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by Mad Harper Women positively blossomed at the PokerStars European Poker Tour London Poker Festival last week and showed they are more than a force to be reckoned with on the international poker circuit. Only a few days after her official launch as the newest member of PokerStars' elite team...more

It was $40 here and then $40 there. That's all it took to become a Team PokerStars Pro. Well, no. That's not all it takes for most people, but for Russian pro Maxim Lykov, it only took two small online poker deposits before he started on the road to today's...more

It's a new month, so it must mean there are more PokerStars software updates on the way. As always, the smart guys with the computers have figured out more ways to make PokerStars better. We've learned this morning that PokerStars will be releasing a new client update over the next...more

by Maryann Morrison Ah, London and the PokerStars European Poker Tour! I was invited to attend the Luxury Ladies Poker Event October 2-3, and I could hardly wait to go. I knew it would be well worth the eighteen-hour travel time from Canada. I love the sound of the chips...more

by Jo HaslamThere were a few hands to cause frantic chat box, "Wows" in this week's Twitter tourney. You don't get many "wows" for your well played hands, or your double bluff all-in with bells on clever poker moves; oh no, those moments tend to pass in silence, or...more

When it comes to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, it seems PokerStars ends every festival by saying, "Alright. That was great. Now, how can be make it bigger and better next year?" First it was a boat. Then it was a medium-sized room at a giant resort. Then it was a...more

The first Super Tuesday of October drew 385 players willing to part with $1,000+50, creating a total prize pool of $385,000. With the elimination of JBT449 in 46th place, the remaining 45 players had made the money. A number of Team PokerStars pros participated in the tournament, including USA's...more

Jens Thorson has beaten Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree heads-up to win his first major title and a £92,650 first prize. Thorson's previous best result was 22nd for €30,000 in San Remo last year. A total of 147 players entered the three-day £2,000 No Limit Hold'em event creating a prize...more

David 'Vampy' Vamplew, the PokerStars EPT London winner, has completed a quickfire double by taking down the UKIPT Champion of Champions event. Vamplew, who won the EPT London/UKIPT Main Event on Monday for £900,000, yesterday beat the eight other PokerStars UKIPT winners from Season 1 to earn a seat at...more

Student Arnoud van der Werf won the £120 EPT London Charity Event in aid of Cancer Research UK. The 22-year-old from Amsterdam won when his pocket queens hit made a set on the flop against Malaysian player Tim Hong Wong's pocket kings. There were a 646 entries including re-buys. Van...more

As a child, I'd cry when the Peanuts cartoons rolled the credits. In my little half-formed soul, I knew that seeing the "by Charles Shultz" at the end mean I was going to have to wait a very long time before Charlie Brown and Snoopy were on TV again (yes,...more

Well, hello there Sunday Million. Nice to see you again. The record-breaking 2010 World Championship of Online Poker having concluded, the first Sunday of October saw the PokerStars Sunday Million return from its month-long hiatus. Awaiting the Million were 7,638 players ready to rejoin online poker's largest weekly tournament --...more

Suffering from post-partum symptoms from the last month's worth of World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) tournaments? After a staggering $63 million in prize money along with 62 bracelets were given out over the past month, we could see a letdown until the next WCOOP event starts up in 336...more

by Jennifer Shahade If you've been keeping up with PokerStars Women, you may have noticed or played in satellites for the US Ladies Poker Championship, a Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) tour event held over Labor Day weekend. More than 80 players including four PokerStars qualifiers came to the Golden...more

PokerStars has announced the schedule for the second season of the UKIPT, which will kick off in Galway on December 2, 2010. The tour's inaugural season, which comes to a close this week at the Grand Final/EPT London, has so far paid out more than £2million in prize money, which...more