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"The players are calling it The Thing," Emma said. It was her job to be in touch with the people at the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. She had listened, and she knew that many folks were exceptionally curious about what my colleague Rick Dacey described as the "the elasticated crisscross...more

In case you didn't know, poker players tend to like to gamble with their money, and I'm not talking strictly in cash games or poker tournaments. Prop betting offers another way for poker players to be in action and have their money on the line. Working in the industry, oftentimes...more

Though most people outside of North America refer to it as American football, the game's championship game is a worldwide event. Tens of millions of people around the world tuned in last night for the National Football League's Super Bowl. While it was a big deal, it was just background...more

I had a lot of travel problems getting to the PCA. I got stuck in Miami for one night, and had a lot of other flight problems. I showed up at the tournament very tired, which is not the way you want to be at a $100,000 tournament. I ran...more

The first Sunday of February brings another Women's Sunday to the masses of female poker players on PokerStars. Another month of the weekly events is on the way, along with a Facebook freeroll and other surprises. We can't give away all of our secrets, but you can trust that there...more

The biggest and richest tournament in all of Europe is on its way back to Monaco. After a one-year hiatus, the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final is returning to Monaco. As Season 8 of the EPT draws to a close, the EPT will pack its bags April...more

People often ask me why it is that PokerStars is the world leader in online poker. There are many factors, of course: best customer service, superior product and innovation spring to mind. I'd also add one more... PokerStars has the best players. By that I mean they are the most...more

The are rules of etiquette when it comes to things like this. If a ball is about to hit you in the face, I'm supposed to immediately yell, "Heads up!" If your mother-in-law is on her way to your house, I'm supposed to call you ten minutes in advance so...more

The first month of a new year is always exciting, especially so for the Women's Poker League. It all kicked off on January 3, and a new division was added to the two existing ones to give players more choices and competition. That $5.50 league drew in some new players...more

As a guy who recently had a brief vision scare, I can attest that it's a bit off-putting when your eyesight goes all wonky out of the blue. You can find yourself stumbling around, running into walls, and wondering what disgusting thing you did to deserve such divine punishment. However,...more

Do yourself a favor and just look at this list. Take some time. Enjoy yourself. Roll around in the excitement that comes with PokerStars giving away a bunch of money in a short period of time. As you're probably aware, the PokerStars 75 billionth hand is coming soon. How soon?...more

The last Super Tuesday of January drew a large group of 378 to play the weekly $1,050 no-limit hold'em tournament. That meant a prize pool of $378,000 -- again, as usual, crushing the $150K guarantee -- with the top 45 finishers dividing the cash and $73,143 due the winner barring...more

Over the course of the past few years, we have come to wonder when Danny McDonagh slept. When we arrived at any tournament venue, he was there and looked like he'd just come in from a week's rest at a luxury spa. When we left 14 hours later, McDonagh was...more

Just before the PCA, we unveiled the all-new PokerStars television campaign, We Are Poker. Featuring highly-charged, atmospheric scenes, these ads went down well and will be coming to a television screen near you some time soon. Now PokerStars has released a third advert in the series. Watch out for appearances...more

Slow. Motion. That's. What. This. Monday. Is. It's not only that I had a really long weekend or that I'm out of coffee. It's that after a week and half of the Turbo Championship of Online Poker, I'm really used to everything moving very, very fast. TCOOP ended last night,...more