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David Labchuk is used to making adjustments. He does it for a living. The chiropractor from Calgary spends his professional time cracking, manipulating, and working his patients back to normal. "I don't know what it's going to be like back in Calgary," he said. "Everyone is going to be asking...more

The numbers are already climbing, and this is only the second Women's Sunday of 2012. Call me Positive Patty (not really, please), but I believe that this tournament is going to regularly climb over 300 registrants as the weeks come and go. If that $10K guarantee is surpassed week after...more

In a rare video interview, Team PokerStars Pro Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom has talked about his joy at winning his first live tournament. And what an event to do it in: the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller. Team PokerStars Pro Blom picked up $1.25 million for his impressive win--beating...more

If you are a longtime PokerStars Blog reader, you have likely noticed some big changes in recent days. Beginning this week at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, we have introduced a brand new reporting system to bring you live updates from the field. The new system pretty much speaks for itself,...more

Happy New Year! As everyone celebrates the dawn of 2012, we must make sure to honor those who excelled in 2011. The Women's Poker League wound down its year of tournaments in two divisions, and we not only have the December cash prize winners, but we can announce the yearly...more

When Eugene Katchalov looks back on his poker career, he will be hard-pressed to find a year better than 2011. It was the year he became a Team PokerStars Pro. It was the year he won his first WOSP bracelet. It was a close second for his highest-earning year. As...more

Well, here it is. The year 2012. New chances. New resolve. New opportunities for all of those end-of-the-world predictions to finally come true. It's a glorious and historic time, to be sure. When historians of 2112 tell the tale of 2012, some of them will start much like this: And,...more

Happy New Year! As we welcome in 2012, there are great things on tap for female players on PokerStars. And why not kick things off with the Women's Sunday tournament? The staple in the list of Sunday "Specials" has grown by leaps and bounds over the past year, with prize...more

We know many of you will start the New Year with new goals and renewed vigour. To help you get off to the best possible start, PokerStars today announced a selection of special VIP Club offers that will reward all players, but especially those who play regularly at the tables....more

In all the years I've been writing the PokerStars Year in Review, I have never seen a year quite like 2011. Anyone with a true love for the game has spent the past twelve months on a roller coaster ride the likes of which we had never before experienced. Like...more

The popular PokerStars online webcasts are back for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, with both the High Roller and the Main Event finals being aired. Better still, the webcasts will be cards-up, meaning viewers can follow all the action knowing what cards a player holds. The broadcasts will be on a...more

It's not often that I, as a consumer, get excited by television ad campaigns. Injury compensation ads leave me cold; price-comparison website ads get super annoying after a short while; many ads for stores or cars do not inspire me to rush out and buy. Every now and again, however,...more

After the weekend of December 18th in which records ended up broken, players won millions, and PokerStars celebrated its 10th anniversary, there was no way--zero, nada, zilch--this past weekend was going to compete. Add to the fact this was a holiday weekend, and it was certain it was going to...more

At some point in the next couple of days, there is a very good chance you could be approached by a right jolly old elf, a bumbling laughing man with red checks, soot on his suit, and a belly that shakes like a bowl full of jelly. He'll have a...more

Editor's note: If you are not yet aware, Team PokerStars Pro and 2010 World Series of Poker champion Jonathan Duhamel was attacked in his home this week by men who beat and robbed him. We are respecting Duhamel's desire to begin his necessary recovery in private. During that time, he...more