SCOOP 2013: aDrENalin710 Wins Second SCOOP Title; George Danzer Denied Third...
Horse racing has its origins with the ancient Greeks, but British royalty always held a unique fondness for thoroughbred racing, which is why it was once dubbed the "Sport of Kings." In the...
View ArticleSCOOP 2013: pierrec_m pierces field in Event #36-L ($27 NLHE 1R1A)
When you enter a $27 poker tournament and are facing a decision for a $60,000+ prize, it's understandable if the palms get a little sweaty. It's life-changing money for many, so it often makes sense to...
View ArticleSCOOP 2013: gumasta scoops up a win in Event #38-H ($2,100 NL Omaha Hi/Lo)
Twelve and a half hours is typically enough time to plow through a field of thousands, but in this case, it took over half a day to get from 118 to 1. When the final table did finally materialize, it...
View ArticleSCOOP 2013: Anthony "wwwBTHEREcom" Gregg wins first watch #36-H ($2,100+1R1A...
SCOOP 36-H was a pure tournament for those looking to put some money into a prizepool and then spend a day proving they had what it takes to be a champion. PokerStars put together a structure for the...
View ArticleSCOOP 2013: ninototoroko crushes in Event #38-M ($215 NL Omaha Hi-Lo)
Omaha Hi-Lo isn't everyone's cup of tea, but when you make the format No Limit, then it certainly adds a rather exciting element to the game. Brazil's ninototoroko was able to adjust best to the format...
View ArticleSCOOP 2013: JKMatthews denies Horecki and "JC" to add SCOOP title to MM...
SCOOP 38-L had everything the spectator might wish for in a final table - a dominating chip leader, known as JulianChrist no less; good humour, a Team PokerStars Pro and a winner adding SCOOP to...
View ArticleRafa Nadal serves a PokerStars treat
You'd think playing against 200 fans might not be the most sensible warm up for Rafa Nadal as he plans his record-extending assault on the French Open. And you'd be right. Why risk picking up a freak...
View ArticleGreat swag and good friends make PokerStars Women's Club a win-win
Who doesn't like getting together at a regular time each week to play poker and chat with friends while polishing their poker skills? Sitting in your favorite comfy chair with your preferred beverage...
View ArticleSCOOP 2013: mossberg1988 mows down massive field and wins Event #39-L $55 PLO...
Eric "AceQuad" Brix is so hot right now, he could melt ice by just looking at it. AceQuad has put on a clinic during this year's Spring Championship of Online Poker. Last night, one of the hottest...
View ArticleSCOOP 2013: krondix crushes Event #39-M ($530 PLO 6-Max)
A check of the SCOOP stats page tells us that through the first 114 tournaments of this year's Spring Championship of Online Poker, a total of 32 countries have produced winners thus far, with three of...
View ArticleSCOOP 2013: Daniel Negreanu takes first major online victory in Event #39-H...
It's been a good year for Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu. Just last month, Negreanu won the inaugural WSOP APAC Main Event for his fifth WSOP bracelet and more than $1 million. Then, a few weeks...
View ArticleEureka3 Croatia: Fun in the sun about to begin
Hello and welcome to the second stop of Season 3 of the Eureka Poker Tour. Much like the first stop of Season 3, Croatia is a familiar stopping point for the tour, but we're in an unfamiliar location....
View ArticleEureka3 Croatia: Short-handed but not short changed
The definition of short-handed poker is sort of a grey area. Through the proliferation of six-max tables online both for tournaments and cash games we know that six-max definitely is, eight-handed and...
View ArticleEureka3 Croatia: Who else?
The total number of players has increased by one this level to 102, but the number still active has decreased to 100. It took a while to lose the first player of the day I heard a cry of, "seat open...
View ArticleEureka3 Croatia: You've got to be in it to win it
There are many poker sayings that you'll hear on media row at most every poker tournament, one of those is, "You can't win a tournament on Day 1." Usually this is followed up by the addendum of, "but...
View ArticleEureka3 Croatia: Full Tilt Poker's Eureka moment
For the last few weeks as well as being able to win your way to Eureka3 Croatia on PokerStars you could also try your luck on Full Tilt Poker. And last night at a welcome party at the oldest nightclub...
View ArticleEureka3 Croatia: Nothing average about Georges Yazbeck
It's not an exact science but in the middle to late stages of Day 1 of a poker tournament when searching for big stacks and chip leaders you can take a look at the average stack, multiple by it a...
View ArticleEureka3 Croatia: The ups and downs of Team Online's Dale Philip
Just what Dale Philip is doing playing this tournament today I don't know. You see Philip, a Scotsman, who's spent the last few years living in Thailand, is a member of Team PokerStars Online. And...
View ArticleEureka3 Croatia: Satellites - a decent Moneymaker
Hands up if when you first got into poker you knew what a poker tournament satellite was? Yeah not many of us did, when ironically it's a poker satellite that probably got many of us into poker in the...
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