Chad Batista

Chad Batista, known as "Jse81" on Full Tilt Poker and "lilholdem954" on Pokerstars, fired the opening shot in the race to be crowned the top online poker player in 2008 by taking down the $300 "New Year's Resolution" tournament on Full Tilt Poker Jan 2nd. Batista topped a field of 721 players and took down the first place prize of $46k for his efforts. By taking down one of the first sizable events of 2008, Batista quickly established that he will continue to be a force in 2008, just as he...Read Full Story

Canadian newspaper The Record published a feature today in their online edition on Ryan Fisler, online poker pro and co-founder of poker coaching site Real Poker Training.com. Some interesting excerpts: The site has proven nearly as lucrative as Fisler’s gambling. Since it launched in early 2005, it has brought in more than $400,000 US in revenues and now has 480 subscribers paying $24.95 per month, in addition to the $99.95 starting fee. Real Poker Training filled a big niche in the poker...Read Full Story

Matt Keikoan showed true grit en route to his second bracelet. (Photo: Rob Mathis) The WSOP has produced another repeat bracelet winner, this time in the $10,000 Limit Hold’em World Championship - but it didn’t come easy. Matt Keikoan got back to his grinding roots and survived a grueling heads-up match to claim his second career WSOP victory. The players with the highest profiles at this final table were the first to leave the table. Former WPT Championship winner and four-time WSOP bracelet...Read Full Story

Why is Chad Batista so good - Ask yourself if you play the last hand the way he does to get the answer. $109 Rebuy on Pokerstars - 2 greats at the table lilholdem954 & vietcong01 Exciting Action - Alot of ALLIN action and alot of rebuying going on. Last hand real cool!! it was sootedRead Full Story

Two bracelets were awarded with Matt Keikoan bagging his second bracelet and first since 2008 as he was crowned the $10k LHE Champion. Miguel Proulx was the other big winner besting his field in the $2.5k PLO tournament. Here's a rundown of the rest of today's action. Event 29 $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship Matt Keikoan outlasted Dan Idema in a marathon epic heads up battle that saw Keikoan nearly down but not out. Keikoan came back from having only one big blind remaining to win...Read Full Story