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Early in my formative years as a PokerStars blogger, I pondered often over two questions: why did PokerStars not have its own live poker room somewhere? And surely there was more it could do to embrace poker interest that was growing fast in the Far East? Turns out that the...more

A recent online documentary of Team PokerStars Online's Adrienne 'TalonChick' Rowsome showed see had a fun attitude to life. Well, in case you needed any more persuading, she has made a great video as she looks ahead to the PCA. Turns out our Adrienne final tabled the Canada Cup promotional...more

PokerStars has today announced the return of the Estrellas Poker Tour for Season 3, with events running from January to August. Stops include Madrid in January, Ibiza and San Sebastian, with the Grand Final being held in Barcelona. Each venue will host a fiesta of poker with schedules packed full...more

As you can imagine, winning a high roller event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is lucrative. In January's $100,000 Super High Roller, Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov won $1.5 million, while Will Molson bagged nearly $1.1 million in the $25,000 High Roller. Now, for the 2012 PCA high rollers, winning...more

Christmas is near, and that means it's time for the European Poker Tour to head back to Prague once again. The season 8 visit to Prague begins on Monday, hosting 21 events at the Hilton Prague. The Main Event runs from December 5 through 10. A direct buy-in will dent...more

He had lit up the online poker world by seemingly coming from nowhere to play the nosebleed stakes cash games, enduring wild swings along the way by winning or losing in the biggest pots poker had seen. But what was also remarkable was that Isildur1 was an enigma. Quite simply,...more

The PokerStars 10th Anniversary is providing us with so much breaking news that we're beginning to feel like a 24-hour television news channel with those 'breaking news' graphics that scroll across the screen whenever anything significant happens in the world. Today is no different, and we bring you another major...more

There's a fine line between being rude or oblivious and actually breaking the rules in poker. On the other hand, some players may get so concerned with being polite that they refrain from maximizing their edge. In this post, I'll go over a number of things that may confuse you--from...more

The last Sunday in November was on tap, and people around the world were beginning to wind down their year, getting together for holidays with family and looking back on the last 11 months that comprised the majority of 2011. For women in poker, it was a big year, but...more

To the wider world, poker is selfish game. It's just about beating the next man or woman and taking their money, right? Well, yes, but because of that many would like to believe poker players are money-grabbers without a care for others. Rubbish. Anyone who has played on PokerStars for...more

The Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event has come to a close and we've crowned a new champion with PokerStars Team Online member Randy "nanonoko" Lew proving that he can adapt his game from the virtual world onto the live felt with a stunning breakthough victory this evening. Wind...more

Innovation is a word you will have seen a lot during our PokerStars 10th Anniversary review articles. Innovating and then perfecting have been two of PokerStars' mantras as it seeks constantly to improve its offering to players worldwide. Even we on the PokerStars Blog were a little surprised when this...more

I had never been to Greece before this European Poker Tour event in Loutraki, but obviously I had certain expectations of ancient, colossal monuments and amphitheaters all around the place. Sadly, when I arrived at Athens airport it was pitch black and I was unable to see much, but at...more

Shanghai born, Melbourne raised, and currently living in Macau, it's no wonder that Celina Lin has a love affair with travel, cultural fusion, and food. It's also fortunate that her role as Team PokerStars Pro allows the opportunity to combine these passions into a way of life. We chatted with...more

So there I was back in 2009, standing quietly by a table in the cavernous Amazon Room in the Rio. This was, if I recall correctly, the $10,000 7-card Stud event at the World Series of Poker. Likely I'd just been outside for a cigarette in the scorching Las Vegas...more