December 2008 Archives

The turkey may be done and dusted, the eggnog drained and the Christmas socks put away for another year, but it's still the season to be jolly and few will be jollier than first time winners of the PokerStars Weekly Round 2 events over the last couple of weeks -...more

A North American one-two last weekend in the run up to Christmas, each winning $276 for an entry fee of absolutely nothing. It can only be the PokerStars weekly round 2 event, the best freeroll tournament anywhere in the internet world. First came glazierman60 on Saturday, beating Argentinian player Pablo-Veron...more

While Italy goes nuts over its first EPT title, thanks to Salvatore Bonavera's efforts in Prague, the honour of Weekly Round 2 winner was still up for grabs over the weekend with two more winners collecting the $276 for little more than a few hours at the tables... no charge....more

When you think of poker in Italy - and on the boisterous EPT these days you rarely have the opportunity not to - you probably think of the Team PokerStars Pro duo Dario Minieri and Luca Pagano, with notable mentions to Max Pescatori and Dario Alioto. But as from...more

Day three was a story of heroics, luck and what seemed to be a thousand Italian poker players in designer glasses romping into the EPT history books by sheer weight alone. Chief among the rompers was Salvatore Bonavena, who became our overnight chip leader. While the Italian experience on...more

At the very start of the day - day two at EPT Prague - the tournament director Thomas Kremser announced that we would be playing down to four tables of eight, 32 players, no matter how long it took. Typically, there was a weary groan from the press corps,...more

The line-up for day 1b at EPT Prague read like a glittering who's who of modern poker. There were EPT champions and online legends and then a man entered the house with the biggest reputation of all: Europe welcomed back to its bosom Peter Eastgate, the 22-year-old Dane who...more

The EPT these days runs like a well-oiled machine. Starting stacks are in place long before the scheduled off time, cards and dealers are ready immediately to begin to shuffle up and deal. The only things that habitually miss the advertised start are the players themselves, some of whom...more

The second EPT Prague is just hours away but until then it’s time to catch up on what is a breeding ground for the players of tomorrow. Of course, I’m referring to the Weekly Round 2 events. As usual, fields of thousands logged in to play, the first prize reaching...more

Local boy Martin Rowe has become the latest poker millionaire, winning the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final in Sydney, winning seven figures after a dominating performance in the final. It was one-way traffic for Rowe who systematically knocked out his challengers one by one on his way to the title. In...more

PokerStars has created some of the best poker tours in the world and has now announced it’s latest one, the Russian Poker Tour, which starts next month. The two stop season will see events in St Petersburg in January (25th – 1st) before a second event takes place in Moscow...more

That’s it – the day two field is in place for the APPT Grand Final in Sydney. A total of 207 will return to Star City tomorrow in pursuit of a top 48 finish, then a shot at the AUD $1 million first prize. Over the past three days,...more

Champagne corks will be popping this week and into next as the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour gets underway in Sydney Australia, but there’s always time for celebration in the virtual world with toasts for the latest Weekly Round 2 victors in order. On Saturday it was the meisterr of...more

An entertaining day of play has come to a close on the Sydney, Australia Grand Final leg of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour, chips are bagged and players have departed for a welcome night’s rest before day two on Friday. Of the 172 players who started at Star City...more

PokerStars has always been among the fastest on the online track, but now it's trying on some new wheels. PokerStars is once again dipping its toes in the waters of big time racing. The annual Kart race International Stars Challenge in Florianopolis, Brazil, put some of the best drivers together...more