MPC27: Schedule Announced
PokerStars LIVE Macau has announced the official schedule for the 27th installment of the Macau Poker Cup (MPC27) which takes place from August 25 to September 10.MPC27 will once again feature the legendary HK$15,000 Red Dragon Main Event which comes with a HK$10 million prize po...more
Manila Megastack 7: The Preview
Manila Megastack 7 (May 29-June 4) kicks off on Monday at PokerStars LIVE Manila and it's time to take a look at what's arguably the fastest growing poker series in Asia.The seven-day schedule features a ₱30,000 Main Event which comes with an ₱8 million prize pool guarantee. The...more
Beating Blom: An unlikely story of motorcycles and heartbreak
You should know this from the very beginning: things were not going very well for Lukas Hlavac.This was not the normal state of affairs for the man from Slovakia. Hlavac was the type of guy who could see his future even when others could not. He had the kind of dreams that went b...more
Making good on SCOOP
PokerStars was yesterday hit by an outage. This technical issue problem, which has since been resolved, stopped all play across our sites for about two hours. While this wouldn't be good at any time it's particularly bad timing for it to take place during the PokerStars Spring Ch...more
Sick hold mints next PokerStars millionaire
You should know this much: the chips went in on the flop. There was no stopping it from happening. It didn't matter that there was a million dollar first prize on the line. It didn't matter that fate is cruel, life ain't fair, and the sun would still, we assume, rise tomorrow. Th...more
PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®: Julian Stuer storm
It was a Stuer slaughter at the final table.After we got down to six players at the €25,000 High Roller tournament of the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®, Germany's Julian Stuer took care of every single elimination. By the time he got heads-up with John ...more
Globetrotting Sorrentino hits career high to claim title at PokerStars Champ
The newest Championship winner: Raffaele SorrentinoRaffaele Sorrentino, a 37-year-old professional poker player from Catanzaro in Italy, has lived the life of the travelling pro over the past few years. His permanent residence is officially Malta but he lives primarily out of a s...more
Kevin Hart recruits PokerStars to change the face of poker
Kevin Hart: Now listen upYou had to know something was afoot when Kevin Hart--yes, the world famous actor and comedian with 32 million Twitter followers--decided he was going to call his own news conference in Monte Carlo. The clues were all there the moment Hart landed in Nice, ...more
King Kenney crowned 100K champion again at PokerStars Championship presented
Champion Bryn KenneyIf you were offering odds at the start of Super High Roller poker tournaments, you would list a clutch of about three or four players as all-but inseparable favourites. The likes of Steve O'Dwyer, Fedor Holz, Ole Schemion and Erik Seidel have all been there an...more
Win your way to the PokerStars Championship Sochi
We'll admit to being a little curious about what to expect when the PokerStars Championship reaches Sochi next month. We've heard great things about the magnificent views of the mountains, the coastline, and the City itself, which hosted the Winter Olympics back in 2014. All of w...more
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