Sunday Grind: May 5, 2013 Cinco de Mayo falling on a Sunday inevitably meant it would be a working holiday for me. Each Saturday night, I feel like I did when I was nine and beyond excited to go to Space Camp the next day, the unfortunate effect of which...more

Here we are again. The Grand Final of the European Poker Tour Season 9. When you work on the tour, it feels like years are months and months are days. This is going to be my fourth season as the Belgian EPT presenter, and I can still remember my first...more

How did Sarah Grant go from film school at New York University to interviewing poker players in Monte Carlo? Her answer is simple: "The universe pushed me into this, and it's made me happier than anything ever before." Sarah's path to her current role with PokerNews and PokerStars wasn't one...more

Most recently, I was the on-camera hostess at the European Poker Tour in Berlin. In Berlin, I was astounded by a rich and fascinating history. And now, just a few days later, I find myself at the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final. While Monte-Carlo has a fascinating history...more

I returned from EPT Berlin to find a really sweet and uplifting message in my Facebook inbox. It was from a fellow named Michael who wrote to say he'd been grinding the small stakes MTTs online for a few years and had developed a huge love for poker, but had...more

"Cancer, we're coming to get you!" This is the battle cry of the women who run, walk or jog Race for Life to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Since Race for Life started in 1994, six million women have taken part, raising more than £493 million for Cancer Research...more

The start of May shows quite a bit of excitement on the horizon. As I write, players from around the world are in Monte Carlo - or in transit - for the much-anticipated season finale of the European Poker Tour. Those of us who aren't in Monaco, well, we're living...more

With her recent addition to the PokerStars Team Pro roster, Leo Margets has become a recognizable and formidable force for women in the game. Her 27th place finish at the 2009 WSOP Main Event brought media notoriety and a cash of $352,832. Her first place finishes at the Full Tilt...more

The month of April was full of excitement for the women of PokerStars, with everything from our ever-growing lineup of online tournament offerings to the live events like EPT Berlin and the upcoming EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final. And it all provides the setup for May, when players converge on...more

The current issue of The Advocate recently named Vanessa Selbst to its list of "architects of the next decade" by including her as a member of its "40 under 40" list. The magazine/website is the oldest LGBT publication in the U.S. and has been very influential in the gay rights...more

At the YouTube hangout for the Women's Sunday 2nd birthday party, Team Pro Celina Lin said she was "doing more travelling since I got married cause I feel like it's my last chance to travel and play...till the babies start popping out." In the past few years, I've also been...more

Being a hostess for PokerStars.tv, I have had the privilege of visiting some of the most glamorous cities in the world. There are a few things outside of poker (and vast sums of money being thrown around, of course) that connect all the stops on the European Poker Tour. Every...more

Coming off a second place finish at the recent UKIPT Series Main Event for £13,140, Lydia Cugudda is seeing the payoff from the last five years of work on her game. Lydia, who plays under the screen name "domilid," learned to play at a local club in Germany where she...more

Kathrine Weir yesterday won the €330 women's event for €4,200 as foreign raiders froze out local players from a podium finish. Weir (USA), Johanna Kamp (Netherlands) and Hui-Chen Kuo (China) took the lion's share of the €11,349 prize pool. This was a career largest recorded live win for Weir. EPT9...more

April has presented many new opportunities for women on the PokerStars tables. The weekly PLO tournaments are doing well, with more new players trying out the games each week. (The $5.50 PLO is on Thursday at 15:00 ET, and the $1.10 PLO is on Sunday at 15:15 ET.) Add to...more

Sunday Grind: April 14, 2013 The night before my Sunday Grind, my favorite pastime is to go down to the hot tub in our complex that overlooks the ocean. Often, my husband and I will relay hands to each other from the jam-packed Saturday session, and I'll put my back...more

I'd like to see a show of hands. Who would like to receive a €2,300 prize package to go to the EPT Monte Carlo and play in the Women's Event? Maybe the better question is this... Does anyone NOT want to go to Monaco? First of all, it's Monte Carlo....more

She was born in the small town of Prokuplje and never played cards as a child. But in January of 2013, she traveled 49 hours to get from Serbia to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas to play cards. On weekday mornings, Lidija Nikodinovic spends her time cleaning, washing,...more

The women of PokerStars have more options than ever for exclusive tournaments. They ask for more events, and we try to accommodate. For example, March's Omaha Week prompted the establishment of two new PLO tournaments for women only. The Thursday event is at 15:00 ET, requires a $5.50 buy-in, and...more

Esther Maludzinski and I have a history. On the day after Christmas in 2010, we were two of three players remaining in the last online satellite to the 2011 PCA Ladies Event. Two $3,500 packages were on the line, but after running her pocket fours into OCQueenie's pocket tens, Esther...more