March 12, 2014
Online poker operator Pokerstars has released the schedule for a second World Championship of Online Poker Challenge with a guaranteed prize pool of $9 million, which will take place at the end of this (March) month. The World Championship of Online Poker spin-off series is scheduled for the weekend of March 28-30 and consists of […]
February 26, 2014
According to reports in PR Week, Pokerstars has hired the east coast US public relations consultancy W to expand its player base through a broadened appeal. The appointment of W followed a competitive pitch in which the consultants were told the work would involve repositioning Pokerstars as a lifestyle brand, and broadening its appeal beyond […]
February 25, 2014
The world’s biggest online poker operator, Pokerstars, suffered an uncharacteristic setback in its attempt over the weekend to break the record for most online poker players simultaneously in action on its website. The weekend’s attempt on its own Guinness Word Record of 225,000 fell short by over 13,000 players on Sunday, when a nevertheless impressive […]
February 22, 2014
The eighth anniversary of Pokerstars’ popular Sunday Million online poker tournament series is to be marked by a massive investment by the Isle of Man-based company in a guaranteed prize pool of $8 million That means that the ultimate winner of the March 2 tournament will take home a minimum of $650,000 for a buy-in […]
February 19, 2014
Bulgaria’s online gambling regulator, the State Commission on Gambling (SCG), has added “REAL Spain” Ltd., Tazhbizh, Malta to its roster of approved licencees utilising the domain Pokerstars.bg. The licence authorises PokerStars to offer online poker and casino games to the Bulgarian market and is the third licence to be awarded by the regulator. Eurofootball Malta […]
February 8, 2014
The Isle of Man-based online poker operator Pokerstars is gearing up for another gigantic poker tournament that it hopes will break its own record for the most players in action online at the same time. The company is planning a $1 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed prize pool tournament for February 23 on its dotcom site as […]
February 4, 2014
Online poker provider Pokerstars has announced that its European Poker Tour Grand Final will again be part of the successful Monaco Festival at the famous Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco. A total of 48 events are planned over the eleven days of the festival, and the organisers have included more $500 or less buy-in tournaments […]
January 9, 2014
Isle of Man-based online poker company Pokerstars has released the schedule for its third annual Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP), which will take place from January 23 to February 2 and guarantee $15 million across 50 events. The headline tournament is the $700 buy-in NL Hold’em Main Event on February 2, which features a […]
January 3, 2014
Pokerstars’ end-of-year critical blog commentary on the failure and auction of the Atlantic Club casino has been interpreted as more than just a parting shot at owners who walked away from a deal with the online poker giant, only to drive their own company to ruination. On Thursday the online poker information site Online Poker […]
December 26, 2013
Pokerstars, the organisers of the UK and Ireland Poker Tour, has released the schedule for the fourth edition of the popular series, detailing stops in six major cities. The New Year will kick off with the UKIPT Edinburgh main event starting 16 January, and the tour will then visit Dublin, Nottingham, Marbella, and the Isle […]