The last bit of snow has finally melted here in the northland as spring has finally arrived despite a very bad weather groundhog by the name of Punxsutawney Phil stating the spring thaw was supposed to come early this year. Luckily for the SnG players at PokerStars getting a foot...more

Spring time has broken out for most of our players. Unless you live in Canada like four players who made today's $50,000 Battle of Planets monthly triple shootout freeroll final table. Despite a few days of "Spring" weather, ice is still showing on some lakes with snowbanks prevalent while driving...more

This month's edition of the $50,000 Battle of the Planets triple shootout freeroll was about perseverance. TRICKI1 would be knocked down to a chip count early on that most poker players would toss in thinking their tournament time was over and move on to the next one. Instead, TRICKI1 went...more

With the closing of the 2013 TCOOP series today, January has been busy month for our SnG grinders. What better way to earn a profit than an investment with zero dollars invested? Well, maybe a couple of bucks spent earning the ticket to today's Battle of the Planet $50,000.00 triple...more

Today's champ Philych_085 got to join the list below as the 2012 Battle of the Planets triple shootout champions. This end of the month freeroll paid out $600,000.00 in cash this year not including the weekly cash prizes awarded to those who qualified for this tournament. January: beyessa $12,000.00 February:...more

Sometimes our final nine come from very meager bankrolls that could only dream of four-digits next to their name in the cashier's window. At those times, the players are quick to make a deal after reaching the final table of the monthly Battle of the Planets $50,000 triple shootout freeroll....more

It's the last Sunday of the month, which means it's time for the monthly freeroll with the $50K prize pool for which players earn tickets via their Sit & Go performances -- the Battle of the Planets. A total of 522 players earned seats into this month's Battle, which meant...more

By now you have heard the story of the mystery man who turned a handful of Frequent Player Points (FPPs) into a WCOOP Main Event victory. The $1,000,907.26 haul is perhaps the best ROI at $25,022.68 per FPPs that this site or any major trading floor has ever seen, or...more

With the enlarged player pool of 729 runners (as opposed to 509 last month and 380 in June), the first round was not the easy stepping stone as it has been for recent previous months of this tournament. Instead of having to knock out four or five players, mostly full...more

Go look up "BrynKenney" in the search box shown to the right of every page here at the PokerStarsBlog. You will find the high stakes pro's name mentioned over and over with the results page and high stakes SCOOP and WCOOP tournaments. During today's $50,000 Battle of the Planets triple...more

One hand early on in a tournament can mean the difference between wearing a WCOOP bracelet or a SCOOP watch, and finishing after a hour, left wondering could I have played it better? In today's $50,000 Battle of the Planets triple shootout freeroll, two of the final table members would...more

For the past few years the Battle of the Planets $50,000 triple shootout places on the last Sunday of each month. A culmination of battles in the SnG arena where the point system set up according to the buy-in level at which the players choose to built their bankrolls. Some...more

Having a good reputation and keeping a cool head at the poker table is very much a positive trait for all players. In the case of tonight's $50,000 Battle of the Planets triple shootout freeroll, both traits would be used to secure a deal that took longer than some turbo...more

The recent success of the MicroMillions tournament series is another way that PokerStars gives low stakes players a shot at the spotlight usually reserved here at the PokerStarsBlog for the big Sunday Majors and the live poker tours like the LAPT and EPT. Tonight's $50,000 Battle of the Planets Triple...more

The Red Spade open would invade our usual action packed line up of Sunday Majors. With a $1 million guaranteed for just a $55 buy-in which over 20,000 players (24,736 to be exact) would pile into the ring looking for a $200,000 pay day along with $100 bounties on anyone...more

Double the fun this month for SnG grinders as the monthly Battle of the Planets $50,000 triple shootout kicked off twice. jusTTsmile took home the $12,000.00 first place prize at the beginning of the month but failed to become the first player to win the tournament twice in the same...more

We will call this the Battle of Planets: Holiday Edition. Nothing different about awarding $50,000 to our SnG champions from the various "planets" buy-in levels except the timing. Usually the big freeroll happens during the last Sunday of each month but since PokerStars recognized that the players might want to...more

While it used to mean long, hard fought hours on the real felt at a local casino or the basement home games using a table that needed exactly two chips under one leg so it would not wobble, the online games at PokerStars give players an express poker education by...more

Pumpkin carving, mounds of candy, and of course the guy from accounting dressed as Elvis. No, it's not another night in Las Vegas but Halloween sitting right around the corner and 527 players tonight were looking to pad their recent SnG dominance with the PokerStars Battle of the Planets $50,000.00...more

As the World Championship of Online Poker winds down with the $5 million guarantee Main Event (with a final prize pool of $8,135,000.00) some folks not in the Main Event choose to do so even if they had the bankroll to pony up the $5,200 buy-in. Tonight those players will...more