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Are you a Platinum Pass Adventure finalist?
It's a big week for anyone who entered three of the Team Pro Platinum Pass Adventure contests in recent weeks. Three more contests announce winners this week, after Lex Veldhuis's barnstorming contest over the weekend. First to announce will be Jeff Gross and Andrew Neeme. They were looking for a #V...more
Here's how you designed the PSPC
Here's an update on the PSPC from PokerStars Executive Tournament Director Danny McDonagh:A few weeks back, I posted a quick update about a trip to Las Vegas where I had the pleasure of meeting the PokerStars executives behind the PokerStars Players NL Hold'em Championship (PSPC) and some of the pla...more
APPT Manila: Fifth Platinum Pass Added!
The 2018 APPT Manila (August 4-12) is just around the corner and early signs indicate a high likelihood of another record-smashing poker festival!With such a positive outlook, you'd think organizers would be happy, sit back, and just get the final preparations ready. You'd be thinking wrong though....more
APPT Manila: Over ₱37 million Guaranteed
PokerStars has announced the schedule for the 2018 Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Manila which will be held at the PokerStars LIVE Manila poker room from August 4-12.Are you heading to APPT Manilla?The nine-day series includes 22 Official Asia Player of the Year events and will feature the ₱55,000 b...more
Attention Play Money players: New changes to the tournament schedule
If we know one thing around here, it's that Play Money poker is a serious business. Players expect a great PokerStars experience whatever the stakes. It's why we're making a few changes to the Play money tournament schedule. The plan is simple: More features and more fun. And that means a host of im...more
APPT Macau: Another USD $120,000 in Platinum Passes Added Value
PokerStars LIVE Macau will be hosting APPT Macau from March 14-25, 2018 and the 12-day series will be giving away four Platinum Series packages each worth USD $30,000!What is this Platinum Pass you may ask?In January 2019, the PCA will be hosting the USD $25,000 buy-in PokerStars Players NL Hold'em ...more
Last chance in the Truth or Bluff #PlatinumPass promotion
This week is your last chance to take part in our social media promotion Truth or Bluff. It starts with a video but it could end with you winning a Platinum Pass and a trip of a lifetime to the PokerStars Players Championship in the Bahamas next January. We won't go over all the details again. If yo...more
Week 3 of Truth or Bluff #PlatinumPass
As you'll know by now there's more than one way to win a Platinum Pass. And they don't all require your victory in a PokerStars High Roller event. There's plenty of opportunity for low stakes players as well, including the special freeroll we're hosting as part of the Truth or Bluff promotion on Soc...more
Get ready for Week 2 of Truth or Bluff
So how did you do in Truth or Bluff last week? If you're not already familiar with this, you can catch up on the details here. But here's a brief recap. Each Tuesday we're posting a video on our Twitter stream (@PokerStars), featuring a Pro player at the PCA. What you have to do is watch, and when t...more
How to dress like your favourite poker player this Halloween
Make an entrance at your Halloween fancy dress party with five classic poker costumes, all fit for the Main Event final tableBack in the day, poker players gambled on the road and dressed like cowboys. Today's players rock a more vanilla look - hoodies, t-shirts, jeans, trainers, earphones and sungl...more
Five tips to avoid tilt
There is a menacing, ugly, bug in your brain. It's trying to gnaw its way out of your skull, and when it does, it will turn around and burrow back in. It will make you insane before you even recognize it's there. It will cost you money.It will cost you happiness. It will turn you into a person you d...more
How to dress like your favourite poker player this Halloween
Make an entrance at your Halloween fancy dress party with five classic poker costumes, all fit for the Main Event final tableBack in the day, poker players gambled on the road and dressed like cowboys. Today's players rock a more vanilla look - hoodies, t-shirts, jeans, trainers, earphones and sungl...more
The PCA is back! PokerStars iconic live event returns in January
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure kicks off 2018 with $10,300 Main EventTechnically speaking, you're not supposed to start an article with a quote, but on this occasion, we're happy to make an exception, because it comes from Director of Corporate Communications at PokerStars, Eric Hollreiser, and it's...more
PokerStars' Liv Boeree & Igor Kurganov win WSOP gold
Many a poet has sat at his table, pen in hand, heart wringing in his chest like a soaked piece of laundry. He's scribbled and scratched out stanza after stanza in a futile effort to describe the burning love in his heart. Tonight, we have a new spring of inspiration for that frustrated scribe. Maybe...more
PokerStars Championship Panama schedule gets a makeover
by Brad WillisChanges afoot in PanamaThe upcoming PokerStars Championship Panama is going to look a bit different than its predecessor in the Bahamas, and that different look will involve more than a big canal.Neil Johnson, head of Live Poker Operations, spent some time looking at the schedule after...more
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