Online poker room PokerStars has once again banned access to one of the game's most high-profile players. The site suspended Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi for three months last week after the online star had been red flagged for previous cheating allegations. Several established online poker players have confirmed the three month ban from PokerStars to Poker News Daily. Mizzi has not played on the online poker site since October 5th. Read more »
It was a busy weekend across the major online poker sites, but for the second week in a row, the PokerStars Sunday Million, the largest weekly tournament held online, had an overlay. This week, it was a little over $10,000, as 7,446 poker hopefuls registered. Read more »
PokerStars opens up to the Italian market after being granted a license by the Italian government. Read more »
It was a busy weekend around the major online poker sites, capped off by the $1.5 million guaranteed Sunday Million on PokerStars. This past weekend, the event drew 7,307 entrants at $200 + $15 each. Read more »
On Thursday, the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT), which is sponsored by PokerStars, announced that the tournament series will head to San Jose on November 3rd. The tournament will take place at the Ramada Plaza, Herradura Conference Center. Read more »
The European Poker Tour London started today at the Victoria Casino, with a £1,000,000 first prize and the debut of high-roller event "PokerStars.com EPT London £1m Showdown." Read more »
Six of the nine Final Table players for the WSOP Main Event are sponsored by Poker Stars, which is why the site is celebrating with promotions, freerolls and chances to play against the potential champs. Read more »
Poker players who head to Nassau in The Bahamas for the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) will have even more to look forward to. On Wednesday, the online poker room announced that the 2009 PCA will also feature $1,000, $2,000, $5,000 and $25,000 buy-in events. Read more »
The Main Event of the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker concluded on Monday night. It awarded $1.2 million to its winner, ckingusc. According to a press release distributed by PokerStars, the Main Event was the largest online poker tournament ever held. Read more »
The $5,200 buy-in PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event began on Sunday, the first of two days of the world's largest online poker tournament. When registration closed around 5:00pm ET, there were 2,185 entrants. Read more »
The 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker is drawing to a close, but PiKappRaider made the most of the final events, taking home $211,133 for first place in the $530 Rebuy No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event (#29). Read more »
The 2008 WCOOP continued on Tuesday, with the $530 buy-in cubed event kicking off. The tournament sported a $530 price tag and allowed one rebuy and one add-on per person, meaning the most anyone could invest was $1,590. Read more »
Over the weekend, Sebastian Ruthenberg, a PokerStars sponsored player, made his employers proud by taking down the European Poker Tour's Barcelona event. He navigated the 618 player field en route to a €1,360,100 payday. Read more »
The $25,500 buy-in High Roller Heads-Up Event, part of the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker, kicked off on Sunday afternoon. It attracted one of the most competitive fields ever assembled. Read more »
The first of three two-day tournaments of the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker played down to a winner on Monday. In the end, Calvin32 outlasted an enormous field of 7,351 players and took home $452,086. Read more »
When it came down to the final nine players in the Asia Pacific Poker Tour's Macau event, there was exactly one PokerStars qualifier remaining. He was also the last man standing. Read more »
The first five-figure buy-in tournament of the 2008 World Championship of Online Poker kicked off on Sunday. While the guaranteed prize pool of the event, the fifth of the WCOOP, was $2 million, 321 players entered. Read more »
On Friday, the seventh installment of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker kicked off on the world's largest online poker site. The first event was a $215 buy-in tournament that featured six-handed play. Read more »
PokerStars announced that its Mac-compatible software is now fully functional and available for download. Read more »
The nine players who will vie for the U.S. $453,851 first place payday in the Asia Pacific Poker Tour's Macau tournament have been determined. The final table will play out on Saturday from the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino in Macau. Read more »
The online poker room PokerStars announced on Wednesday that it has signed hockey icon Mats Sundin to serve as an international celebrity ambassador, according to a press release distributed this afternoon. Read more »
This past weekend was Labor Day in the US, and the fields of the major online poker tournaments were down significantly. However, the guarantees remained the same, creating huge overlays on PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Read more »
The 5th season of the EPT kicks off with the EPT Barcelona Open, and will see the presentation of the inaugural EPT Awards. Read more »
It's been almost a year since Natalie "TheV0id" Teltscher took down the 2007 PokerStars WCOOP Main Event and was disqualified by PokerStars. She filed a lawsuit against the site, but withdrew it recently. Read more »
The dates for the 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure were announced this week. The marquee annual live poker tournament will begin on January 4th, 2009, from the Atlantis Hotel and Casino in Nassau in The Bahamas. Last year's champion of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, took home $2 million for the win. He'll be back to defend his title in 2008, soaking up the sun in the process. Other superstars slated to appear according to a press release distributed by the online poker room include 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Joe Hachem, Fossil-Man Greg Raymer, and the man who started it all, Chris Moneymaker. PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu will also be on hand. Read more »
