Entries from the ‘Bloggers Corner’ Category
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…
Greener Pastures
Posted by Big Donkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
After more than three and half years of wandering the FTP campus, it’s finally time for this Big Donkey to move on. And no, it’s not because of the daily whippings from our maniacal overlord or the constant braying of my cohorts calling me to the tables in soft $3-$6 games all over the Strip. My tenure here has simply run its course. C’est la vie.
Tags: Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer
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…
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.
Tuscaloosa John - WSOP Blogger On The Rail - Post 2
Posted by The Captain | Filed under Bloggers Corner
As our man on the ground, Tuscaloosa John’s coverage of the events in Vegas surrounding the 2008 WSOP continues:
Friday, 11/07/08, 10 pm
Hand for hand play lasted an eternity Thursday at the Rio. I’m sure it seemed that way for the short-stacked participants, at least. The most amazing story was that of Argentinean Fernando Gordo, or more accurately his stack. Gordo did not show up Thursday to play his 140,000 stack and was blinded off as the day progressed. When the money bubble burst his stack was still alive, but down to 1,500. That stack earned him $21,230.
Tags: Tuscaloosa John, WSOP
Tuscaloosa John - WSOP Blogger On The Rail - Post 1
Posted by The Captain | Filed under Bloggers Corner
At long last, the time has come for a dispatch from our man on the ground in Sin City. For those of you just joining us, Tuscaloosa John was the blogger who claimed victory in the Battle of the Bloggers Write Your Way to the 2008 WSOP competition last month. Since then, he’s spent several weeks in Vegas taking in the scene and playing in various tournaments.
As of the beginning of the Main Event, he’s been keeping tabs on the action as he’s experienced it first-hand – and here it is:
Tags: Tuscaloosa John, WSOP
In and Out of the Money
Posted by The Captain | Filed under Bloggers Corner
The Main Event is under way, and Day 1A saw 1,297 hopefuls take to the felt. By the end of the day, the field had been reduced to 657 runners. To put this in another context, 640 folks made a $10K contribution to a prize-pool that they’ll see no part of. While this might not seem like a lot in terms of big-name pros, it’s still a hefty chunk of change. Just making the decision to buy in to a tournament at this level requires a great deal of commitment. This is where the “psychology of money” begins to come into play: being able to deal with it as an abstraction and not an object.
Tags: Mike Matusow, WSOP
Big Time Boxing - Full Tilt Poker Sponsor
Posted by The Captain | Filed under Bloggers Corner
If you’re looking for the best in Irish and UK boxing action this weekend, make sure to check out Big Time Boxing this Saturday, July 5th, at 9:00pm. Broadcast live on TV3 Ireland from the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, Dublin, these all-star bouts will feature a top-of-the-bill clash between Irish Light-middleweight champion Ciaran Healy (8-7, 2 KO) and world rated gladiator Jamie Moore (29-3, 20 KO). With some of the best new and aspiring fighters in Irish Professional Boxing, this is sure to be an exciting event.
Tags: Big Time Boxing
