Top 5 Real Winners from Isildur1′s PCA Title

Viktor “Isildur1” Blom’s entire career has been based around incredible highs and gut-wrenching lows. 

Blom experienced an entirely new high this week by winning his first major tournament (fittingly it was the PCA Super High Roller) and winning a massive $1.3 million first place prize.

Of course with every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction and knowing it’s Isildur1 the railbirds are already circling his signature high stakes tables on PokerStars.

If Blom actually deposited the $1.3 million into his PokerStars account that means there’s a good chance he has the biggest bankroll on an online site since taking on Brian Hastings on Full Tilt Poker in the fall of 2009.

We all know how that one ended. The questi

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Is the online poker training market on the decline?

After decades of stagnant thinking (think airplane technology), when it comes to progressive strategy and theory the world of poker has moved extremely fast in the past 5-10 years (think computers and cell phone technology). Because of this most of the training tools for poker players have become cheaper and at the same time offering more and more information.

If you want the clearest example of this information explosion take a look at one of the older poker strategy books and compare it to one of todays numerous volumes on the subject the differences are night and day:

  • What used to be seen as insider information is typically not covered in todays books as the authors now consider it to be common Knowledge.
  • General strategies for a certain game format (i.e.

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Sahamies Back On Top of High-Stakes

Despite starting slow, the new face of swings in online poker Ilari Ilari_FIN Sahamies has finally minimized his variance and was on a consistent upswing in the month of November.

Sahamies, who heading into August was down an astonishing $900,000, has completely eradicated his first-half tendencies and throughout the next 3 months accumulated $3 million in earnings. PokerStars has been the source of all of the high-stakes action since the wake of the online poker giant Full Tilt Poker, despite nosebleed play slowing down in the month of November.

Analyzing the past months statistics, Sahamies ended up $945,000 in the games in November.

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32Red Casino Spins Christmas Prize Wheel

32Red Casino is rewarding players with a series of top presents this festive season with its Christmas Prize Wheel. Prizes on offer include bonuses, free chips, free games and some top gadgets – and players can grab a treat simply by spinning the prize wheel every day this month!

 

Players at 32Red who wish to take part in the Christmas Prize Wheel promo need to fund their account to qualify and wait for the invitation to play! Once you’ve qualified, you can spin the wheel each day for the duration of December to reveal your present!

Prizes up for grabs include £10,000 in free casino chips, a £250 Amazon voucher, an HDTV, 50 free games, a laptop computer and loads of free games on the top slot title at the site. These

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New WSOP $1 Million Buy-in Bracelet Event

WSOP 2012 will have a new event with an unprecedented $1 million buy-in. Titled “The Big One for One Drop”, this event is the creation of One Drop Chair and Cirque du Soleil Founder Guy Laliberte. Laliberte had worked on this concept with Caesars Interactive Entertainment CEO Mitch Garber. The idea was to combine poker players’ charitable nature with WSOP’s global reach to create an unparalleled poker event for raising the awareness to the acute shortage of water in many parts of the world.

The Big One for One Drop will take place from July 1 to July 3, 2012. Already 22 poker professionals have committed their participation. 22 is the minimum requirement for a WSOP official bracelet event. From ea

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