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Help us celebrate reaching 200 Billion Hands on PokerStars
In less than two decades you, and millions of other poker players, have helped us reach milestone after milestone on PokerStars. Now the PokerStars odometer is about to tick over to another milestone:...
View ArticleAPPT Korea: Results
APPT Korea Main Event Dates: April 11-14, 2019 Buy-in: KRW 1.8 million ($1,580 approx) Entries: 581 Prize pool: KRW 912,983,400 ($805,250 approx) Place Name Country Prize ₩ Prize USD 1 Sparrow Cheung...
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wangli0402 wins Sunday Million 13th Anniversary
In just about every conceivable way, the Sunday Million 13th Anniversary was enormous. Two days of online poker. More than 61,000 players from around the world. Twelve million dollars distributed among...
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EPT Monte Carlo: All you need to know (and more)
The European Poker Tour (EPT) is once again stopping in Monte Carlo this month. Here’s all you need to know, and more, about this most celebrated gambling destination. OVERVIEW Europe’s historical...
View ArticleWin a Trip to UFC237 by playing Tap out or Bluff
UFC and poker fans should take note of a new contest running this week. It’s called Tap Out or Bluff. And for one winner, it will mean a trip of a lifetime to UFC237 in Rio next month. That includes...
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PokerStars School: Turning 75 cents into $32K
You want to hone your poker skills. PokerStars School wants to help you. Here’s a look at what’s in store for you at PS School this week. Winners Wall: Turning 75 cents into $32,000 Four Spin &...
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Ask Shamus: When was the first...?
Ed. note: Adopting his alternate persona as the card-playing detective Short-Stacked Shamus, Martin Harris seeks to solve poker-related mysteries in this series for the PokerStars Blog. “When was poker...
View ArticleTap Out or Bluff: Round 2
It’s the second day of Tap Out or Bluff. This is the contest in which you can win a trip to UFC 237 in Rio, Brazil, for the UFC experience of a lifetime. We introduced how the contest works yesterday,...
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VIDEO: Veldhuis checks back a straight
Lex Veldhuis recently played a hand on PokerStars in the $215 Bounty Builder which got a lot of attention on Twitter. Here, the PokerStars Ambassador explains how it all went down. First, check out the...
View ArticleTap Out or Bluff: Last chance to win a trip to UFC237
Today is the last chance to take part in Tap Out or Bluff. If you’ve played along for the past two days you’ll know how things work. But if you’re coming to this late, here’s how things work. Today...
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Tiger-like comebacks in poker
Tiger is back! Many thought it would never happen, but after a long drought Tiger Woods has won another major. Fittingly, Woods had to stage a fourth-round comeback to win the Masters last Sunday — the...
View ArticlePeople's Choice winner Brad Owen joins PITE
Poker vlogger Brad Owen is an easy guy to like, and not just because he posts videos with titles like “Phil Hellmuth Check Raises Me And I Have Aces.” Have you seen his acceptance speech for the...
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Monte Carlo, UFC in Rio, and 'Lexplains' video
Catch up on all of this week’s PokerStars Blog content… “wangli0402” wins Sunday Million 13th Anniversary Win a Trip to UFC237 by playing Tap out or Bluff EPT Monte Carlo: All you need to know (and...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: "Poker & Pop Culture" by Martin Harris (due out in June)
You might have heard — PokerStars Blog’s own Martin Harris has a new book arriving this June titled Poker & Pop Culture: Telling the Story of America’s Favorite Card Game. As the book’s description...
View ArticleWhen 'The Demolition Man' vanquished 'The Beast'
The poster for UFC 141 may as well have been the VHS cover of a 90s action movie. On one side, Brock Lesnar’s square head, monstrous physique and the words “Six foot three, 265 lbs.” On the other,...
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WEEKEND REVIEW: All the big results
A recap of the major results from this weekend on PokerStars… “Lucky_Jew_17” beats Niklas “Lena900” Åstedt to win the Sunday Million Thomas Muehloecker wins the High Roller Club Sunday Warm-up Big win...
View ArticleIn The Frame: Nurzynski's moment
PokerStars Blog’s photographers tell the story of some of their favourite pictures. PHOTOGRAPHER Joe Giron/Poker Photo Archive WHERE ARE WE AND WHEN? The final table of EPT Barcelona. August 2018. WHO...
View ArticleHappy Earth Day
World Earth Day, an annual global event demonstrating support for environmental protection, takes place on Monday, April 22. More than a billion people worldwide are taking part, and The Stars Group is...
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How to make the most of winning a satellite
Playing at PokerStars makes it easy to win a seat in a major tournament, either online or live. This week, with EPT Monte Carlo coming up and SCOOP right around the corner, there’s a lot of great...
View Article5-Card Fiction: “Kenny Rogers as The Gambler”
When Kenny Rogers was about to record “The Gambler” in July 1978, his producer Larry Butler told him beforehand how he believed the song was going to be something special — more than just another...
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