The weekly round-up
Here’s a round-up of content from the week on PokerStars Blog… UFC KO Poker Series EPT Open Madrid live stream Talking “Poker & Pop Culture” in Las Vegas Jeopardy James at the WSOP WSOP Bracelet...
View ArticleBieber vs. Cruise: The UFC has had some weird fights
Justin Bieber wants to fight Tom Cruise. Or, at least that was the “joke” from the pop star … or maybe it wasn’t a joke. You can track the course of the story through a series of TMZ headlines: “JUSTIN...
View ArticleIt’s a Knockout. Two of them!
Bring on the pain… With many eyes on the latter stages of the Women’s World Cup, we thought we’d fill in the gaps between games with a knockout of our own. All week you guys have been voting in a...
View ArticleEPT Open Madrid down to 12 players
What a week it’s been in Madrid. The EPT Open Madrid Main Event has been running since Wednesday. A total of 1,151 players entered the tournament, making it the biggest $1.1K in the history of Casino...
View ArticleUFC KO Poker Series: Final Day
It’s the final day of the UFC KO Poker Series. Here are the headlines with everything to play for… Fintan Hand leads into the final day Lex Vedhuis the only real challenger Spraggy shifts into full...
View ArticleUFC KO Poker Series: Lex Veldhuis tops KOs
The final day of the UFC KO Poker Series played out yesterday. We won’t know the winner of the Main Event, or the KO contest itself until tomorrow, but here are the headlines this morning: Lex Veldhuis...
View ArticleWhat’s Our Most Brutal KO?
One more KO to KO It’s time… to crown your favourite knockout. All last week we ran daily Twitter polls alongside the UFC KO Poker Series to determine our most brutal KO from the live PokerStars felt....
View ArticleOur pick? #Moneymaker4HoF
Anyone with a connection to poker, or who has followed the game in recent years, will know the players nominated for the poker Hall of Fame have something to offer. The list will likely leave poker...
View ArticleMoneymaker Wins 3 “First 50” Awards
You might have heard about how Chris Moneymaker is among the 10 nominees for the Poker Hall of Fame this year. That explains this #Moneymaker4HoF hashtag you might have seen going around. What you...
View ArticleEPT Open Madrid, UFC KO Series wrap up
Headlines from the weekend… Jakub Grzegorzek conquers Madrid main event Nicholls, Behor win EPT Open Madrid titles UFC KO Series wraps up SCOOP wrecking ball wins in HRC All the big results from the...
View ArticleLex beats Fintan and Spraggy for UFC KO belt
It’s all over. The referee has stopped it. We have a champion. Lex Veldhuis — also known as the people’s champ, the Van Damme of Rotterdam, and now the KO King — has defeated both Fintan “easywithaces”...
View ArticleRivalries that shaped the UFC light heavyweight division
The UFC light heavyweight division has hosted some of the biggest names in the sport during the Octagon’s lifetime. With light heavyweight champ Jon Jones set to face Thiago Santos in the UFC 239 main...
View ArticlePlay your A-game with PokerStars School
Studying with good poker players is one of the best ways to improve your own game in the long run. Converting what you learn into a bigger bankroll isn’t always simple when you’re starting out, but...
View Article50 Years, 50 WSOP Nuggets
Today begins the Main Event at the 50th annual World Series of Poker. That’s the 50th annual, mind you — not the 50th anniversary of poker’s most famous tournament series. That’ll happen next year, as...
View ArticleWSOP 2019: 'Special' John Cynn sets the ball rolling
The crickets started at around 11.45am. That’s the point at which the doors opened to the Amazon Room at the Rio All Suites Hotel & Casino and the first players flooded to the tables for the start...
View ArticleWSOP 2019: A bracelet, $1m and now a wife
It’s been quite a week for Kainalu McCue-Unciano. Last Thursday, the man from Hawaii won his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) title, when he took down the $1,500 Monster Stack event earning more than...
View ArticleWSOP 2019 coverage hub
PokerStars Blog has been at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) for the past 15 years — and we’re back again for the 2019 renewal too. Here’s where you’ll find all the key info for...
View ArticleWSOP 2019: Photo gallery
A selection of photos from the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. All images by PokerPhotoArchive. RETURN TO WSOP COVERAGE HUB DAY 1A Click and swipe left/right to view images
View ArticleAnnouncing MicroMillions 2019
MicroMillions is back for 2019. Like before, this year’s schedule promises to turn low stakes players into high stakes winners. About 146 of them. Here’s what’s coming up this month. The two-week...
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