Pros Turn Out for NAPT Main Event
April 8, 2010 by Dave Swinson · Leave a Comment
Expecting a turn-out of approximately 600 players, PokerStars officials were pleasantly surprised as 716 people entered the NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event. Creating a $3.365 million dollar prize pool and... continued
PokerStars Pro Hachem Wins Record ANZPT Purse
March 25, 2010 by Dave Swinson · Leave a Comment
PokerStars Australian Pro Tony Hachem walked away with an Australia New Zealand Poker Tour record purse of AUD $132,750 (nearly $122,000) for winning the ANZPT Perth Main Event. The win marks Hachem’s... continued
Ladies Only at PokerStars
March 15, 2010 by A. Greenwald · Leave a Comment
PokerStars has created a series of poker events especially for and open only to women poker players enticingly labeled the Luxury Ladies Poker Club, and has held wildly popular events at 2009 EPT London... continued
Team PokerStars Pro wins LAPT Punta del Este
March 5, 2010 by Mike Ferguson · Leave a Comment
For only the second time in Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) history, a Latino poker player has won an LAPT event, a series of poker tourneys that had been thus far dominated by poker players from Europe. It... continued
21 Year Old Poker Prodigy Wins NAPT Venetian Shootout
March 2, 2010 by Mike Ferguson · Leave a Comment
It was high stakes heaven: Entry was by invitation-only from PokerStars.net to the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Venetian High Roller Bounty Shootout. First place prize was a whopping $460,000, with... continued
Thew New Member of Team PokerStars
February 13, 2010 by Mike Ferguson · Leave a Comment
PokerStars has just inducted a new member to Team PokerStars, English poker pro Julian Thew. Thew, also known among his compatriots by the nickname Yo-Yo for the manner in which his chipstack is constantly... continued
Vanessa Rousso Dominates PCA Ladies Events
January 26, 2010 by Mike Ferguson · Leave a Comment
Vanessa Rousso, ultra-hot poker babe and GoDaddy.com girl, bested a field of 91 other women to capture the title in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $1,000 + $100 Ladies No Limit Hold’em... continued
The Thunder Down Under: Aussie Millions Begins
January 20, 2010 by Mike Ferguson · Leave a Comment
In 1998, the year of the first Aussie Millions tournament was held, the buy-in was $1000, the prize pool amounted to $74k, and it featured a field of 10 international participants, mostly all of them from... continued
Humberto Brenes Costa Rica’s Humble Hold’em Pro
January 15, 2010 by Mike Ferguson · Leave a Comment
In person, poker pro Humberto Brenes is a lot different than his public image. He’s very well spoken, considerate, with all the appealing qualities of a true Latin gentlemen. But when the cameras come... continued
High Hopes for Joe Cada as WSOP Champ
December 20, 2009 by Mike Ferguson · Leave a Comment
Shortly after Joe Cada became the youngest main event winner in World Series of Poker (WSOP) history, he hit the ground running. He was everywhere at once, making the media rounds, doing Letterman, lobbying... continued
PokerStars Young Gun Joe Cada Wins WSOP
November 11, 2009 by PRR · Leave a Comment
The 21 year old PokerStars player Joe Cada outlasted some 6500 other players in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event to become the youngest WSOP champion in the history of the series. Younger than... continued
PokerStars News
April 6, 2009 by PRR · Leave a Comment
Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo, the notorious multi-accounter who ran into trouble at 3 different sites, has recently been unbanned at PokerStars. Security personnel for that site commented that... continued
J.C. Alvarado Joins Team PokerStars Pro
February 25, 2009 by PRR · Leave a Comment
While it’s only been a couple of months since we saw Mexican poker superstar Juan Carlos Alvarado front and center with Team Mexico at the PokerStars World Cup of Poker V, he’s the type of... continued
Phillips, Schwartz Join Team PokerStars Pro
January 28, 2009 by PRR · Leave a Comment
PokerStars has added both Ylon Schwartz and Dennis Phillips to the elite Team PokerStars Pro this week. The team currently sits at 29 members. Phillips and Schwartz will make #30 and #31. Dennis Phillips... continued
World Record Week at PokerStars
December 26, 2008 by PRR · Leave a Comment
For the final week of 2008 PokerStars is doing something very special. World Record Week will see the site try to set a Guinness World Record, offer a reload bonus, run massive money-added tournaments,... continued
Ylon Schwartz, One of the November Nine, Putting Advertising up for Bid on eBay
October 13, 2008 by PRR · Leave a Comment
Team PokerStars player Ylon Schwartz, one of the November Nine at the World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table, is offering one bidder the chance to advertise on a 10 square inch patch on his arm,... continued
PokerStars Players Dominate the 2008 WSOP
July 18, 2008 by PRR · Leave a Comment
Of the 6,844 skilled players who entered the 2008 WSOP Main Event, only nine made it to the final table. Among those players are the so-called PokerStars Six, a tough combination of PokerStars players... continued
PokerStars Awarding over 1000 Seats to the 2008 WSOP
May 19, 2008 by PRR · Leave a Comment
Their at it again, its that time of year.. the biggest poker game of the year is here and the largest online poker room will be showing their strength in sending the largest number of players to the WSOP.... continued
Boris Becker joins PokerStars
November 26, 2007 by PRR · Leave a Comment
After all his time on the court, you might think Boris Becker would have had enough aces to satisfy him for life. It appears that is not the case. PokerStars announced today that the winner of six grand... continued
Digital Gaming Network site Full Contact Poker to Close
June 11, 2007 by PRR · Leave a Comment
The flagship online poker site of the fledgling Digital Gaming Network, FullContactPoker.com, announced today that they will be closing as of June 11, 2007, and they will be transferring all active accounts... continued

