August 2007 Archives

When I first heard about PokerStars involvement in the Grey Cup, I didn't really know what it was about. A quick Google search brought up a link trying to sell me 'great deals on porcelain and china'. I knew that PokerStars was unlikely to have anything to do with grey...more

PokerStars first tournament of the new European Poker Tour season started today in the Casino de Barcelona. Howard Swains reports from the event.Hello and a very warm welcome to beautiful, balmy, beach-side Barcelona and the beginning of season four of the European Poker Tour.The success story for the EPT continues,...more

Today we're launching a new PokerStars.net blog competition. Over the coming months we'll be selecting PokerStars players at random as they play at our tables and showing their pictures here on the blog. If you see your picture on this blog, simply write in to claim a very special prize...more

Filed by Sean CallanderThe name of Brett Parise will be etched in poker history forever as the first winner on the new PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT).Parise, a 22-year-old political science student originally from Indiana in the USA, outlasted a field of 255 players at the Hyatt Hotel and...more

Filed by Sean CallanderThe nine players for tomorrow’s APPT Manila final table have been decided after a marathon second day in the opening event of the new PokerStars-sponsored tour.Chip leader is Australian Van Marcus, best known for his third place in the $1500 Pot Limit Omaha w/ rebuys event at...more

It's Day 2 of the opening APPT event in Manila. In total 255 players signed up for the $2500 buy-in main event, creating a prize pool of just under $600,000. As it stands 63 players remain to fight for the first prize of $179,755. The previous biggest prize ever to...more

By Brad "Otis" WillisOver the past couple of weeks, we already introduced you to two of Team Mexico's players in the World Cup of Poker IV finals, CORONABEACH and onasis16. Here are the two other players who make up the foundation of the team from Mexico.elricardomtyMy name is Ricardo Rios...more

This story has been filed by By Sean CallanderThe cards are in the air for the historic first event on the inaugural PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour. Players from all over the world – including Team PokerStars’ big guns Daniel Negreanu, Joe Hachem and Vanessa Rousso – have converged on...more

By Brad "Otis" WillisFor the past couple of weeks, we've been introducing you to the World Cup of Poker IV finalists. Here are three members of Team Iceland who are getting packed for Barcelona.FrikkiMy name is Fridrik (Fredrick). I'm 26 years old and called Frikki. I was a sports bar...more

By Brad "Otis" WillisAs we continue our look at the World Cup of Poker IV finalists, we now turn our eyes to the members of Team Germany.Sasa "kosa28" KojcinovicAge: 21Location: AugsburgOccupation: student (computer science)I've been playing poker for about one and a half years. During the first half year I...more

If you click on the 'Events' tab in your PokerStars lobby, you'll see listed all the big events that PokerStars has a part in, the kind of events that most players can only dream of entering, the World Series of Poker, the European Poker Tour, the World Championship of Online...more

By Brad "Otis" WillisIf you never realized how small a world we live in, check out Team Canada. Thousands of people across the entire country played for a spot on the team. Out of the five people who will eventually make their way to Barcelona, Spain, two of them are...more

By Brad "Otis" WillisThe World Cup of Poker IV live finals in Barcelona are only a few weeks away. As the date draws closer, we're taking a look at some of the players who will be fighting for their country. Here is Team Mexico's CORONABEACH in this own words.My name...more

By Brad "Otis" WillisWe continue our look at the players who are headed to Barcelona, Spain for the World Cup of Poker IV finals with an introduction from Team Portugal's Guto in his own words.I am a business lawyer based in Lisbon, Portugal. Originally from Brazil, I have been living...more

By Brad "Otis" WillisThis week, we're highlighting players who will be representing their home countries in the World Cup of Poker IV finals. Today, we offer an introduction that likely doesn't need to be made--PokerStars player shaundeeb.I would think it's gotta be hard running around in the poker world with...more

They say, 'a picture speaks a thousand words'. Well, I got to wondering what PokerStars button pictures says about those that choose them, and I contemplated what a picture might tell me about a player's game style. Warts and all?Some players choose to display a real photo of themselves. My...more

By Brad "Otis" WillisThis week, we're introducing you to some of the more colorful characters from this year's World Cup of Poker live finals in Barcelona. Forty players from around the world will be headed to Spain in just a few weeks. Today's player is from Team Ireland and goes...more

By Brad "Otis" WillisAmong the fascinating stories coming out of the World Cup of Poker finals is that of onasis16. His background is as international as the World Cup of Poker itself. With the Barcelona live finals still several weeks away, it seems like a good time to start introducing...more

Team Romania has snagged its spot in the World Cup of Poker IV finals. Last Sunday, Teams Romania and Hungary played to a tie in the Division finals. Today, PokerStars hosted a heads-up match to decide which of the two teams would head to Barcelona. Team Romania's captain took a...more

Someone sent in an email asking, 'How many beds do you get in a hotel room?' PokerStars Support are used to helping players with all kinds of questions, but I must admit this was the first time I'd been asked that one. This question was from a player who'd won...more

By Brad "Otis" WillisFor eleven hours on Sunday, national poker teams from around the globe fought it out in the Division Finals of the PokerStars World Cup of Poker IV. At stake--more than money. The winners were guaranteed to have a seat at a televised poker table. They were guaranteed...more

My Mother used to tell me not to run beside busy roads, and never to talk with my mouth full. When I was a child I found these parental rules annoying. I thought they were in place to curb my freedom, and to spoil my enjoyment of my fish fingers...more