Poker News Roundup: Full Tilt Resumes, Big Wins, and Health Scare

Full Tilt Poker resumed real-money operations on November 6, 2012, quickly attracting over 10,000 players. The site returned to the second position in the PokerScout ranking, with a maximum of 14,773 players on November 6, 2012. Victor Bloom won over $200,000 in two days playing NL100 and Omaha $50/100 on Full Tilt Poker.

Daniel 'jungleman' Cates won the closed heads-up championship on PokerStars, earning $550,000. Alexander, known as Akademnuk, won the first Sunday Million tournament on PokerStars, earning $199,425.24. Shane 'shaniac' Schleger won a $2 rebuy tournament on PokerStars, earning $18,660.

Jeffrey Rossiter won the ACOP Warm Up tournament in Macau, earning $227,821. Michael Mizrahi won the main event of the 2012 Isle Open in Florida, earning $128,800. Doyle Brunson announced he has been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer.