Pokerstars
PokerStars to Launch North American Poker Tour (NAPT)
Those who have been longing for a PokerStars-sponsored tour in the States can let out a sigh of relief. This morning PokerStars announced it would be launching the North American Poker Tour (NAPT), a three-stop tour with tournaments in the Bahamas, Las Vegas and Connecticut.
urya99 Wins PokerStars Sunday Million
Check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UB, Bodog and Cake
New World Record on Pokerstars
We have a new record: In total, 149,196 people lined up their one dollar bills this evening to be a part of history.
EPT Headed to Berlin
The PokerStars European Poker Tour is headed to Berlin and guaranteeing a massive €1 million first-place prize to the winner there.
PokerStars Releases ANZPT Season 2 Dates
PokerStars announced dates for the second season of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) today and six events across the two countries are already confirmed with more to be announced in the near future.
Team Pro Tuesdays
So PokerStars has come up with a really cool idea for a tournament format that I don’t think has ever been done. There will be two tournaments called “Outlast the Pros” and they’ll take place at 13:00 EST and 20:00 EST on Tuesday. To find which players are online at any time, open the PokerStars software and click the Team Pro button at the bottom of the main lobby window. Alternatively, click Requests in the top menu bar and select Find a Team PokerStars Player
Ran77 and SeraphimV Win Over $200,000 Each
It was another solid Sunday in the world of online poker, as tournaments easily made their guarantees and several recognizable names found themselves at high profile final tables. Most notably, Jon “PearlJammer” Turner made an appearance in the final nine of this week’s Sunday Million. Turner would fall short of the victory, finishing in 5th place and banking almost $70,000. Meanwhile the top two finishers, ran77 and SeraphimV would agree to a chop that awarded each of them more than $200,000. Ran77 would also claim the win in the event and the biggest score of the day at $238,685.72.
Luca Pagano Makes his Sixth PokerStars EPT Final Table
Day 4 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event saw 24 players return, and all of them were eager to make the final table of eight. Everyone was guaranteed at least €15,500, but after three days of poker they wanted much, much more. It took a little more than five levels of play to decide who would move on to play for big money tomorrow and the big name lost along the way was Anthony Lellouche, who busted out in 19th place and took home €15,500.
innerpsy Breaks Record for Online Poker Hands Played in One Day
Recently, Russian online poker player innerpsy shattered the record for the most number of online poker hands logged in 24 hours, or one day. His total: a whopping 40,088, which attracted the attention of the entire Russian poker community.
Last Saturday, innerpsy sat down bright and early at 8:30am local time and, 18 hours and 33 minutes later, called it a day after battling against the online poker world over the course of 40,088 hands. The Russian told PokerStars officials following his amazing feat, “Before this challenge, I had never actually played more than 20,000 hands in a day before, but the idea came up and I just figured I could do it. It was one of the toughest things I have ever accomplished, but I am proud I managed it.”
Latin American Poker Tour Costa Rica – Sulaiman Wins
The $2,500 no-limit hold’em main event at the PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour Costa Rica stop welcomed back eight contestants to the final table on Sunday, Nov. 22. The final contestants had emerged from a field of 259 entrants, who created a prize pool worth $628,075. The final eight were all guaranteed at least $13,818, but they all had their hopes set on winning the top prize worth $172,095.
