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by Joe Cada You know that old phrase about how you can look at the glass like it's half empty, or you can look at it like it's half full? Let's just say that 'my glass is half full' way of looking at the 2010 World Series of Poker is:...more

by Jo Haslam This was a final table of big hands and back-from-the-dead comebacks.  SilAnt was the eventual victor, in the poker tournament equivalent of Hollywood gladiatorial combat. You think the lion's pinned our hero down and going for the kill? Not likely. With an acrobatic leap the tables are...more

Hanamichi23 is perfect. Or, better put, he is as perfect as he needs to be to win a $5,200 seat to the WCOOP Main Event. Hanamichi23 was the first person to correctly answer all 101 exceedingly hard questions in the WCOOP Poker Quiz we told you about last week. That...more

This week's $1,050 Super Tuesday tournament attracted 430 players, creating a prize pool of $430,000, with 54 players finishing in the money. Unfortunately for followers of Team PokerStars PRO, only one member made the money, as Chad Brown finished in 41st place, earning $2.365.00. JBlaze20 extinguishes LFMagic on bubble...more

by ElkY WCOOP. Those five letters means so much to me that I can't even fathom to tell you all about it. WCOOP is an awesome tournament series for so many reasons, and I'm always looking for that special time of the year when I can finally go back to...more

While you might expect PokerStars Italian Poker Tour events to be packed full of locals, recent tournaments have been happy hunting grounds for players from elsewhere in Europe. But IPT San Remo was a little different - all eight finalists were from the home country. No surprise, then, that an...more

Hey, listen, it's hard to impress a guy who never deposited a penny in an online poker account and managed to build a freeroll-to-riches bankroll. That took some work, so don't think you can just wave a gold bracelet in front of his eyes and think he's going to do...more

by Mad Harper Some of the best poker players in the world are heading for Portugal's stunning Algarve coast this week to compete in EPT Vilamoura, the second stop of EPT Season 7. Among the players is poker legend and Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, a super-keen golfer who has...more

This weekend was, as it is known in certain circles, the Sunday before the Sunday before. In less than two weeks, the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker will begin, rendering this weekly report of the big weekend activity moot. Why, ye ask? Because for a solid twenty-something days, WCOOP...more

by Bryan Huang The worlds most prestigious online poker championship (the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker) is drawing close and I've learnt several lessons from the Spring Championship Of Online Poker that I wish to share with fellow poker players, especially those based in the Asia-Pacific region. For those...more

As you probably know we like to follow Salvatore Bonavena here on the PokerStars Blog. The Italian Team PokerStars Pro became a firm favorite after taking down EPT Prague two years ago, and we've loved his pink jumpers ever since. We're therefore a little sad that he did not make...more

While the remaining 31 players at IPT San Remo are already guaranteed €3,100, it's the €200,000 for the winner that they're all after.. As they prepare for today's Day 3, the man leading the chase for first is Alberto Di Vilio on 721,500. Not far behind is Sergio Castelluccio with...more

They say a week is a long time in politics - just ask the Australians who are going to the polls today for one of the tightest elections in years. But the poker world packs a lot into seven days, too: PokerStars has crowned the first champion of EPT Season...more

Now, you can play the World Championship of Online Poker $5,200 buy-in Main Event for nothing. You don't even have to play poker to get your seat. All you have to do is take the PokerStars WCOOP Poker Quiz and be the first person to score 100%. Ready? Set? Wait!...more

First San Marino, then Venice and now San Remo - idyllic locations, great venues and fine food. No wonder the PokerStars Italian Poker Tour is so popular. San Remo is like a second home for the IPT, and the latest stop this week for IPT Season 2 saw Nicola D'Alessio...more