LEX LIVE 2: Your guide to London
At the end of September, PokerStars Ambassador Lex Veldhuis will be hosting the second edition of Lex Live at the Aspers Casino in Westfield Stratford City. That’s in London, baby. Whether it’s...
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Clear your Path to the Sunday Million
The Sunday Million has been one of the most coveted titles in online poker for more than 13 years. Thousands of players turn out every week and the winner regularly walks away with a six-figure prize....
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WSOP 2019: Before and after gallery
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is the one that nobody wants to miss, and it often serves as a reunion for players who have been on the circuit for many years. That actually also applies to...
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Owen rallies poker world to offer crucial relief aid
On occasion, reading the Twitter feed of British pro Adam Owen is like flicking through an airline magazine. One moment he’s in Madrid, the next in Mexico, then Vegas, London or Amsterdam. It’s...
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How the Sunday Million was won (July 7)
The definitive account of last week’s Sunday Million (July 7). Think back to your largest ever poker score, and the joy it undoubtedly brought you. It isn’t in the suck-outs. It isn’t in the flips. The...
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What Andrew Brokos is thinking
Having @thinkingpoker as a Twitter name — and tweeting lots of thoughtful stuff about poker — might be one way to tip off your opponents that you aren’t just over there “clicking buttons” (as they...
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Play MicroMillions for free with PokerStars School
MicroMillions returns to PokerStars this Sunday, kicking off two weeks of intense micro-stakes action. With nearly 150 tournaments on the schedule and more than $3.8 million in guaranteed prize pools,...
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'GG The Rec' riding the WSOP wave yet again
A decent summer at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) has the potential to change lives. Even if players don’t go all the way to the Main Event final table, scoring a handful of decent cashes might...
View ArticlePoker music: What to listen to?
Back in the old west, poker players in a saloon might have been entertained by a piano player or dance hall singer while they played. A little later, in clubs and poker rooms of the mid-20th century,...
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Richard Seymour making most of second career
Those tuning into ESPN last night to watch the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event spent a number of hours seeing a world-class athlete in action, someone whose exploits on a different green field...
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Save the date: EPT Prague confirmed
Mark your calendars! The European Poker Tour is returning to Hilton Hotel Prague in the Czech Republic for a full slate of tournaments from December 6-17, 2019. Key dates • December 7-11: €1,100 EPT...
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Into the future: the Run It Up Live Home Game
Six friends sitting around a poker table, eating pizza, drinking beer. It could be absolutely anywhere in the poker-playing world, but somebody here says, “You’re going to break Twitch poker” and...
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Pressure cookers, bracelet winners and high rollers
It’s a scorcher today in Las Vegas, where the mercury has pushed up beyond 110° Fahrenheit (44° Celcius). It’s always hot out here in the desert, of course, but it had been a comparatively clement 100°...
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BE THE BOSS OF UFC: How to win this once-in-a-lifetime prize
As Bruce Buffer would say, it’s TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME…for you to become the boss of the UFC. Sound good? It better, because the UFC® and PokerStars is literally giving you the opportunity to ‘be the...
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The weekly round-up
Here’s a round-up from the week on PokerStars Blog… Big names go deep as WSOP ME heads to Day 7 Amazing UFC prize up for grabs Save the date! EPT Prague confirmed for December Inside the Run It Up Live...
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'Just gravy' for Gates and Marchington as day of drama awaits
Some people like the bubble. For others it’s all about the very end. (Some masochists even enjoy day one.) But for my money, today is the best day on the poker calendar: when the World Series Main...
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Ensan on course to add WSOP to EPT glory
A few players scooting off for their one-hour break contemplated heading outside for some vitamin D. That’s the one true benefit of taking dinner breaks right around the time of afternoon tea. But as...
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No stopping Gates as final table edges nearer
Garry Gates’s rail here at the Rio has been swelling all week, and the 15 or so folk who are now three deep around the main feature table stage just erupted in jubilation. Gates was all in with pocket...
View ArticlePokerStars Ambassador Daniel Cormier wins ESPY
This year’s ESPYs — ESPN’s annual sports award show — were the first to feature a category for Best MMA Fighter. While previous years had lumped boxers and mixed martial artists into a single Best...
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En Route pour l'EPT begins at Gujan-Mestras
Today begins what should be an exciting tournament in southwestern France — the En Route pour l’EPT event at the Casino Gujan-Mestras. The €200 Main Event kicks off at today with satellites continuing...
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