Wednesday evening saw another healthy influx of high stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker. To the surprise of none, the game was again full of the biggest named pros to ever play online. Tom Dwan ‘durrrr’ was joined by Di Dang screen name ‘Urindanger’, David Benefield, Gus Hansen, and [...] … [Read more...]
All Star Week Day 5: Team PokerStars Pro hopes hanging by a thread
July 31, 2010 By
by Chris Edge The brainchild of PokerStars' very own 'Promotions Bob', All Star Week was given its premier airing in March, 2009 - a series of heads-up matches designed to test the mettle of various members of Team PokerStars Pro, pitted against their slightly lesser-known counterparts, making up The Challengers. Spearheaded by Team Captain Victor … [Read more...]
PokerStars IPT Venice in the pink, breaks record
July 31, 2010 By
OK, so here on Team PokerStars Blog we are known to get a little excited by all things poker. So when we described earlier this week how the PokerStars Italian Poker Tour had become one of the most important events in the European poker calendar, some may have chortled and put it down to our boyish enthusiasm. Aha! We were right! Read on... Yesterday, … [Read more...]
WizardOfAhhs: A deadly disease, $500, and the road to PokerStars history
July 31, 2010 By
Kevin Thurman is 31 years old, lives a nice life outside of Dallas, and intends to earn more PokerStars VIP Player Points in 2010 than anybody has in the history of the VIP Club. Thurman is also suffering from a potentially deadly disease and in the middle of an agonizing chemotherapy treatment. Known as "WizardOfAhhs" on PokerStars, Thurman has set … [Read more...]
The Nightly Turbo: PokerStars Launches Women’s Poker League, WPT’s Search for the Next Simon Cowell, and More
July 30, 2010 By
Your weekly grind is over. Kick off your shoes, fire up an poker table or two on your favorite online poker site, and check out the day's top stories. Taking you into the weekend, PokerStars is launching a women's poker league, the World Poker... … [Read more...]
Off the Felt with Mark Vos
July 30, 2010 By
We like to catch up with the pros from time to time, to give you a little sneak peek into their lives. Our latest chat was with Full Tilt Pro Mark Vos. We found out how he's recovering from the 2010 World Series of Poker, what he'd be doing if he... … [Read more...]
All Star Week Day 4: Challengers lay down a marker
July 30, 2010 By
by Chris Edge After enduring a rather torrid start to all Star Week, the Pros managed to dust themselves off and regain some ground on the Challengers on Wednesday. The triumvirate of Ivan Demidov, Joe Cada and Johnny Lodden all registered victories to briefly relent the Challengers' surge and cut their advantage to 5. Leading the charge for the Pros … [Read more...]
Inside Gaming: PartyGaming and bwin Announce Merger, LV Sands Fires China CEO, and Station Casinos Settles
July 30, 2010 By
The online gaming industry is buzzing this week with news of the $1.76 billion merger between Euro giants PartyGaming and bwin. The brick-and-mortar industry is all atwitter about a major shakeup in the leadership of Sands China. CEO Steven... … [Read more...]
The PokerNews Jet Set: Florianopolis
July 30, 2010 By
The ideal recovery after the biggest grind of the summer in the scorching heat of Las Vegas would be to escape to a South American island, right? Well the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour just happens to be hosting its... … [Read more...]
Giacomo leads IPT Venice Day 1A field
July 30, 2010 By
There are few better places in Europe to play poker than Venice. Character, history, beauty, water (plenty of that) and the weather make it very pleasant. One man who enjoyed poker in the city more than anyone yesterday was PokerStars qualifier Loccarini Giacomo, chipleader of Day 1A of IPT Venice, the second stop of season 2 of the popular Italian … [Read more...]