Next month, December 2011, PokerStars will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary, and as is to be expected the #1 online poker room in the world is giving away a host of prizes spread across a number of different promotions in honor of their 10th birthday. The site cameRead Full Article

Since increasing the buy-in to $5,200 in 2008, the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) has attracted at least 2,000 entrants each year, with the high-water mark coming last year when 2,443 players registered for the tournament. After Black Friday nobody was expecting the 2011 running ofRead Full Article

Despite a €1.3 million first-place prize, as well as being won by Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst, the big story during the 2010 Partouche Poker Tour Main Event was the cheating scandal that was uncovered involving Ali Tekintamgac (who disputes these claims) that saw the former WPT championRead Full Article

The final six players have been decided at the 2011 World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event taking place at the bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California, and leading the way is a familiar name in the poker world, Will “The Thrilla” Failla. The final handRead Full Article

 At this rate every player who lists their occupation as ‘professional poker player’ will win a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2011, as yet another longtime poker player, Sam Stein, captured his first WSOP bracelet on Sunday by winning the $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) tournament.Read Full Article

One of the most disappointing performances by players making the switch from online poker to the live poker tournament trail has to be Shaun Deeb. The online legend who has won just about every major tournament at every online poker room has for whatever reason managed only limitedRead Full Article

It’s hard to imagine that the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) is entering its 8th Season, but this is in fact the case, and PokerStars unveiled the first half of the Season 8 schedule on their EPT homepage on Friday. Once again the EPT will invade the majorRead Full Article

The 2011 World Series of Poker is beginning to look more like the Year of the Woman than the 2010 WSOP.  Already, two women have made final tables, and one finished runner-up in an event.  Here is a look at the top 5 women to watch this summer.Read Full Article

Two of 2011’s hottest poker players met in a heads-up battle in Event #5, a $1,500 Seven-Card-Stud tournament at the World Series of Poker as Eugene Katchalov and Alessio Isaia squared off on the final day of the tournament. In the end it was Katchalov who would prevailRead Full Article

After his win at the 2011 WPT $25k Championship on Friday night Scott Seiver is now just an EPT win away from accomplishing the Poker Triple Crown –Seiver won a WSOP bracelet back in 2008—and has quietly amassed a very impressive $3.9 million in career tournament earnings accordingRead Full Article