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"This was a short breath from heaven"--PokerStars player downtheline shortly after winning the $500,000 Guranteed tournament on 5/29/05Why should he have any hope? I mean, many of us have been there before. We reach a final table in a big tournament but have barely enough chips to survive a few...more

This time a week ago I was somewhere over the Atlantic, an iPod shooting music into my ears to drown out the three kids two rows in front of me, and wondering if I could stand another viewing of "National Treasure" on the seatback screen in front of me (the...more

Let's be clear from the outset about the real subject of this post. NEW 20% desposit bonus at PokerStars.com Good from now until June 2 at 11:59PMNow that we have that estabished, I have a bone to pick with conventional wisdom.You know, until you really start listening, you don't realize...more

If you're a frequent reader of poker blogs or forums, you've no doubt seen a lot of conversations about people playing as a team online. In an effort to clear up any confusion about the very clear line between team play and collusion, I reached out to PokerStars Poker Room...more

Editor's note: The following is a guest post from Denver-area freelance writer and PokerStars friend Lisa Jo Barr.FULL HOUSE CELEBRITY POKER TOURNAMENTTHE MILE HIGH STATION, DENVER, COBy Lisa Jo BarrIt was a classic spring day in Denver, Colorado --not too warm--not too cold. But the temperatures didn't stay that way...more

I've been a guitar player for the better part of the last twenty years. I didn't think the callouses on the end of my fingers could get any thicker. This week proved me wrong. There's been a lot going on and my typing fingers are all but worn out.First off,...more

I woke up today with the World Series of Poker on my mind. Sure, there were other things like, "I really should brush my teeth and find a new brand of deodorant." But those took a backseat to WSOP thoughts. Of course, my dentist and anyone with olfactory senses might...more

Note: We've had a couple new news bits come in at day's end. So, if you were here earlier, be sure to check out the first two items below. With less than two months to go before the World Series of Poker main event (and less than a month until...more

The British Poker Open is in the books and PokerStars players Greg Raymer and Andreas Harnemo walked away with some cash. Our correspondents across the pond report that Raymer was battling toward the top when his ace got out-kicked. Nonetheless, he still took third for 20,000 pounds. Harnemo took fourth...more

Back in the old days, old school reporters would sit chain-smoking next to the newsroom wire teletype, waiting for news from far away lands. My, but we've come a long way. Tonight, PokerStars players Greg Raymer and Andreas Harnemo will be playing at the final table of the British Poker...more

It was a week of numbers here in the land of PokerStars.com. I found myself waking from restless daydreams about a giant Sesame Street version of the number five sitting across the table from me in a heads up match. He flipped over pocket fives to my pocket aces. When...more

At the risk of offending numerologists, pattern-seekers, and fans of the American CBS crime drama "Numb3rs," one can waste a lot of energy in the fruitless pain to find meaning or patterns in numbers of coincidence. Still, upon hearing that today is, in fact, May 5, 2005 (aka 05-05-05), I...more

When I started poker blogging a few years ago, it was a challenge to find a couple dozen people who were interested in logging in every day to check out the latest poker news. Apparently, that's all changed.When PokerStars launched the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure blog in January, it floored me...more

This, quite simply, is neat.The fine folks at PokerStars have decided that PokerStars players will be able to use their W$ to buy into some of the preliminary World Series of Poker events. That means, if you're one of those people with a bunch of unused W$ sitting around, you...more

In a previous life, I spent many years in the TV news industry. Story subjects were often dumbfounded with the amount of time and effort that goes into a two-minute piece. Moreover, they rarely could understand the amount of tape that ended up on the proverbial cutting room floor. That...more