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Announcing the Global Poker Awards
POKER GOES WORLDWIDE WITH THE GLOBAL POKER AWARDS The first-ever Global Poker Awards, presented by PokerStars, will be streamed exclusively ...
March 07 2019, by Eric Danis
January 16, 2019 GPI Global Poker Rankings Update
THIS WEEK’S NOTES ›› Coming off back-to-back GPI Female Player of the Year campaign, and her first GPI PoY Canada ...
January 17 2019, by Eric Danis
GPI Stats Pack: 2017 PokerStars Bucharest Main Event
POKERSTARS FESTIVAL BUCHAREST MAIN EVENT JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel Bucharest, Romania August 2-6, 2017 Entries: 736 Total Purse: €706,560 ...
August 06 2017, by Eric Danis
BLOG: Baazov to acquire Amaya – why it’s good for poker
Originally published by Alex Dreyfus on LinkedIn Why delisting Pokerstars is great for poker? Shocking news this morning, on the ...
February 02 2016, by Eric Danis
Coren Mitchell leaves PokerStars: Glantz, Lavallee, Reilly speak
Last week, Victoria Coren Mitchell shocked many in the poker world when she announced in her most recent blog that ...
December 01 2014, by Eric Danis
Charity Event For Chad, Poker Ad Complaints Dismissed
Pros Prepare to Honour Chad Brown Following the news of Chad Brown’s passing last week, a special charity tournament has ...
July 10 2014, by Daniel Smyth
Dual Stock Listing for PokerStars/Amaya; Company’s Priorities Debated
If this weekend’s announcement proves correct than PokerStars and Amaya Gaming may remain even more independent than a lot of ...
July 08 2014, by Steve Ruddock
888 Poker Has to Be Regretting Signing Luis Suarez
On Tuesday Luis Suarez basically broke social media after biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini, who is not the first, nor the ...
June 26 2014, by Steve Ruddock
Amaya CEO Addresses 2+2 Community Regarding PokerStars Deal
How important has the 2+2 (twoplustwo.com) online poker forum bedome over the years? It’s important enough that the CEO of ...
June 23 2014, by Steve Ruddock
WSOP Tuesday News, PokerStars Drops Philip
WSOP Event 33: Down to 3 It started as a simple $1K NLHE tournament at the 2014 World Series of ...
June 18 2014, by Jennifer Newell
3 Things Holding Back the US Online Poker Industry
Online poker is slowly spreading across the United States, but where it has taken hold (in Nevada, Delaware and New ...
June 12 2014, by Steve Ruddock
Bad Actor Dispute Has California Online Poker In Doubt
If you expected nothing but smooth sailing on the journey to legal online poker in California, think again. California has fought for five ...
June 06 2014, by Steve Ruddock
PokerStars Canada Cup Ends on Crazy 4-Way All-In
Four players, all-in, only one can win – the PokerStars Canada Cup ends on a crazy hand… THE KINGS HOLD! ...
May 29 2014, by Eric Danis
Chartier Wins PokerStars Canada Cup High Roller
Samuel Chartier wins big in Montreal as the PokerStars Canada Cup kicks off at the Playground Poker Club… CHARTIER EARNS ...
May 23 2014, by Eric Danis
Pinho Leaves PokerStars, Kaverman Sets Record, CPPT bestbet Begins
Henrique Pinho Leaves Team PokerStars Pro One of two members of Team Pro Portugal is bidding farewell to PokerStars. Henrique ...
May 02 2014, by Jennifer Newell
Get Ready for EPT Season 11, DTD April Grand Prix Draws an Impressive Crowd
PokerStars Announces EPT Season 11 The European Poker Tour‘s will (unsurprisingly) return for its eleventh incarnation later this year with ...
April 23 2014, by Daniel Smyth
Poker For Pink To Raise Funds and Awareness For Breast Cancer
Poker For Pink charity event to raise money for breast cancer research and award seat into the EPT Grand Final ...
February 10 2014, by Eric Danis
Hachem & Negreanu on the Future of Poker, PokerStars’ Fight Against Cancer
The Death of Poker Debate Despite the Aussie Millions rumbling on inside Melbourne’s Crown Casino, much of the talk from ...
February 05 2014, by Daniel Smyth
THM Q+A: PokerStars Team Pro Jake Cody Answers Your Questions
In case you missed it … in a THM exclusive, PokerStars Team Pro Jake Cody took time to answer questions submitted ...
January 14 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI Player of the Decade | #1 Daniel Negreanu
Who are the Top 9 poker players on the live tournament circuit during the past decade? Find out this week… ...
January 03 2014, by Eric Danis
Shaniac Leaves PokerStars, Qureshi Gives Away Money
Schleger Ends Contract with PokerStars Shane Schleger, known online as Shaniac, announced the end of his contract with PokerStars. He had ...
January 02 2014, by Jennifer Newell
GPI Player of the Decade | #6 ElkY
Who are the Top 9 poker players on the live tournament circuit during the past decade? Find out this week… ...
January 01 2014, by Eric Danis
UKIPT Unveils its Fourth Season
UKIPT Season Announced PokerStars’ preeminent British poker tour, UKIPT, will traverse the UK once again in 2014 with stops in ...
December 24 2013, by Daniel Smyth
Yokosawa wins WPT Korea, PokerStars LIVE Macau Events, New Manila Poker Room, New HPT California Stop
Masato Yokosawa wins WPT Korea The World Poker Tour tournament at the Ramada Plaza Jeju in South Korea began on ...
December 20 2013, by Jennifer Newell
Liu Wins DSPT, ANIMA Charity Tourney Set for Macau
Jia Liu Wins DSPT Championship The current season of the DeepStacks Poker Tour wrapped with its World Championship $2,500 Main ...
November 28 2013, by Jennifer Newell
PokerStars Invites Your to Enter The Shark Cage
PokerStars has created a brand new television show that invites qualifiers to enter the Shark Cage with 1M on the ...
November 25 2013, by Eric Danis
TheHendonMob.com and Full Tilt Poker | Back Together Again
TheHendonMob.com and Full Tilt Poker sign a new partnership deal that will see the two brands working together again … ...
November 01 2013, by Eric Danis
ACOP Down to 25, Lederer Home for Sale, New Team Online Additions
ACOP Reduced to 25 Players When the Asia Championship of Poker Main Event began, there were a total of 203 ...
November 01 2013, by Jennifer Newell
Lewis, Schleger, Hortin Highlight WCOOP Results
Online poker players, it’s time to shut down to laptops, turn those computer screens off and enjoy a little rest ...
October 01 2013, by Eric Danis
“Poker Will Never Be The Same, It Will Be Better”
A lot has happened since my last blog post, most notably, after 12 months of hard work, the Global Poker ...
September 11 2013, by Alexandre Dreyfus
Finale Looms in Barcelona, EPT Uniting Nations
EPT Barcelona Latest The UK’s Tom Middleton shot to the top of the chip chart on Day 3 of EPT ...
September 05 2013, by Daniel Smyth
EPT Update: Camara Becomes Barcelona’s Bubble Boy
Bubble Bursts in Barcelona Pablo Alexander Tavitian emerged as the chip leader after a frantic day of action inside Barcelona’s ...
September 04 2013, by Daniel Smyth
EPT Season 10 Set to be More Player Friendly
Changes Afoot for EPT Season 10 of the EPT will feature a number of changes according to a recent forum ...
August 15 2013, by Daniel Smyth
Sun Seekers Follow UKIPT to Marbella
Sun Shines on UKIPT Marbella Day 1A of UKIPT Marbella held a wave of promise for a number of reasons. ...
June 13 2013, by Daniel Smyth
Mercier Misses Out: PokerStars Continue to Battle with the ACC
Altergott Gets the Win Despite Jason Mercier controlling much of the action in the early stages of yesterday’s EPT Super ...
May 16 2013, by Daniel Smyth
PokerStars ACC Deal Dead, Bebb-Jones Sentenced, Improve Your Mental Game
PokerStars New Jersey Casino Deal Abandoned Over the last 24 hours it’s transpired that PokerStars attempt to purchase the Atlantic ...
May 02 2013, by Daniel Smyth
Ronaldo Joins PokerStars; WSOP APAC Latest; WPT Barcelona Begins
Football Star Ronaldo Joins PokerStars One of the world’s greatest ever footballers, Ronaldo, has just been announced as PokerStars’ newest ...
April 05 2013, by Daniel Smyth
Stars Volunteer, Cailly Signs, Rousso Teaches
PokerStars Employees Volunteer Last week, the Isle of Man endured a snowstorm that put thousands of sheep and cattle at ...
April 01 2013, by Jennifer Newell
Poker Stars Ready for UKIPT London
UKIPT London PokerStars descended on London earlier today with the first session of its £700+£70 UKIPT Main Event. The five ...
March 05 2013, by Daniel Smyth
Party’s Big Game; Australian Charity; Rational’s COO
Austrian High Stakes Party Fans of high stakes poker will be pleased to know that PartyPoker’s annual Big Game will ...
January 18 2013, by Daniel Smyth
DeepStacks to Europe, Coimbra Challenges
DSPT Goes to Barcelona DeepStacks Poker Tour announced an expansion into Europe. To celebrate a second season of tournaments, DSPT ...
January 17 2013, by Jennifer Newell
PokerStars Casino; NBC Official Heads-Up List; MIT Poker
PokerStars’ Casino Purchase Confirmed PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room, has recently confirmed the purchase of US based Atlantic ...
January 16 2013, by Daniel Smyth
PCA 2013 Main Event Seat Draw & Chip Count Day 5
Players are down to 22 before day 5 here at the PCA 2013 Main Event presented by pokerstars, and Mohsin ...
January 12 2013, by mr4b
PCA Prize Pool Set, Harman Cancelled, Cody Signed
PCA Main Event Sets Field and Prize Pool The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10K Main Event started with 320 players on ...
January 09 2013, by Jennifer Newell
Marquez Leaves PokerStars; Junglen Gets an Apology
Marquez Now a Free Agent Ana Marquez, Spain’s number one ranked GPI player, is to part ways with PokerStars according ...
January 08 2013, by Daniel Smyth
Hamilton Works, PokerStars Helps
Russ Hamilton Works in Aruba It is being widely reported that Russ Hamilton of UltimateBet fame has a new job ...
December 21 2012, by Jennifer Newell
New PokerStars Pro; High Rollers Ready for PCA
PokerStars Add Russian to Pro Team PokerStars has made a new addition to their online team in the shape of ...
December 19 2012, by Daniel Smyth
EPT Prague’s Record; Eames Joins Ivey; Fox Closes
Record-breaking EPT Prague After two opening days EPT Prague became the largest poker event ever held in the Czech Republic. ...
December 11 2012, by Daniel Smyth
Prague Tournament Updates; PokerStars to Buy Casino
Poker in Prague Day 2 of the WPT’s Prague event ended agonisingly close to the money bubble yesterday with just ...
December 07 2012, by Daniel Smyth
The Low Down on Life at the Top: Ana Marquez Part 2
Last Monday, Daniel Smyth introduced us to Ana Marquez, Team Pro Pokerstars, and current leader of the GPI National 100 ...
December 05 2012, by Daniel Smyth
