There's a bar on the ground floor of the Atlantis' Coral Tower. As hotel bars go, it's nothing out of the ordinary. The overstuffed chairs are sufficiently comfortable, the cocktails priced a bit higher than one would like, and the internet is as consistent as you'll get on Paradise Island. Every January, it transforms into poker's version of Cheers. Everybody knows your name at the Coral Bar and if you're any sort of serious online player, chances are you've spent your Sunday grind in its confines at least once. With the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in full swing, the Coral Bar
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Houston Owns PokerStars $700,000 Guaranteed Event
I've seen people on go on rushes before. I've even seen a couple of people ride the same rush. Sunday night, however, it seemed like the entire city of Houston had been visited by the Rush Fairy. Three of the final table players hailed from the city. At one point,...more
PokerStars $500,000 Guaranteed Results
It was another big night for the Sunday PokerStars $500,000 Guaranteed event. More than 3500 people turned out to create a massive $702,200 prize pool. Here are your final table results.PokerStars $500,000 Guaranteed Final Table(based on three-way chip-count deal that left $10,000 for first place)1. RawDeal55 (Panorama City, CA) $97,3822....more
PokerStars Sunday $500,000 Guaranteed Results 10-16-05
It was another big Sunday on PokerStars with more than 3000 people forking out $200 to compete for the week's biggest prize pool. Here are your final table results.Sunday $500,000 Guarantee Final Table Results(Results based on five-way deal that left $10,000 for first place)1. $30K (Port Richey, FL) $103,653 2....more
PokerStars Sunday $500,000 Guaranteed Results
The PokerStars Blog is in transit today. Hence, we'll miss the final table report this week. Nonetheless, here are your results.PokerStars Sunday $500,000 Guaranteed Results(Results based on five-way deal that left $10,000 for first place. Results are listed in order of finish)1. Vegasking (Halmstad, Sweden) $62,654.54 2. Ryokan (Dublin, Ireland)...more
PokerStars Sunday $700,000 Guaranteed Results
With WCOOP barely a memory, PokerStars got back to its big-money Sunday tournaments. Nearly 1600 people ponied up $530 and built a prize pool of nearly $800,000. Here's how the final table shook out.PokerStars Sunday $700,000 Guaranteed Results1. TheTakeover (New York, NY) $175,670.00 2. Foxman (Sweden) $103,805.00 3. koule11 (Praha,...more
PokerStars $500,000 Guaranteed Report 8/28/05
For the tournament-minded, Sunday marked the one week-point until the biggest online poker event in the world begins. With the World Championship of Online Poker seven days away, more than 3000 people showed up for the warm up, PokerStars Sunday $500,000 Guaranteed.When the tournament reached the final nine players, this...more
PokerStars $500,000 Guaranteed Final Table Report (8/21/05)
Every tournament has its own texture, its own climate that only the players can understand. Some final tables are complete in minutes. Some take hours. This week, we watched a final table that took longer than any I'd seen online in months.This week, the final table also featured a couple...more
PokerStars $500,000 Guaranteed Final Table Report (8/14/05)
Surely, I thought, my eyes must be deceiving me. Perhaps, the screen name brainwash had been burned into my corneas and I was simply having flashbacks to the three other times in the past three four months that the same man had made the final table in the big Sunday...more
PokerStars $500,000 Guaranteed Results 8/14/05
The final table of this week's $500,000 Guaranteed tournament was one that you didn't want to miss. With more than $637,000 in the prize pool, the players refused to give up any ground. When a four-way deal was offered, one player turned it down, despite the fact he was last...more
PokerStars $500,000 Guaranteed Results 8/07/05
The action at the $500,000 Guaranteed final table was fast, furious and sometimes moved so quickly that it was hard to follow. More than 3400 people signed up for the event and built a prize pool of more than $680,000. When the smoke cleared, this is how it looked:PokerStars Sunday...more
PokerStars $700,000 Guaranteed Final Table Report 7/31/05
As a frequent reader of Cardplayer, I came across an article recently in which two longtime tournament reporters were debating the merits of building tension in a tournament report and not revealing the winner until the end versus stating outright at the beginning who won the contest. My opinion changes...more
Sunday $500,000 Guaranteed Results 7/24/05
If you're looking for the continuing WSOP story of PokerStars Bernard Lee, you'll have to wait until tomorrow. The Sunday $500,000 Guaranteed tournament is getting a little to big to ignore. Bernie will be back on Tuesday.I had logged on to PokerStars Sunday afternoon to watch the heads-up match between...more
Sunday $500,000 Guaranteed results 7/03/05
Please scroll down for all the latest PokerStars World Series of Poker newsSunday was a really big day at PokerStars.com. While the last WSOP satellites granted the last few players seats in the main event, the $500,000 Guaranteed tournament drew more than 2400 players. In a heads-up battle for the...more
PokerStars $700,000 Guaranteed Reults 6/26/05
As I'm out in Vegas for the World Series of Poker, I'm a bit busy with the record-setting event. Nonetheless, here are your results from this month's $700,000 Guaranteed Sunday tournament. Be sure to check out the rest of this blog for all your PokerStars WSOP news.Note: Lee Jones asked...more
PokerStars $500,000 Guaranteed 5/29/05
When 1293 people entered PokerStars Sunday $500,000 Guaranteed tournament and built a prize pool of $646,500, few would've predicted how the final hand would play out. The difference in prize money between first and second was more than $60,000.Here's a blatant and unapologetic bit of foreshadowing: a two-outer spelled the...more










