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The remarkable field of eighty four players that registered to the PCA high roller event had plenty of the world’s best known pros. Among the field were previous EPT, WSOP and WSOPE winners and it looked like the tournament would have lots of exciting moments. Luckily it did not disappoint. Day three started with Dario… Read more »
The High Roller tournament began three days ago and the field has been dramatically reduced, the action today kicked off with the PokerStars Pro Dario Minieri on the chip lead even though with his style of play he is used to leaving tournaments in the early stages. The current chip lead is held by the… Read more »
The largest PCA event has made history and some players have come down to the Bahamas to make history as well; that is the path that Barry Shulman has followed in the Atlantis Resort casino. He has been on the spotlight in several articles at major poker news sites in the past months and he… Read more »
The high roller event started with an impressive field of players, there are past WSOP champions and past PCA winners just to mention a few major events that the different players in the tournament have managed to take down in the previous years. The current world champion Joe Cada entered the tournament and his performance… Read more »
At the biggest PCA event ever, competition has been incredibly tough and many poker pros have ran into PokerStars qualifiers that have shown very sharp skills, despite the fact that many PokerStars pros made deep runs, only one of them remains in the tournament: John Duthie, who is the founder of the European Poker Tour… Read more »
Even tough the PCA is taking place at the Bahamas, players have taken the time to play the biggest guaranteed tournaments that PokerStars offers every Sunday. The Sunday Million had a total of 8,721 entries which made the total guaranteed prize pool grow from $1.5 million to a remarkable $1.7 million. A total of 1,260… Read more »
PokerStars has managed to do it again, breaking all previous records at the current PCA. But there is one record that will stand and that has created some controversy among the players participating in the tournament. The payout structure has been modified and more players will be receiving money after their performance at the main… Read more »
After having a field of more than fifteen hundred players and two tough days of competition at the tables, the field was cut back to 884 players for day two. The final numbers are out and the first place winner will be taking a $2.2 million prize and a total of 224 players will take… Read more »
PokerStars recently announced that all US players will get the chance to meet Joe Cada in person, in the epic city of Las Vegas and what’s better, it will cost zero dollars. The date with cada will be around the main event of the recently announced North American Poker Tour, but there is no set… Read more »
Even as the huge PCA event is taking place in the Bahamas, PokerStars is working to run interesting live tournaments in all parts of the world, and it has been successful at it in most parts of the world thus far. One tour that was definitely missing was in North America, which has finally become… Read more »
Just as estimated the 2010 PCA will break all records from previous years, as Day1A garnered a total of 668 players at the Atlantis Resort Casino. The chip lead is currently held by UK PokerStars qualifier Wayne Bentley, who managed to amass a chip stack that exceeds three hundred and twenty nine thousand which is… Read more »
After six years and many million dollars awarded throughout a large amount of tournaments, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is back and bigger than ever before. There are a total of fifty events scheduled in just twelve days of play. The main event had a list of registered players that exceeded eleven hundred before the live… Read more »
The New Year has started and millions of dollars will be awarded by PokerStars in both live and online tournaments. This past weekend was no exception, as The Sunday Million garnered eighty nine hundred players, which boosted the prize pool up to $1.7 million. The top 1,350 players made it to the money and after… Read more »
Being the biggest online poker room in the world is not enough for PokerStars, they also want to have important world records under their belt, like most players at an internet poker room and largest online poker tournament. The fun part is that they already hold those world records but they enjoy breaking them. The… Read more »
The first season of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour was a complete success. A total of 1,309 players registered for the different events. Season One schedule had five stops and the final was held at the Gold Coast, the total prize pool was $950K. Season two was recently announced by PokerStars and one more… Read more »
One of the recently aired episodes of the popular poker show “Poker After Dark” featured an extremely competitive table. After all having Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Gus Hansen and Daniel Negreanu at the same table is not something that happens every day. But even though they tend to attract a lot of attention… Read more »
One of the biggest live tournaments in the world will take place in eighteen days from now and it will be held at the beautiful Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. A total of fifty events are scheduled and millions of dollars will be at stake. Poker players from all parts of the world will be… Read more »
The Italian Poker Tour has ended for the year after hosting six successful tournaments. The last tournament on schedule was the San Remo Four which began on December 10th and concluded this past Sunday. After several days at the tables the field of players narrowed down and the competition got even tougher. The final table… Read more »
After several days of play the two hundred and fifty nine player field was narrowed down to just nine players. Four of those players were locals, so the title had a legitimate shot at staying in the country. The British player Paul Marrow started the final table with a very aggressive style of play, as… Read more »
The two hundred and fifty-nine player field was reduced to just nine after three days of intense play. The total prize pool at stake was $690K. In seat one is Irishman Michael Graydon, who despite his young age of 24, is well known in the online poker world for being a feared SitNGo player. The… Read more »
It’s no surprise that the biggest weekly online guaranteed tournament brought thousand of players to the PokerStars virtual felts. A total of 8,358 players registered, pushing the prize pool to $1,671,600. A total of 1,260 players left the tables with extra money in their accounts, and the top prize was $245,897.13. It took less than… Read more »
Recently, a new tournament series was launched with scheduled stops in Ireland, England and Scotland. There are a total of nine stops scheduled, culminating with the grand final in London. The first tournament will start in a few hours in Galway, Ireland, at The Radisson Hotel. The event is scheduled to be played over four… Read more »
Playing at the biggest online poker room in the world has its benefits, especially if most of the world champions are sponsored by that poker room. Beginning today, players will see the following more often on Tuesdays as part of PokerStars‘ “Outlast the Pro” promotion: Joe Cada, Chris Moneymaker, Peter Eastgate, Daniel Negreanu, Bertrand “ElkY”… Read more »
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour has ended their scheduled for this year with total success. The last event was scheduled to be played out at the Star City Casino in Sydney. A total of 396 players entered the tournament which created a prize pool that exceeded $2.1 million. The first place winner would take home… Read more »
Sunday was another big day at PokerStars and even though players around the world are traveling and making arrangements to spend the holidays with their loved ones, they found the time to try to score some extra money in the big guarantees tournaments over the weekend. The Sunday Million had a total of 8,626 players… Read more »
