For the first time in its history the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker will be played without players from the US market. The site is still running a full slate of tournaments, although the guaranteed prize-pool has been altered accordingly. The 62 tournaments have a total guaranteedRead Full Article

With the daily grind of the World Series of Poker now over, the online poker world will soon turn its attention to the 2011 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) at PokerStars, so fasten your seat belts as we prepare to embark upon a 23-day, 62-tournament journey withRead Full Article

October 2010 may just go down as the year of the signing, considering a slew of poker and entertainment talent has been gobbled-up by a number of online poker sites, mostly by Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars. The latest in this rash of signings is Felipe Ramos, theRead Full Article

The world’s largest online poker room, PokerStars has just announced a new tournament series, the USA Championship of Online Poker. A pared down version of the WCOOP, the USA COOP will feature 11 tournaments with a total guaranteed prize-pool of $3.2 million, and will take place from NovemberRead Full Article

A lot of big name poker pros have been doing very well in this go- round of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker. This time it was Team PokerStars pro Jason Mercier doing the honors by capturing the title in Event #42, a $1,000 buy-in No LimitRead Full Article

With a $10,000 buy-in, it’s not too surprising that the PokerStars WCOOP High-Roller event had a star-studded final table.  299 of the best online poker players entered the $2 million guaranteed tournament –which surpassed the guarantee by almost $1,000,000. When the dust settled it was ‘Sumpas’ who cameRead Full Article