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FTOPS XVII proved to be the biggest online poker series ever at Full Tilt Poker.  61,150 players participated in the 34 poker games that ran during FTOPS XVII while a total of $20,598,444 was given away during the series.  The biggest poker news in FTOPS XVII came during the Main Event when “TyboVegas” navigated through 4,805 players to capture the title.  Interestingly enough though, “TyboVegas” ($423,057) earned less money than his heads-up opponent “DQnk” ($446,942) since a deal was made before the two played the final poker hands. Another big story in FTOPS XVII included Mike “chapmoney” Chapp taking first …

Just a week after Party Poker and Bwin announced a huge merger, 888Poker is looking at a future merger with another poker room.  The news of 888Poker looking for a potential merger partner broke when 888 CEO Gigi Levy said that his internet poker site is definitely interested in merging within the next six months.  Most people would suspect that he is hoping to keep up with poker sites like Party Poker with this move, but he insists that this isn’t the case.  He told eGaming Review all of this when he said, “I think that the first thing to …

In just three weeks, Full Tilt Poker will be launching yet another rendition of their flagship event.  The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XVII will kick off on August 4th with a huge $750,000 Guaranteed poker tournament.  In all, 34 different tournaments will be held, and $19 million in guaranteed prize money is slated to be given away.  Some of the poker games that will be offered during FTOPS XVII include Omaha, H.O.R.S.E., Stud, Razz, and of course texas poker.  In addition to the different poker variations offered, 6 of the tournaments are going to have Rush Poker formats.  For …

The Full Tilt Poker promotion Rush Poker is already one of the hottest things in online poker today.  But Full Tilt is looking to make Rush Poker even more enticing by holding “Rush Week” from July 12th to July 18th.  Now business will be usual for internet poker grinders who play Rush Poker since they’ll still be moved from table to table as soon as they make a decision.  But the big difference is that players will be earning extra cash on the side while they play poker.  People can collect $5 as soon as they earn 10 Full Tilt …

Most of the top poker pros such as Ultimate Bet player Phil Hellmuth and Full Tilt Poker pro Phil Ivey are in Las Vegas competing in the WSOP*.  But PokerStars is trying to make sure that people have other options for winning big money with their UK and Ireland Poker Tour. The most recent stop on the UKIPT was at Killarney where 253 players competed in the Main Event poker tournament for thousands of Euros.  The most notable players in the tourney included PokerStars online poker pro Julian Thew, UKIPT Nottingham champion Andrew Couldridge, and UKIPT Coventry champ Gilles Augustus.  …