July 31, 2014
Forget WSOP Europe and the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour Goliath…the record for the biggest entry field for a live poker tournament held outside the United States now belongs to The Pokerstars Beijing Millions, which last week registered 2,732 entrants in its first outing. That compares favourably with the 2,570 contestants who played in the […]
July 20, 2014
Soon after the June 2014 announcement that Amaya Gaming was to acquire Pokerstars parent The Rational Group, the company advised that it had commenced talks with the French regulator ARJEL regarding the impact of the ownership change on the licensing for Pokerstars.fr. After inviting the operator to provide it with details, ARJEL has now indicated […]
July 16, 2014
The Isle of Man-based online poker operator Pokerstars has announced the appointment of Kirsty Thompson as head of Pro and Celebrity Marketing. Thompson has been with Pokerstars since 2009 holding a variety of positions, most recently serving as president of the U.K. & Ireland Poker Tour and live rooms. In her new post Thompson will […]
June 24, 2014
Mark Buser, the director of social gaming for Pokerstars, has departed the company for reasons that are not yet clear after only a year in post. The company has confirmed that it has launched a search for a replacement for the widely experienced Buser, who boasted a c.v. with management positions at leading companies like […]
June 18, 2014
Congratulations to Spanish pro Rodrigo Espinosa who bested a talented field of 749 other players to clinch the Euro 136,000 first prize in the main event of the Euro 1,100 buy-in United Kingdom and Ireland Poker – Estrellas Poker Tour main event in Marbella this week after five days of tough, competitive action. The young […]
June 18, 2014
The Pokerstars brand has been putting time in on the player communications front following the buzz around the deal between its parent the Rational Group and Amaya Gaming, with director of poker room operations, Steve Day, doing sterling work on major forums like twoplustwo. The central message is that there will be little change for […]
June 13, 2014
During a conference call Friday on his company’;s $4.9 billion acquisition of The Rational Group (see previous reports), Amaya Gaming CEO David Baazov said he regards reviving the Pokerstars deal with New Jersey’s Resorts Casino as a priority. The deal has been on the back burner since the New Jersey regulators put the application on […]
June 11, 2014
The influential Poker Players Alliance has put its support behind attempts by Pokerstars to oppose the inclusion of “bad actor” language in any intrastate online poker legalisation bills that may be presented to California legislators. The Alliance has made available the results of a survey that shows most Californian online poker players surveyed are supportive […]
June 11, 2014
Pokerstars marketers are always up for trying something innovative, it appears following the news that the online poker company has partnered with highly acclaimed rapper MC HotDog in the production of his new album, which will be promoted via an expensively presented video item titled Pokerstar. The Pokerstars blog reports that award winning MC HotDog […]
June 6, 2014
It has not taken long for the Californian online gambling legalisation coalition formed between the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Commerce Club, Hawaiian Gardens Casino, Bicycle Casino and The Rational Group – Pokerstars to respond to attempts by other tribal groups to draft an intrastate law banning “bad actors” from any legalisation moves in California […]