May 30, 2014
Robert Notkin, a Toronto grinder who secured a seat in the $3,300 buy-in Pokerstars Canada Cup in a $30 online satellite competition, has bested a 577-strong entry field and a tough final table to take home $366,660 – the lion’s share of a $2 million guranteed prize pool. The closing stages of the game saw […]
May 29, 2014
Joining forces with the national Estrellas Poker Tour once again, the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour (EPT) will feature a total of 43 events between August 16 to 27, 2014. Lower buy-in “fun” events, more online satellites and a range of new tournament formats that include new dedicated Euro 200 and Euro 1k Seniors Events (for […]
May 26, 2014
The weekend saw some hectic weekend action in Macau as the 2014 Pokerstars.net Asia-Pacific Poker Tour main event and high roller competitions came to a conclusion, distributing millions of Hong Kong dollars in prize money. In the five-day main event Jiajun Liu bested a field of 282 to clinch the title and claim the first […]
May 23, 2014
Following extensive reorganisation and the departure of former chief marketing officer Alex Payne, the Isle of Man- based Rational Group has announced the promotion of Morton Tonnesen to group chief marketing officer responsible for group and Pokerstars marketing worldwide. Tonnsen joined Pokerstars in February 2011 and was formerly responsible for the management of the company’s […]
May 13, 2014
Described as a “surprising turn of events, after multiple decisive rejections” by gaming and intellectual property lawyer Bill Gantz of Dentons Legal Firm , Rational Group’s Zoom Poker patent application has been permitted for amendment by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and will reportedly be issued on May 20, 2014 under U.S. Patent […]
May 8, 2014
PokerStars has introduced Phased Tournaments to its lobby, a concept usually reserved for live events. Phased tournaments allow online player’s to play a Phase 1 on one day, and move through to Phase 2 with the stack they held in Phase 1, if they last a certain number of levels. Phase 1 tourneys will be […]
May 5, 2014
In an op-ed article in the Sacramento Bee over the weekend, writer Dan Morain revealed some startling statistics and information on the current moves in the legislature to bring legalised online poker action to California. But opposing the concept of legalised online poker in general, and the involvement of Pokerstars in particular, is the big-bucks […]
April 24, 2014
The news that online poker giant Pokerstars was in talks to form a business alliance with Californian tribes and cardrooms (see previous reports) has been out there for so long that the confirmation by those involved Wednesday was almost an anti-climax. The announcement came as Californian politicians and the great and the good of the […]
April 17, 2014
The online poker market leader Pokerstars has released its schedule for the 2014 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), announcing that the series will run from May 4 to May 18 with tournament guarantees of $40 million. “For the first time ever, there will be three events every day of the championship, re-entry tournaments, and […]
April 9, 2014
A growing number of online poker fans are being given the opportunity to test drive the next iteration of Pokerstars’ popular software following an invitation to twoplustwo forum players to take version 7 for an alpha test run. Experts have opined that Pokerstars 7 is a major step forward and the biggest change from the […]