The Full Tilt Online Poker Series continued to roll on as Event #6 saw 823 players crash the tables. Event #6 was a $500+35 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi spectacle which brought Full Tilt a $411,500 prize pool. Out of the 823 player field three players decided to chop up the money earning each player a very respectable payday. ‘zimp721’ finished the tournament on top collecting $65,173 for his efforts. Joining zimp721 for the chop was ‘Deniro77’ who took second place for $61,673, and ‘babayaro’ took home third place for a prize valued at $59,768. Zimp721 can now add a ‘FTOPS’ jersey to that avatar.

The poker TV show High Stakes Poker made its debut today as season 6 was launched. Hosts are funny man Gabe Kaplan and Kara Scott. Scott just joined the show after being a host for the European Poker Tour. The show was kicked off on Valentines Day giving couples an extra show to watch if they decided to stay in. High Stakes Poker will once again showcase the best of the best from the poker world by making the buy-in a minimum $200,000. Most of the players featured play high stakes online, but this time fans get to watch the action on their television set.

Full Tilt’s online poker series rolled on with two events taking place on Friday. The day began with Event 4’s $200+16 (1r+1a) which created a prize pool of $716,000. Three players made a chop that goes as follows; ‘ddanchev’ took first place for $140,644, ‘flpro’ took second for $92,967, and ‘Sirocko’ held the third place position for $90,000. Event 5’s $200+16 saw 834 players hit the felt for this event as only two players finished the tournament with a chop. ‘Bbuddy4brkfst’ was crowned the champion of the tournament who earned $28,963. Though ‘Bbuddy4brkfst’ was declared the winner second place finisher ‘wondertwinpower’ took home more money finishing with a $30,000 payday.

The largest online poker room, PokerStars, continues to set milestones for other poker rooms to try and compete with. PokerStars already has the most games to choose from and they were the host to the largest tournament field in online poker history. PokerStars is expecting to pass the 40 Billion hand mark this month which is simply amazing. Players who are playing at the site at the time this milestones is reached will be rewarded by PokerStars. Check out PokerStars.com for all the promotions that will be running in honor of the 40 billionth hand. Does any other poker room want to try and compete with PokerStars?

The high stakes cash tables were in full swing once again as the ‘usuals’ showed up to the felt to exchange money yet again. Yet as of late Cole South has been dominating the competition as his heater continues to roll on. After battling the likes of Tom Dwan, Patrik Antonius, Ryne Tehansky, Ilari Sahamies, and J.C. Tran, South walked away from the tables up a hefty $558,000. Stay with Poker777 as the roller coaster ride of the high stakes cash tables continues a daily basis.