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Isaac Haxton can see clearly now. And while the rain may be gone, the pain may not be. Tuesday he'll get a chance to change that. As you might have heard, Haxton was more than 600 hands deep into a big SuperStar Showdown with Viktor "Isildur1" Blom yesterday when his...more

Whew. That was a weekend and a half, wasn't it? One of those where you wake up on Monday and wonder if it was all real or if you contracted malaria and suffered fever dreams for 48 hours. In this case, it was real. A Sunday Million anniversary celebration worth...more

The countdown is on as the Women's Sunday approaches its first birthday. On March 25, what started as an experiment will celebrate its growth into the premiere online women's poker tournament in the world, and we cannot wait to get the party started! That party is already in motion with...more

After a 36-week hiatus, the SuperStar Showdown was set to return with a bang this afternoon. Isaac "philivey2694" Haxton, Viktor Blom's very first challenger (and the only net winner against him in Showdown matches) was back for another 2,500 hands at double the stakes. Only this time, rather than playing...more

They wrote. They tweeted. They played. Now, three people stand above the world's poker bloggers as the top dogs of the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker. Over the past past couple of weeks, eligible poker bloggers across the globe have been engaged in a battle of poker, blogging,...more

So, take a look at the logo on the left there. Most weeks out of the year, that logo serves its purpose completely. That's because most weeks, PokerStars guarantees one million bucks for the Sunday Million. This week, that logo is useless to me except for serving as the perfect...more

I will start by telling you my goals for 2012 1. Make as much money as possible 2. Reach 2 000 000 VPPs (2x Supernova Elite) 3. Go down to 15% body fat 4. Invest my money with double digits returns. Going for 2M VPPs and spending some time on...more

If revenge is, in fact, a dish best served cold, Viktor "Isildur1" Blom is doing it right. It's been nearly 15 months since he played his first SuperStar Showdown match. Indeed, it's been some 450 days since Blom dropped the first SuperStar Showdown to well-known rounder Isaac Haxton. Now, Blom...more

We've made much of the MicroMillions, the series' tiny buy-ins, and the big guaranteed prize pools. If you haven't seen our Tigger-like bouncing all over the PokerStars Blog, you probably haven't been looking closely enough. We're getting sort of caught up in the excitement. But, get this: there's a lot...more

Anyone starting out in poker may feel a little daunted; there's a lot to take in and a seemingly steep learning curve to climb. Even players who know the basics may feel they have no place to go to get tips and strategies without fuss. As ever, PokerStars has the...more

The chatter in Italy yesterday was all about Carla Solinas and her monster lead heading into the final table of the Italian Poker Tour Nova Gorica event. Solinas had more than twice as many chips as second-placed Dubravko Bagic. As it turned out, Solinas finished runner-up, but not to Bagic....more

I'm going to make this quick, because, I know you are busy. You've got three appointments before noon, a meeting with somebody important, and five phone calls to return. But, hey, there's still time for a PokerStars tournament with a big guarantee, right? Right. Seriously, right. Today PokerStars launched the...more

The Russians. They're at it again. They're winning all the money on PokerStars. It was the story last weekend, and it was the lead again this Sunday. Led by Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov (who won the Sunday 500 for more than $80,000), the Russians once again cleaned up this...more

Okay, okay. We get it. You really, really like the new PokerStars MicroMillions tournament series. As of this hour (a week and half before the series kicks off, by the way), nearly 18,000 people have already signed up for Event #1. It's sort of overwhelming. In fact, it's gotten so...more

The PokerStars Italian Poker Tour never fails to deliver, bringing big fields and plenty of excitement. The Nova Gorica event, which reaches a climax later today, proves the point once more. Leading the final eight is Carla Solinas, one of the emerging talents of Italian poker. When I say leading...more