June 2008 Archives

As most people were leaving the Amazon Room late last night, Team PokerStars Pros Barry Greenstein and Daniel Negreanu were chipped up in the $50,000 HORSE, their team-mate Victoria Coren and sponsored player Kiril Gerasimov were nearing the money in the $2,000 event, and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, the winner...more

Another fascinating day at the World Series, but just one in a long run that you could describe in the same way. By noon 805 players have signed on to play the $5,000 Short-handed hol’dem event, among them at least six members of Team PokerStars Pro. By the close...more

The focus on today was not on endings but beginnings. It was about the start of one event that completely overshadowed the rest. It marked the start of the $50,000 HORSE event, which saw the PokerStars media team on duty in the Amazon Room’s press box for the first...more

Team PokerStars Pro is one of the most elite in the world and this week it welcomed two new players in William Thorson and Marcin Horecki. For William his most notable success came at the World Series in 2006, eliminated in a painful 13th place in the main event. That...more

Back home in Germany the soccer team has reached the semi-finals of Euro 2008 championships hoping to record two more wins for glory. Well, back in Las Vegas one of their countrymen has waved the flag early – Sebastian Ruthenberg, a PokerStars sponsored player, became the latest member of...more

He has numerous nicknames, from “Baby-faced assassin” to “Super Dario” to “Scarf Boy”. But whatever you want to call Dario Minieri you can now add World Series bracelet winner to his credentials after he won the $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event, a title worth $528,418. Dario had started the...more

Whilst the World Series blazes it’s way through June with the history books open and ready for new names to be entered it’s worth remembering that even the best players, even world champions, began their poker careers somewhere, many in freerolls which helped shape their skills. There are few better...more

Dario Minieri was already playing at full speed before the World Series last year. Easy to find with his now trademark AS Roma scarf of claret and amber and hyper-aggressive play, Dario leaves a lasting impression before and after you’ve played against him, and this year is no different....more

With the champagne hardly touched from Barry Greenstein’s victory in the $1,500 Razz two more PokerStars players had made a final table. Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu Fresh off his own success in the $2,000 Limit Hold’em – his fourth World Series bracelet – Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu...more

A few days ago Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein took third place in the No-Limit 2-7 Draw event at the World Series. Well now he’s gone even better. After nine hours of play at the final table Greenstein won the $1,500 Razz event. It’s his third World Series bracelet...more

The time has come to add a few more dates to the diary for as a poker fan few want to miss any of the action from the PokerStars European Poker Tour. Well today PokerStars has announced the dates of the tour’s fifth season with a new schedule as...more

Has Daniel Negreanu been called “Kid” a little too long? Ten years ago it seemed fitting for a young brash pro, with bags of confidence and ego. So the name stuck. But tonight the Team PokerStars Pro took his place among the greats of the game by winning his...more

It’s been a busy time for Team PokerStars Pro. Barry Greenstein joined the final table of the No-Limit 2-7 Draw event and demonstrated why he remains one of the best players in the game. He finished third place, good for $225,552. Congratulations go to Barry. Barry Greenstein in the...more

As the battles at the World Series rage on, the humble but equally important duels of the Weekly Round 2 events continue on PokerStars. Last weekend saw an all German heads-up finale in the Saturday event, whilst on Sunday the same happened between two players from the United States. The...more

If you want an example of what has to be one of the toughest games played by the hardcore of the poker establishment you don’t have to go much further than the World Series No-Limit 2-7 with re-buys. The final table of this event at this years World Series,...more

Classic, elegant, instantly recognisable and a place where everybody knows your name. That's a little bit like how the PokerStars lobby feels to a lot of pople but now you can take a break from the traditional and select an altogether more darker theme - nothing sinister, just a new...more

The 2008 World Series is just two weeks old but already Team PokerStars Pro are notching up some cash finishes, warming up for the big one you might say, if you needed warming up in the Nevada desert. Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin recorded two cash finishes this weekend....more

You may remember a certain 18 year old who walked into the EPT Grand Final in 2006 to become an EPT Champion. Unheard of, Jeff Williams made history and €900,000 in the process. One of his only regrets? That he wouldn’t be able to play in Vegas for a...more

Following Tom McEvoy’s cash in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em more success has been met by PokerStars players. Whilst Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu made it to the second day of the $1,000 No-Limit Re-buy event congratulations are also due to PokerStars sponsored players Aaron Coulthard and Theo Tran who...more

A few days after the 2008 World Series got underway and already Team PokerStars Pro are counting the cash. Triple Crown winner and one of the new boys to Team PokerStars Pro Gavin Griffin finished 251st from a starting field of 4,000, picking up a ragged looking $3,754 –...more

This week’s Weekly Round 2 events had a multi-national feel to them and each recorded huge fields with over 800 players in both finishing the event with a cash prize. On Saturday, where five nations were represented at the final table, it was “dannyr1947" who picked up $276. Whilst on...more

From the PokerStars blog team at the World Series in Las Vegas Poker is defined largely by its American heritage on Mississippi river boats and dusty Texas back roads. The variant played here at the World Series of Poker takes its name from those areas in the Lone Star...more

Brad "Otis" Willis reports on what can only be described as the generosity of PokerStars players... When PokerStars told its players they could donate to the China earthquake relief fund, it was impossible to know how much money it would raise. Though PokerStars players have been more than generous in...more