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Our man at the World Series, Simon Young, reports on the latest... We've seen many a player at this WSOP juggling two tournaments at once - playing one, then nipping over to the other during a break to try and keep their stack alive. Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu...more

Simon Young reports from the World Series on the latest Team PokerStars Pro to make a final table... The pay day will come as little compensation to Barry Greenstein. After three days juggling the extreme swings this game brings, he arrived at the final table of the WSOP $10,000...more

We've all been there - you're involved in a key hand playing on PokerStars and someone tries to interrupt just at the wrong time. You get a little grumpy, right? That's exactly what happened to Joe Hachem during his time as a motel operator and some guests arrived to...more

Team PokerStars Pro Steve Paul-Ambrose details a mathematical approach to a hand played during the World Series... The hand: Day two of the WSOP $1,500 NL and there are 270 left. We're in the money, average is around 45,000 and I have 11,100 after losing a flip on the...more

The latest news from the Amazon Room... It seemed like just another day at the WSOP. Four tournaments were winding their way towards conclusion, generating the usual large crowds of railbirds and the just plain curious. But while four bracelets were on the line, focus was beginning to centre...more

Nearly every country has its own revolutionary hero. Anymore, nearly every country has its own poker revolutionary, someone who has changed the face of the game so dramatically that the country's players will never forget him. Angel Guillen may just be that man in Mexico. Late last night, after...more

Angel Guillen will remember this day for the rest of his life. The Team PokerStars Mexico player had already enjoyed a dream start to his live poker career, which began only at the New Year, and now he has topped it by winning a WSOP bracelet. The 26-year-old Mexican...more

A big day results wise for Team PokerStars Pro as Simon Young reports from the Amazon Room... He came agonisingly close to a WSOP bracelet, but Team PokerStars Pro Chad Brown has just busted in third place in the $10,000 Limit event. He collects $188,855 for his three days...more

After a long day in the saddle Simon Young reports on the last match of the heads up championship... What a day: eight hours of gruelling, energy-sapping heads-up play to determine who would take the coveted WSOP bracelet for topping the $10,000 World Heads-up Championship. If those of us...more

John Duthie is the creator of the European Poker tour and throughout the year is often seen patrolling EPT tournament areas itching to pull up a chair himself. Free from any restriction in Las Vegas he's digging in to the World Series heads-up event, as Simon Young reports... If...more

So close yet so far for Team PokerStars Pro Alex Kravchenko. Having tasted the sweetness of bagging a WSOP bracelet two years ago, he was back today hungry for more. But he fell short on the final table of the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low 8 or Better, busting...more

Chad Brown has built a reputation as a prolific tournament earner, and that's no great surprise as he has more than $2 million under his belt already. What also impresses, however, is his ability to make serious money in all poker disciplines. Over the years, the Team PokerStars Pro,...more

Simon Young with more news from the front lines of the World Series... Brazilian motor racing team boss Gualter Salles had been in overdrive for the last two days, roaring up the leaderboard in the $1,500 no limit hold'em event. But unfortunately he's just done the poker equivalent of...more

Former World Champion of Poker and Team PokerStars Pro Greg Raymer writes about moving from online poker to the live game ahead of the main event next month... Many of our PokerStars players coming over to Las Vegas for the WSOP will be playing live tournaments for the first...more

The latest from the HORSE event, from Simon Young... While we're not really sure if Ylon Schwartz likes riding horses, we feel confident enough to suggest that he doesn't. Instead, poker and chess are the passions in which he has enjoyed considerable success. Before finishing fourth behind fellow Team...more