Once again the record books need to be updated as the previous record for the largest online poker pot was once again smashed by a monster pot of $1,356,946.50.
This time around the hand included well known poker pro Patrik Antonius and unknown Swede “Isildur1“, prior to the hand both players were stacked at a high stakes $500/$1000 Pot Limit Omaha game at Full Tilt with Isildur1 having about $678k and Antonius approximately $1.26 million.

Preflop the pot was already $160,000 as both players raised and reraised each other.

All the recent action and large pot activity at FullTilt by the unknown Isildur1 begs the question to be asked, just who is Isildur1?

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The WPT Cyprus Classic 2009 will be held from 6th to 12th September at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino, with a long list of confirmed pros already in the World Poker Tour sanctioned event, the lineup already includes well-known pros Antonio “the Magician” Esfandiari, Howard “the Professor” Lederer, Dan Harrington, Huck Seed and Kelly Kim. FullTilt Poker are co-sponsoring the tournament which is expected to be televised to select European markets.

Full Tilt Poker are giving you a chance to join the action by entering into Full Tilt Poker’s weekly WPT Cyprus Qualifiers with the main prize being valued at $12,500, the WPT Cyprus Classic 2009 prize package includes a $10,300 buy-in to the WPT Cyprus Classic 2009 main event, $500 spending money plus an all inclusive eight day stay at the luxurious Merit Crystal Cove Hotel & Casino.

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Bodog have won back their original domain name Bodog.com with the settlement of a lawsuit against 1st Technology, LLC for alleged use of patents.

The latest news comes just before the launch of the Bodog Open III their biggest tournament for the year, for the full Bodog Poker Open 3 schedule for 2009 read the rest of this article. Players should not expect immediate changes as the Bodog brands currently still operate from their changed domain Bodoglife.com.

In 2007 Bodog lost their operating domain Bodog.com due to a patent infringement lawsuit and quickly replaced it with BodogLife.com

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Team FullTilt Poker boast several of the world’s top poker players with a combined 34 WSOP bracelets amongst the elite grouping, in addition to Team Full Tilt Poker there is also a line up of 154 sponsored FullTilt Poker pro’s, the Hendon Mob, Team Cardrunners and friends of FullTiltPoker.

If you are lucky enough to be seated with any of the listed pro players and even luckier should you knock one of them out a tournament, Full Tilt Poker will award you with a bonus of your Tournament entry as a bounty.

In this review we cover the members of “Team FullTilt Poker” with biographies and In-depth professional player profiles of those who comprise arguably the fiercest pro poker team on the planet.

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Absolute Poker are having a wicked Halloween this year and are giving away a LCD TV’s, DVD players and three horror movie DVD box sets which includes the Exorcist, the Omen and Halloween.

Download AbsolutePoker and add some cash to your account and join the Absolute Poker DREADRoll Main Event which is terrifyingly not for the fainthearted.

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