in money to cover the entire guaranteed prize pool amount, [...]
