November 21, 2016
The PokerStars’ sponsored 7th Edition of the Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) is set to kick off Tuesday at the Sheraton WTC in São Paulo. The tournament schedule comprises thirty-six events, headlined by the R$3,500 Main Event with a guaranteed prize pool of R$5 million, beginning November 25, 2016. “The BSOP Millions has become the […]
November 15, 2016
Online poker fans with a taste for fast-moving action have welcomed the launch of Pokerstars’ latest innovation, five-minute Sit-&-Go-style games branded Beat the Clock, in which 48 players start with 5,000 chips with blinds at 200/400 with an ante of 80 which increase every minute to a final level being 500/1,000 with a 200 ante. […]
October 31, 2016
Atlantic City received a publicity boost over the weekend as the international online poker giant Pokerstars leveraged its partnership with Atlantic City land casino operator Resorts Casino Hotel to kick off its inaugural Pokerstars Festival. The Festival is a live event-focused project run by an experienced and dedicated Pokerstars team, and this is the first […]
October 25, 2016
Congratulations are in order for Poland’s Jakub “Olorionek” Michalak (29), who has just bested 64 entrants (20 re-entries) to take down the Euro 10,300 Single-Day High Roller at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Malta. The field included a slew of top players such as Steve O’Dwyer, Scott Seiver, Pratyush Buddiga and Adrian Mateos. Michalak’s prize […]
October 4, 2016
Pokerstars is to launch what it claims is the biggest New Jersey online poker tournament yet on October 15, investing $1.2 million in prize pools in a variety of events over the following 17 days. The 43-competition schedule includes a $500 buy-in Main Event, a $500 buy-in PLO High Roller event, and a $1,000 buy-in […]
September 30, 2016
Alex Dreyfus’s Global Poker League has received a significant boost from the announcement by Dreyfus’s Mediarex Sports and Entertainment company Friday that online poker’s biggest operator, Pokerstars, has signed on as lead and exclusive GPL sponsor. In a statement Friday, Dreyfus said that the deal reinforces Mediarex’s goal of transitioning poker from a player experience […]
September 28, 2016
PokerStars has introduced “Win The Button” No-Limit Hold’em tournaments, a format that has proven popular at live events and which was played in Event 59 of the World Championship of Online Poker. “Win The Button” rewards the winner of each hand with the dealer button for the next round, an advantage that provides an added […]
September 19, 2016
Pokerstars has announced that it is to repeat its charity for cancer Lads Night In again to support the men’s health charity, Prostate Cancer U.K. The annual one-night poker event bringing friends together at home to help fight prostate cancer, is scheduled for Friday, 21 October. Lads Night In is calling on men and women […]
September 12, 2016
PokerStars contacted customers late last week to notify planned changes to their VIP Club in 2017. The most significant change is that of a combined rewards programme for poker, casino and sportsbook moving away from the current format that rewards according to monthly and annual statuses. The company said changes to the VIP club made […]
September 9, 2016
September is set to be a bumper month for poker fans, with over $72 million invested by online poker providers in upcoming tournaments, according to the publication Pokerfuse. Collating the investments of several providers, Pokerfuse reports that PokerStars, partypoker.com , 888poker, Winamax and MPN all have bigger and better tournament series this month, with $72 […]