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$10 million up for grabs at PokerStars TCOOP

Thursday, January 19, 2012 marks the start of the inaugural Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) at the world’s #1 poker site, PokerStars. The tournament series will run for a total of 11 days, featuring a mind-numbing 50 tournaments with at least $10 million scheduled to be awarded.

MA Casinos could change the face of East Coast Poker

After Governor Deval Patrick vetoed a casino bill passed by the state legislature in 2010, it looked like Massachusetts residents were going to have to continue making the long trek to Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, or head to their northern neighbor New Hampshire to play in that state’s charity poker rooms for the foreseeable future. But all that changed when a casino Read Full Article Related posts: Mass lawmaker pushes for legalized online poker Last year the Commonwealth of Massachusetts nearly passed a bill…

Seidel reclaims #1 spot on GPI Duhamel surges

With the first major tournament series of 2012 now in the books I figured it was time to take a look at the Global Poker Index (GPI) rankings for the first time in 2012. The GPI was created in conjunction with the Epic Poker League in order to give the eligible EPL players a ranking system.

PokerStars modifies Rake and VIP Program for 2012

Players at PokerStars will find several changes beginning on January 1, 2012 as the site announced a major change to their rake calculations, which in turn will have a severe impact on the site’s VIP Loyalty Program, according to a 2+2 forum post by PokerStars Steve. Beginning January 1st, PokerStars will make the move to the “weighted” model when determining precisely how much a Read Full Article Related posts: Party Poker makes changes to rake calculations On August 24, 2011 Party Poker will be moving from..

Eugene Katchalov named 2011 BLUFF Magazine POY

Despite Black Friday laying waste to the online poker community in the United States, as well as its backlash causing worldwide drama for poker players, it was still a good year for a number of poker players, but few had the amount of success of Eugene Katchalov, who is now the official BLUFF Magazine Player of the Year for 2011. BLUFF Magazine began presenting Read Full Article Related posts: Katchalov denied Triple Crown at EPT Barcelona A stacked final table returned to the poker tables on..

The 10 most intriguing people in poker

There are plenty of poker players whose lives are an open book, thanks to their stardom as well as their propensity to make use of social media. These players, like Daniel Negreanu, Tony G, and Phil Hellmuth catalogue most of their daily activities, and although they are very interesting their lives do not hold the secrets that people love to uncover

Is Phil Ivey playing on PokerStars?

After a return to the online poker tables following a significant absence, the identity of a particular online poker player at PokerStars is coming under scrutiny, with many people believing it is Phil Ivey.

Ilari Sahamies is biggest online poker winner in 2011

With the assault on the online poker industry from the US Department of Justice in April (forever to be known as Black Friday in the annals of poker history) the online poker action came to a screeching halt, and just as things started to pick back up again Full Tilt Poker went black, leaving the game’s high-stakes players without a home, and many deprived Read Full Article Related posts: Ilari Sahamies wins largest pot in PokerStars history With Full Tilt Poker shut-down since late June, the nosebleed… Sahamies on massive heater at PokerStars high-stakes tables After a horrible 2010 online poker campaign, at one point…

2012 tournament year ready to kick-off Thursday

There hasn’t been a major live poker tournament since before the Christmas weekend, when the World Poker Tour wrapped-up their 2011 schedule with the WPT Venice and the Epic Poker League hosted their 3rd Main Event of the year. Now that the holidays and festivities of ringing in the New Year are over, the poker world is ready to get back at it, and Read Full Article Related posts: 2012 WSOP $1 million tournament will be bracelet event When the idea of a special $1 million buy-in tournament…

European Poker Tour founder steps down as CEO

When we first heard the news earlier this week that John Duthie would no longer be a member of Team PokerStars Pro, we wondered aloud what implications this might have for his relationship with the PokerStars controlled European Poker Tour (EPT) where Duthie –the founder of the EPT—still acted as the CEO.

UK poker stars turn out for Inaugural WPT Ireland

The first stop on the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) schedule marks the tour’s first foray into the Emerald Isle, as the inaugural WPT Ireland Main Event began on Thursday.

PokerStars PCA Super-High-Roller draws 32 entrants

It seems like the Super-High-Roller tournaments may be here to stay as the $100k buy-in tournament that kicked off the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) came very close to last year’s mark of 38 entrants on Thursday, with a total of 34 players registering for the event. As would be expected for a tournament with a six-figure buy-in the participants in the event were Read Full Article Related posts: Jason Mercier victorious at WPT Super-High-Roller While the 2011 World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond..

Chris Klodnicki wins Epic Poker League Main Event

Despite a five-handed final table, it took nearly 15 hours of play on Sunday for the Epic Poker League to crown its third champion of Season 1, and in the end it came down to two poker pros searching for their first major tournament title of their career. The final table began with a lineup of Scott Clements, Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Chris Klodnicki, Read Full Article Related posts: Epic Poker League qualifier DQ’ed from Main Event After finishing the Epic Poker League Pro/Am in 8th place,…

PokerStars 10th Anniversary Sunday Million sets record

One of the first promotions PokerStars started hyping for its 10th Anniversary was the Sunday Million tournament scheduled for December 18th, 2011. Yesterday’s tournament touted an impressive $10 million guarantee as well as a $2 million guaranteed prize for the winner of the historic event

AP co-founder pleads guilty to Black Friday charges

While it’s not the first domino to fall in the Black Friday scandal, the recent guilty plea by Absolute Poker co-founder Brent Beckley could very well prove to be one of the most important.