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FSN's broadcast of the World Poker Tour's Borgata Poker Open continued with Part II on Sunday night. Three players returned for their shot at the $733,802 first-place prize including Dwyte Pilgrim, Ofir Mor, and Kia Mohajeri.

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On Monday, the industry learned who was the big winner of the Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS), whose Main Event played out yesterday. Within a few hours of the tournament’s conclusion, Full Tilt released the schedule for FTOPS XX.

The milestone 20th running of the FTOPS features a slate of 45 events and a total guaranteed prize pool of $38 million. The action gets underway on Sunday, April 17th with a customary $216 No Limit Hold’em tournament, which will once again take on a Multi-Entry format. During FTOPS XIX, nine events were Multi-Entry tournaments and, this time around, that number has been bumped up to 15.

The FTOPS XX Main Event is shaping up to be colossal. The tournament will boast a $7.5 million guaranteed prize pool and allow players to register up to six times. Its format and buy-in were not available at press time.

During the last FTOPS, a prize pool of nearly $9 million was built in the $640 No Limit Hold’em Multi-Entry Main Event and bracelet winner Blair “blur5f6” Hinkle walked away with a $1.1 million payday, the largest of FTOPS XIX, following a three-way chop.

FTOPS XIX also had 45 tournaments and shelled out a combined prize pool of just over $38 million, the first time the series had crossed $30 million. Without further delay, here is the FTOPS XX schedule:

Event #1: Sunday, April 17th at 17:00 ET
$200 + $16 No Limit Hold’em Multi-Entry
$3,000,000 Guaranteed

Event #2: Monday, April 18th at 14:00 ET
$240 + $16 Pot Limit Omaha High Knockout
$250,000 Guaranteed

Event #3: Monday, April 18th at 17:00 ET
$200 + $16 Limit Hold’em Rush Multi-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed

Event #4: Monday, April 18th at 21:00 ET
$1,000 + $60 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max
$1,000,000 Guaranteed

Event #6: Tuesday, April 19th at 17:00 ET
$300 + $22 No Limit Hold’em 4X Shootout Six-Max Turbo
$300,000 Guaranteed

Event #7: Tuesday, April 19th at 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 HORSE
$150,000 Guaranteed

Event #8: Wednesday, April 20th at 14:00 ET
$500 + $35 No Limit 2-7 Single Draw Six-Max
$100,000 Guaranteed

Event #9: Wednesday, April 20th at 17:00 ET
$200 + $16 Pot Limit Omaha High/Low Rush
$200,000 Guaranteed

Event #10: Wednesday, April 20th at 21:00 ET
$100 + $9 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max Rebuy Multi-Entry
$1,500,000 Guaranteed

Event #11: Thursday, April 21st at 14:00 ET
$300 + $22 Seven-Game
$150,000 Guaranteed

Event #12: Thursday, April 21st at 17:00 ET
$207 + $9 No Limit Hold’em Rush Super Turbo
$300,000 Guaranteed

Event #13: Thursday, April 21st at 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 Seven-Card Stud Multi-Entry
$150,000 Guaranteed

Event #14: Friday, April 22nd at 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max
$500,000 Guaranteed

Event #15: Friday, April 22nd at 17:00 ET
$310 + $12 No Limit Hold’em Super Turbo Multi-Entry
$1,000,000 Guaranteed

Event #16: Friday, April 22nd at 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 Limit Omaha High/Low
$150,000 Guaranteed

Event #17: Saturday, April 23rd at 14:00 ET
$500 + $35 Pot Limit Omaha High Six-Max Multi-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed

Event #18: Saturday, April 23rd at 16:00 ET
$100 + $9 No Limit Hold’em Rebuy
$500,000 Guaranteed

Event #19: Saturday, April 23rd at 17:00 ET
$10,000 + $300 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up Two-Day Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed

Event #20: Saturday, April 23rd at 18:00 ET
$200 + $16 No Limit Hold’em Rush
$400,000 Guaranteed

Event #21: Saturday, April 23rd at 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Six-Max
$100,000 Guaranteed

Event #22: Sunday, April 24th at 14:00 ET
$120 + $9 No Limit Hold’em Knockout Multi-Entry
$2,000,000 Guaranteed

Event #23: Sunday, April 24th at 16:00 ET
$150 + $13 No Limit Hold’em Rebuy
$800,000 Guaranteed

Event #24: Sunday, April 24th at 17:00 ET
$300 + $22 No Limit Hold’em Multi-Entry
$3,000,000 Guaranteed

Event #25: Monday, April 25th at 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 Pot Limit Omaha High/Low Six-Max
$150,000 Guaranteed

Event #26: Monday, April 25th at 17:00 ET
$200 + $16 No Limit Hold’em Rush Turbo
$350,000 Guaranteed

Event #27: Monday, April 25th at 21:00 ET
$1,000 + $60 No Limit Hold’em Multi-Entry
$2,000,000 Guaranteed

Event #28: Tuesday, April 26th at 14:00 ET
$100 + $9 Pot Limit Omaha High Rebuy Multi-Entry
$600,000 Guaranteed

Event #29: Tuesday, April 26th at 17:00 ET
$200 + $16 No Limit Hold’em Cashout Turbo
$100,000 Guaranteed

Event #30: Tuesday, April 26th at 21:00 ET
$1,000 + $60 10-Game Six-Max Multi-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed

Event #31: Wednesday, April 27th at 14:00 ET
$300 + $22 Pot Limit Omaha High Heads-Up
$200,000 Guaranteed

Event #32: Wednesday, April 27th at 17:00 ET
$300 + $22 No Limit Hold’em Rush
$250,000 Guaranteed

Event #33: Wednesday, April 27th at 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max Rebuy
$1,000,000 Guaranteed

Event #34: Thursday, April 28th at 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 Pot Limit HA Multi-Entry
$400,000 Guaranteed

Event #35: Thursday, April 28th at 17:00 ET
$500 + $35 No Limit Hold’em 3X Shootout
$350,000 Guaranteed

Event #36: Thursday, April 28th at 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 Seven-Card Stud High/Low
$100,000 Guaranteed

Event #37: Friday, April 29th at 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 No Limit Hold’em Cubed Rush Multi-Entry
$1,000,000 Guaranteed

Event #38: Friday, April 29th at 17:00 ET
$515 + $20 No Limit Hold’em Super Turbo Knockout
$400,000 Guaranteed

Event #39: Friday, April 29th at 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 Razz
$150,000 Guaranteed

Event #40: Saturday, April 30th at 14:00 ET
$2,000 + $100 No Limit Hold’em Ante from Start Two-Day Multi-Entry
$2,500,000 Guaranteed

Event #41: Saturday, April 30th at 16:00 ET
$100 + $9 No Limit Hold’em Rush Rebuy
$800,000 Guaranteed

Event #42: Saturday, April 30th at 17:00 ET
$500 + $35 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up
$400,000 Guaranteed

Event #43: Saturday, April 30th at 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 Limit Badugi
$50,000 Guaranteed

Event #44: Sunday, May 1st at 14:00 ET
$240 + $16 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max Knockout Multi-Entry
$2,000,000 Guaranteed

FTOPS XX Main Event: Sunday, May 1st at 17:00 ET
Buy-In TBA, Multi-Entry
$7,500,000 Guaranteed

On Saturday, May 7th, six days after the FTOPS XX Main Event, Full Tilt will host the FTOPS Tournament of Champions. Every past jersey winner, all the way back to the very first FTOPS, is welcome to participate and the champ will walk away with a prize package to the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event along with $20,000 in cash.

Visit Full Tilt Poker for more information.



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[PokerNews]

Zynga held its first PokerCon over the weekend in Las Vegas and we've got the results from the $100,000 guaranteed tournament that was hosted at the convention. Also, PokerStars is coming up on a big milestone soon, so read on to find out more.

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Sunday was the first day of spring, and the major online poker sites’SUCKINGHOBBITDICKS tournaments were in full bloom with several major tournaments bursting with large prize pools. Full Tilt Poker concluded Mini FTOPS XIX with their Main Event, a $70+$5 multi-entry tournament with a $1,250,000 guaranteed prize pool, which was easily topped [...]

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When asked for her thoughts on PokerStars intrastate regulation efforts, Taylor Makakoa told us, 'Who are you? Why are you standing over my bed? Why's that rag in your hand? Does that bottle say chloroform?'


We’ve been hearing rumblings about this for awhile, and looks like it may be true now.

According to thisSUCKINGHOBBITDICKSarticle in the Las Vegas Sun, PokerStars is making a push for entry into the U.S. market by getting intrastate regulation passed in the state of Nevada.

If passed, PokerStars is reportedly offering 6.75% of its rake to the state of Nevada (the same percent brick & mortar casinos have to pay).

The article makes one important note, specifically calling out the path many industry insiders expect online regulation in the U.S. to take:

“Nevada regulations could be a first step toward interstate agreements between regulated Internet gambling states that can share gamblers and revenue, much like the decades-old industry of simulcast horse racing…”

One way or another, there’s a lot of chatter about intrastate and Federal regulation of online poker over the past few weeks, so let’s see if the momentum keeps up.

For more on PokerStars intrastate efforts, go here.

For more Taylor Makakoa in MAXIM, here.

And for our oldSUCKINGHOBBITDICKSRawVegas.tv Taylor Makakoa hottie shoot, watch the below vid.



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Jon Friedberg is back and hosts Benton Blakeman on Episode 12 of The Showdown.

This is part 1 of 2. After this video, be sure to check out The Showdown – Episode 12, Part 2. Also, if you haven’t signed up at UB yet, you can open an account and use promo code “UBPND” when you do.

Back when the show was on another website, Friedberg started a challenge to win $100,000 playing only cash games at UB.com. Updating his progress, Friedberg said that he failed miserably. He overestimated the amount of time he thought he would have to play online cash games and also underestimated the time it would take him to advance through the stakes. Friedberg also admitted he was too ambitious in his estimates of how quickly he would pick up No Limit Hold’em 6-max games. So far in 2011 things are going well though and as a result of that, Friedberg will be dedicating this show to improving at poker.

His guest this week is a mid-stakes No Limit player in Benton Blakeman. He’s a good friend of Friedberg and will talk about what they mutual do to improve their game.
In the Twitter Lowdown, the biggest news was Full Tilt Poker’s announcement of the Onyx Poker Cup. These are super high buy-in tournaments and although there might be markets for these tournaments, but Friedberg believes that these tournaments will just have the same 20 players in every event which may not make for a good tournament series overall.

On The VoteDown, Friedberg brings back the topic about poker on television, which got twice as many responses as most of these questions usually get. Friedberg was surprised The Big Game was voted the best poker show on television, which he had never seen before. Speaking personally, Friedberg’s favorite show is High Stakes Poker and likes it even more with Norm MacDonald, and never enjoyed former host Gabe Kaplan.

The guest this week on The Showdown is Benton Blakeman, who is a team player on the Merge Network. He’s been grinding since playing in a bar in Louisiana and now lives in Vegas and plays for a living. He’s a regular in the mid-stakes 6-max games and has had tremendous success and has great insight into the learning aspect of poker.



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[PokerNews]

This week's exclusive money added tournament is a $5 Rush Poker event with $3,000 added to the prize pool.

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SUCKINGHOBBITDICKSRumor du Jour: CakePoker Sold to PokerListings Rumors about poker sites being sold have been almost a daily occurrence since the UIGEA passed 4.5 years ago. Most of them are bogus but the latestSUCKINGHOBBITDICKShas a little bit of momentum behind it. CakePoker, the former home of DoylesRoom.com and once the fastest growing online poker network on the [...]

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