Players

Full Tilt pro Erik Seidel began his career playing backgammon at the Mayfair Club in New York, where he and other famous players, including  fellow Full Tilt pro Howard Lederer, Steve Zolotow  and Dan Harrington, were first introduced to poker.

The third and final leg of the Full Tilt Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge was completed yesterday in London with Tom “Durrrr” Dwan scoring a second victory in this event against Sammy George. Tom Dwan, who bought in for $250,000, busted George repeatedly, winning $750,000 and ending with exactly $1.000.000 in chips.

Day Two of the Full Tilt Poker Million Dollar Challenge played out in London, with Tom “durrrr” Dwan scoring his first victory at this event against Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies.

California-born Erick Lindgren is a World Series of Poker winner, two-time World Poker Tour winner and a member of Team Full Tilt. The poker professional's total live tournament winnings exceed $7,300,000 and he was the first Full Tilt pro to win an FTOPS event hosted by the online poker room.

Full Tilt pro and heads up specialist Tom “durrrr” Dwan has suffered his first loss against on Italian sports bettor Marcello “Luckexpress” Marigliano during the Full Tilt Durrrr Live Million Dollar Challenge currently running at Les Ambassadeurs in Mayfair, London.

Known for his role as host and poker commentator at the Celebrity Poker Showdown and the World Series of Poker, Phil Gordon is an accomplished poker player, adventure traveler, sports fan, and successful businessman.

Bodog Poker has recently informed that poker pro Jean-Robert Bellande won't continue with Bodog's Team after the site decided not to renew his contract.

Known as the only woman to have won two WSOP open event bracelets, Team Full Tilt Pro Jennifer Harman is one of the most respected female poker players in the world. Harman is also recognized for her charity work and for authoring the Limit Hold'em chapter of Super System II.

Born as Johnson Juanda in Medan, Indonesia, John Juanda is one of the most successful members of Team Full Tilt and is probably one of the most profitable and respected players in the world.

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson is known to be one of the most academic poker players in the professional circuit. As the son of two mathematicians, Ferguson has used his natural abilities to write several publications and also to turn $0 into $10K in only 18 months in the Chris Ferguson $10K Challenge at Full Tilt Poker.

Known for his fierce style and for playing massive pots at Full Tilt's High Stake tables, Phil Ivey is considered by many fellow pros and poker experts as one of the most consistent and probably the best all-around poker poker player of his generation.

Known as “The Professor”, Howard Lederer is one of the most dedicated and encouraging poker players around today. The Team Full Tilt Player boasts a career spanning over 20 years and winnings of more than $5 million from his poker playing.

Full Tilt Pro Tom Dwan is bringing his “durrrr Million Dollar Challenge” to London next week to meet  three of the toughest challengers in the region in a special 500 hand live heads up match.

After months of speculation, it was announced today that Full Tilt Poker has finally reached a deal to sign online heads up expert Tom “Durrrr” Dwan as part of its team of poker pros. Dwan, who for a long time rejected dozens offers from several online poker brands, is one of the most successful and popular poker players in the game today, captivating poker enthusiasts and pros around the world with his unpredictable and aggressive style and his crazy online heads up challenges.

Online sportsbetting site PartyBets.com reports a significant growth in the amount of bets on Phil Ivey winning the WSOP Main Event in Vegas. Despite the fact that Ivey is seventh in chips in the November Nine, his odds on taking down the tournament are only 5/1, making him third favorite.

The Annie Duke Celebrity Poker Night (CPN) today confirmed that WPT's free online poker site ClubWPT.com will serve as  title sponsor of the annual charity event taking place on November 19th at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles.

Online poker site Full Tilt Poker has scored another legal victory after a court in Nevada dismissed a lawsuit filled by Clonie Gowen for contractual violations and other damages for second time.

Full Tilt Poker pro and WSOP November Nine finalist James Akenhead has achieved his third final table appearance in as many months on Poker Million, the Full Tilt sponsored tournament which airs on Sky Sports TV.

Professional poker player and industry leader, Lisa Tenner, will moderate and take part in two prestigious entertainment and poker industry panels in the upcoming weeks. She`ll be chairing "Tweets, Tells and Tales: The Poker Panel" at the 140CONF in Los Angeles and "Poker Possibilities: Operating a Profitable Room" at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.

Legendary poker player Doyle Brunson has been honored by the  Hardin Simmons University and inducted into the university's Athletics Hall of Fame for his impressive list of achievements on the basketball courts.

The Poker Hall of Fame recently announced that professional poker players and commentator Mike Sexton, also known as "The Ambassador of Poker",  has been elected as the new member of the Hall of Fame.

Eight months after playing the first hand in Full Tilt's Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge, first contestant Patrik Antonius and heads up expert and online poker pro Tom Dwan resumed their 50,000-hand challenge, reaching 50% of the total hands required.

BAMMA USA, a Special Events and Mixed Martial Arts production company has announced that MMA Star James Wilks and Absolute Poker Pro Matt Vengrin will bring a whole new element of entertainment to the 13th Annual Orange County Auto Show taking place Thursday, October,15th through Sunday, October 18th at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Online poker site DoylesRoom.com has announced that 24th years old professional poker player Chris Moorman has been recruited as the fourth member of the elite Brunson 10 poker team.

Card Player editor and 2009 WSOP November Nine finalist, Jeff Shulman, said that 11-time World Series of Poker bracelet-winner and UltimateBet sponsored pro World Champion Phil Hellmuth as agreed to serve as his poker coach and trainer in preparation for the 2009 WSOP main-event final table in November