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A larger than normal player field, a big first place prize, and as much media coverage as the World Series of Poker, the EPT Berlin tournament created the perfect storm for six individuals.
The tournament was running smoothly and it had seemed to be another notch on the successful belt of PokerStars, until the unthinkable. Six men entered the Grand Hyatt’s hotel seeking one thing, money.
Just as another hand was being dealt, an eruption in the lobby [...]
While approaching 40 billion hands, PokerStars will be celebrating their accomplishments with larger prize pool tournaments, splash pots, and the largest Sunday million ever!
Until the 40 billionth hand hits, PokerStars will be having a number of promotions this month as a thank you to all of the support of their players.
The first giveaway, which will be paid out the most, is a splash pot, and cash giveaway. First, to qualify for [...]
Be apart of history at PokerStars.com this December!
On December 27th 2009, you will have the opportunity to take part in the largest online tournament ever. Poker Stars is looking to end 2009 with a bang by eclipsing the 65,000 player Guinness World Record that was set in July 2009, previously by Poker Stars.
All of the details for the tournament are as followed:
Date: Sunday, December 27th 2009 at 14:45 ET
Buy-In: [...]
After tarnishing their name early, Ultimate Bet has rebounded in a more than stellar way. UltimateBet has announced UBOC4 (Ultimate Bet Online Championship) to be held again in January, and none other than Joe Sebok will be asked to host the first tournament to kick off the $4 million in 12 days.
These tournaments will start on the 20th of January, and end on the 31st, with the Poker Brat’s [...]
Marcus Bebb-Jones, a 46 year old poker professional from the United Kingdom, faces life in prison without the chances of parole for the murder of his wife twelve years ago. Back in 1997 Bebb-Jones and his wife, Sabrina, owned a hotel in Grand Junction, Colorado when employees reported Sabrina to be missing. Marcus was not convicted at the time even though his wife’s blood was found inside his vehicle but the police could [...]
Full Tilt Poker now has the best player in the world playing under their name, Tom “durrrr” Dwan.
Stuck in the shadows of poker superstars Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius for the past few years, Tom “durrrr” Dwan has finally made his official mark as the best official Team Full Tilt member. Many have heard this household name, Tom Dwan, and it is to no surprise that he will be [...]
The Toronto Maple Leaf’s of the NHL and PokerStars have teamed up to give you, the average poker player, a chance to win free tickets to home games.
A promotion giving away free NHL tickets to PokerStars users will be running until March 3rd. When playing in these freerolls, you must take first or second to win the tickets. If you happen to make it deep in the tournament, [...]
The new MacBook Pros and iMacs have been released to Apple stores across the world, headlined by the massive 27″ iMac, and cost effective MacBook White.
Apple has been trying to figure out ways to not only improve their iMac and MacBook lines, but also reach out to a whole different client. The budget spender. Finally, Apple has created the MacBook White, which is available as low as $999.
White 13″ [...]
The best has yet to come as Research in Motion (makes of the BlackBerry) have released the new Storm 2.
Research in Motion is going to take another crack at the touch screen title. The previous, Storm, was not as quite as a big hitRiM had anticipated. Verizon and RiM teamed up to try to make the Storm a huge success, but did not quite reach the pinnacle of the [...]
The PCA (PokerStars Caribbean Adventure) is back and is now better than ever. Players now have the chances to take part in the PCA for free by playing in one of many freerolls available.
Starting October 17th, tournaments well open up daily at the free buy-in level and the $1.10 buy-in level. These tournaments will run until December 5th. So you will have plenty of time to earn your [...]
