They might have rolled out slowly after the COVID pandemic, but the European Poker Tour is looking to reignite the engines for 2023. In an announcement this week, the venerable European circuit’s owners, PokerStars, announced the full schedule for the 2023 calendar year. The series will return to several familiar battlegrounds, but they have added… Read more »
In preparation for the return of the PokerStars Players’ Championship (PSPC) in 2023, PokerStars has come up with a new way for players to earn their way into the tournament. Through what is called the “Chests & Ladders” Promotion, players on the PokerStars international platform will be able to earn one of the $30,000 Platinum… Read more »
One of the worst parts about the UIGEA was the removal of the States of America from the global poker pool. Instead of having chances to earn passage into major international poker tournaments, those in the States have been left to languish (unless they wanted to travel to a friendly country!). PokerStars is trying to… Read more »
The European Poker Tour stop at the Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco is beginning to wind down. Saturday will mark the close of the perennial favorite event on the European circuit with not one but two events. The €5000 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event and the €25,000 High Roller will both be in action, with… Read more »
The European Poker Tour is back in action – at least for a short bit before the World Series of Poker – holding their EPT Monte Carlo for the first time in three years. The return of Europe’s most popular tournament series has brought the biggest names out for the festivities, with the €5000 Main… Read more »
The bust outs were frequent on Saturday at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov as the European Poker Tour continued onward with its EPT Prague Main Event. Despite 453 players coming back for Day 2 action, the players were leaving the casino quick enough to allow for the money bubble to be popped. As the dust… Read more »
The 2021 World Series of Poker Championship Event is wheeling its way into the final days of the event. After Day 5 action, there are only 96 players remaining from the original field of 6650 players. Once again near the top of the leaderboard is Day 4 chip leader Damon Colillas, but he does not… Read more »
The 2021 World Series of Poker seems as though it should be closer to the conclusion, but we have still got several days until a champion is eventually crowned. The money bubble popped on Thursday night, determining the 1000 players who would earn a new line on their Hendon Mob resume. Friday night’s action took… Read more »
At the start of 2019, PokerStars presented a tournament that, to be brutally honest, the poker industry wasn’t sure would be a success. The PokerStars Players’ Championship actually turned out to be a roaring success, so much so that it will return in 2020. In announcing the return of the PSPC, however, PokerStars also stated… Read more »
There once was a day in the poker world when nearly every top professional had a sponsorship deal with an online poker room. After “Black Friday” in 2011, however, those sponsorships dried up as companies looked to get more of a “bang” for their marketing dollar. Thus, when a new sponsorship – or “brand ambassador”… Read more »
We are only about six weeks into 2019 and the two major Player of the Year races are underway. While one is celebrating a player, Ramon Colillas, who had a tremendous start to the tournament poker season, the other is rewarding a player, Rainer Kempe, who has built up several top finishes towards earning the… Read more »
When they first conceived of it, it was probably in the back of the minds of the bosses at PokerStars that one of the recipients of their $30,000 Platinum Pass would win the event. That came to fruition on Thursday night as Ramon Colillas, one of 320 players who received a free roll into the… Read more »
