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SCOOP 2013: JKMatthews denies Horecki and "JC" to add SCOOP title to MM silverware in Event #38-L ($27 NL Omaha Hi/Lo)

SCOOP 38-L had everything the spectator might wish for in a final table - a dominating chip leader, known as JulianChrist no less; good humour, a Team PokerStars Pro and a winner adding SCOOP to MircoMillions silverware in the shape of JKMatthews, who took the title and a first prize of $10,100.16. As during his MM56 victory, JKMatthews demonstrated the same style and panache that served him so well earlier in the year. His final table strategy seemed to be to let the others bash heads, while he waited for...more

Sunday Million

Neeeeek nicks Stammdogg for Sunday Million title


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Tonight, three formidable forces in the PokerStars universe clawed their way back to the Sunday Million final table. Ten months ago, Austria's Gambler4444 won the Million, banking $159,000 on July 1 of last year, Tobias "PokerNoob999" Reinkemeier captured his Sunday Million crown in May 2011, and Kevin "Stammdogg" Stammen made...more


Sunday Million: Rozar1o Agro grabs win, $198K after chop; $201K for pasha I986


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It was yet another huge Sunday Million this week with 7,695 runners coming out to play the weekly $215 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament. The Ukraine's Rozar1o Agro had but an average stack to start the final table, and when heads-up play began with pasha I986 of Belarus the latter enjoyed...more


Sunday Million: Pr0fiteer earns nice return, $222K for first


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In a tournament with thousands of players, it's usually the case that many will occupy the top spot in the counts before a winner is ultimately decided. But it's the final stages when sitting in first position is most desirable, and this week's Sunday Million winner Pr0fiteer was able to...more

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Sunday Warm-Up

Sunday Warm-Up: worst_nuts has the best hand, winning $94K after two-way deal


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We await the return of the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) next week as 132 watches look for a wrist to claim as a new home. Tonight's Sunday Warm-Up with 3,264 runners looking to claim a Sunday Major before the around-the-clock low, medium, and high stakes tournament test all...more


Sunday Warm-Up: hbx13902 boxes out the field landing the win and $93K


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Ah, spring is here and with it comes the Spring Championship of Online Poker or otherwise known as SCOOP. Bracelet hunting become watch hunting on May 12th as the low, medium, and high versions of Event #1's NLHE 6-max will get everyone's attention. Especially the alarm clocks of the PokerStarsBlog's...more


Sunday Warm-Up: phaplap is all that winning $98K after three-way deal


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Making a Sunday Major final table is quite the accomplishment. First, you need to have the means of buying into the tournament or the skill to acquire a ticket through the many satellite opportunities. Then, defeating past champions, Team PokerStars Pros and Team Online members, and several thousand players to...more

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MicroMillions

Watch the MicroMillions Main Event final table


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The MicroMillions Main Event played out on Sunday capping off the largest ever online poker series with a gargantuan 1,572,760 entries playing. As you can find out here the amount paid out throughout the festival was close to double that guaranteed with $9,588,892.60 paid out across 100 low buy-in tournaments....more


The MicroMillions breaks records (again)


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The MicroMillions online series keeps getting bigger and better. This fourth incarnation of the 100-event festival close to doubled its overall guarantee by paying out $9,588,892.60. A total - and astonishing - number of tournament entries clocked in at 1,572,760 making the MicroMillions 4 the most played tournament series ever....more


MicroMillions 4: Ges26 crowned MicroMillions 4 Main Event champion!


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This was it. The big one! After 99 incredible events where we've seen countless stories of players turning their tiny investments into four and five figure returns, this was the ultimate rags-to-riches opportunity. This was truly life-changing. This was the MicroMillions 4 Main Event. Tens upon tens of thousands would...more

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WCOOP

WCOOP 2012: Meeting the winners


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Sixty-five events, sixty-five champions and sixty-five stories to tell. WCOOP may be great for us to shout about the guarantee-obliterating $55,522,590 that was given out in prizes but to the individual winners playing from gas stations, residences, warehouses, farmhouses, hen houses, outhouses and doghouses around the world it means so...more


WCOOP 2012: Introducing the million dollar man, Marat 'maratik' Sharafutdinov


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On Sunday evening no-one had heard of the name 'maratik', let alone Marat Sharafutdinov. By Tuesday afternoon poker blogs, forums and news outlets were awash with the story of Maratik, the man who had turned 40 frequent player points into a million dollars. His deal negotiations have already become legendary,...more


WCOOP 2012 review: Hailing the heroes


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The 2012 World Championship of Online Poker has come to an end after 22 days, 65 tournaments and a guarantee-smashing $55,522,590 in prizes. Millionaires have been made, bubbles have been burst and a new set of heroes have stepped into the limelight. If there was any doubt that this year's...more

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Super Tuesday

Negriin all grins after 5/7/13 Super Tuesday win, earns $106K


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This week saw the first Super Tuesday of May, and the last before the Spring Championship of Online Poker -- which starts Sunday -- comes along to take over the tourney calendar for the next couple of weeks. A total of 559 took seats at tonight's weekly $1,050 no-limit hold'em...more


David "Betudontbet" Emmons takes 4/30/13 Super Tuesday; Goldenboys chops for 2nd


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It was another big crowd gathered around the virtual tables for this week's Super Tuesday, the weekly $1,050 no-limit hold'em tournament on PokerStars. A total of 541 entered, building a $541,000 prize pool which once again crushed the $300K guarantee. And after 10-and-a-half hours it was David "Betudontbet" Emmons of...more


Jason "jdtjpoker" Wheeler rolling, chops and wins Super Tuesday again (4/23/13)


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As is usually the case for the Super Tuesday, the weekly $1,050 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament on PokerStars, a number of familiar names participated, with several still around at night's end. And from the field of 538 who played this week, it was one of the familiar ones atop the...more

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