Patrik Antonius has pledged to play in the WSOP's $1 million BIG ONE For ONE DROP event this summer. The Finnish high roller sees the event as a great opportunity for picking up value, he says.
PartyPoker has announced that Finnish high stakes specialist Patrik Antonius will be joining the line-up at the upcoming Premier League event in April. Antonius will join some of the world's best players in the 16-player event.
The first major tournament of the year has come to an end, as Phil Ivey took home the win in the Aussie Million's $250,000 Challenge. Ivey defeated Patrik Antonius heads-up to claim a $2 million first prize.
A televised high stakes cash game involving some of the biggest players in the world is underway at the Aussie Millions in Melbourne. Daniel Negreanu, Sam Trickett and Patrik Antonius are among those who have been playing so far.
Former Team Full Tilt pro Gus Hansen is heading east, possibly looking to join the famed Macau high stakes games. The Danish star also speculates whether he will be running into his former teammates from Team Full Tilt.
An anonymous high stakes PLO player has been running wild on PokerStars last night and this morning. The unknown player among other things won close to $500,000 from "Fake Love888", who many believe to be Patrik Antonius.
Swiss high roller Ronny "1-ronnyr3" Kaiser is looking to end the year in style with a large profit for December. Following a busy month of 22,467 hands, "1-ronnyr3" is booking a career-high $840,077 profit.
Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies keeps running hot at the PLO tables on PokerStars. The Finnish superstar has won $112,000 in the past 24 hours and is now up almost $2.3 million for the year.
The high stakes cash games in the Macau casinos continue, with new reports coming in via forums and blogs. Johnny Chan is reported to be a big winner in the games, while Patrik Antonius reportedly was denied to play.
Patrik Antonius has denied rumors that he has little or nothing at stake if Full Tilt Poker goes down for good. Player-to-player debt could mean that he would lose as much as $5 million, Antonius says.
The 2011 WSOPE final table has been set, with just eight players remaining in the tournament. Chip leader is Elio Fox with 3.99 million chips, while Patrik Antonius was unlucky to be eliminated in ninth place.
Patrik Antonius has stepped forward, speaking out on the Full Tilt Poker scandal. The Finnish Team Full Tilt pro claims that he had nothing to do with the decisions that led to the site's downfall.
Poker pro Brandon Adams has launched a new personal coaching site, where clients can get one-on-one advise from experts on different topics. Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan are among the enlisted experts.
French-Chinese high stakes player Rui "PepperoniF" Cao has been on a major upswing this year, following his breakthrough into the nosebleed scene. In a new blog, Cao now speaks of his recent run.
Patrik Antonius and Brandon Adams last night played a tennis match in Las Vegas as part of a prop bet between the two players. Antonius won in convincing style and earned a $30,000 prize.
Despite being the biggest overall winner of the year, Gus Hansen is still experiencing some serious swings at the high stakes tables. Hansen has lost more than $1.1 million in the draw games alone this month.
Patrik Antonius only got to stay on top of the all-year winners list for around 24 hours. Earlier today, Danish Team Full Tilt pro Gus Hansen reclaimed the spot with a $338,000 win from the Finn.
Patrik Antonius had a massive day at the tables yesterday, winning more than $900,000 from among others Rui Cao. Antonius is now the biggest winner of 2011 with profits of $2.8 million.
After another quiet weekend, the action once again returned to the nosebleed games last night. Especially the expensive PLO tables were busy, with Gus Hansen and Patrik Antonius posting big losses.
Annie Duke and Jeffrey Pollack's Federated Sports and Gaming League is beginning to shape up. According to industry rumors, Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Patrik Antonius will be among the 220 invited players.
Patrik Antonius had one of his best months ever on his home territory in April. The Finn won $2.3 million on Full Tilt. Jens Kyllönen was the second most winning cash player with a $1.2 million profit.
An anonymous Swiss player called "ronnyr37617" made a remarkable entry into Full Tilt Poker's nosebleed PLO games last night. The unknown Swiss won more than $450,000 in 1,307 hands.
The disappearance of the American nosebleed players has given Patrik Antonius a revival in the high stakes games. Antonius is heading the winners chart since Black Friday with profits of $1.41 million.
Rui Cao dominated the high stakes action last night, booking a $240,000 win from a number of PLO games. Patrik Antonius also made a healthy profit, while "Ziigmund" dropped close to $200,000.
After a quiet week, the high stakes games on Full Tilt Poker were up and running again today. In the absence of the American regulars, the Europeans took over, with Patrik Antonius coming out a winner.
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