The weekly roundup
Here’s a round-up from the week on PokerStars Blog… $1M Guaranteed Sunday Storm anniversary edition coming this weekend EPT Open Madrid satellites, live stream Arlie receives a record-setting donation...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: From “Fossilman's Winning Tournament Strategies” by Greg Raymer
2004 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Raymer has written a brand new book of tournament strategy, Fossilman’s Winning Tournament Strategies. The book has just been published, meaning it...
View ArticleA brief history of UFC stars at the WSOP
It’s June and the eyes of the poker world are trained on Vegas, and the World Series of Poker. The eyes of the fight world rarely leave Vegas, and the overlap between the UFC and the WSOP has always...
View ArticleKelopuro and Oliver win High Roller Club titles
Headlines from the weekend… Uruguay’s “pasula09” wins Sunday Million for $106K Sami “Lrslzk” Kelopuro and Chris “ImDaNuts” Oliver win HRC titles Top 5 results from High Roller Club Top 5 results from...
View ArticleMike Leah enjoys #babyrungood
Mike “goleafsgoeh” Leah has worked hard at the poker tables for years and it shows in his long resumé. The Canadian pro has won $7.8 million in live tournaments since 2006 and another $3.4 million...
View ArticleStart playing poker the way you would UFC. With knockouts
There’s a brand-new tournament series coming to PokerStars, and a brand-new look to go with it. From this Sunday 23 June, Knock Out tournaments will take on a distinct UFC appearance. Tables will look...
View ArticleUFC KO Poker Series: The full 68-tournament schedule
A brand new tournament series starts this Sunday. It’s called the UFC KO Poker Series. There are 68 tournaments during the week-long series, all played in the Progressive KO format. You can find the...
View ArticleUpgrade your grit with PokerStars School
Even those who love the game will tell you that poker can be cruel. Learning to play your best game means becoming adept at dealing with setbacks, staying motivated in the face of disappointment, and...
View Article“Jakobgold” on his $688K SCOOP Main Event win
Now that the dust has settled on the 2019 Spring Championship of Online Poker, we have a clearer sense of just how massive this tournament series truly was. The Main Events – regardless of buy-in tier...
View ArticleWhich Team Pro will out-KO the rest?
It kicked off a bit on the internet today. Well for three Team Pros it did. They set up a kind of online KO poker brawl. Team Pros will go head to head in UFC KO Series $1,000 Freeroll for the winning...
View ArticleVicent Bosca on his million-dollar year
We’re only halfway through 2019 and it’s already been a good year for Vicent Bosca. Vicent Bosca plays at EPT Monte Carlo He started January at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas, where...
View ArticleEight of the best poker audiobooks
June is a great month in the lives of poker players. Either you’re in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) grinding the tournament schedule, or you’ve opted to see in the summer at home or...
View ArticleThe weekly round-up
Here’s a round-up from the week on PokerStars Blog… UFC KO Poker Series kicks off Sunday $94K Sunday Storm win for “byqu” Eight of the best poker audiobooks Mike Leah enjoys #babyrungood SCOOP winner...
View Article"Jack Wastes" on his $315K SCOOP ME win
The poker players of Brazil turned in a dominant performance at this year’s Spring Championship of Online Poker. They won 36 titles in all, 17 more than any other country, and none of them was bigger...
View ArticleWho is your poker equivalent?
Risk, aggression, flexibility, unpredictable moves… poker and the UFC feel like cousins separated by nothing but sanctioned violence. Alright, maybe that’s an overstatement. But there’s a certain...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: "Poker & Pop Culture" by Martin Harris
Poker & Pop Culture: Telling the Story of America’s Favorite Card Game by PokerStars Blog’s own Martin Harris is now officially available. To mark the occasion, we’re sharing another excerpt from...
View ArticleWeekend wins for Petrangelo, Nemeth and Muehloecker
Headlines from the weekend… PANIC.PLAYER wins UFC KO milly Andras “probirs” Nemeth takes down UFC KO High Roller Nick Petrangelo and Thomas Muehloecker win HRC titles All the big results from the UFC...
View ArticleUFC KO Poker Series: How things stand on Day 1
Monday marks the first day of results in the UFC KO Poker Series. So, what happened on Day 1? tomakgchm leads the KO competition, tied with Marusia1980 with 36. Lex Veldhuis leads Team Pros with 32 KOs...
View ArticleVote for the Most Brutal KO
It’s a knockout… in more ways than one. While you guys are knocking each other out in the UFC KO Poker Series, we thought we’d delve into the archives to unearth our most brutal KOs from the live felt....
View ArticleUFC KO Poker Series: How things stand on Day 2
Day 2 of the UFC KO Poker Series. The headlines today… Lex Veldhuis holds onto his Team Pro KO Challenge lead Experts confirm “It’s not a typo”: Spraggy closing in on second place DSmunichlife leads...
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