After one of the Team PokerStars Pros has a big win, we like to give them a chance to tell us what it was like. Even though he is the newest WPT millionaire, Brazilian Pro Alex Gomes took the time to sit down and tell us what it was like to add a WPT title to his list of wins. Congrats again, Alex, and thanks for taking the time to take us where few have been. by Alex Gomes After a long and exausting time in Vegas, where I spent almost 70 days dedicated WSOP tournaments, I had decided not
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World Series: Daniel Negreanu so close again
Simon Young reports from the Amazon Room on the frustrations of Daniel Negreanu... Daniel Negreanu must be wondering when he'll ever get hold of his fifth WSOP bracelet. Despite riding high from a breathtaking start to this World Series, he's now missed out on a title by a whisker...more
World Series: Daniel Negreanu knows his limit
The results just keep on coming, as Simon Young reports... Daniel Negreanu has said he "loves" limit hold'em, and no wonder considering two of his four WSOP bracelets have come in limit tournaments. Today, he was within a whisker of make that three out of five. Despite holding the...more
World Series: Angel Guillen adds World Series gold to resume
Our man in the Amazon Room Simon Young, reports on the latest from the World Series... Six months ago Angel Guillen played in his first ever live tournament and cashed. He went much better at the PokerStars LAPT Punta del Este tournament by finishing first - and tonight he...more
World Series: Angel Guillen on track
Simon Young, on the front lines of the World Series in Las Vegas, reports on today's action... If you have never been to the Rio in Las Vegas for the WSOP, you could be forgiven for thinking there is a straightforward tournament each day. In fact, multiple events are...more
World Series: Hevad Khan out in 11th place
Simon Young continues with the PokerStars coverage from this year's World Series with news of more success for Team PokerStars Pro... Perhaps it was just never meant to be Hevad Khan's day. Down to two tables in the $2,500 pot-limit hold'em/Omaha event he was held up on his way...more
World Series: Hevad Khan can in pot limit...
Another day done in the desert, as Simon Young reports... From the 453 who set out on the rocky road to the $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha bracelet, just two tables remain. Of those 18, Team PokerStars Pro Hevad Khan is still at his seat. The larger-than-life Khan started the...more
World Series: Jason Mercier adds bracelet to resume
A day full of action, success and more success for PokerStars players at the World Series, as Simon Young reports... He may come from the US, but Jason Mercier is a well known heavyweight on the EPT circuit. A PokerStars player, he found himself winning the first EPT San...more
World Series: Daniel Negreanu pursues bracelet number five
Simon Young reports from Las Vegas... He already has four WSOP bracelets to his name, but now Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu is homing in on number five after reaching the final 11 players of the $10,000 World Championship 7-card Stud. They say the greatest poker players are those...more
World Series: Tom McEvoy shows them how it's done
Simon Young reports from the front line in the Amazon Room... It may be 26 years since he won the WSOP Main Event, and the hair has grown grey (on head and beard), but Tom McEvoy today showed he has lost none of his shrewd poker ability. What makes...more
World Series: Champions go head to head
Simon Young reports from the Amazon Room front line... PokerStars is home to the world champions. So when the WSOP introduced a Champions Invitational to this year's Las Vegas schedule, it was always going to be rammed with members of our team. Fighting for bragging rights, a shiny 1970...more
WSOP Event 2: Close call for Greg Raymer
The second event on this year's World Series schedule turned out to be a good one for PokerStars. First Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso cashed in 27th place for $71,050. Then, as players were whittled away PokerStars player Isaac Haxton, Team PokerStars Holland Pro Lex Veldhuis and former World...more
WORLD SERIES MEMORIES: Greenstein multi-tabling
"There are people counting on me." Brad Willis reports on another flash back to World Series's of yore... I remember Barry Greenstein saying that to me a few years back. It was so antithetical to the well-established poker mindset, it was hard to fit in my head. If you ask...more
EPT Monte Carlo High Roller: Vanessa Rousso wins the lot
Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso already had more than $1.3 million in tournament winnings when she arrived in Monte Carlo. She hardly needed to prove her ability to the poker world, but if there's one thing that cements a place among the game's great and the good, then winning a...more
The boy (and girl) from Brazil
It's been a month of new faces to Team PokerStars Pro. First the not so unknown Johnny Lodden signed up to those of the red spade, then the likely lads of World Champion Peter Eastgate and his World Series rival Ivan Demidov. Well there are some more ready to hoist...more
Newest member of the team
There was a time when young Scandinavian poker phenomenoms were as commopn as internet start-ups. With many looking for investment a short period of boom got everyone excited until capitalist realities, tied in with nature's 'survival of the fittest', seperated the high-minded from the high-skilled. Just as businesses floundered so...more
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