21 May, 2008
No, not “chumps” – that’s no typo – it really is a charity event for chimps, as in chimpanzees.
Full Tilt Poker, in cooperation with FullTilt team member, poker pro Lee Watkinson, is hosting a $5 + $5 No-Limit Texas Holdem Tournament to benefit chimpanzee rescue organization, the Cortland Brandenberg Foundation.
Half of the money raised at the event will go to Cortland Brandenberg, in part to help fund a new wildlife sanctuary slated to open in Washington state in June. The other half will comprise the prize pool for those players who finish the event in-the-money. The first place winner, in addition to the largest chunk of the prize pool, will also win a Curtis & Co. watch.
The “Save Captive Chimps” fundraising event will take place on Sunday, May 25th at 9 pm Eastern Daylight Time.
What’s more, new players can sign up now at FullTilt using promotional code “ANIMALLOVERS” and help ensure that future funding continues for animal shelters.
7 May, 2008
Today, May 7, 2008, the seventh installation of the Full Tilt online poker series gets underway. FTOPS VIII is a 24-part series tournament with a guaranteed $10 million dollar plus prize pool, with each event in the series being hosted by a poker celebrities from around the planet.
The first to host an FTOPS VIII tournament is a new poker star in the sky, David Chiu, who just recently beat out the invulnerable Gus Hansen for the World Poker Tour (WPT) title.
The Great Dane himself will be hosting one of the other FTOPS VIII events as will fellow poker stars: Jennifer Harman, Phil Gordon, Phil Ivey, and Nick Schulman.
Some of the thrilling competitions players can look forward to include:
- a $2 million guaranteed main event
- a 2-day $2,500 tournament
- 3 surprise mystery events
The celebrity providing commentary at each final table will be joined by the esteemed announcer of Poker After Dark, Ali Nejad.
In addition to the cash prizes, every player making the final table will receive a slick FullTilt FTOPS jacket. The winner of each event will also get a gold FTOPS jersey, a gold jersey avatar anytime they play at Full Tilt Poker online, and an entry into this seasons Tournament of Champions.
25 March, 2008
This past Easter Sunday, thousands of players stood up the Easter dinner table to sit down instead at the poker table, gathering online for a whole different kind of feast. Multiple top online poker sites hosted big tournaments with big prizes and, as always happens at such events, some players celebrated later that night several thousand dollars richer.
The PokerStars Sunday Million saw 7,445 players logging in for their share of the pot, with a player named Tsipor taking the big prize of $147,561.00 away from chip leader Maluko0, who still walked away with an undisappointing second place win and $122,670.00 for his efforts.
Meanwhile, Sunday Bodog Poker following up its recent Bodog Poker Open with its weekly $100,000 Guaranteed tournament finals that attracted but a meager 603 players, but still managed to generate an impressive $39,000+ overlay. The winner, MONSTER_DONG was the big $25,000 winner, with RonnDough taking a sweet $14,300 second.
At Full Tilt Poker, 3,784 battled for the top prize of $133,991.44 in the Full Tilt Poker $750,000 Guaranteed Tournament, and nine hours after it started, a player going by CapTinBisKuiT claimed it for himself.
So, clearly, even though Easter Sunday typically sees a slowdown at the online poker rooms, that doesn’t make it any less of an opportunity for those everyday folks who do show up to win big.
12 March, 2008
World-renowned poker pro Jennifer Harman loves animals. And in an effort to help them where they can’t help themselves, she’s hosting an international online poker charity tournament to benefit their many (and growing) needs.
Taking place at FullTiltPoker.com, the Animal-Loving charity online poker tournament brings together animal-loving poker pros and amateurs alike from around the world to benefit the Nevada SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), a no-kill animal shelter.
Joining Harman will be fellow Team Full Tilt big names: Gus Hansen, Mike Matusow, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Howard “The Professor” Lederer.
Other celebs joining in on the event include (with their FullTiltPoker usernames, where available, in quotes):
- Jeff Brushie, “SMAKEbreak”, world halfpipe champion snowboarder;
- Ross Powers, 2-time X-Games champ and Olympic medalist;
- Kris Swierz, “WheatSApuff”, pro snowboarder;
- Parks Bonifay, “pbpbpb”, 5-time wakeboard world champ and X-Games gold medalist;
- Shane Bonifay, “jeanyes407″, Gravity Games and X-Games wakeboard medalist;
- Danny Harf, “d9bigtime”, 4-time X-Games gold medalist wakeboarder;
- Jimmy Button, “BTNFLY”, pro-motocross champ.
The “Animal Lovers” event will be a $5 + $5 No Limit Texas Hold’em tournament, starting at 9 pm EDT, March 16, 2008.