May 28, 2015
The PokerStars blog reports that soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo has joined the ranks of its famous poker playing ambassadors, active both online in social and poker media, and at live tourneys. The three-time FIFA Balon d’Or winner and two-time Champions League champion from Funchal, Portugal, decided to become a member of Team PokerStars and sign […]
May 27, 2015
The sharp differences of opinion among two of California’s main alliances on the legalisation of online poker was demonstrated yet again this week when the Pechanga tribal coalition sought to halt the advance of the favoured legalisation bill, AB431, out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee where it currently sits, and the Morongo-Pokerstars-Cardroom grouping which wants […]
May 12, 2015
Six more millionaire winners have been created in the past week by playing online at PokerStars.com, the company blog has revealed. On Sunday, two players, including a small-stakes player from Bulgaria, earned $1 million each after besting competitors in free-to-enter online tournaments. They won their way to the ‘Millionaire Finals’ for free through challenges and […]
May 2, 2015
Affiliate marketers who send players to online poker operator Pokerstars in return for payment could soon see the current “for the lifetime of the player” arrangements in their contracts abrogated in favour of a 2 year cap. The intended new policy was unveiled in an email from Pokerstars Friday which advised that effective June 1 […]
April 30, 2015
The ‘PokerStars Makes Millionaires’ promotion has just made its third instant millionaire on the Spin & Go platform that is attracting large numbers of players eager for some fast fun and big money. The big winner this time is a Polish fan using a laptop; ‘bladsonpoker’ scored $1,000,000 after just 7 minutes and 18 seconds […]
April 24, 2015
The first millionaire of the current ‘PokerStars.com Makes Millionaires’ promotion has been made, with Russian player ‘CccpVodka’ winning $1,000,000 after just 355 seconds of poker play on PokerStars, the company announced this week. The $5 Spin & Go tournament started at 12.29 a.m. (April 23) Moscow time, and concluded at 12.35 a.m., making it a […]
April 23, 2015
Teddy Sagi’s SafeCharge advanced payment technology provider will manage StarsCard, a prepaid MasterCard payment solution for customers of PokerStars, the company announced Thursday. StarsCard was initially made available to all players in the UK on 16 April 2015 and will roll out into further international markets in the future, the statement revealed. It provides a […]
April 23, 2015
Pokerstars packed ’em in last Sunday, reporting that its $11 buy-in Pokerstars Fourth Anniversary Sunday Storm attracted 104,939 registrations. The event ended with a five-way chop which left “HesBluffingx” in first place with a return on his $11 investment of $64,000. The online poker giant holds the all-time record for most players simultaneously in action […]
April 11, 2015
Pokerstars and Full Tilt parent Rational Group, itself a subsidiary of the Amaya Gaming group, has announced the appointment of new marketing and operational executives. Israel Rosenthal has been appointed chief operations officer for the Isle of Man-based company, replacing Rafi Ashkenazi, who is taking on new responsibilities at Amaya. Rosenthal is a Rational Group […]
March 31, 2015
Last Sunday’s major online poker tourneys, which now regularly present seven-figure prize pools and six-figure pay days for winners, were again generous with Mustpha “potta_x_potta” Kanit, “BgsaPnaples” and Nicolas “Legadzo” Cardyn all boosting their bank balances after notable victories. The biggest of the tourneys in terms of entries was undoubtedly the Pokerstars Micro Millions main […]