Event 2, the $240+$16 Pot-Limit Omaha/8 Knockout, started at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday with 1,138 players putting up their money for a shot at FTOPS IX glory. The event was hosted by Martin Klaser and ended up seeing its $200,000 guaranteed prize pool rise to $227,600.
Teledonk wound up with the lion's share of that prize pool when he finished off chicha62 in heads-up play to win the event. For first, he pockets $51,210.
Chicha62 also ended up with a hefty sum of $32,433, while...
With the Bodog Poker $250,000-guaranteed event just two days away (it will play out this Sunday), players are scrambling to qualify. Bodog is giving CardPlayer.com readers an edge in that scramble with two exclusive shots at a cheap seat for the event. And players need to hurry and get money on......
Since its inception in 2004, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has been one of the most popular major poker tournaments in the world, drawing huge fields each year, and recently, PokerStars announced the dates for its 2009 event: Jan. 4. Demonstrating the event's popularity is its past......
The 2009 PCA will once again be an official European Poker Tour Event, despite the fact the Caribbean is not exactly in Europe.
Team PokerStars pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was the eventual champion of the 2008 PCA, and had nothing but good things to say about the tournament.
"The PCA is always a special tournament for poker players, especially because the location is so great," said ElkY following his big win.
"There are so many online qualifiers and the...