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It was another night of stud in the ongoing PokerStars SCOOP series. This one was simple limit stud, without the hi/lo technicality. Simple 7-card stud for the low, low price of $30 + $3 with a $25,000 guaranteed prize pool. That enticing offer brought 1,592 players to the tables for...more

Fans of the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) are aware that the organization stages its mixed martial arts bouts in a ring known as the "Octagon," so-called for the eight-sided caged enclosure in which combatants do battle. You might say the increasingly popular "8-game mix" on PokerStars in which players rotate...more

With just a few days left in the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker, PokerStars.tv is still kicking out the jams with some great highlight shows. Tonight we bring you the best hands from the $5,200 Event 14 Six Max No Limit Hold'em. Two players walked away with more than...more

With a $1,500,000 guarantee, the shining star in today's SCOOP schedule was Event #14's high stakes tier, the $5,200 No Limit Hold'em 6-max tournament. But with a slow structure that included 30-minute levels and a 5,000-chip starting stack, it was no surprise that 331 players showed up to boost the...more

When the original SCOOP schedule was released, the medium-stakes version of Event #14, 6-max No Limit Hold'em, sported a $500,000 guarantee. But by the time late registration had closed today, a crowd of 1,714 players had signed up to build a prize pool worth $857,000. Among those in attendance were...more

While mixed games and other poker varieties are sweeping the poker playing world, the one primary love of most players remains no-limit hold'em. And present them with the 6-max tables and a prestigious SCOOP title opportunity for only $50 + $5? They're all in. (Groan.) Okay, on to the important...more

So how's SCOOP treating you so far? Whether you are playing or just following the action, we've got all you need to keep up to date with who won what. Just to make your life even easier, our friends over at PokerStars.tv have just released another of their signature SCOOP...more

Some people delight in inflicting pain and suffering upon themselves. Polite society calls those people masochists. Poker society calls those people razz players. We call them brave. Razz, with its propensity for turning an excellent starting four cards into the worst kind of trash by the river, is not for...more

Razz is like the weak kid on the playground. He's simple, a little boring, easy to insult, and prone to being exploited. We love this kid. Razz, despite its sad, sad reputation, is a beautiful game. It draws cranks, masochists, and fatalists. When the Spring Championship of Online Poker rolls...more

Poker players like to joke about how much they hate razz. They even started rotation games like S.H.O.E. (or H.O.S.E. depending on your game order and leg covering preference) that dropped razz from the standard H.O.R.S.E. rotation. But if Wednesday's $22 Razz SCOOP Event 13 was any indication, PokerStars...more

Mention the game Seven-Card Stud to most poker players and their noses will wrinkle. Add the words "Hi/Lo Split" to the end of your sentence and the contents of their stomachs will wind up on your shoes. Stud's popularity has waned in recent years as hold'em has gained dominance, but...more

There are a lot of people out there that will tell you that stud poker is dead. Once the game of choice for most poker players, these days, stud is often looked upon as hold'em's quirky, old-fashioned cousin. However, after taking a look at the numbers from today's SCOOP Stud...more

Stud. It was the game they played in movies. It was the game grandparents play with their friends at the kitchen table. It represented the good ol' days of poker. But it's back. Over the last decade, mixed games have become oh-so popular in the world of poker as players...more

Find yourself any good chef and give him a great cut of steak. He could give you a lengthy recipe of rubs and marinades, but if you really press him on what it takes to cook the meat perfectly, he'll give you the same answer: salt and pepper. Sometimes the...more

If you are a hold'em player - just a flat out hold'em player - then you had to love Tuesday's Event 11 since with its mix of both Limit and No-Limit Hold'em it had the best of both worlds. The high event had a buy-in of $3,150, making it...more