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PokerStars Concludes Its Largest Online Competition

PokerStars Concludes Its Largest Online Competition

The Stars Group has made quite the splash with its PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). As one of the most touted events around the world, the WCOOP drew record-high entries and amassed the whopping $100 million in cash money! If you think poker has been dying, this is not quite true in the […]

Back into the Fold – PokerStars’ Unfold to Be Withdrawn

Back into the Fold – PokerStars’ Unfold to Be Withdrawn

PokerStars have been experimenting with poker for a long while now. As we have previously reported, the website has been entirely committed to making the game more popular, but has also been championing its legal status across the United States and the world. Often, in its desire to create a more acceptable version of game, […]

PokerStars Launches PokerStars Play in Australia and the US

PokerStars Launches PokerStars Play in Australia and the US

PokerStars’ parent company, The Stars Group has recently announced the launch of its new social poker games in Australia and the United States. Titled “PokerStars Play”, the new social casino game will give players in both jurisdictions the opportunity to play online poker once again. The company’s expansion bid is currently focused towards the two […]

Nurzynski Wins EPT Barcelona Main Event

Nurzynski Wins EPT Barcelona Main Event

The European Poker Tour has elected its new winner, with Piotr Nurzynski winning the 2018 Main Event. The Polish player managed to overcome a pool of 1,900 + entrants, routing everyone in his way. Here is what happened. Defeating Goliath – How Nurzynski bested 1,900 People The EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event has reunited a […]

PokerStars Has Awarded Over $4.5m in Premium Passes

PokerStars Has Awarded Over $4.5m in Premium Passes

PokerStars has been a bright star on the landscape for poker action. Nobody would be able to deny the organization’s leadership position. Of late, we’ve been chatting away about the Premium Passes on more than one occasion. Today, though, we want to shed a wee bit more light on the matter. Generosity or Skilled Marketing? […]

Two More US Players Win Platinum Passes

Two More US Players Win Platinum Passes

PokerStars continues to dish out Platinum Passes for its upcoming PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship that will be held in the Bahamas in January, 2019. Apart from the European winners, there have been two new names to win the desired Platinum Pass in recent days. Platinum Pass and $30,000 for the Bahamas The Platinum Pass […]

Jean-René Fontaine Leads in EPT National Event

Jean-René Fontaine Leads in EPT National Event

The EPT Barcelona National is underway. Hosted by PokerStars, the event has seen a rather large turnout across all featured tournaments in the European Poker Tour competition. We have already reported on the high roller event that saw Michael Soyza win The EPT National Leads & Finalists It was intense nine hours. Overall, 49 players […]

Ensan, PokerStars EPT Barcelona, and Spain’s Tax Authorities

Ensan, PokerStars EPT Barcelona, and Spain’s Tax Authorities

Poker in Europe has not exactly been the dearie of the authorities. Quite the opposite in fact. It took some significant power brokering and promises to pool the French and Spanish players. PokerStars and PartyPoker, two flagship platforms, had done significant efforts to make this happen. And while local regulation changed in favor of players, […]

PartyPoker Brings Back the Powerfest Online Series

PartyPoker Brings Back the Powerfest Online Series

Even though we are in a bit of a poker dry spell, the game will return in its splendidness as early as September! The upcoming PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is one of the events that will keep us excited, too, with the $70 million in prize money available for the players who […]

PokerStars to Let Players Have a Say in Tournament Details

PokerStars to Let Players Have a Say in Tournament Details

The poker community is anticipating in the January’s PokerStars Poker Players Championship and players of varying skill are trying their best to procure a Platinum Pass. The Platinum Passes are a trademark of the majority of tournament hosts, and PokerStars in particular, who are interested in giving incentive to players to try their hand at […]