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You might be one of those fortunate people who gets out once a week for a home game with your buddies. You look forward to it all week and when the day finally comes, you can't wait to get to the game. PokerStars has found a way to bring the...more

We've always thought the whole U.S. East Coast vs West Coast gangsta rap battle should've had more legs. It seemed like something that could've lasted a lot longer and ended 20 years later with a steamboat war on the Mississippi River. Fortunately, we have a new battle brewing (or one...more

At 34 years old, the PokerStars player simona75 has done something only a select few PokerStars players do in a year. He's made it to the level of Supernova Elite. This marks him among the top 160 or so most active players at PokerStars. So, you might think it odd,...more

How many places do you go for the first time and the proprietor says, "Hey, man, thanks for coming! Want two grand?" That's sort of what PokerStars is doing this weekend as it throws its depositor freeroll finals. Pokerstars is currently offering eight freerolls a day to people who reload...more

So, the other day, we wrote a piece here about a Russian gentleman who did something fairly significant. He played more than 40,000 hands in less than 24 hours. We gave the accomplishment its due applause, and then started hearing, "Well, I can do that!" from a lot of people....more

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has spent years awarding millions of dollars to it winners. Now, the PCA and its players are set to give something back. PokerStars has long been a supporter of AIDS research charities. Going back several years, PokerStars has been a proud supporter of the AIDS fundraising...more

This is the end, my friend. Actually, it's just the beginning of the end. And really, it's only the beginning the end of 2009. We still have another three years before we really have to worry about the end (and that's only if we believe the Mayans, Hollywood, and a...more

In June this year, PokerStars launched the Czech and Slovak Poker Tour, a gentle four-event series costing about $750 a pop, with the intention of bringing affordable poker to a whole region of inexperienced players. The thing is, a young student from Prague named Jan Skampa has clearly been putting...more

Eight players will contest the EPT Prague final table, starting at noon on Sunday at the Hilton hotel in the Czech capital. Details of the full prize-pool, and winners so far, is on the prizewinners page. The chip leader is the only local player remaining in the field, the Prague-based...more

Day two at an EPT main event is always good for some action. The pace of eliminations is always frenetic with more players busting than anyone ever anticipates, with high- and low-profile casualties along the way. For them an immediate future of side events and hotel bills, for the rest,...more

Like little twinkling lights strung around a Christmas tree in Prague's Old Town Square, the stars of European poker came out to play at the Hilton this afternoon. And if you can bear to read on after perhaps the most ghastly, twee, laboured and crow-barred lead into a PokerStars blog...more

The Russian Poker is back and has crowned a brand new champion. This weekend in Kyiv, Ukraine, 123 players sat down for the Main Event and played for the $220,720 prize pool. Some of the biggest names in Russian poker showed up to play, including Alex Kravchenko, Ivan Demidov, Alexander...more

We love of a good game of What Does Johnny Lodden Think (although, we prefer a game of What Does (French EPT Commentator) Benjo Think?. So, after last night's Sunday Million, we would love to sit around and ruminate on what Lodden thinks about making the final table of the...more

Have you heard? Have you been living under a rock? Are you ready to win something for nothing this weekend? After a brief hiatus, the PokerStars Turbo Takedown is returning to its slot on the last Sunday of the month. That gives you and whoever else makes it in a...more

Think about how many hands of poker you'd play in one session of a live game. We'll be generous and give the dealer 30 hands per hour. We'll be generous again and figure you can sit still for ten hours. That means you saw around 300 hands between the time...more