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If you're like me, you look at those sweepstakes announcements on the back of your morning cereal box and think, "Nobody ever wins those things! It's all fake! If only they would publish the photos of the winners!" Well, if you're like that, you might also wonder the same thing...more

Where better to spend freezing February than the fringes of the Arctic Circle? Such has been the discussions at EPT HQ over the past six years, and no one yet has found reason to go anywhere other than Copenhagen, Denmark, one of only four destinations to feature on every single...more

Valentines Day...Hallmark holiday or occasion to celebrate your love for the significant man, woman, or household appliance in your life? That was the big question for legions of people who settled into their chairs yesterday and ignored it all in an attempt to win some big money on a Valentines...more

It's fairly amazing how quickly PokerStars can deal a million hands. In fact, it sometimes happens so quickly, you miss it entirely. Alan Lui had no idea he was in a milestone hand during the F40 celebration. In fact, the Supernova Elite had to be told by a buddy who...more

If you have spent any time on PokerStars over the last couple of days, you might have noticed people winning money even if they folded pre-flop. In fact, there are people winning scads of money even after they lost a hand. How? Well, the F40 promotion going on right now,...more

For the third straight year, the Macau Poker Cup is coming back to PokerStars Macau. March 3-7, PokerStars Macau at Casino Grand Lisboa will host the quarterly event. The March Macau Poker Cup will feature six events and live satellites to the $1 million Red Dragon tournament. Players will also...more

Ah, it seems like just yesterday we were celebrating PokerStars 20 billionth hand. Those were heady times, weren't they? And, my, how time flies when you're winning your monthly nut. After several failed attempts with an abacus, we hired a math major from the local university to do some counting...more

Remember the days when, if you wanted to go see a concert, you had to go stand in line or even camp out overnight to get tickets? These days, standing in line is passé. When you want tickets, you sit at your computer and pound on the keys until you...more

Who is tired this morning? Raise your hand. Very good. Thank you. Among the people with their fingers stretched toward the sky, there are a couple of distinct groups. The first is the 60 million or so people who spent their Sunday glued to the television for the NFL's Super...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

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

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 Rebekah Mercer Women had another good showing at the PCA (PokerStars Caribbean Adventure) this year and continued to demonstrate that poker is not just "a man's game" anymore. The women in this year's Main Event cashed at the same rate as men, and they demonstrated that, like men, they...more

On Tuesday January 12, most PokerStars staffers were sitting in the Imperial Ballroom of the Atlantis Resort and Casino. We heard about a tsunami warning and were told to stay inside and away from the water. We shrugged it off and went back to work. A few minutes later, we...more

Listen, PokerStars, if you're just going to keep breaking records like it's your job, we're going to have to hire more writers. We'll assume everybody heard the sonic boom yesterday about 4:30pm ET when the PokerStars Sunday Million once again broke its record for biggest field and biggest prize pool....more