Viktor Blom is not an easy man to track down. I've known this for a long time. The media stalked him as Isildur1 for months. When it came time to cop to his identity, I still had to walk halfway across an island and find him in the back of a bar. He's wily. He's elusive.

It was déjà vu all over again. Here we were at a SCOOP final table. It was a $2,100 event. They were playing Stud Hi-Lo, and Shaun Deeb was dominating. Was I in some sort of time warp or didn't I already write this article two days ago?

If Deeb made hist

Players managed to get a few SCOOPs of Stud today.

While today's seven-card tournament was Hi/Lo, the stakes were high. 452 players put up $215 a piece to create a $90,400 prize pool. By using fancy PokerStars mathematical magic, it was decided that 6

Where have you done it? On a boat? In a moat? On a Carnival float? You can do it anywhere you like these days, and now PokerStars is set to give you a free iPad just for a picture of you doing it.

PokerStars Mobile gives you the ability to play poker wherever

After three hundred million hands, PokerStars has stripped the beta label off Zoom Poker and made it official. The newest poker innovation from PokerStars HQ is now officially ready for primetime.

A couple of months ago, PokerStars put out a beta release of Z

In some respects, this couldn't be a more perfect day to host a Women's Sunday tournament. Sure, it happens every Sunday, but its presence on a day that some countries in the world celebrate Mother's Day is better than a coincidence. For those mothers who love poker,

Shaun Deeb woke up this morning with a near lock on Player of the Series. He could have taken the day off and went surfing or hang gliding. But instead of those high-end adventure sports, he fired up his computer, logged onto PokerStars and bought into another SCOOP

There are a handful of players in the 2012 SCOOP series who are dominating the headlines. Viktor Blom is a Team PokerStars Pro and online poker legend, in some respects. Shaun Deeb is a skilled online player with many titles, including a previous SCOOP win, to go with

No straights. No flushes. No trips or pairs or aces (always high). No, it's broken hands, uncoordinated cards, and lowly deuces players desire when it comes to fixed-limit, deuce-to-seven triple draw. And if at first they don't succeed in obtaining such, they draw

Pokerstars Macau recently announced its move to the newly renovated and revamped Grand Waldo Entertainment Complex. This place has its sweet memories for me, as I had finished third in the APPT Macau in 2008 which was my biggest live tournament success at the time.

SCOOP starts this Sunday (like you didn't know already) and I'm getting ready to get my grind on. I'm planning on playing as many events as possible, and I'm excited about the variety of games offered in this year's schedule. The world outside the familiarity of the

Hello everyone! SCOOP 2012 has arrived! I've compiled my list of events (mainly NL and FL holdem) for you guys to see! I'll be playing the majority of the events on this list unless I change my mind on some or depending on my mood. It might be tough playing every single

When Roy Bhasin began playing games with his family as a child, he never could have envisioned it would lead to where he is today. The Sydney, Australia, native recently became the newest member of Team PokerStars Online, an honor he considered a "pipe dream"