The enchanting and dynamic game of poker has thousands of fans and loyal players all across the world. Earlier all the players’ beginners and experts would make their way to the eminent casinos to play the game of poker to earn money and fame.

New players added to the poker rooms increases the popularity and traffic of the poker room. Poker rooms hire poker affiliates to do this task and in return, huge sums of money are earned by poker affiliates for their referrals. In, fact it is a very lucrative means of earning money sitting at home. All you need to do is network with the right people.

Miscellaneous poker rooms have diverse means of earnings for a poker affiliate. One of the most widespread methods is called CPA that refers to the phrase cost per affiliation. This very simple method gives you a fixed amount ($75-$200) depending on the popularity of the poker room. Many frauds have happened in the past that has caused losses to poker rooms as new players that were introduced by poker affiliates. Why would a poker room pay a poker affiliate a lump sum if the player is not active and definite amount of rake has not been generated that meet the needs of the poker room.

Another method of earning for poker affiliates is the MGR or revenue sharing method. This method is a very time-consuming method and requires a lot of patience. A poker affiliate gets a fixed percentage of the rake that is generated by all the new players introduced by an affiliate to the online poker room. This is a very lucrative means of earning money, as a percentage of the rake generated by each player will be deposited in your account.

How does a poker affiliate decide which is a better method to earn more money. Just as a coin has, two sides the same applies for these two methods .If you carefully observe then the negatives associated to CPA makes earnings very easy and at the same time tough for poker affiliates. The new players introduced by you should be active and the amounts earned by them are paltry then you may bid goodbye to $100 per referral as the manager can cancel the credits earned by you, as the poker room is not benefiting from the addition of these new players. A poker affiliate should know that CPA will never be a lucrative deal and you cannot earn more than the worth of the players that are introduced to the poker room.

Poker affiliates are a boon in disguise for the poker rooms as they generate more business by introducing new players in the existing system. This increases the popularity and the traffic of the site, tournaments are the best ways to make loads of money for the rooms, and poker affiliates both.

Ever since the “poker boom” that took the world by storm, there have been amazing players popping up from places all over the globe. One of those great players is the young man from Vantaa Finland named Patrik Antonius. After bursting onto the scene in the 2005 World Series of Poker, Patrik Antonius has made a name for himself as not only one of the best European players in the game, but one of the best players in all of the world.

One of his most crowning achievements as a pro came in the 2005 European Poker Tour event in Baden bei Wien as he earned first place honors and a prize of nearly 300,000 Euros. There is nothing quite like winning a major poker tournament, but Antonius might be most happy with his 2nd place finish in the 2005 World Poker Tour event called the Diamond World Poker Classic. His efforts earned him just over $1 million, not too shabby for finishing runner up.

Those tournaments in 2005 no doubt gave him a great deal of confidence as he moved further in his career. Through the end of 2009, Antonius is reported to have earned approximately $2.8 million in all of his live tournaments with almost $800,000 of that money coming on the biggest stage in the World Series of Poker events.

It is true that Antonius is a dominant force in the high stakes tournament arena, but he has also made a killing playing in cash games. Both online and live, Patrik Antonius has been making it a habit to rake in massive pots. He is no stranger to the hit TV show “High Stakes Poker” where he regularly plays against the fiercest competition in the game. One of the best aspects of Antonius is his demeanor at the table. He rarely shows emotions even after he lost a poker pot worth over three quarters of a million dollars to the animated Jamie Gold. That loss did anything but deter Patrik because he continued to play the richest cash games in the world and he has the distinct honor of winning the biggest single pot ever recorded in the history of internet poker, $1,356,946.

Even though he has quite a lustrous past playing in high stakes cash games and huge buy-in live tournaments, his passion remains heads up poker. The thrill of playing against a single opponent and the massive amounts of money that is up for grabs seems to really make his poker clock tick. His confidence is so high that he is willing to play for almost any amount of money at any time. He even agreed to play against fellow poker star Tom Dwan in a heads up battle for $1 million dollars. The marathon poker challenge has not been finished yet, but one thing is for sure, whether Antonius wins or loses, we will remain one of the best and richest players in the world.

Fresh young faces at the poker table have been a reoccurring theme in the past 5 to 10 years. With the boom of internet poker and televised live tournaments, there has been an ever-growing amount of people wanting to take a shot at stardom. Enter Tom Dwan: the 23 year old internet poker sensation turned high stakes live tournament player. For 6 years, Tom has been playing poker as much as possible and really mastering the game.

His dream began when he was just 17 years old with a modest $50 initial investment. It was a gift from his father placed on an internet poker room that gave Tom the start he needed. Amazingly, he lost over half of his $50 and was ready to write off his possible talents. But Tom was not satisfied with giving up so easily. He pushed on and turned a meager $15 into a promising career.

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As Tom Dwan, aka “durrrr” – his internet poker nickname, started to build his bank roll, he experimented with many different games. Sit n Go tournaments, cash games and multi-table tournaments until he found his favorite. That favorite game was heads up no limit poker. Tom was not afraid to go up against the big guns either. He regularly battled against some of the top pros both from the internet and from the pro circuits. With Tom’s newfound confidence and his impressive knack for the game, it was not wonder that he showed up at the World Series of Poker to try and make a name for himself. With 2 cashes at the World Series including one final table, Tom has really brought some attention his way.

One of the most interesting aspects of Tom Dwan is his fearlessness. Amazingly, Dwan reports that he has lost huge amounts of money in very little time periods. It is believed that Tom lost of about $2.5 million in a just four month’s time. What is even more remarkable is that Dwan has managed to gain it all back. He is even challenging huge name players to go heads up for $1 million. It seems like the kid has ice in his veins. If there is one thing we can count on from Tom Dwan, it is that he is not going anywhere for a while. Look for Dwan to make a lot of noise through his heads up challenges and he might even be a threat to win some events at the World Series of Poker this year.

One of the poker players in contention is Doyle Brunson in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in Las Vegas. The tournament is unique and there was a lot of speculation if Brunson would be able to play as he had a dental surgery after the Super Bowl which took place last month. Doyle Brunson not only played in the tournament but also reached the Round 2. He defeated Brock “t soprano” Parker to qualify to this round.

In the final hand Brunson had A-Q of diamonds whereas on the other hand Parker had wired pair of eights. His had truly had created a tight spot. Brunson did not need to look back as soon as the queen came in the form of window card. In the round of 32 Brunson will now play Don Cheadle. Cheadle reached the second round by defeating J.P.Kelly.

The first round of the game truly saw the clash of the titans, when Howard Lederer played against Phil Hellmuth. This match was also very interesting like the match between Brunson and Parker. There was a race situation and Hellmuth finally won. In the 2nd round will have to play against Annette Obrestad who is another giant in the industry. He is the winner of the World Series of Poker in 2007 and he reached the second round by beating Orel Hershiser on Friday.

Davin Moon is the other player who qualified to the second round. He was the runner up in the World Series of Poker in 2009. The table on which he played along with Bill Huntress was the ‘quietest table on the set’. Moon held the best hand and showed a K-10 which included ten of clubs. The game also was very interesting and after a point there was no hope for Huntress, the Caesars qualifier to qualify to the second round. In the second round Davin Moon will play against Annie Duke who is a guest columnist in the Poker News Daily.

There were seven players who entered and out of these one was eliminated in the first round. These are the updates on the second round of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship for the year 2010. The action is taking place at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. It starts at 1:00pm PT. The winner of the championship will be declared on Sunday after the final match happens that day.

It has been a long time coming but the inevitable has finally happened. After crushing the biggest cash games online; at the $500/$1000 No Limit Texas Holdem Poker games on Full Tilt Poker Tom “Durrrr” Dwan has finally become part of Full Tilt Poker’s sponsored players. He is not “just” another member of the “Full Tilt Pros” he is now part of the elite community that creates the legendary “Team Full Tilt”. He joins some of the top players in the game today including Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer and Mike Matusow. Interestingly Dwan is the second person to be enlisted to this career-affirming group who was born from the online age of poker, after Patrick Antonious who joined one year ago. This is certainly a step towards strengthening the credibility of the new online superstars of today’s game and Durrrr is certainly one of them.

Full Tilt Poker says that Tom Dwan is “one of the most influential and successful players in online poker history”. Howard Lederer, also speaks highly of him; “being part of Team Full Tilt; it is about being committed to the game of poker” And Durrrr certainly fits the bill; with his prolific skills in all the major formats of the game; live and online, tournaments and cash games, No Limit Holdem and Pot Limit Omaha. He not only plays well in all these areas but excels in them. The cordial Phil Gordon says it best: “he’s dominated the biggest games online and live for the last couple of years… he’s here to stay and we are very pleased to have him as a member of Team Full Tilt”. The other members of Team Full Tilt have also embraced this online phenomenon into their family. Chris Ferguson feels that “Tom Dwan represents the new breed of online poker players”; nothing attests to this more than his fearlessness to play anybody who dares challenge him, including Full Tilts very own Patrick Antonious in the “Durrrr Challenge”. When Durrrr has finished with Antonious, Phil Ivey and David Benyamine are next on the list.

There are few, if any that have played more hands or won more money from online poker but the legendary status of Dwan does not stop there. He has made over $1 million in live tournaments to date including a 2nd place finish at the Borgata Winter Open in 2008 and a 12th place finish at the National Heads Up Poker Championship in 2009. Dwan is also regarded as one of the biggest forces in the televised poker arena; battling it out against the greatest in the game. On the latest season of High Stakes Poker Durrrr managed to take down a $1 million pot against Barry Greenstein and on Full Tilt Poker’s very own Million Dollar Cash Game he won over $1.1 million in cold hard cash from Phil Ivey.

As a member of Team Full Tilt Dwan will be contributing to the Full Tilt Poker Academy and will surely double the number of railbirds eager to watch him play his uniquely aggressive style. With the star appeal that Dwan has and the marketing power of Full Tilt Poker this will clearly be a win-win situation for them both. Dwan is very happy to finally be part of Team Full Tilt and is looking forward to contributing to the game and the site that has made him millions. “Joining Team Full Tilt and the extraordinary people that are in it is a huge honor… I am excited to join”.

Visit the Durrrr blog here and his Tom Dwan Bio here.

The Full Tilt Poker Academy uses interactive video instruction to present various topics to students. Topics range from cash game strategies to tournament play. Full Tilt’s roster of pros makes up the faculty for the academy. Instructors include Chris Ferguson, Jennifer Harman, Andy Bloch, Bill Edler, Paul Wasicka, Howard Lederer, and Allen Cunningham.

Each pro brings a different skill set to the academy and all poker lessons are one on one video session with the pro. For example, Andy Bloch conducts a session on simplifying poker math. Aaron Bartley conducts lessons on Sit-N-Go play. Lessons are broken down into either category or by pro. Lesson topics are divided into general strategy, cash game strategy, tournament strategy, and Sit-N-Go strategy. You can also bring up a list of pros and click on their link to discover which subject they will teach.

Another feature of the academy is live game sessions conducted by the Full Tilt pros. In these games, viewers get to watch pros play in live games and they get to hear why pros make their moves in the games. Almost every game is covered at one point or another during these sessions, so there should be a video for every poker fan that visits the site.

Learning new skills are great, but members of the Full Tilt Poker Academy can apply their newly developed skills in one of two ways. First, they can take Sit-N-Learn interactive quizzes that tests player’s knowledge on the material they have covered. They are scored both by how quickly they correctly answer the questions. After they finish the quiz, they are ranked among other participants in the quiz. The top members then get an opportunity to compete against each other in a monthly free roll event setup for academy members.

The next way that members can apply their new found skills is via pro challenges. These challenges are sets of tasks that are assigned to members and they must be completed in live play. Challenges range from cash game plays to tournament and sit-n-go plays. Once the tasks are completed, members receive Academy Credits that can be used at the Full Tilt Academy Store. At the academy store, members will be able to buy items including Full Tilt merchandise, entries into tournaments, Full Tilt member points, and even cash.

There are two ways that you can become a member of the Full Tilt Poker Academy. First, there is a signup form on the website for new members. If you are already a member of Full Tilt Poker, then you are already a member of the Full Tilt Poker Academy. All you need to do is login with your username and password.

There are many options on the web for online poker training, but there are few quality sites out there that give you free training. Full Tilt Poker Academy looks to be one of the few quality sites on the web that can give you real world training that will allow you to clean up at the poker tables.

This week’s 750K guarantee on Full Tilt Poker attracted over 3800 players and 30 sponsored pros. Jordan Morgan was the last pro standing when he finished a few tables short of the final table at 55th place. The final 9 players entered the final table after seven hours of tournament play. All of the stacks were relatively in close size, with averages at 1.2 million. Reletrom and HosniMubarak were in contention with each other for the chip lead until it got 4 handed and Reletrom was eliminated. HosniMubarak would maintain his lead to take 1st place in this week’s $750k guarantee, along with a prize of $136,080 for his efforts.

9th place KO : MajorPayne11 ($10,299)

Full Tilt Poker Game #7504851370: $750,000 Guarantee (56134520), Table 27 – 30000/60000 Ante 7500 – No Limit Hold’em – 2:11:49 ET – 2008/08/04
Seat 1: theman2892 (1,040,326)
Seat 2: Reletrom (2,030,792)
Seat 3: LWALKER (1,295,948)
Seat 4: CountTilt (879,613)
Seat 5: potbuilder1881 (840,646)
Seat 6: HosniMubarak (1,422,952)
Seat 7: lemac1980 (1,408,692)
Seat 8: theoneone (1,554,642)
Seat 9: MajorPayne11 (1,055,389)
theman2892 antes 7,500
Reletrom antes 7,500
LWALKER antes 7,500
CountTilt antes 7,500
potbuilder1881 antes 7,500
HosniMubarak antes 7,500
lemac1980 antes 7,500
theoneone antes 7,500
MajorPayne11 antes 7,500
potbuilder1881 posts the small blind of 30,000
HosniMubarak posts the big blind of 60,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
lemac1980 folds
theoneone has 15 seconds left to act
theoneone folds
MajorPayne11 has 15 seconds left to act
MajorPayne11 raises to 180,000
theman2892 folds
Reletrom folds
LWALKER folds
CountTilt calls 180,000
potbuilder1881 folds
HosniMubarak folds
*** FLOP *** [3c 9h Ks]
MajorPayne11 has 15 seconds left to act
MajorPayne11 checks
CountTilt checks
*** TURN *** [3c 9h Ks] [Qc]
MajorPayne11 has 15 seconds left to act
MajorPayne11 bets 180,000
CountTilt has 15 seconds left to act
CountTilt raises to 460,000
MajorPayne11 has 15 seconds left to act
MajorPayne11 raises to 867,889, and is all in
CountTilt calls 232,113, and is all in
MajorPayne11 shows [9c 9d]
CountTilt shows [Kh Kd]
Uncalled bet of 175,776 returned to MajorPayne11
*** RIVER *** [3c 9h Ks Qc] [Ac]
MajorPayne11 shows three of a kind, Nines
CountTilt shows three of a kind, Kings
CountTilt wins the pot (1,901,726) with three of a kind, Kings
MajorPayne11: wow
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,901,726 | Rake 0
Board: [3c 9h Ks Qc Ac]
Seat 1: theman2892 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Reletrom folded before the Flop
Seat 3: LWALKER folded before the Flop
Seat 4: CountTilt (button) showed [Kh Kd] and won (1,901,726) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 5: potbuilder1881 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: HosniMubarak (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: lemac1980 folded before the Flop
Seat 8: theoneone folded before the Flop
Seat 9: MajorPayne11 showed [9c 9d] and lost with three of a kind, Nines

8th place KO: LWALKER ($13,835)

Full Tilt Poker Game #7505037865: $750,000 Guarantee (56134520), Table 27 – 50K/100K Ante 10K – No Limit Hold’em – 2:34:45 ET – 2008/08/04
Seat 1: theman2892 (885,326)
Seat 2: Reletrom (2,887,792)
Seat 3: LWALKER (544,952)
Seat 4: CountTilt (1,828,726)
Seat 5: potbuilder1881 (521,146)
Seat 6: HosniMubarak (2,648,904)
Seat 7: lemac1980 (1,033,496)
Seat 8: theoneone (1,178,658)
theman2892 antes 10,000
Reletrom antes 10,000
LWALKER antes 10,000
CountTilt antes 10,000
potbuilder1881 antes 10,000
HosniMubarak antes 10,000
lemac1980 antes 10,000
theoneone antes 10,000
potbuilder1881 posts the small blind of 50,000
HosniMubarak posts the big blind of 100,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
lemac1980 folds
theoneone folds
theman2892 folds
Reletrom folds
LWALKER raises to 534,952, and is all in
CountTilt folds
potbuilder1881 folds
HosniMubarak has 15 seconds left to act
HosniMubarak calls 434,952
LWALKER shows [8h As]
HosniMubarak shows [8d 9d]
*** FLOP *** [Jc 9s 6c]
*** TURN *** [Jc 9s 6c] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 9s 6c Qc] [Kc]
LWALKER shows Ace King high
HosniMubarak shows a pair of Nines
HosniMubarak wins the pot (1,199,904) with a pair of Nines
LWALKER stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,199,904 | Rake 0
Board: [Jc 9s 6c Qc Kc]
Seat 1: theman2892 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Reletrom folded before the Flop
Seat 3: LWALKER showed [8h As] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 4: CountTilt (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: potbuilder1881 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: HosniMubarak (big blind) showed [8d 9d] and won (1,199,904) with a pair of Nines
Seat 7: lemac1980 folded before the Flop
Seat 8: theoneone folded before the Flop

7th place KO: lemac1980 ($17,678)

Full Tilt Poker Game #7505054027: $750,000 Guarantee (56134520), Table 27 – 50K/100K Ante 10K – No Limit Hold’em – 2:36:50 ET – 2008/08/04
Seat 1: theman2892 (895,326)
Seat 2: Reletrom (3,117,792)
Seat 4: CountTilt (1,668,726)
Seat 5: potbuilder1881 (1,022,292)
Seat 6: HosniMubarak (3,203,856)
Seat 7: lemac1980 (652,350)
Seat 8: theoneone (968,658)
theman2892 antes 10,000
Reletrom antes 10,000
CountTilt antes 10,000
potbuilder1881 antes 10,000
HosniMubarak antes 10,000
lemac1980 antes 10,000
theoneone antes 10,000
CountTilt posts the small blind of 50,000
potbuilder1881 posts the big blind of 100,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
HosniMubarak has 15 seconds left to act
HosniMubarak raises to 219,000
lemac1980 raises to 642,350, and is all in
theoneone folds
theman2892 folds
Reletrom raises to 1,065,700
CountTilt folds
potbuilder1881 folds
HosniMubarak folds
Reletrom shows [Kd Ks]
lemac1980 shows [Qd Qc]
Uncalled bet of 423,350 returned to Reletrom
*** FLOP *** [5h 9s 6d]
*** TURN *** [5h 9s 6d] [3c]
*** RIVER *** [5h 9s 6d 3c] [5c]
Reletrom shows two pair, Kings and Fives
lemac1980 shows two pair, Queens and Fives
Reletrom wins the pot (1,723,700) with two pair, Kings and Fives
HosniMubarak: nh
lemac1980 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,723,700 | Rake 0
Board: [5h 9s 6d 3c 5c]
Seat 1: theman2892 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Reletrom (button) showed [Kd Ks] and won (1,723,700) with two pair, Kings and Fives
Seat 4: CountTilt (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: potbuilder1881 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: HosniMubarak folded before the Flop
Seat 7: lemac1980 showed [Qd Qc] and lost with two pair, Queens and Fives
Seat 8: theoneone folded before the Flop

6th place KO: potbuilder1881 ($23,596)

Full Tilt Poker Game #7505082850: $750,000 Guarantee (56134520), Table 27 – 50K/100K Ante 10K – No Limit Hold’em – 2:40:32 ET – 2008/08/04
Seat 1: theman2892 (1,085,326)
Seat 2: Reletrom (4,179,142)
Seat 4: CountTilt (566,434)
Seat 5: potbuilder1881 (1,674,584)
Seat 6: HosniMubarak (3,284,856)
Seat 8: theoneone (738,658)
theman2892 antes 10,000
Reletrom antes 10,000
CountTilt antes 10,000
potbuilder1881 antes 10,000
HosniMubarak antes 10,000
theoneone antes 10,000
HosniMubarak posts the small blind of 50,000
theoneone posts the big blind of 100,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
theman2892 folds
Reletrom folds
CountTilt folds
potbuilder1881 raises to 410,000
HosniMubarak raises to 3,274,856, and is all in
theoneone has 15 seconds left to act
theoneone folds
potbuilder1881 has 15 seconds left to act
potbuilder1881 has requested TIME
potbuilder1881 calls 1,254,584, and is all in
HosniMubarak shows [8h 8d]
potbuilder1881 shows [Ac Tc]
Uncalled bet of 1,610,272 returned to HosniMubarak
*** FLOP *** [4h Ah 3c]
*** TURN *** [4h Ah 3c] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [4h Ah 3c 7c] [8s]
HosniMubarak shows three of a kind, Eights
potbuilder1881 shows a pair of Aces
HosniMubarak wins the pot (3,489,168) with three of a kind, Eights
HosniMubarak: std tho
potbuilder1881 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,489,168 | Rake 0
Board: [4h Ah 3c 7c 8s]
Seat 1: theman2892 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Reletrom folded before the Flop
Seat 4: CountTilt folded before the Flop
Seat 5: potbuilder1881 (button) showed [Ac Tc] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: HosniMubarak (small blind) showed [8h 8d] and won (3,489,168) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 8: theoneone (big blind) folded before the Flop

5th place KO: theoneone ($31,820)

Full Tilt Poker Game #7505174384: $750,000 Guarantee (56134520), Table 27 – 60K/120K Ante 15K – No Limit Hold’em – 2:52:51 ET – 2008/08/04
Seat 1: theman2892 (690,326)
Seat 2: Reletrom (3,011,274)
Seat 4: CountTilt (2,210,736)
Seat 6: HosniMubarak (4,844,348)
Seat 8: theoneone (772,316)
theman2892 antes 15,000
Reletrom antes 15,000
CountTilt antes 15,000
HosniMubarak antes 15,000
theoneone antes 15,000
Reletrom posts the small blind of 60,000
CountTilt posts the big blind of 120,000
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
HosniMubarak folds
theoneone raises to 757,316, and is all in
theman2892 folds
Reletrom raises to 1,394,632
CountTilt folds
Reletrom shows [Ts Th]
theoneone shows [8c Ad]
Uncalled bet of 637,316 returned to Reletrom
*** FLOP *** [7s 3s Tc]
*** TURN *** [7s 3s Tc] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [7s 3s Tc Jc] [4s]
Reletrom shows three of a kind, Tens
theoneone shows Ace Jack high
Reletrom wins the pot (1,709,632) with three of a kind, Tens
theoneone stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,709,632 | Rake 0
Board: [7s 3s Tc Jc 4s]
Seat 1: theman2892 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Reletrom (small blind) showed [Ts Th] and won (1,709,632) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 4: CountTilt (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: HosniMubarak folded before the Flop
Seat 8: theoneone showed [8c Ad] and lost with Ace Jack high

4th place KO: Reletrom ($42,427)

Full Tilt Poker Game #7505334653: $750,000 Guarantee (56134520), Table 27 – 80K/160K Ante 20K – No Limit Hold’em – 3:15:47 ET – 2008/08/04
Seat 1: theman2892 (2,297,152)
Seat 2: Reletrom (1,407,142)
Seat 4: CountTilt (3,388,117)
Seat 6: HosniMubarak (4,436,589)
theman2892 antes 20,000
Reletrom antes 20,000
CountTilt antes 20,000
HosniMubarak antes 20,000
theman2892 posts the small blind of 80,000
Reletrom posts the big blind of 160,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
CountTilt folds
HosniMubarak raises to 4,416,589, and is all in
theman2892 folds
Reletrom calls 1,227,142, and is all in
HosniMubarak shows [As 7s]
Reletrom shows [Qs Ad]
Uncalled bet of 3,029,447 returned to HosniMubarak
*** FLOP *** [7h 2h 2s]
*** TURN *** [7h 2h 2s] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [7h 2h 2s Ts] [2c]
HosniMubarak shows a full house, Twos full of Sevens
Reletrom shows three of a kind, Twos
HosniMubarak wins the pot (2,934,284) with a full house, Twos full of Sevens
Reletrom stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,934,284 | Rake 0
Board: [7h 2h 2s Ts 2c]
Seat 1: theman2892 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Reletrom (big blind) showed [Qs Ad] and lost with three of a kind, Twos
Seat 4: CountTilt folded before the Flop
Seat 6: HosniMubarak (button) showed [As 7s] and won (2,934,284) with a full house, Twos full of Sevens

3rd place KO: theman2892 ($53,802)

Full Tilt Poker Game #7505356193: $750,000 Guarantee (56134520), Table 27 – 100K/200K Ante 25K – No Limit Hold’em – 3:19:03 ET – 2008/08/04
Seat 1: theman2892 (1,482,152)
Seat 4: CountTilt (4,033,117)
Seat 6: HosniMubarak (6,013,731)
theman2892 antes 25,000
CountTilt antes 25,000
HosniMubarak antes 25,000
theman2892 posts the small blind of 100,000
CountTilt posts the big blind of 200,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
HosniMubarak raises to 435,000
theman2892 raises to 1,457,152, and is all in
CountTilt has 15 seconds left to act
CountTilt calls 1,257,152
HosniMubarak folds
theman2892 shows [Ah 7d]
CountTilt shows [7c 7h]
*** FLOP *** [8c Js Qs]
*** TURN *** [8c Js Qs] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [8c Js Qs Ts] [8h]
theman2892 shows a pair of Eights
CountTilt shows two pair, Eights and Sevens
CountTilt wins the pot (3,424,304) with two pair, Eights and Sevens
theman2892 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,424,304 | Rake 0
Board: [8c Js Qs Ts 8h]
Seat 1: theman2892 (small blind) showed [Ah 7d] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 4: CountTilt (big blind) showed [7c 7h] and won (3,424,304) with two pair, Eights and Sevens
Seat 6: HosniMubarak (button) folded before the Flop

2nd place KO: CountTilt ($82,240)
1st place: HosniMubarak ($136,081)

Full Tilt Poker Game #7505445040: $750,000 Guarantee (56134520), Table 27 – 120K/240K Ante 30K – No Limit Hold’em – 3:32:59 ET – 2008/08/04
Seat 4: CountTilt (3,364,269)
Seat 6: HosniMubarak (8,164,731)
CountTilt antes 30,000
HosniMubarak antes 30,000
HosniMubarak posts the small blind of 120,000
CountTilt posts the big blind of 240,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
HosniMubarak calls 120,000
CountTilt raises to 3,334,269, and is all in
HosniMubarak calls 3,094,269
CountTilt shows [9c Kc]
HosniMubarak shows [As Ac]
*** FLOP *** [6d Ks 5h]
*** TURN *** [6d Ks 5h] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [6d Ks 5h 7c] [2s]
CountTilt shows a pair of Kings
HosniMubarak shows a pair of Aces
HosniMubarak wins the pot (6,728,538) with a pair of Aces
CountTilt stands up
HosniMubarak stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6,728,538 | Rake 0
Board: [6d Ks 5h 7c 2s]
Seat 4: CountTilt (big blind) showed [9c Kc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: HosniMubarak (small blind) showed [As Ac] and won (6,728,538) with a pair of Aces

HosniMubarak would take 1st place in this week’s $750k guarantee and receive $136,080 for his efforts.

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PokerStars Game #16874246465: Tournament #84456176, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/04/20 – 17:58:53 (ET)
Table ‘84456176 2′ 10-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: bart spijker (21000 in chips)
Seat 2: takechip (16557 in chips)
Seat 3: texpert (6399 in chips)
Seat 4: HEMIpowerSWT (4603 in chips)
Seat 5: ADZ124 (10003 in chips)
Seat 8: APerfectGent (26310 in chips)
Seat 10: JERRRY (15128 in chips)
bart spijker: posts the ante 60
takechip: posts the ante 60
texpert: posts the ante 60
HEMIpowerSWT: posts the ante 60
ADZ124: posts the ante 60
APerfectGent: posts the ante 60
JERRRY: posts the ante 60
HEMIpowerSWT: posts small blind 150
ADZ124: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
APerfectGent: folds
JERRRY: folds
bart spijker: raises 600 to 900
takechip: calls 900
texpert: raises 5439 to 6339 and is all-in
HEMIpowerSWT: folds
ADZ124: folds
bart spijker: folds
takechip: calls 5439
*** FLOP *** [Ad 5c 7d]
*** TURN *** [Ad 5c 7d] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [Ad 5c 7d 6s] [Ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
takechip: shows [As Qs] (three of a kind, Aces)
texpert: shows [2h 2c] (two pair, Aces and Deuces)
takechip collected 14448 from pot
HEMIpowerSWT said, “gg”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 14448 | Rake 0
Board [Ad 5c 7d 6s Ac]
Seat 1: bart spijker folded before Flop
Seat 2: takechip showed [As Qs] and won (14448) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 3: texpert (button) showed [2h 2c] and lost with two pair, Aces and Deuces
Seat 4: HEMIpowerSWT (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: ADZ124 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: APerfectGent folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 10: JERRRY folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

HEMIpowerSWT put a big three bet in here over the top of takechip. ADZ124 called, however, and used his pocket tens to send HEMI on the rail in sixth place.

PokerStars Game #16874328413: Tournament #84456176, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/04/20 – 18:02:20 (ET)
Table ‘84456176 2′ 10-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: bart spijker (20969 in chips)
Seat 2: takechip (22836 in chips)
Seat 4: HEMIpowerSWT (4333 in chips)
Seat 5: ADZ124 (5682 in chips)
Seat 8: APerfectGent (30185 in chips)
Seat 10: JERRRY (15995 in chips)
bart spijker: posts the ante 60
takechip: posts the ante 60
HEMIpowerSWT: posts the ante 60
ADZ124: posts the ante 60
APerfectGent: posts the ante 60
JERRRY: posts the ante 60
APerfectGent: posts small blind 150
JERRRY: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
bart spijker: folds
takechip: raises 477 to 777
HEMIpowerSWT: raises 3496 to 4273 and is all-in
ADZ124: raises 1349 to 5622 and is all-in
APerfectGent: folds
JERRRY: folds
takechip: folds
*** FLOP *** [2d 7c Kc]
JERRRY said, “damn”
*** TURN *** [2d 7c Kc] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [2d 7c Kc 4c] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
HEMIpowerSWT: shows [As 9h] (high card Ace)
ADZ124: shows [Ts Th] (a pair of Tens)
ADZ124 collected 10133 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10133 | Rake 0
Board [2d 7c Kc 4c 8d]
Seat 1: bart spijker folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: takechip folded before Flop
Seat 4: HEMIpowerSWT showed [As 9h] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 5: ADZ124 (button) showed [Ts Th] and won (10133) with a pair of Tens
Seat 8: APerfectGent (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 10: JERRRY (big blind) folded before Flop

Here, all the money got in before the flop. ADZ124’s Ace/8 was defeated by the Ace/Jack of takechip, who took down the pot and knocked ADZ124 out of the tournament.

PokerStars Game #16875149917: Tournament #84456176, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/04/20 – 18:37:25 (ET)
Table ‘84456176 2′ 10-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: takechip (56834 in chips)
Seat 5: ADZ124 (11904 in chips)
Seat 8: APerfectGent (21990 in chips)
Seat 10: JERRRY (9272 in chips)
takechip: posts the ante 60
ADZ124: posts the ante 60
APerfectGent: posts the ante 60
JERRRY: posts the ante 60
ADZ124: posts small blind 150
APerfectGent: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
JERRRY: folds
takechip: raises 600 to 900
ADZ124: raises 10944 to 11844 and is all-in
APerfectGent: folds
takechip: calls 10944
*** FLOP *** [5h Qd Tc]
*** TURN *** [5h Qd Tc] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [5h Qd Tc 7c] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ADZ124: shows [Ad 8c] (high card Ace)
takechip: shows [Jd Ah] (high card Ace – Queen+Jack kicker)
APerfectGent said, “gg adz”
takechip collected 24228 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 24228 | Rake 0
Board [5h Qd Tc 7c 3c]
Seat 2: takechip (button) showed [Jd Ah] and won (24228) with high card Ace
Seat 5: ADZ124 (small blind) showed [Ad 8c] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 8: APerfectGent (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 10: JERRRY folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

The pocket nines weren’t up to snuff to the pocket kings of takechip, which led to the demise of APerfectGent in third place.

At heads up, takechip had a mnsted 9:1 chip advantage. JERRRY joked about a chop and asked for a mere $15,000, but was of course turned down. The play remained mostly preflop and flops weren’t big. The finish came in the following hand.

PokerStars Game #16875712680: Tournament #84456176, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level V (200/400) – 2008/04/20 – 19:03:05 (ET)
Table ‘84456176 2′ 10-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: takechip (86900 in chips)
Seat 10: JERRRY (13100 in chips)
takechip: posts the ante 80
JERRRY: posts the ante 80
takechip: posts small blind 200
JERRRY: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
takechip: raises 400 to 800
JERRRY: raises 12220 to 13020 and is all-in
takechip: calls 12220
*** FLOP *** [6d Kd 9h]
*** TURN *** [6d Kd 9h] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [6d Kd 9h Jc] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JERRRY: shows [8h 8c] (a pair of Eights)
takechip: shows [Ac Td] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
takechip collected 26200 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 26200 | Rake 0
Board [6d Kd 9h Jc Qc]
Seat 2: takechip (button) (small blind) showed [Ac Td] and won (26200) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 10: JERRRY (big blind) showed [8h 8c] and lost with a pair of Eights

As no deal was ever made, takechip took down the $100,000, and yes, his avatar was the Poker Stars logo with a line through it.

At table “Mirasol” on Full Tilt poker, two heads up specialists collided in a session of $1,000 / $2,000 Limit Hold em. Patrik “Finddagrind” Antonius went one on one with Matt “Hoss_TBF” Hawrilenko. They grinded it for two hours, exchanging chip leads every few hands in the first hour. Hawrilenko was soon leading for the remainder of the session. Antonius missed many of his draws while his opponent seemed to be hitting them repeatedly. In the end, Hoss_TBF was seen sitting with $289,000, of which, $200k came from Finddagrind. Apparently tilted, Antonius left every table on Full tilt after he lost his last reload to Hawrilenko.

“Finddagrind misses a straight flush draw in a 32k pot”

Full Tilt Poker Game #5541536484: Table Mirasol (6 max) – $1000/$2000 – Limit Hold’em – 18:25:00 ET – 2008/03/07
Seat 3: FinddaGrind ($67,927.50)
Seat 6: Hoss_TBF ($101,916)
Hoss_TBF posts the small blind of $500
FinddaGrind posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Hoss_TBF raises to $2,000
FinddaGrind raises to $3,000
Hoss_TBF calls $1,000
*** FLOP *** [2s 4s 8d]
FinddaGrind bets $1,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $2,000
FinddaGrind raises to $3,000
Hoss_TBF calls $1,000
*** TURN *** [2s 4s 8d] [4c]
FinddaGrind bets $2,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $4,000
FinddaGrind raises to $6,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $8,000
FinddaGrind calls $2,000
*** RIVER *** [2s 4s 8d 4c] [Jd]
FinddaGrind bets $2,000
Hoss_TBF calls $2,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FinddaGrind shows [5s 3s] a pair of Fours
Hoss_TBF shows [4d As] three of a kind, Fours
Hoss_TBF wins the pot ($31,999.50) with three of a kind, Fours
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $32,000 | Rake $0.50
Board: [2s 4s 8d 4c Jd]
Seat 3: FinddaGrind (big blind) showed [5s 3s] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 6: Hoss_TBF (small blind) showed [4d As] and won ($31,999.50) with three of a kind, Fours

“Hoss rivers the split pot”

“Finddagrind tries to bluff a 30k pot”

Full Tilt Poker Game #5541737576: Table Mirasol (6 max) – $1000/$2000 – Limit Hold’em – 18:41:26 ET – 2008/03/07
Seat 3: FinddaGrind ($52,418)
Seat 6: Hoss_TBF ($117,404.50)
Hoss_TBF posts the small blind of $500
FinddaGrind posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Hoss_TBF raises to $2,000
FinddaGrind calls $1,000
*** FLOP *** [Ah 2d As]
FinddaGrind bets $1,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $2,000
FinddaGrind raises to $3,000
Hoss_TBF calls $1,000
*** TURN *** [Ah 2d As] [6h]
FinddaGrind bets $2,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $4,000
FinddaGrind raises to $6,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $8,000
FinddaGrind calls $2,000
*** RIVER *** [Ah 2d As 6h] [Td]
FinddaGrind bets $2,000
Hoss_TBF calls $2,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FinddaGrind shows [4h 3d] a pair of Aces
Hoss_TBF shows [2h 2c] a full house, Twos full of Aces
Hoss_TBF wins the pot ($29,999.50) with a full house, Twos full of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $30,000 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Ah 2d As 6h Td]
Seat 3: FinddaGrind (big blind) showed [4h 3d] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: Hoss_TBF (small blind) showed [2h 2c] and won ($29,999.50) with a full house, Twos full of Aces

“Hoss disappoints his opponent with another completed draw”

Full Tilt Poker Game #5541906923: Table Mirasol (6 max) – $1000/$2000 – Limit Hold’em – 18:55:12 ET – 2008/03/07
Seat 3: FinddaGrind ($49,858)
Seat 6: Hoss_TBF ($186,712.50)
Hoss_TBF posts the small blind of $500
FinddaGrind posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Hoss_TBF raises to $2,000
FinddaGrind calls $1,000
*** FLOP *** [Qc 2s 3c]
FinddaGrind checks
Hoss_TBF bets $1,000
FinddaGrind raises to $2,000
Hoss_TBF calls $1,000
*** TURN *** [Qc 2s 3c] [6s]
FinddaGrind bets $2,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $4,000
FinddaGrind raises to $6,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $8,000
FinddaGrind calls $2,000
*** RIVER *** [Qc 2s 3c 6s] [4d]
FinddaGrind bets $2,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $4,000
FinddaGrind calls $2,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hoss_TBF shows [4h 5c] a straight, Six high
FinddaGrind mucks
Hoss_TBF wins the pot ($31,999.50) with a straight, Six high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $32,000 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Qc 2s 3c 6s 4d]
Seat 3: FinddaGrind (big blind) mucked
Seat 6: Hoss_TBF (small blind) collected ($31,999.50)

“Finddagrind’s final hand”

Full Tilt Poker Game #5541997884: Table Mirasol (6 max) – $1000/$2000 – Limit Hold’em – 19:02:33 ET – 2008/03/07
Seat 3: FinddaGrind ($4,695)
Seat 6: Hoss_TBF ($284,561)
Hoss_TBF posts the small blind of $500
FinddaGrind posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Hoss_TBF raises to $2,000
FinddaGrind raises to $3,000
Hoss_TBF calls $1,000
*** FLOP *** [Jd Tc 9s]
FinddaGrind bets $1,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $2,000
FinddaGrind calls $695, and is all in
Hoss_TBF shows [Kc 3c]
FinddaGrind shows [4c 4d]
Uncalled bet of $305 returned to Hoss_TBF
*** TURN *** [Jd Tc 9s] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [Jd Tc 9s Qc] [Jh]
Hoss_TBF shows a straight, King high
FinddaGrind shows two pair, Jacks and Fours
Hoss_TBF wins the pot ($9,389.50) with a straight, King high
FinddaGrind is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $9,390 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Jd Tc 9s Qc Jh]
Seat 3: FinddaGrind (big blind) showed [4c 4d] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Fours
Seat 6: Hoss_TBF (small blind) showed [Kc 3c] and won ($9,389.50) with a straight, King high