PokerStars

Known as the online poker site that listens and looks after its customers, PokerStars has done it again, implementing changes to its VIP club to benefit the players even more. The company is constantly looking at ways to improve and increase member benefits, and they are announcing more changes (effective October 1st) to reward all… Read more »

PokerStars awarded over $15.8 million dollars last Sunday in what proved to be one of the greatest online tournaments we have ever seen. Sunday was the last of the 3 tournaments for the 2010 WCOOP. Kicking off events was event 60, the $215 No Limit Hold’em event with a guaranteed prize pool of $1.5 million.… Read more »

On Wednesday, September 22nd, PokerStars dealt their 50 Billionth hand. Twitter and Facebook were advertising constantly as the moment was building up to this milestone. After the third to last milestone, the 49,998,000,000th hand, the PokerStars cash tables filled up exponentially. There was barely a seat available as all players were trying to sit on… Read more »

The second weekend of the WCOOP series had 5 events, paying out over a cool $6.6 million. Saturday’s action started with event 38, the $530 No Limit Hold’em Heads Up tournament. 943 entrants came to play, creating a prize pool of $471,500 and leaving $128,500 to PokerStars to meet the guarantee of $600,000. Day one… Read more »

It was only ten months ago when PokerStars celebrated their 40 billionth hand being dealt and now they are about to deal their 50 billionth hand. As the site has historically done, the 50 billionth hand and milestone hands leading up to it are packed with rewards for players. Starting from hand number 49,700,000,000 and… Read more »

The weekend had 4 WCOOP events running, which paid out a cool $6.5 million. Action started off with event 19, the $109 No Limit Hold’em tournament with 10 minute blind levels. With 11,085 players, PokerStars put up the additional $141,500 to meet the guaranteed prize pool of $1.25 million. The 10 minute blind levels created… Read more »

Rosario, Argentina is this year’s home to the Grand Final of the Latin America Poker Tour (LAPT). The $5,000 tournament which takes place in the City Centre Casino in Rosario will be running from 23rd – 26th September. Players will experience one of the best tournament structures (with a starting stack of 20,000 in chips… Read more »

The regular Sunday schedule wasn’t on this weekend, due to the much anticipated 9th annual WCOOP kicking off. PokerStars was full of  professional players online on Sunday. We saw the first 3 events kick off Sunday: * $215 6max No Limit Hold’em * $10,300 High Rollers No Limit Hold’em * $215 No Limit Hold’em Event… Read more »

Action this Sunday was fast and furious with the Sunday Warm-Up attracting 4,236 players – an increase of over 250 players from last week’s event – which created a prize pool of $847,200. After 10 hours of play the tournament awarded “ShiFtYFiNGeR” $132,950 for 1st place. The final table results were: 1st place – ShiFtYFiNGeR… Read more »

The first tournament that begins a long Sunday grind for players was the Sunday Warm-Up had 3,984 players enrolled and created a prize pool of $796,800. This 10 hour tournament led to an eventual win for “YugiohPro” taking home $104,060 which was agreed after a 3-way chop. The final table results were: 1st place –… Read more »

Another Sunday, another action-packed day at the virtual felt of PokerStars. Starting with the Sunday Warm-Up, which hosted 4,337 entrants, created a prize pool of $867,400. The tournament ran a little over 10 hours and gave the winner “Ansgar2000” over $136,000. The final table results were: 1st place – Ansgar2000 – $136,079 2nd place –… Read more »

It is less than four weeks now until online poker’s biggest event starts. The much anticipated World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) kicks off Sunday September 5th on PokerStars. The series runs over 23 days and hosts 62 events. Buy-ins for the events range from $215 up to $25,500 and all disciplines of poker are… Read more »

Walking into the Rio – home of the World Series of Poker -is a surefire way to bump into at least a few familiar faces you’ve seen on T.V. over the years. Unlike most other professional games, the Average Joes get to sit with the greats on a regular basis. Whether it be Phily Ivey,… Read more »

Prior to the most recent Latin American Poker Tour event in Lima, Peru, no player had two LAPT titles to their name. However, with his victory in Peru – worth a hefty $250K – Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero became the first player to complete the feat. What’s perhaps more impressive is that this marks back-to-back LAPT… Read more »

As always, PokerStars was full of action this past weekend, with scores of players showing up to try to win life-changing money. Numbers were slightly down across the board, probably in part because of the weekend tournaments at the World Series of Poker, but there was still plenty of money to be won. First on… Read more »

The World Series of Poker kicked-off last Friday, but there’s still a month before the Main Event begins, which means there’s  plenty of time for online players  to win their seat on PokerStars. The world’s largest online poker site remains the best place to qualify for the prestigious tournament, with winners receiving packages that include… Read more »

As usual, PokerStars was action packed over the weekend. Things kicked-off with the Sunday Warm-Up, which garnered 4029 players and a $805K prize-pool. When all was said and done, Boruzze came out on top, taking home $126.5K for his efforts. Losing the heads up battle and settling for $94K was ryanghall, whie Cule100 grabbed $66K… Read more »

With pro sponsored poker tables like the new Ivey Room in the Aria popping up all over the place, big name endorsements are all the rage right now. Never one to to fall behind the times, PokerStars recently unveiled Daniel’s Room – a set of exclusive high-stakes cash games tables sponsored by Team Pro Daniel… Read more »

The 2010 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online poker came to a close last night the Main Event crowned a H, M, and L champion. The $10K High-Stakes Main Event attracted $615 players and a ridiculous $6.15 million prize-pool. At the end of Day 2, Ryan “totagU” Fair finally claimed victory and a a cool $1.1… Read more »

Despite some longer than expected tournament run times, PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker continued Monday with nine more tournaments spread across three events. First up were $1050, $109, and $11 2-7 TD events with $75K, $50K, and $25K respective guarantees. In the H, jmonnett came out on top to the tune of $36.4K while… Read more »

With already almost a week’s worth of PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker in the books, the good news is that series isn’t even half over yet. SCOOP culminates on May 16th with $109 (L) $1,050 (M) and $10,300 (HL events with $1 million, $3 million, and $5 million respective guarantees. 12 events have already… Read more »

PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker kicked off with a bang yesterday as 6,738 players showed up for the mid-stakes version of Event #1. When the dust settled, Dantes_11 emerged victorious, taking home $203K for his efforts. Fohle140586 lost the heads-up battled and settled for $142K, while Revjot took third for $101K. The rest of… Read more »

This is the weekend we’ve all been waiting for; not only are there Full Tilt Series of Online Poker events all three days, PokerStars’ highly anticipated Spring Championship of Online Poker also kicks off this Sunday. Never before have so many life-changing tournaments taken place in such a short period of time, at least away… Read more »