Monthly Archives: August 2012
Everest Poker Seeks Revitalization on iPoker Network
Since the online poker room’s inception in 2005, Everest Poker has kept its head well above water by providing its own intuitive, proprietary software. However, it seems that is about to change as an unceasing trend of declination in the player base has humbled the company to the point of seeking growth through a change in networks. It hasn’t been confirmed but yet, but all fingers and reliable sources are pointing toward Everest Poker’s intentions to hop on board the iPoker Network in the near future. According to a leading poker network traffic calculating site, Poker Scout, the iPoker Network is sitting comfortably in the 2nd position, under PokerStars, while Everest Poker, once a dominating network in the polls, has slipped all the way down to the 23rd position. Interestingly enough, Everest Poker’s French domain, which carries stand-alone traffic from French online poker players, is ranked substantially higher at 15th.… Read More »
Viktor Blom, aka Isildur1, No Longer a PokerStars Pro
In 2009, a phenomenal online poker player suddenly appeared, making a name for himself across PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and other major poker sites with massive winning streaks and torturous downswings alike. We all knew him by the moniker “Isildur1”, a fierce player who had no trepidations about taking on the most competent nosebleed stakes pros like Tom “durrrr” Dwan, Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius. Instantly, the quest to discover the elusive identity of this enigmatic, highly skilled poker player was on. Speculations quickly pointed to Swedish poker player Viktor Blom, but it was quite some time before he finally admitted to owning the Isildur1 alias, and even then, the only reason he fessed up was because he had decided to sign a sponsorship contract with PokerStars; at that time the world’s largest and most successful online poker room. Viktor “Isildur1” Blom became one of the most respected and rightly… Read More »
Online Poker Pro Jungleman12 To Receive Long Awaited Millions
The ominous Black Friday of online poker that occurred in April of 2011 devastated countless American poker players. Millions of dollars belonging to US players became tied up in the seizure of Full Tilt Poker, the second largest poker site named in the injunction by the US Department of Justice. More than a year later, Full Tilt Poker has agreed to a settlement that will see American poker players, including poker pro Daniel Cates, finally returned the assets due from their accounts. No one is more excited about the settlement than Daniel “Jungleman12” Cates, who claims to have about 80% of his entire bankroll tied up in the system. Those who have been following the online poker debacle for a while now might remember that Daniel Cates was in the throes of one of the largest ever upswings in the history of online poker, up over $7 million when the… Read More »
