January 11, 2017
Pokerstars has invested $15 million in prize pool guarantees over 65 tourneys in its fifth annual iteration of the Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP). In past years the principal events in this popular series have attracted fields in excess of 4,000 entrants, tempted by prizes up to six-figures in value. Last year Dinesh “NastyMinder” […]
January 6, 2017
The festive season – and especially the milestone hand promotion, enabled Pokerstars NJ (New Jersey) to achieve its highest cash game levels yet, according to the publication Online Poker Report. Pokerstars NJ launched in March last year and produced results initially thought by many as disappointing in the New Jersey regulated online poker market. However, […]
December 23, 2016
Pokerstars has launched a new mini game that it claims offers poker players chances to win big for a small price. Titled The Deal, the game was pioneered on sister site Full Tilt, and proved popular. It is a quick-fire poker mini game where spending as little as 7 StarsCoin gives players the chance to […]
December 21, 2016
Football superstar and PokerStars brand ambassador Cristiano Ronaldo stars in the latest advertising campaign from the company to hit TV screens across his home nation of Portugal recently. The campaign, called ‘The Game’, features Ronaldo commanding the poker table with a group of friends and marks the launch of PokerStars as a licensed operator into […]
December 19, 2016
PokerStars player ‘jrww86’ became Pokerstars’ third Spin & Go millionaire for 2016, and the sixteenth since the launch of the tournament in January 2015. The player, reportedly based in Bermuda, hit the big one, becoming a millionaire in just 12 minutes of play. ‘Rainman731’ took the time record in February with his one-million dollar jackpot […]
December 11, 2016
Pokerstars parent group Amaya will be pleased with the enthusiastic response to its entry into the Portuguese market at the beginning of this month (see previous reports). Figures from the independent online poker monitor Pokerscout show that cash game traffic rose 10 percent as the international giant settled in, quickly overtaking 888Poker. Pokerscout numbers show […]
December 7, 2016
Pokerstars has announced the schedule for the 2017 Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP), which includes some changes following player feedback. Pokerstars says that it is investing $15 million in guarantees across the five events in the series, which kicks off January 18 next year. The main change is to Event 04 – from a […]
November 29, 2016
The ink was barely dry as PokerStars casino and poker offer launched in the Portuguese market Tuesday under its freshly awarded license. Commenting on the closed-liquidity poker market in the country, Pokerstars vowed it will actively work with authorities to develop and enhance the regulatory framework for poker in the hope of promoting a shared […]
November 29, 2016
Former Pokerstars payment processing exec Paul Tate (43), a Brit domiciled on the Isle of Man who voluntarily presented himself in the US to face charges associated with Pokerstars operations in the States prior to its 2011 exit, has been sentenced. Applauding Tate’s decision to face the US music in court, Manhattan US District Judge […]
November 28, 2016
Portugal’s gaming authority, Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ) has announced the award of its fifth online gaming license to REEL Europe Limited for the PokerStars brand. Under the award, PokerStars is authorized to operate pokerstars.pt with an offer of poker tournament mode, poker variants Hold’em and Omaha, Blackjack/21 and French Roulette.