Betfair Premier Cup - Week 2 winners

Week 2 of the Betfair Premier Cup has come to an end and the results are settled. There was a bit more action in the second week that the first and a new player managed to climb the ranks to take the number one spot!

New Badges in Week 2

There were two new badges available to be won in week 2:

Crazy Fan

Crazy Fan AchievementThis badge is worth 25 points!
Play 1000 hands in a single day ('Day' is defined as 12:00AM - 11:59PM GMT).

Bet The Farm

Bet The Farm achievementThis badge is worth 50 points!
Win a hand in which you make a minimum of 6 bets and/or raises when not in the small or big blind (No Limit only, pot must be minimum of 75bb.

Make sure you enter the Betfair Premier Cup next week for a chance to win some great prizes!

Week 2 Winners

A new winner this week!

1st prize winner: ondarch1

First place this week went to newcomer ondarch1, who won three different badges several times, including "Bend It Like Rooney" 7 times for 25 points each, "Crazy Fan" 4 times for 25 points each and "Bet The Farm" 5 times for 50 points ...

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Betfair Premier Cup - Week 1 Winners

Week one of the Betfair Premier Cup has come to an end and the results of week one are in! The first week was quiet with only 4 players earning badges so there's plenty of opportunities to get playing and start winning some great prizes!

Betfair Premier Cup Prizes

The main prizes include an official 2012 signed Manchester United replica shirt and VIP tickets to see Manchester United play Sunderland at home at Old Trafford including travel expenses. As well as this, Betfair are giving away an iPad2 or a Samsung Laptop to first place winners, PS3 or Beats by Dre. headphones for second place and a Reebok sports bag for third place.

We expected week one to be a quiet one and it was. If you entered and played, you were in with a good chance of winning a prize.

Week 1 Winners

All badges earned this week were: "Bend It Like Rooney"
This badge, requires the player to win a hand with hole cards 10 and 7 (hand must go to showdown, pot must be minimum of 75bb).

1st prize winner: sicklines

The first place winner, sickliness, won the "Bend It Like Rooney" achievement an amazing SIX ...

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February 2012 UGL

UGL Mid Stakes



 

Results for February 2012 UGL 200NL, 400NL and 600NL:

Ultimate $1/$2 NL GrindersUGL Badge $1/$2 NL


Player Site Net Hands BB/100
Mayo The Don PokerStars $16,264 69,900 5.82
Ice_Fruit88 PokerStars.it $14,079 96,630 3.64
strakko83 PokerStars.it $13,340 51,147 6.52
TomDwan87 PokerStars.it $12,337 20,345  
Platoniko Pokerstars.fr $11,837 120,214 5.62

Pokerstars regained its dominance at the 1/2 UGL leaderboard, with Stars grinders claiming all top 5 spots. Mayo the Don followed up a 4th place finish in January by winning his first very well-deserved UGL badge. He won $16,264 with a solid 5.82 BB/100 winrate, beating out the 2nd place finisher Ice_Fruit88 by over $2k. Platoniko finished 5th in the UGL by grinding out a staggering 120,214 hands at $1/$2 in the month of February. His almost $12k in earnings to show for this hard work doubled his lifetime earnings to just over $24,000.

Full 200NL results

Ultimate $2/$4 NL Grinders UGL Badge $2/$4 NL

Player Site Net Hands BB/100
capodoglio75 PokerStars.it $24,860 41,812 7.43
GrazieMille0 PokerStars.it $23,750 78,127 3.8
MrLustig Party Poker ...
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Full Tilt CEO Ray Bitar Speaks, Apologetic

11 months have passed since Black Friday, and today was the first response of any kind from a member of Full Tilt's board of directors. Tuesday, Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar finally ended the almost year-long silence, while still revealing very little in an exclusive interview on PokerStrategy.

One of the original founders of Full Tilt Poker, Bitar currently still works with Full Tilt as the operating Chief Executive Officer. In the interview, he gave little away on the legal matters facing Full Tilt from the Department of Justice, or the timetable for the rumored purchase of Full Tilt by Groupe Bernard Tapie. However, he did answer three basic questions, the last of which was an opportunity to issue a public apology. "I would like to offer my sincere apology to all who have been affected by these events and to clarify that my silence was not an attempt to 'hide' or 'ignore' the situation," said Bitar. "My entire focus is on obtaining a successful resolution for the players. I hope that before long I can provide some good news for all of the players involved."

A former equities trader in Los Angeles, California, Bitar forged a friendship ...

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The Betfair Premier Cup! Over $15,000 in Prizes!

 

PokerTableRatings has teamed up with Betfair, the official betting sponsors of Manchester United, to run a poker competition over 8 weeks (split into two half times), with weekly prizes and a grand prize at the end of each half! The total value of prize is just over $15,000!


If you're into soccer (it's really football, right?) and even better, if you're a Manchester United fan then you need to sign up for the Betfair Premier Cup! Players will be competing for tons of great swag, with not one, but two grand prizes!

 

How do I enter?

It's simple, follow the competition sign-up instructions found on the Betfair Premier Cup page.

Note that this promo is only open to NEW Betfair Poker sign-ups who use the Download button found on that page.

Please read the Terms & Conditions thoroughly. Betfair will confirm that your newly created account is eligible to participate shortly. Check back to see your updated status.

How does it work?

All prize winners are determined by total points. Complete various poker challenges to earn points - the harder the challenges, the more points you'll earn.

Each week will reveal 2 challenges, and each challenge ...

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Viktor Blom the Big Loser This Weekend


It was a busy weekend at the high stakes tables on PokerStars, but one that Viktor “Isildur1” Blom would probably like to forget.   Back at the online tables, the Swedish PokerStars Pro found himself in a long session that saw several big pots, and unfortunately for Blom, most of them were being shipped to his opponent.  Blom dropped more than $370k in one 2,300 session of $100/$200 PLO, and another $292k in another 1,800 hand session just a day later.  He was able to make some of that back up, but ended the weekend with a $488k net loss.

Here are some of the big hands that Blom was involved in this weekend:






Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky was one of ...

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Badges Announced for the Betfair Premier Cup!

Betfair Premier Cup

We're just a few hours away from the launch of the Betfair Premier Cup and the details for the first half of competition have just been announced!

What's at stake? One PTR member will get an expenses paid trip to Old Trafford to see Manchester United play Sunderland in BOX SEATS! Another PTR member will walk away with a signed Manchester United Jersey and $500 cash! And if that is not enough motivation, EVERY WEEK for 8 weeks we are giving away an iPad 2, Samsung Notebooks, PS3's, Beats Headphones, and more!

Haven't registered yet? SIGN UP NOW!

Note: You must be a NEW DEPOSITING PLAYER on Betfair and use PTR's signup link in order to be eligible. The competition starts March 2nd at 00:01 GMT (a stroke past midnight Thursday)!

Betfair Premier Cup - First Half Badges

  • Week 1: March 2 - March 8
  • Heroic Save [25pts]
    Call a river bet with King high or less and win (pot must be minimum of 35bb)
  • Bend It Like Rooney [25pts]
    Win a hand with hole cards 10 and 7 (hand must go to showdown, pot must be minimum of 75bb)
  • Week 2: March 9 - March 15 ...
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Bodog's Calvin Ayre Responds to Indictments

Bodog DoJ

On Tuesday, Federal Prosecutors in Maryland unsealed an indictment against former Canadian billionaire Calvin Ayre, the founder of Bodog. The site was once one of the world's largest online gambling companies, but has been inactive for quite some time. The indictment accuses Ayre of operating an illegal gambling business involving sports betting as well as conspiring to commit money laundering. The DoJ and Homeland Security also saw fit to seize the inactive web domain of Bodog.com as part of their sanctions being levied against Ayre and the site.

The flamboyant Ayer became a central figure from within the online gambling industry when he was the focus of a 2006 Forbes.com cover story titled "Catch Me If You Can" where Ayers said "we run a business that can't actually be described as gambling in each country we operate in. But when you add it together, it's Internet gambling." For years after, Ayers was able to dodge US law enforcement agencies despite continuing to operate questionable operations of online sports betting and casino games to US gamblers.

Calvin AyreThree other men in addition to Ayre were included in the indictment unveiled by Rod Rosenstein, the US Attorney in ...

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Patpatman Heats Up vs Ilari Fin, Ville Wahlbeck

High Stakes Poker

Newcomers to the highstakes online poker scene are always fun to watch, and yesterday seemed to be the coming out party for patpatman.

Playing primarily $100/$200 6-max PLO and $50/$100 6-max PLO, patpatman has seen his overall earnings eclipse the $500k mark since arriving on PokerStars just a month ago (where he also won the biggest hold'em pot in January). Yesterday's sessions yielded some great results for the newcomer, highlighted by these six figure pots:

  1. Patpatman rivers quads as his As-Kc-3d-Ad holds vs. Ilari Fin and Ville Wahlbeck
  2. Patpatman flops a set, and turns quads this time to get 3 streets of value.
  3. All it takes is two pair as patpatman gets some more off of Ilari Sahamies.
  4. LuckyGump flops a set to crack aces and turns a boat to fade the flush draw.
  5. Heads up with Ilari FIN, patpatman flops two pair and cracks aces for another big pot

After all was said, the big winner was patpatman who ended this session +$298,968.45, but ended up negative on another session to end the evening up $166k on the night. Alexey 'LuckyGump' Makarov also had a good evening, finishing out his long grind with ...

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January 2012 UGL

UGL Mid Stakes



 

Results for January 2012 UGL 200NL, 400NL and 600NL:

Ultimate $1/$2 NL GrindersUGL Badge $1/$2 NL

Player Site Net Hands BB/100
Claudia18 iPoker $11,353 55,958 5.07
Trommelochse PokerStars $11,233 101,521 2.77
PitOne10 PokerStars.it $11,083 53,337 5.19
Mayo The Don PokerStars $11,048 110,557 2.5
IMsUPadUPa Party Poker $10,395 46,214 5.62

Relative unknowns dominated the $1/$2 NL leaderboard race with only 2 PokerStars players finishing in the top 5. Claudia18 earns her first UGL badge with a very strong January, winning $11,353 with a very impressive 5.07 BB/100 winrate, edging out out 2nd place finisher Trommelochse by just $120. Mayo the Don was the only really well established regular to crack the top5, taking 4th by grinding out a very impressive 110,557 hands for the month. He brought his lifetime winnings up to almost $48,000, sporting a very impressive graph over his 1.8M hands.

Full 200NL results

Ultimate $2/$4 NL Grinders UGL Badge $2/$4 NL

Player Site Net Hands BB/100
chiptheship iPoker $18,797 23,862 9.85
gambling777 Merge $18,703 14,552 16.07
pokerbern PokerStars.it $18,537 37 ...
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