Author 'One Angry Monkey' Archive
Million Dollar Cash Game Mania!
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
The Million Dollar Cash Game is taking place right now in London, and our brother in Full Tilt Poker blogging Michael Craig is there now live blogging the action on his Full Tilt Poker Blog. I’d suggest that all you high-stakes poker fans out there go check out Michael’s posts and get a taste of the action for yourselves. I personally enjoyed this post on Phil Ivey basically pwning Mike Matusow’s soul. Poor Mikey, you were running so good during the Series and then this had to happen. We feel for you buddy, but you can’t let Ivey into your head like that.
For those of you who live in Europe, you’ll be able to watch the Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports starting next January, so keep an eye out for that. As for the rest of you, well, this is why YouTube was invented…
Tags: Michael Craig, Million Dollar Cash Game
Welcome to Poker From The Rail
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
Welcome to Poker From The Rail, a poker blog brought to you by Full Tilt Poker. We aim to give our readers the best in poker news, entertainment, pro interviews and somewhat intelligible blogger-iffic rants. We’re also extremely pleased to host Bond18 on his poker quest as he travels Around the World in 90 Days, as well as AlCantHang and his band of Bloggers on the Rail as they dissect the inner-workings of this little game we like to call poker. Al has some great posts from guest bloggers lined up; don’t miss out on this taste of poker blogging at its finest.
This new and improved version of The Rail has a few features that did not exist in our previous incarnation:
- We now have a five-star rating system, so be sure to rate each post that you read.
- You’re also now free to leave a comment about any individual post or the blog as a whole. You don’t have to be nice, but we tend to respond better to constructive criticism. If your comment is too crude or insulting, we will not publish it.
- Our new related posts feature automatically generates a list of related posts at the end of each post. So if you like a post, be sure to check out one of the related posts, you might enjoy that one as well.
- If you do enjoy a post, you can now share it with a friend using Digg, Sphinn, del.icio.us, Facebook, Mixx or Google.
- You can now view the most popular or highest rated posts by looking in the sidebar, as well as find the post you’re looking for by author or category.
This is the new Poker From The Rail, now loading in under five minutes. Enjoy…
The Week at FTP: A Friendly WSOP Reminder
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under The Week at FTP
Hi folks, there’s one quick thing I forgot to mention in yesterday’s post. Don’t forget to check out ESPN’s coverage of the World Series of Poker, airing tonight. They kicked off the festivities last week with Event #1, the $10K Pot-Limit Hold ‘em Championship, won by none other than Full Tilt Poker pro Nenad Medic. It’s ESPN, so I’m sure re-runs of that show have been airing non-stop if you want to check it out.
Tonight’s show will focus on Event #2, a $1,500 No-Limit Hold ‘em donkament. Team Full Tilt’s Chris Ferguson is there to represent, as he guns for his sixth WSOP bracelet. So make sure to catch all the action and cheer Chris on from the comfort of your own home. Check your local listings to find out when the WSOP airs, or go to ESPN.com for more details.
As an added bonus, I heard that Full Tilt Poker pro Perry Friedman (who narrowly missed making the final table of Event #2, coming in 11th) actually had an FTP logo shaved in to the side of his head. If that doesn’t deserve a few seconds of air time, I don’t know what does. That’s it for now; we’ll have an all new The Pros Speak up for your enjoyment in a bit. Stay classy Pokerland…
Tags: Chris Ferguson, WSOP
The Week at FTP: Schoenberg Me the Money!
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under The Week at FTP
Well folks, today is a very sad day for all of here at The Rail, as Big Donkey is officially no longer with us. And today is especially sad for me, because now I have to (at least temporarily) take over The Week at FTP. Fear not faithful readers (there have to be at least two or three of you at this point, right?), for I will do my best to fill Big Donkey’s rather large and donktastic shoes. So without further ado, let’s get this weekly wrap-up under way:
Tags: Erica Schoenberg, FTOPS
Read This Post!
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
What’s up Pokerland? Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I will not be able to post a Heads Up piece today. I know, I know, this is very horrible news – please dry your eyes. So in lieu of having a massive heads-up battle to look forward to, I just wanted all of our faithful readers to know that we’ve added a new section to the blog called Bloggers On The Rail.
Spearheaded by world famous (infamous?) blogger AlCantHang, Bloggers On The Rail will be keeping everyone up to date on what’s happening in the world of poker blogging and will include posts from a variety of different guest bloggers. So please, please, please go check it out. We just got it up and running earlier this week, but there’s already a few great posts to read from Al. Let’s put it this way: if you’re a fan of poker blogs, this is can’t miss stuff.
That’s all for now people. We’ll be back with another “real” post tomorrow. Have a great day…
Reader Mail: It’s Happy Hour!
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Reader Mail
Welcome back to another round of Reader Mail. Expect a lot of laughter, crying and head-scratching to ensue. Especially the crying – I tend to do that in bunches these days. Flowing rivers of tears aside, let’s talk about some poker! Email us at pokerfromtherail@fulltiltpoker.com with any comments, questions, or witty tales about your own recent crying jags. On to the show:
Tags: FTOPS, Happy Hour
FTOPS and More
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
We usually have a blogger-iffic rant to present to you every Friday, but I’m really not in a ranting kind of mood today. Instead, I feel like it’s been a while since we’ve really clued you all in to what’s going around here at Full Tilt Poker. Blame the WSOP, blame Tiffany Michelle’s breasts, blame us for not doing our jobs properly. Hell, blame Canada if you want. Whatever the case may be, you guys deserve better. So here’s a quick rundown of what’s going on around these parts, plus a little teaser of great things to come:
Tags: FTOPS, Patrik Antonius
Poker From The Rail - A Poker Blog By Full Tilt Poker
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
Welcome to Poker From The Rail, a poker blog brought to you by Full Tilt Poker. We aim to give our readers the best in poker news, entertainment, pro interviews, and insane poker related rants. We’re also very pleased to host Bond18 as he goes Around the World in 90 Days and blogs daily about his experience playing in more than 50 poker tournaments worldwide.
We’ll be posting at least once a day, with five categories of posts that we’ll be bringing you each week. The Week at FTP will keep you up to date on all the happenings and big time action going down at Full Tilt Poker. The Pros Speak will bring you exclusive interviews and access to our ever-growing stable of the world’s best poker pros. In Reader Mail we’ll take the time out of our busy day to answer mail from you, our loyal readers. Heads Up will bring you a “March Madness” style tournament where we pit 64 of our top pros against each other to see who will come out on top. Finally, Blogger’s Corner will be where we, the almighty bloggers, finally get to let loose and tell you all what’s really on our minds.
So take the time out of your daily grind and enjoy poker blogging at its best – witty, unpredictable, possibly even informative. This is Poker From The Rail.
Heads Up: David Chiu Versus Barny Boatman
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Heads Up
Welcome back to another round of the Full Tilt Poker Heads-Up Challenge, where we take 64 of our top pros and face them off against one another until we’ve determined who’s number one. This week’s match is a seven seed versus 10 seed affair, with David “Flag Draper” Chiu taking on Barny “Not a real mobster” Boatman. One quick note before we get started: I’m an idiot. I completely underrated Chiu as I was making the seeding for this competition. He deserves to be a much lower seed than he is, and I apologize to everyone out there for this grave injustice. With that said, let’s get this party started:
Tags: Barny Boatman, David Chiu
Reader Mail: Main Event Mania!
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Reader Mail
Here we go again – madness, mayhem, Reader Mail! The WSOP Main Event has reached its final nine players and is now on a four month hiatus, so let the discussion begin. Email us at pokerfromtherail@fulltiltpoker.com with any comments, questions, or conspiracy theories about the battle for Tiffany Michelle’s breasts. On to the show:
Tags: Mike Matusow, WSOP
