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It's a real pleasure to have April Fools' Day behind us. People just don't take anything on the internet seriously in the hours leading up to that day. And, frankly, the kinds of things that tend to appear on this blog can sometimes seem rather unbelievable. More than 150,000 people...more

Spring is here. The clocks have changed. Daffodils have sprung and everyone's juice is up. I'm going to dedicate my spring and summer to finding ways not to be in these dismally cloudy isles for next winter. It's been a slog! I'm hoping I won't need to resort to a...more

If this new PokerStars promotion had been released last Friday, everyone would've thought it was an April Fools' Day gag. It's that crazy. This new promo is the ultimate fantasy for a sports fan. It's the type of thing you'd discuss over beers with your friends. It would sound a...more

There are many decisions facing online poker players on Sundays. How many tournaments to play? Try satellites or buy in directly? Play from the couch or at a desk? What to type in the chat box? Tweet the table action or retweet the Big Ben clock? You get the picture....more

The first Sunday Warm-Up of April saw 4,629 players lay down the $200+$15 entry fee, together building a total prize pool of $925,800 -- well above the tourney's $750K guarantee. The top 675 finishers got paid in this one, with the winner due $145,241.61 barring any late night deal-making. When...more

Some poker players believe in beginner's luck, and we've all seen it happen. A new player comes into the game, hardly seems to understand the rules, and scoops every pot. So we wondered if our first Women's Sunday event last week was just that - the luck of the first...more

Viktor Blom isn't the type of guy who seems like he considers danger. Depending on the day, he's either the Roadrunner or Wile E. Coyote. On neither day, however, does it appear he gives one diddly-damn whether he's in peril. As he told me a couple of months ago over...more

I am proud to announce that I have renewed with PokerStars to continue to be a Team Online Pro. I am really looking forward to remaining with PokerStars. I didn't even give it a second thought when they asked me to continue being a team online pro when my contract...more

Hundreds of thousands of you were online at PokerStars trying to hit the 60 billionth hand we'd ever dealt. With more than $100,000 in potential winnings, everyone wanted their chance to bag a fortune for free. Only one player could take it down, however, and the lucky man was Michael...more

When I started on the EPT during 2008, a Belgian player was hard to find in the poker world. I knew they were out there. Belgians are fine poker players. It just took us a while to get the recognition we deserve. Belgians are a shy people who are not...more

In a world of super powers, no one expects Belgium to come up and bite them in the tuchus. It's such a small, friendly little country of smiling, friendly people. Who would expect its poker players to engage in such a vicious campaign for EPT Best Country? Belgium? Yes, Belgium,...more

There are regular champions, and there are EPT champions. Now, the EPT is set to crown its Champion of Champions. The special invitational tournament is scheduled for the final day of the EPT Grand Final festival in Madrid. On the invitation list? Everybody who has won an EPT main event...more

The last Super Tuesday of March brought out 394 entrants, creating a total prize pool of $394,000, once again topping the $1,050 buy-in tourney's $300K guarantee. The top 45 finishers would be dividing the cash, with first place due a handsome $76,239. After about three-and-a-half hours the field had been...more

I don't want to get over dramatic about these things, but today someone is going to be given a substantial amount of cash just for playing at PokerStars. And, well, that is quite dramatic. The lucky winner of the 60 billionth hand dealt at PokerStars, and it will hit a...more

Seven Greeks and one Swede began their ultimate battle on noon, this Sunday, to claim the title of the first ever poker tournament on Greek Soil : the inaugural Pokerstars.net Greek Poker Cup. Daniel Carlsson from Sweden had the clear advantage from the very beginning. He was the chip leader...more