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Big London MegaStack online qualifier this Sunday
What are you up to this weekend? Sunday at 8pm BST, to be precise? Nothing important? Good. You might want to add this in your diary if you’re able to get to London the following weekend. The good...
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The weekly round-up
Here’s a round-up from the week on PokerStars Blog… 2019 WSOP Main Event coverage 50 golden WSOP “nuggets” to mark the 50th WSOP MicroMillions 2019 schedule announced Lex beats Fintan & Spraggy to...
View ArticleThis Sunday: $1 Million guaranteed. No running.
This weekend south west London will buzz with the noise of balls on rackets, the odd backhand grunt, and plenty of well-mannered applause. It’s the third round of the world’s most famous tennis...
View ArticleUFC defining moments: Holm knocks out Rousey
Upsets may be the greatest thing in sports. Those moments when an underdog shocks a favorite are all the better the bigger the underdog and more seemingly unbeatable the favorite. The best of these...
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Faber defies the odds to claim first bracelet
Among all the things we know and love about poker, its perfect inclusivity is among the very best. So long as you have the money for the buy-in, and are over 21 years old, absolutely anyone can play...
View ArticleBowling in and bowling out as pressure rises at WSOP
It’s not easy to surprise people at the World Series of Poker, but many players and media members alike were taken aback today at the news that a new room had been discovered at the Rio. Not only was...
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WSOP 2019: In-form Agarwal back to his home-from-home
Aditya Agarwal is back in Las Vegas this summer, fulfilling what has become pretty much the focus of his poker-playing year. This is the 14th occasion he’s been to the World Series and the 14th Main...
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Take advantage of 8,000 missing players
It looks set to be a record breaker in the Main Event over in Las Vegas, which is great for poker. What’s good for the game there is good for the game everywhere. Especially online this Sunday. Because...
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When the 0 goes
There are very few people who can hold down an undefeated record through an entire career in combat sports. Floyd Mayweather’s 50-0 record defines the modern “undefeated great” in fight sports. It’s a...
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WSOP 2019: How Arlie Shaban did it
Two years ago, Arlie Shaban was sitting behind the desk at a Toronto branch of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, taking bookings, selling upgrades, handing over keys, sometimes heading out into the bitter Ontario...
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Notable or not, Moneymaker tops the WSOP bill
Day 2 at the World Series of Poker Main Event started with an administrative oversight. On the printed list of “Notable Players” handed to the media, there was nobody by the name of Chris Moneymaker....
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Yzaguirre becomes last man to register to WSOP monster
There have been a lot of people in Las Vegas this week getting weird feelings. It’s felt like a tremor deep in their bones. Though the vast majority have subsequently discovered it to be an earthquake,...
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WSOP 2019: Konnikova's seven-deuce promise
We are big fans at this publication of Jennifer Shahade’s podcast series The Grid and listened intently a few weeks ago to the episode featuring Shahade’s fellow PokerStars ambassador Maria Konnikova....
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WSOP 2019: All the numbers and statistics
The numbers are in and fully crunched and here we have the complete statistical run-down of the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event. (With thanks to Seth Palansky and the WSOP media team). 2019 World...
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SCOOP champ wins the Milly ($110K); "Proudflop" claims first HRC title
Headlines from the weekend… SCOOP champion “allan shiek” wins the Milly for $110K Jonathan “Proudflop” Proudfoot wins first HRC title PokerStars Ambassadors reach WSOP Main Event Day 3 Top 5 High...
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PokerStars VR goes to space tomorrow
It was 50 years ago this month that humanity first reached the surface of the moon. On July 21, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped down from the Apollo 11 landing module onto lunar soil and uttered some of...
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Allez! A French-tinged round with Sow and ElkY
Although most online poker sites these days have teams of sponsored pros, we haven’t yet reached the point that they make transfers or trades for the millions of dollars (or euros or pounds) that it...
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Patience is key for Akkari, as UFC has to wait
Andre Akkari has a bad beat from Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Main Event. Playing Day 2AB with only 45,000 chips, as players around him began accumulating high six figures, Akkari accepted an...
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The WSOP bubble in focus
Through 15 years coming to Las Vegas, PokerStars Blog has written what must be several hundred thousand words at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. It would be enough to fill a couple of...
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Pochedly bursts WSOP bubble ending late-night grind
Bubbles at the WSOP come in many anxious styles, but I can’t remember a previous one so squeezed by other external forces. All calculations at the start of this near record event predicted the bubble...
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