May 9, 2018
Poker Pro Gordon Vayo filed a lawsuit against PokerStars parent company Rational Entertainment Enterprises Ltd late last week for allegedly retaining his 2017 Spring Championship of Online Poker Tournament (SCOOP) winnings of $700,000. The suit filed in the District Court for the Central District of California claims Vayo was denied the winnings as PokerStars claimed he violated U.S. law and their terms and conditions by […]
May 9, 2018
Danny McDonagh has been appointed Live Executive Tournament Director by PokerStars. McDonagh has a long history with the online poker operator, joining in 2007 as Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Tournament Director and, over nine years, rising to Director of Live Operations – Asia Pacific, President of the APPT and the Commissioner of the Australia New Zealand […]
May 5, 2018
A change of plans by Julien Perouse resulted in French driving instructor and online grinder Nicholas Dumont playing in his stead in the Euro 5,300 buy-in PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Main Event, and it turned out to be bonanza for both: Dumont won the Euro 712,000 main prize and a $30,000 PokerStars Platinum Pass […]
April 10, 2018
PokerStars’ recently introduced Multi-Table Tournament (MTT) feature – ‘early payout tournaments’ is proving popular, the operator said, having already been implemented in more than half of its MTT’s. Once an MTT reaches a paid position, all eligible players receive an immediate payout of the minimum cash amount specified in that tournament’s prize structure. Players eliminated […]
April 10, 2018
Up-and-coming PartyPoker and market leader PokerStars go head to head next month, offering competing tournaments with total guarantees of $100 million. Rivals PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) and PartyPoker Powerfest products are both scheduled for the 6 – 20 May time slot, with the former offering guarantees up $10 million over last year […]
March 29, 2018
Speculation earlier this month that the launch of PokerStars India was imminent (see previous InfoPowa report) became reality this week when the online poker provider announced that it will be closing its dotcom international poker room in India and replacing it with a local PokerStars India version. A message on the website informed players that […]
March 29, 2018
PokerStars is bringing a twist to the classic Texas Hold’em format with Split Hold’em. Launching Wednesday for a limited time only, Split Hold’em splits the community cards into two separate boards dealt simultaneously, creating two flops, two turns and two rivers. Classic strategies may well have to be reconsidered with the multitude of options and […]
March 12, 2018
The recent PokerStars Turbo Series exceeded its original $15.6 million prize-pool guarantee by nearly $10 million, The Stars Group reported Monday. The series paid out more than $25 million among the 46,581 unique players who participated in the online poker series from February 18 to March 4, with three events’ prize pools exceeding $1 million. “We designed […]
March 11, 2018
PokerStars has announced the return of its High Rollers Series with improved guarantees of $10 million across 27 events, which are scheduled to run from March 18 to 26. The series will host a mixture of Hold’em and Omaha events, and the minimum buy-in has been dropped from $1,050 to $530, according to the company […]
March 1, 2018
PokerStars has announced the completion of the FRESH (France Espania Hold’em) Series, the first joint poker tournament series offered to both French and Spanish players following the launch of the shared player pool between the two previously ring-fenced markets. The FRESH Series beat guarantees and attracted thousands of French and Spanish players to PokerStars’ online […]