The poker climate in the US took Nick Grippo to Costa Rica and contributed to his big win There’s no doubt that Black Friday has had its effects on online poker but it also made Nick Grippo, an online poker pro from Chicago, pick up and move to Costa Rica in the name of...
The final registration figures are in and it seems that the SCOOP 2012 is a record breaking one. PokerStars classifies this event as a major success. PokerStars announced a new record as funds paid out to players across 40 events, each with three levels of stakes, totaling $65,332,179, smashed the previous SCOOP record of $64,230,010 in 2010. Wi...
Four solid victories in a single internet tournament and a seat at numerous final tables make Shaun Deeb's 2012 season an impressive one. Shaun Deeb, an American poker pro who supposedly plays from Mexico after the effects of Black Friday in the US, has every right to pat himself on the back after snagging his f...
Speed poker offering now includes Omaha, Omaha hi/lo and five-card draw This week, online poker giant PokerStars announced formal real money launch of its speed poker product Zoom Poker, specifying that the release was preceded by extensive testing in beta format. Thanks to these measures, the launch went smoothly, and already tens of thousan...
$118,606.67 for the Brit pro Over the weekend, Pokerstars' Spring Championship of Online Poker saw the main prize go to 30-year-old UK poker pro Julian "MrCoco" Gardner, who outplayed others at the final table and beat them to the hefty payout of $118,606.67 in the $1,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max w/ Rebuys event. There were 241 players in...
Typically playing under the name “Sauce123” at PokerStars, Ben Sulsky cleaned up at the high stakes tables earning him a spot in the top ten online winners list with his $114k win. This 21 year old American pro hasn't experienced a bad day at the tables since April 18th. Sulsky goes up against seriously skilled o...
SCOOP wins boost Swedish pro’s earnings The past week was a lucrative one for the famous Swedish online high stakes cash game poker player Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, who’s now on a lucky drive, considering his recent success and two big wins scooped in the Po...
A relatively unknown player takes the honors from the "KidPoker" This weekend saw the PokerStars Limit Hold’em Challenge finish in favor of a relatively unknown online player rUaBot, whoo took the prize and the honors in the heads-up against Daniel "KidPoker" Negreanu. According to the rules, of the Limit Hold'em Challenge Negreanu and...
PokerStars has announced a new competition called The Limit Hold’em Challenge where players will compete for high stakes by invitation only. The event begins at 2pm ET on Saturday, May 5th where the first round will see Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu go up against “rUaBot”. The two will begin with $75,000 and play 1,250 ha...
Last year PartyPoker launched the first ever Pokerfest which was a great success and received rave reviews. This weekend marks year two of Pokerfest and the festivities begin this Sunday, April 22, 2012. Pokerfest II will be jam packed with 47 exciting tournaments offering...
More options for players All fast-paced poker lovers will be glad to hear that PokerStars has upped its stakes at Zoom Poker No Limit Hold’em to $2.50/$5. And while this move may be considered a test of its software functionality, the company does have big plans for Zoom Poker. As PokerStars spokesperson Steve Day recently said, there i...
It’s official, PokerStars recently released the final budget friendly Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) schedule. SCOOP is set to run from May 6th to May 20th. The schedule reflects 40 events which is an increase from last month’s prior version. The best part is the buy-ins. They are are guaranteed to fit almost any budget....
US poker restrictions in the focus… once again Over the weekend, the BBC US and Canada TV service featured a story about poker pro Robert Fellner (28), a man who lives in Las Vegas, but plays poker on the internet – and even this seems to be a rather risky career, thanks to the prohibition imposed by the American federal politics....
Another poker operator opts for the fast-paced action In case of Full Tilt Poker it’s called Rush Poker, its competitor PokerStars has opted for the title Zoom Poker, wh...
$30 million guaranteed prize pools The final schedule for the next Pokerstars Spring Championship of Online Poker has been announced this week, when the online poker giant stated that the prize pools will be guaranteed $30 million. The event will run online between May 6 and 20 and it will include a whole variety of poker genres. The main eve...
April tournament to offer a $3.5 million guaranteed prize pool The latest novelty at Party Poker is the return of its popular online poker festival – Pokerfest, and it appears it has grand plans with it. Namely, the company announced it’s investing $3.5 million in guaranteed prize pools for the festival, which will comprise 47 dif...
Good day for NordicBet player After weeks of speedy growth, in which it has reached an enviable sum of over Euro 400k, the Microgaming Poker Network’s Bad Beat J...
PokerStars reports 54,065 entrants Pokerstars’ inaugural MicroMillions Series proved to be a major success, according to the first report after the event which finished on Sunday after a 10-day run. Namely, the numbers reported involve an extraordinary 54,065 entrants in the $22 buy-in main event, which carried a $1,000,000 guaranteed p...
Fast-paced poker variant goes live on test client A similar format to Full Tilt’s Rush Poker, PokerStars proprietary fast-action online poker variant, Zoom Poker, has been launched on PokerStars test client for a limited time. So far, the reactions to the product have been positive, and it has been specified that the major difference be...
Pokerstars’ sixth Sunday Million has a $6 million guaranteed prize pool On March 11, online poker giant PokerStars will celebrate the sixth b-day of its Pokerstars Sunday Millions online poker tournaments, on which occasion it will put up a...
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