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Full Tilt Online Poker Series
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) was an online poker tournament series which ran on Full Tilt Poker. It was established in August 2006 and was held approximately every three months. The FTOPS consisted of multiple tournaments in a variety of different poker games, each of which was hosted by a different Full Tilt professional. FTOPS I consisted of eight Texas Hold 'em and Omaha Hold 'em tournaments, but the series since expanded to include Stud, Razz, and mixed games, as well as knockout bounty, shootout, cashout, short-handed, and heads up tournaments. With the FTOPS XIII in August 2009, Full Tilt added a charity event to the series to benefit Ante Up for Africa, hosted by Don Cheadle. The main event was a $500 buy in No Limit Holdem tournament for FTOPS I to XV and $600 from FTOPS XVI onwards. The $2,100 Two-Day Event was for a long time the highest buy-in tournament in the series, but as of FTOPS XIX, the $10,300 Two-Day Heads-Up Event surpassed it. The series featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker is an Irish online poker card room and online casino that opened in June 2004. Formerly privately owned by Tiltware, LLC and later by the Rational Entertainment Group, the site was acquired by The Stars Group (then known as Amaya Gaming Group) in a deal where Amaya acquired all of Rational's assets, including PokerStars. A statement by Amaya said the takeover would not affect the activities of Full Tilt Poker. The deal was closed on August 1, 2014. Just prior to the close of the purchase, Full Tilt Poker redirected and rebranded its domains from FullTiltPoker.com and FullTiltPoker.eu to FullTilt.com and FullTilt.eu. A company spokesperson stated the change reflected the fact Full Tilt had "expanded to offer a range of single and multi-player variations of casino games". Full Tilt has gaming licenses in Malta and the Isle of Man. Games offered Full Tilt offers both play and real money cash games and tournaments. Freeroll, satellite, sit-n-go, and multi-table t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Hold 'em
Texas hold 'em (also known as Texas holdem, hold 'em, and holdem) is one of the most popular variants of the card game of poker. Two cards, known as hole cards, are dealt face down to each player, and then five Community card poker, community cards are dealt face up in three stages. The stages consist of a series of three cards ("the flop"), later an additional single card ("the turn" or "fourth street"), and a final card ("the river" or "fifth street"). Each player seeks the best List of poker hands, five card poker hand from any combination of the seven cards; the five community cards and their two hole cards. Players have Betting in poker, betting options to check, call, raise, or fold. Rounds of betting take place before the flop is dealt and after each subsequent deal. The player who has the best hand and has not folded by the end of all betting rounds wins all of the money bet for the hand, known as the pot. In certain situations, a "split-pot" or "tie" can occur when tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaha Hold 'em
Omaha hold 'em (also known as Omaha holdem or simply Omaha) is a community card poker game similar to Texas hold 'em, where each player is dealt four cards and must make their best hand using exactly two of them, plus exactly three of the five community cards. The exact origin of the game is unknown, but casino executive Robert Turner first brought Omaha into a casino setting when he introduced the game to Bill Boyd, who offered it as a game at the Las Vegas Golden Nugget Casino (calling it "Nugget Hold'em"). Omaha uses a 52-card French deck. Omaha hold 'em 8-or-better is the "O" game featured in H.O.R.S.E. History Omaha hold 'em derives its name from two types of games. "Hold'em" refers to a game using community cards that are shared by all players. This is opposed to draw games, where each player's hand is composed only of concealed cards, and stud games, where each player's unique hand contains a mix of cards visible to the other players and concealed hole cards. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stud Poker
Stud poker is any of a number of poker variants in which each player receives a mix of face-down and face-up cards dealt in multiple betting rounds. Stud games are also typically '' non-positional'' games, meaning that the player who bets first on each round may change from round to round (it is usually the player whose face-up cards make the best hand for the game being played). The cards dealt face down to each individual player are called hole cards, which gave rise to the common English expression ''ace in the hole'' for any hidden advantage. History Stud poker variants using four cards were popular as of the American Revolutionary War. Five-card stud first appeared during the American Civil War when the game was much played among soldiers on both sides, and became very popular. Later, seven-card stud became more common, both in casinos and in home games. These two games form the basis of most modern stud poker variations. Play The number of betting rounds in a game influenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razz (poker)
Razz is a form of stud poker that is normally played for ace-to-five low (lowball poker). It is one of the oldest forms of poker, and has been played since the start of the 20th century. It emerged around the time people started using the 52-card deck instead of 20 for poker. The object of Razz is to make the lowest possible five-card hand from the seven cards you are dealt. In Razz, straights and flushes do not count against the player for low, and the ace always plays low. Thus, the best possible Razz hand is 5-4-3-2-A, or 5 high, also known as "the wheel" or "the bicycle". Deuce-to-seven Razz is also sometimes played (the best possible hand is 2-3-4-5-7). Razz is featured in the mixed game rotation H.O.R.S.E. as the "R" in the game's name. Play Razz is similar to seven-card stud, except the lowest hand wins. Seven cards are dealt to each player, but only the five best cards (generally the five lowest unpaired cards) are used in forming a complete hand. Razz is usually playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Cheadle
Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (; born November 29, 1964) is an American actor. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including two Grammy Awards, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also earned nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards and 11 Primetime Emmy Awards. His Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony nominations make him one of few black individuals to be nominated for the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT). Following early roles in ''Hamburger Hill'' (1987), and as the gangster "Rocket" in the film ''Colors'' (1988), Cheadle built his career in the 1990s with roles in ''Devil in a Blue Dress'' (1995), '' Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault'' (1996), ''Rosewood'' (1997), and '' Boogie Nights'' (1997). His collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh resulted in the films ''Out of Sight'' (1998), ''Traffic'' (2000), ''The Ocean's Trilogy'' (2001–2007), and ''No Sudden Move'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuval Bronshtein
Yuval Bronshtein is an Israeli-born professional poker player based in the United States. Career Bronshtein's first WSOP cash came in June 2007, when he placed 3rd in $2,000 pot limit holdem for $109,018. He followed that up by playing the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe in London September 2007, and placing 6th in £2,500 HORSE In 2008, Bronshtein returned to WSOPE London, and narrowly missed final tabling the same event, when Phil Ivey busted him 10th. Bronshtein became famous playing poker in August 2008, when he made online poker history by winning two FTOPs on the same day. Bronshtein had bested a field of 655 in $535 HORSE for $70,412.50, and a field of 2,472 in $216 NL Holdem turbo for another $101,975. Bronshtein won a record four FTOPs during the series's duration. At the 2012 World Series of Poker, Bronshtein made two final tables, and made a deep run in the main event, ultimately placing 23rd of 6,598 for $294,601, his largest cash to date. At the 2019 Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Torelli
Alec Michael Torelli (born March 24, 1987) also known by his moniker Traheho, is a professional poker player from Orange County, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ... who specializes in live high stakes cash games. Torelli was formerly sponsored by Doyles Room. Poker career Torelli began playing poker in 2004 after a friend invited him to a home game of poker where he won $12. His first live poker event was in the Bahamas in January 2006. After turning 21, Torelli moved to Las Vegas. During his first World Series of Poker (WSOP), he finished 2nd in the $10,000 Heads Up event. Later that fall, he won back-to-back events at the Bellagio. The next summer, he placed 6th in the commemorative $40,000, 40-year anniversary WSOP event, and 4th in the World Poker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Lehr
Charles Keith Lehr, Jr., known as Keith Lehr (born November 1963) is an American poker player from his native Bossier City, Louisiana, Bossier City, Louisiana, who is a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner. Poker career Lehr won his first bracelet at the 2003 World Series of Poker in the $3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em event. His second bracelet came in the 2015 World Series of Poker Heads up poker, Heads-up No Limit event earning $334,430. Lehr (using the nickname "cheesemonster") won the Full Tilt Online Poker Series Main Event in May 2008, winning $410,780. Lehr largest cashed was for $701,757 at the 2012 World Series of Poker $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) event. As of 2015, his earnings exceeded $2,100,000. References 1963 births Living people American poker players World Series of Poker bracelet winners People from Bossier City, Louisiana Louisiana Republicans {{poker-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustapha Kanit
Mustapha Kanit (born 24 January 1991) is an Italian professional poker player. Biography Kanit was born in Alessandria, Italy and currently resides in London, United Kingdom. He began playing poker as a teenager participating in live tournaments at private clubs. He worked at these clubs as a bartender and dealer. He later started playing in online poker under the alias lasagnaaammm. Poker career Kanit overtook Max Pescatori on the Italian all time money list and is currently ranked 2nd behind Dario Sammartino. His results include thirteen cashes and two final tables at the WSOP winning $800,424, a 4th place finish in the High Roller PCA Bahamas, followed by two victories in the Aussie Millions in Melbourne. Kanit won the 13 March 2016 $215 PokerStars PokerStars is an online poker cardroom that was a part of The Stars Group until it was sold to Flutter Entertainment on May 5, 2020. It can be accessed through downloadable poker clients for the Windows, macOS, Android and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Cup Of Poker
The World Cup of Poker (WCP) was an annual poker tournament which was established in 2004. The preliminary rounds are conducted online, and the finals were initially held in Barcelona, Spain, but since 2009, they have been moved to the Atlantis Resort & Casino in the Bahamas. The tournament is sponsored by PokerStars.com. The tournament starts with 46 teams, each consisting of five players, from 39 countries, who compete in a series of heads up, or one-on-one, no limit Texas hold 'em poker tournaments. The teams are separated into eight regional groups, with each group competing for a spot at the finals where they play for $200,000 in cash prizes. It is a round robin tournament in which each team in a group plays each other team to determine who advances. WCP Champions *2004: Team Costa Rica *2005: Team Costa Rica *2006: Team Poland *2007: Team United States - €100,000 *2009: Team Germany - $100,000 *2010: Team Chinese Taipei - $100,000 *2011: Team Italy - $100,000 *2012: Team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
