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The opening day of the PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) has concluded with 40 of the 73 starters progressing to day two in the ANZPT Adelaide Main Event. On a blisteringly hot Adelaide day, the best players from across the region chilled out in the Adelaide Casino...more

8.30pm: Da Silva da winner ... eventually Steve Topakas scored a crucial double-up to 22,000 within the last seven hands of the day after he won a flip with A♥ K♠ against an opponent's 8♦ 8♣ when the dealer spread the board of 6♣ A♣ 6♠ 7♠ J♣. On the...more

7pm: A haven from the heat After a tight start to the day, the rate of eliminations is starting to pick up as we prepare to tick into the final level of play on day 1A of the PokerStars.net ANZPT Adelaide Main Event. On a stinking hot Adelaide evening, many...more

The first Sunday Million of February was an exciting one. While it was no record-setting, history-making event like the special edition of the Million the week before, it brought in a large number of players. Despite a great number of people in the United States being preoccupied by a rather...more

Who Dat? Dat SuperNova philivey0997, who picked up $133,620.23for taking down the Sunday Warm-Up on the biggest sporting night of the western hemisphere. While millions of people tuned into a little football game in Miami, 4,900 players tuned into PokerStars for the Sunday Warm-Up. The prize pool of $980,000 was...more

When the World Blogger Championship started in 2005, it was designed as a way to reward the people who spend their time writing about the game we all love. A lot has changed since then. Technology has given us new blogging platforms, new blogging styles, and yea verily, Twitter. This...more

by Nichoel Peppe (NicP) I have been a "live" cash game player throughout my entire five+ years of playing poker. I have dabbled in online play periodically, but never once considered it as a means to making money. It was always just for fun and love of the game. The...more

There has been many a famous poker player who has lamented fame painting a target on his chest. At the next North American Poker Tour stop, we're going to see an event in which every player is wearing a bullseye. The NAPT has just announced a new event for the...more

The Venetian Poker Room may be the biggest in Vegas, but that doesn't mean it can't be filled up. Ever since the announcement of the North American Poker Tour's stop at the Venetian February 20-24, people have been pounding on the PokerStars qualifying satellites to get in. As of this...more

by Steve Paul-Ambrose One of the first things you learn playing poker is to avoid being results oriented. This is a pretty hard lesson for most; after losing a bunch of flips, shoving into aces or busting on the bubble it's hard not to second guess yourself and let the...more

"It's been a long time since I rock and rolled. It's been a long time since I did the stroll. Oh baby, let me get back, let me get back, Let me get back, Baby where I come from" -Led Zeppelin Two years. Seriously, two years! It's been that long...more

by Alex Kravchenko One of the most important strategies in MTTs is varying your game. That means that in similar situations with similar hands you must occasionally play a different way. For example, when you have a big hand pre-flop and there's a raise in front of you, sometimes you...more