Chicago, IL - August 17, 2010-- Fresh off the heels of his second FTOPS victory, Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen joins CardRunners, the world leader poker training, as an MTT instructor.  Petersen is currently ranked #1 on the Bluff Online Player of the Year rankings and #5 on PocketFives. He won his first gold jersey last spring, scoring $86,700 in a $216 six-max event. The second FTOPS win came this past Saturday night in a $216 Rush Limit Hold'em event, and he earned $37,344 for the win.

Petersen has been on a heater since last spring. In addition to his FTOPS win, he final tabled two SCOOP events, winning 19-H ($2,000+100 NLHE with Big Antes) for $169,300 and then finishing 5th in 23-H ($1,000+50 NLHE with rebuys) for $72,200. He also found time to final table an EPT: San Remo side event, taking 4th for $97k. His first video is available now on CardRunners, and he will be answering questions from CR members in a well on the forums.

Outstanding Poker has relaunched their website, and it actually looks ... oustanding!  Outstanding Poker is a smaller training site that has been around for a couple of years.  The feature pros consist of the owners Tim "Atta22" McKillican and Errol "killer_be_99"   They also have pros Wayne Lo, Matt "mattutaylor" Taylor, and Rob "hockeyguy" Green on their poker training roster.

As part of the launch week Outstanding Poker members will gain FREE access to TWO brand new full-length training videos by Outstanding Poker pros - atta22 with a cash-game video and mattutaylor with a multi-table tournament video. Simply navigate to the Videos section of the site.

Andreas "Skjervøy" Torbergsen Newest CardRunners Instructor and Full Tilt Poker Red Pro Chicago, IL - July 28, 2010 -- Earlier today CardRunners announced the signing of Norwegian Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) phenom Andreas Torbergsen. Playing under the names Skjervoy and Skjervøy, he's made over $1 million dollars on both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Andreas started playing poker with his father when he was a young boy growing up in Skjervøy, Norway, and then played with friends as he got older. He now plays mainly online, 10-20 PLO and higher, and will make high-stakes PLO videos for CardRunners.

CardRunners founder Taylor Caby is excited about the newest member of Team CardRunners. "When asking around the poker community about the best PLO players in the world, Andreas's name consistently came up as someone we need to have at CardRunners. He represents the first pro from outside North America on Team CardRunners as well as our first team member who exclusively plays PLO." Torbergsen is currently answering questions for CR members in a "well" found in the forums, and his first video will be released tomorrow, July 30th.

One of the hottest online poker players of 2010 is a mystery player to most.  With a name (URnotINdanger2) similar to that of respected poker pro Urindanger (Di Dang), many were wonder who was URnotINdanger?  Now it has been revealed that his name is Scott Palmer, and will now be doing poker strategy videos for PokerNews Strategy.  With profits of several million dollars in 2010, he has absolutely been dominating the poker scene.  Earlier this year he had some very epic battles with the even more mysterious Isildur1 and some battles with Ashton "theASHMAN103" Griffin. A quick profile about Scott "URnotINdanger2" Palmer:

I started playing poker when I was 15 years old with friends from soccer. We played $10/$20 twenty-person tournaments where I won the first four. I played live $1/$2 cash games around 2-4 times a week until I was 18. I got $90 online from a friend and within the first month I moved up from $.25/$.50 to $2/$4. A year and half later, I was playing $100/$200.

The 20 year old Scott will be releasing high stakes NLHE and PLO videos very shortly for the new Poker News Strategy.

Click here to read our PokerNews Strategy Review and pay less than $25/month to receive to notch high stakes poker training.

Another new poker training site has arrived, and this one brings out the big boys.  WSOP Academy or otherwise known as the World Series of Poker Academy Online is the latest to use the LightspeedVT virtual training program (also used by PokerVT) to bring you the latest in poker training.  Pros include one of the most popular poker players of all time Phil "Poker Brat" Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Greg "Fossilman" Raymer, Mark Seif, Joe Navarro, Mark Gregorich, and Gavin Griffin.  WSOPA is currently in BETA mode, but you can still signup, and at a special rate.  During the beta period monthly subscription is only $14.99 per month (normally $19.95/month) with no signup fee.

Here are some of the features of the site:

Training Roadmap:
Players need a curriculum that builds a base of knowledge about the game and then expands on each skill learned. WSOPAcademy.com is the only site that provides a comprehensive training roadmap, divided into 12 chapters with real-time testing and live feedback before and after each lesson. This helps students retain the strategies they learn and have confidence the next time they sit at the table.

Certification Course:
The WSOP Academy's live certification class has been molding champion players since 2007. Now the in-depth training and certification from the world's foremost poker champions is affordable to everyone online. First semester graduates are eligible to win a seat at a live WSOP Academy event and second semester players have a shot to win a spot in Hellmuth's Home Game. Training content is delivered three courses at a time, allowing students to master each winning strategy at their own pace.

Bracelet Winners Corner:
The Bracelet Winners' corner is a 30-minute coaching module in which students learn directly from the champs. For the first time and in their own words, the champs describe the strategies, missteps and moves they employed to win their WSOP bracelets. The Corner launches with the first of several episodes featuring exclusive, unseen WSOP footage from Phil Hellmuth's epic 11th WSOP Bracelet win.

Hellmuth's Home Game:
WSOPAcademy.com students sit down instruction with Hellmuth in the first weekly, online TV show dedicated to poker strategy. Hosted by Ali Nejad, Phil and friends play a series of cash games & sit-and-go's providing uncensored insights and play-by-play commentary.

Navarro's Poker Tells Center:
Joe Navarro spent twenty-five years with the FBI interrogating spies. Now exclusively at WSOPAcademy.com, Joe teaches how to hide and find body and face tells, while honing key observation skills that central to the championship mindset.

PTG will bring you a complete WSOP Academy Review very soon.  You can also signup for a free sample right now.