http://www.liquidpoker.net/ Copyright 2005-2009 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:30:49 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/643644/Ivey_accepts_Durrr_s_challenge!.html When Tom "durrr" Dwan [url=http://www.liquidpoker.net/news/641500/Durrr_Heads-up_Challenge]challenged the pokerworld[/url] for a heads-up match giving 3:1 odds, all eyes were at players like Phil Ivey to take it on. Now it's official, Phil Ivey accepted the challenge and we're looking into an epic heads-up battle between the biggest winners online. In a phone conversation with Barry Greenstein on ... Pindarots General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/643644/Ivey_accepts_Durrr_s_challenge!.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/643644/Ivey_accepts_Durrr_s_challenge!.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:54:41 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/642670/Player_of_the_Year_Awards.html It’s the beginning of a new year, so it is time to award the best poker players of 2008. CardPlayer and Bluff Magazine, two of the most important poker sites out there, keep annual rankings that work as a race to see who the players with the best live tournaments results are. The Player of the Year of both lists is John "the Razor" Phan. And it could not be any different: his year was, in one word... Raidern General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/642670/Player_of_the_Year_Awards.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/642670/Player_of_the_Year_Awards.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:58:14 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/641500/Durrr_Heads-up_Challenge.html As you might have read [url=http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/640696/Durrrr_heads_up_challenge.html]on our forum[/url], Tom "durrr" Dwan, made an incredible heads-up challenge. In an interview with Bluff Magazine, Durrr stated the following: "I’m making this heads-up challenge to the world. Anyone can accept. Four tables, minimum of $200/$400, and I’ll put up $1.5 million to their $500,00... Pindarots General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/641500/Durrr_Heads-up_Challenge.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/641500/Durrr_Heads-up_Challenge.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:26:21 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/638824/Fifth_season_of_Poker_After_Dark_kicks_off.html The fifth season of Poker After Dark has begun, as it aired on television in the US last night, and it will soon appear on PokerTube and similar sources. We will see 16 line-ups this season, which will be broadcast during weekdays and will have a "director's cut" on sundays. The first episode is called "Close but no Cigar", a table filled with players who finished deep in the WSOP Main Event, ... Pindarots General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/638824/Fifth_season_of_Poker_After_Dark_kicks_off.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/638824/Fifth_season_of_Poker_After_Dark_kicks_off.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:30:24 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/637909/SakiSaki_wins_the_Largest_Sunday_Million_Ever!.html Surprise, surprise! When we thought the year was over, SakiSaki (or would it be SickSick?) decides to steal the show and take down the Super Sunday Million! PokerStars added 1 million dollars to the usual $1,500,000 guaranteed prizepool, what was more than enough to make a sick number of 16,260 players decide to register in the tourney. The total prizepool was worth of $3,252,000, considerably mor... Raidern General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/637909/SakiSaki_wins_the_Largest_Sunday_Million_Ever!.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/637909/SakiSaki_wins_the_Largest_Sunday_Million_Ever!.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:32:40 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/636482/World_Record_Weekend_at_PokerStars.html This weekend PokerStars is trying to reach a world record! They hope to get 35.000 players participating in their Guinness World Record Attempt and there's no doubt they reach that cap. Not only that, but also other tournaments are breaking records as well. The Sunday Million will not be its usual 1.5 million dollar prizepool, but they've upped it to $2.500.000 guaranteed! PokerStars has also incr... Pindarots General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/636482/World_Record_Weekend_at_PokerStars.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/636482/World_Record_Weekend_at_PokerStars.html Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:36:45 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/634888/Tokwiro_releases_statement_regarding_UB_.html As you could [url=http://www.liquidpoker.net/news/633577/New_UB_Scandal]have read before[/url], UltimateBet and their CEREUS-network have been involved in another "scandal". In this incident, their best known player Phil Hellmuth got shipped a big pot when his hand was actually worse than his opponent's hand. This caused a lot of discussion in the poker community, would they really be that stupid ... Pindarots General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/634888/Tokwiro_releases_statement_regarding_UB_.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/634888/Tokwiro_releases_statement_regarding_UB_.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:09:11 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/633577/New_UB_Scandal.html Shortly after merging with Absolute Poker and becoming part of CEREUS Network, Ultimate Bet is once again involved in a poker scandal. To make it worse, this time it also involves their posterboy Phil Hellmuth. The poker brat was playing a Limit Hold'em heads-up against Doubleballer at Ultimate Bet, when this hand happened. Doubleballer won the hand with Three of a Kind - Kings, but the pot went t... Liquid`Meat General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/633577/New_UB_Scandal.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/633577/New_UB_Scandal.html Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:21:56 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/633119/Tourney_Result.html Our exclusive tournament has just been played at Lucky Ace Poker. Not many players signed up - 26, but they all had fun and tried to win a share of the $750 added prize. The first three places got paid. Scratchy_1 finished 3rd for $155.20, PtasiGryps finished 2nd and earned $232.80, and finally HunnyBunny69, from Poland, was the champion of the tournament earning a $388.00 first prize. Congratulat... Liquid`Meat General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/633119/Tourney_Result.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/633119/Tourney_Result.html Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:23:08 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/632590/$750_added_tournament_-_only_12_registered_players.html As we have informed you before, registration for our $1 buyin tournament with $750 added prize pool on Lucky Ace Poker has been now open for over two days. We would like to inform everyone that so far only 12 players have registered for the tournament, so there is a massive overlay taking place. The money you can win is really considerable and with such a small number of players it should be ex... Liquid`Meat General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/632590/$750_added_tournament_-_only_12_registered_players.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/632590/$750_added_tournament_-_only_12_registered_players.html Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:15:20 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/632324/FrinkX_finishes_3rd_in_Five_Diamonds_Classic.html Coming into the final table with the 2nd biggest chipstack, LP-representative Evan “FrinkX” McNiff sadly fell in 3rd place, when he got eliminated by David “Chino” Rheem, who later won this $15,000 Five Diamond Poker Classic. Chino beat Justin Young after a long heads-up battle. Let’s take a look at how the final table started: Seat 1: Chino Rheem -- 4,240,000 Seat 2: Amnon Filippi -- 2,750,... Pindarots General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/632324/FrinkX_finishes_3rd_in_Five_Diamonds_Classic.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/632324/FrinkX_finishes_3rd_in_Five_Diamonds_Classic.html Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:30:17 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/631596/FrinkX_2nd_in_chips_reaching_the_final_table!.html Another day has passed on this WPT event and another day was successful for Evan "FrinkX" McNiff. Starting off with the 4th chipcount, he had a fair chance of reaching the final 6 for sure, but nothing can be taken for granted in poker. That's also what Benjamin "straate" Straate found out. As he started with a commanding chiplead, his expectations were high as well, but for some reason it jus... Pindarots General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/631596/FrinkX_2nd_in_chips_reaching_the_final_table!.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/631596/FrinkX_2nd_in_chips_reaching_the_final_table!.html Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:56:28 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/631006/Straate_leads_Five_Diamond,_FrinkX_in_4th_place!.html Another day of the WPT Five Diamond Poker Classic is behind us, and another successful day it was. With 3 LP-players in the final 5 and 2 in the final 18, the chances of one of them making the final table are getting bigger every day. Unfortunately for Daniel "Rekrul" Schreiber, he isnt one of them, as he got knocked out in 52nd place with pocket tens against pocket jacks, earning him $23,420. ... Pindarots General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/631006/Straate_leads_Five_Diamond,_FrinkX_in_4th_place!.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/631006/Straate_leads_Five_Diamond,_FrinkX_in_4th_place!.html Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:41:02 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/630381/WPT_Five_Diamond_-_FrinkX_Chip_leader_after_day_3.html Day 3 is behind us, and three of our guys are still fighting for the title of the WPT Five Diamond Poker Classic! 139 players started the day, 100 reached the money zone and guaranteed at least $21,620, and fifty five are still alive and willing to win the championship. After the amazing recovery during Day 2, Straate had another great performance and finished Day 3 in the top 10 of the chip co... Raidern General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/630381/WPT_Five_Diamond_-_FrinkX_Chip_leader_after_day_3.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/630381/WPT_Five_Diamond_-_FrinkX_Chip_leader_after_day_3.html Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:40:05 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/629801/$750_added_tournament_-_registration_open!.html As you probably already know, five days from now (on the 21st of December) at 17:00 hours (GMT+1 time zone) we are hosting a special tournament in association with Lucky Ace Poker, with $1 buyin and $750 added prize pool. We are pleased to inform you that registration for this tournament is now open! Everyone who registered their first player's account through Liquidpoker can sign up! The t... Liquid`Meat General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/629801/$750_added_tournament_-_registration_open!.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/629801/$750_added_tournament_-_registration_open!.html Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:34:11 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/629567/Still_4_LPers_fighting_in_Bellagio_Five_Diamonds.html While our fellow liquidpoker-players did very well on day 1A and 1B of the Doyle Brunson Classic Championship, part of the World Poker Tour, day 2 was a lot less successful for half of them. While 8 of them started day 2, only 4 of them would see the end of it. If you look at the average, 139 players out of 376 survived day 2, that's actually not bad at all :) It all started with Evan "FrinkX" ... Pindarots General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/629567/Still_4_LPers_fighting_in_Bellagio_Five_Diamonds.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/629567/Still_4_LPers_fighting_in_Bellagio_Five_Diamonds.html Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:24:10 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/629020/LPers_doing_well_at_WPT_Five_Diamond_Poker_Classic.html Some LPers did really well in the inaugural days of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic that is taking place at the Bellagio. Despite the tournament having a $15,000 buy-in, almost 500 players showed up and created a prize pool of $7,231,350. The champion will take home $1,538,730. The tournament has a 6 play-day schedule, so we are pretty much just warming things up. That doesn’t mean we can... Raidern General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/629020/LPers_doing_well_at_WPT_Five_Diamond_Poker_Classic.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/629020/LPers_doing_well_at_WPT_Five_Diamond_Poker_Classic.html Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:40:58 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/627926/Bonavena_wins_EPT_Prague,_Cutsss_22nd.html The Italian Salvatore Bonavena defeated his fellow countryman Massimo Di Cicco in the heads-up of the EPT Prague to become the first ever Italian EPT champion. Bonavena cashed the top prize of €774,000. It was a final table with no known poker professionals, except for, maybe, Andrew Chen, a Canadian who final tabled LAPT Costa Rica a few weeks ago. Our own Ludovic "Cutsss" Lacay played this event... Raidern General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/627926/Bonavena_wins_EPT_Prague,_Cutsss_22nd.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/627926/Bonavena_wins_EPT_Prague,_Cutsss_22nd.html Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:47:45 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/625958/High_Stakes_Poker_S5_line-up_announced!.html Arguably the best televised pokershow of the moment has recently released its line-up. The fifth season of High Stakes Poker will be filmed 19 to 21st of December in the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino and has some very interesting names making their appearance. Both the winner and the runner-up of this year's WSOP Main Event, Peter Eastgate and Ivan Demidov are amongst those who will be there. W... Pindarots General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/625958/High_Stakes_Poker_S5_line-up_announced!.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/625958/High_Stakes_Poker_S5_line-up_announced!.html Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:47:11 -0600 http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/625219/_vital_Myth_and_JonnyCosMo_cash_in_5k_Bellagio.html Another big cash from our fellow Liquidpoker-players was at hand, when the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event of the 2008 Five Diamond World Poker Classic in the Bellagio Hotel and Casino reached its final day. With 154 entrants, 18 of them would cash and amongst them were Jonathan McGowan, aka JonnyCosMo, and Corwin Cole, aka [vital]Myth. Unfortunately JonnyCosMo didn't make it to the final day as he ... Pindarots General http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/625219/_vital_Myth_and_JonnyCosMo_cash_in_5k_Bellagio.html http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/625219/_vital_Myth_and_JonnyCosMo_cash_in_5k_Bellagio.html Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:57:19 -0600