In poker you so often hear about how confidence and winning streaks are everything. They are apparently the reason people go on major heaters, get huge amounts of confidence in their reads and plays, and why they perform well in multiple tournaments in a row. And by that logic no...more

Here's a guy that's almost too cool for school but, by his own admission, you'll always find him there as his passion for poker drives him to learn more about the game every day. Felix 'xflixx' Schneiders is the newest addition to PokerStars Team Online and he's here to help...more

I was thrilled to know I am the first PokerStars-sponsored player to win the TLB Weekly. So when I thought what should I write about it for the blog, one thing came to my mind: the beginning of my career. Why? Because the way I see low stakes tournaments has...more

George Lind, who is better known as Team PokerStars Online's 'jorj95', has just completed what they said couldn't be done. And by 'they', I mean 'we'. When Lind made his bold proclamation that he would notch up a million VPPs, stay in pre-rakeback profit and lose 10 pounds in weight...more

Lately I had the idea to check all my cash-game results since I joined Team PokerStars Online. As I was chosen in the original 'draft', my Team Online adventure started on Dec 15th, 2009. In 2009 and 2010 I was still using PokerTracker (before switching to HM and HM2) and...more

Editor's note: Earlier this week, PokerStars released a short film about Shane Schleger that triggered a few memories in Trent Wyatt, a longtime PokerStars employee. In 2005, Wyatt was still a part-time player with a dream. This is what happened. March 25, 2005 started much like any other day off...more

Do you know George Jorj95' Lind III? You should. Not only is he the first player to have crossed the monumental 10,000,000 VPP barrier, but the member of Team PokerStars Online is also contesting for the SCOOP 2013 leader board. Lind has racked up 15 cashes in the series so...more

About a month before the EPT, I received an invitation to participate in the Million Euro Cash Game at Monte Carlo. One million euro buyin, no-limit hold'em, blinds of 1k/2k. It was to be, I believe, the biggest non-private cash game ever run in Europe, and definitely the biggest one...more

In the early part of my career in poker, Shane Schleger became one of the first people I identified as a real person with a fake name. That is, everyone called him "shaniac," and that was cool, because that's who he was. Over time, it became common to call real...more

Editor's note: Tomorrow, PokerStars Team Online will release a mini-documentary about Shane "shaniac" Schleger. We asked him to write a little bit about the making of the film. *** I'm not shy about expressing myself, but when it came time to start filming on my PokerStars Team Online short film,...more

Before this SCOOP came along, I decided to take a long poker trip around Europe. My first stop was in Berlin for the EPT. It's a great city and I absolutely loved it. After the tournament ended, I stayed in Berlin for about a week then went straight to Monte...more

Many poker players would answer "competition" when asked about what motivates them most in poker. If I was asked, I would answer it's the game itself - or rather my passion for gaming. I have been playing cards since I was seventeen and there have been no other worlds in...more

Within the poker community in my country the only thing anybody talks about is the Colombian LAPT in the city of Medellin, and it's just around the corner. This tournament was voted the best stop of the LAPT Tour in 2011. It also broke records with nearly 700 players playing...more

PokerStars' Team Online has a new German powerhouse in its stable tonight. Team Online announced this weekend that Felix 'xflixx' Schneiders is officially carrying the flag of the big red spade. "I still can't really grasp what happened over the course of the last few weeks, but here I am,"...more

The first poker game I played was a cashgame. I think a lot of people started with small SNG's at home with friends but back when I started I didn't even know you could play the game in a tournament format until at least 2 years later. My main game...more

(Part 1 is here) As a professional online poker player I have the privilege of being able to earn a living from almost anywhere in the world. In part 1 of this blog I gave some advice on how to select the right laptop for the job and set it...more

I wanted to take the time to briefly share my plans for the upcoming 2013 SCOOP series. I want to spend about $3,000 on tournament buy-ins, so my plan will be to diversify them over a lot of the Medium events in hopes of making a deep run or two....more

One of the best things about playing online poker for a living is the freedom to work from almost anywhere in the world. As long as I have a computer and an internet connection, everywhere is my office. I'd like to share with you some tips based on my experience...more

As a full-time satellite player, the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) was my favourite series of the year! Everyone wanted to play the biggest events and satellites would be full of inexperienced players, making those games awesome! This year I'm not a satellite player, but I'm just as excited...more

George Lind III--you might know him as Jorj95--might be clinically insane. I don't know what the medical manuals would call the sickness, but I'm going to dub it "Sick Challenge Syndrome." Lind announced yesterday that during the month of May, he's established three goals for himself. Any of them could...more