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 was in 2007. Batista was one of the top players online in 2007, ...
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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 world, a world that has spread from smoky rooms in Las Vegas, and dank basements elsewhere, to become an multi-billion-dollar international industry. ...
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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 sooted
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These past couple of years have been tough for all of us that play online poker. Not knowing what may be coming around the corner is kinda scary at times. True, this mostly applies to US poker players but there are others in the world that are experiencing the same kind of paranoia. The poker players alliance is an advocate for online poker and poker in general. I think we all pretty much understand their role and for the most part are glad they are doing what they do. However, I am starting to wonder why they spend so much time on individual cases, ...
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WSOP No Limit Championship The chips have been in the air for a little over twelve hours now. Here is a brief recap of some of the WSOP No Limit tournament action today. Here are the starting chip counts: * Dennis Phillips - St Louis, MO, United States - 26,295,000 chips * Ivan Demidov - Moscow, Russian Federation - 24,400,000 * Scott Montgomery - Perth, ON, Canada - 19,690,000 * Peter Eastgate - Odense, Denmark - 18,375,000 * Ylon Schwartz - Brooklyn, NY, United States - 12,525,000 * Darus Suharto - Toronto, ON, Canada - 12,520,000 * David ‘Chino’ Rheem - Los Angeles, CA, ...
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