Huge weekend of action capped off with TheManM's $126k MicroMillions win
The weekend has been a busy one for poker players around the world. The MicroMillions 6 completed its 11-day online festival while both LAPT Uruguay and ANZPT Auckland were crowning new champs,...
View ArticleWin $1,000,000 in The Shark Cage!
Do you want to win $1,000,000 on TV? Well, you can. You really, really can. The Shark Cage is a brand new TV show which pits online qualifiers against big name pros for a winner-take-all first prize of...
View ArticleI'm a TV star... again!
I have just started a new project. I'm a TV star... again! Let me explain. Up until the end of last year, I used to host a web-based poker talk show called "Mich interessiert Poker" (which basically...
View ArticleGet ready for the $27m December Festival
Are you ready for the PokerStars December Festival? You better be, it's going to be incredible and action-packed. There's $27,000,000 to be won during the PokerStars December Festival and it kicks off...
View ArticleThe Heads-up Masters, FPS Cannes, and Ronan's bad beat
Recently, I was one of 64 players invited to take part in a special tournament on PokerStars.Fr called "Heads-up Masters." It was a €1,000, rake-free, bracket tournament and the field included SCOOP...
View ArticlePlay the huge £500,000 UKIPT Nottingham six-max, starts tomorrow!
I can tell you that a lot of people are very excited about this (inside and outside of the company). The much anticipated UKIPT Nottingham six-max Main Event starts tomorrow with the first of three...
View ArticleANIMA Charity Tournament on December 7
Animals play extremely important roles in our lives; friend, companion, protector, and more. Unfortunately many would-be pets go through needless suffering and we've got a way that you can help them...
View ArticleBurning down the house
"You do realise that's still lit, right?" [A party needs a soundtrack. This will do.] I turned to PokerStars broadcasting legend James Hartigan and said, "If your party doesn't need a fire...
View Articlepaulwiter prevails in 11/26/13 Super Tuesday, earns $115,668
There were 612 runners for this week's Super Tuesday, the weekly $1,050 no-limit hold'em that consistently draws huge fields. That marked the 10th time in 2013 the Super Tuesday has exceeded 600...
View ArticleUKIPT4 Nottingham six-max: Level 1 updates (25-50)
12pm: Cards are in the air Action is underway. -- NW Hello and welcome to Nottingham's Dusk Till Dawn, Europe's premier poker venue. There have been many firsts over the four seasons of the UKIPT, a...
View ArticleOnwards and upwards
The end of 2013 is approaching and it is this time of the year when you start looking backwards to analyze the last few months. I'm the kind of person that prefers to look forward all the time, but I...
View ArticleBPC now, London next year
The Belgian Poker Challenge (BPC) at Namur has arrived, which is the big finale of the poker calendar here in Belgium. I'm doing pretty well on the leader board for the Belgian poker rankings thanks to...
View ArticleOnwards and upwards
The end of 2013 is approaching and it is this time of the year when you start looking backwards to analyze the last few months. I'm the kind of person that prefers to look forward all the time, but I...
View ArticleTargetting the Belgian Poker Challenge
I've been playing a lot online lately, but my attention is turning back toward the live game because the Belgian Poker Challenge is here and I'm excited! I'm attending the entire festival which is...
View ArticleMission Accomplished!
We asked you to tweet us (@PokerStars) the message "Mission Accomplished! #NovemberMission" when you completed one of the November Mission Weeks challenges. Every day we randomly chose 10 tweeters...
View ArticleFatima de Melo: Second place at UKIPT was a winner
"In poker, you can still win while losing," Fatima told us after her second place finish at the UKIPT Isle of Man Main Event. "All in all, I felt like a winner, just not THE winner." That, ladies and...
View ArticleUKIPT4 Nottingham six-max: Level 5-8 updates (400/800 ante 100)
9pm: Done for the day It looks as if 24 players have made it through to Day 2 from the 61 who started today. That means the average stack is 50,900, a man with way more than that is local cash game...
View ArticleUKIPT4 Nottingham 6-max: Mitch Johnson snatches lead at the bell after Day 1A...
Dusk Till Dawn was designed and built specifically for poker players, and events like the 6-max UKIPT Main Event today made it clear why. It may not have been rammed, with just nine tables in action on...
View ArticleWhat happens in Macau... goes on the Blog!
The Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) 2013 happened at the end of October and everyone I knew left the PokerStars Live Macau poker room at the City of Dreams Macau full of praise for the schedule,...
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