May 6, 2017
The Pokerstars Championship in Monte Carlo Euro 5,300 buy-in NLHE main event has concluded with a victory for Italian ace Raffaele Sorrentino after a heads up tussle with German pro Andreas Klatt. Due to a heads-up stage chop between the two finalists, Sorrentino took home Euro 451,714 instead of the scheduled first prize of Euro […]
May 3, 2017
The Pokerstars Championship in Monte Carlo continued to deliver on exciting action this week with the completion of another High Roller event, this one the Euro 25,500 buy-in Single Day High Roller, which attracted 85 entries (27 of them re-ups, including a remarkable four by runner up Steve O’Dwyer!) generating a prize pool of Euro […]
April 30, 2017
Hollywood star and popular international comedian Kevin Hart has announced that he has signed a partnership agreement to promote the Pokerstars brand and advise on how to introduce the game to new audiences. Hart announced the partnership in a hastily called press conference in Monaco during the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte Carlo Casino festivities […]
April 27, 2017
This year’s Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is just around the corner, commencing on April 30 with PokerStars’ biggest ever-online series guarantee of $55 million. SCOOP has teamed up with PokerStars Makes Millionaires to guarantee that two players will walk away from the series as millionaires. The first week of the series (April 30 […]
April 20, 2017
PokerStars’ popular new live poker series Megastack is to be made available in Ireland, Belgium and France after a successful debut in the UK, the company announced Thursday. The new live tournament series, which launched in the UK in The Hippodrome Casino London in April, attracting over 520 entries (see previous InfoPowa report), will now […]
April 20, 2017
The popular Pokerstars Spin & Go format now accommodates Omaha games with the launch of Spin & Go Omaha, the company announced Wednesday. “Omaha is a highly enjoyable poker variant and was quite high up on our players’ request list to deliver it as a Spin & Go,” said Severin Rasset, Director of Poker Operations […]
April 15, 2017
In a first of its kind agreement for Europe, World Poker Tour and Pokerstars are partnering up to present super-tournaments with a total investment in guaranteed prize pools of Euro 32.5 million. Announcing the deal, WPT chief executive Adam Pliska revealed that the schedule starts with the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino between April […]
April 14, 2017
It is anticipated that the second Pokerstars Freeroll tournament scheduled for this Sunday (April 16) will again attract thousands of players. Hosted this time around by Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier on PokerStars.fr, the competition prizes include a PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo Main Event package; a PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo National package; and Euro 100 satellite tickets. […]
April 12, 2017
PokerStars will reach a new social audience with the launch of its social poker game, Jackpot Poker, on online gaming platform, Steam. The game offers players fast, fun-to-play Spin and Go tournaments, casino style slots, and Texas Hold’em and Omaha poker games backed by a host of social elements including leaderboards, bragging rights and virtual […]
April 11, 2017
PokerStars Live has released the schedule for its fourth Championship to be held in Monaco at the Monte Carlo Casino between April 25 and May 5, 2017. PokerStars expects the event to be “one of the most prestigious tournaments this year” and is anticipating thousands of participants in which Euro 30 million in prize money […]