Brand new features for PokerStars VR
New features include Sit & Gos, the option to buy chips and compete in weekly leader boards If you’re a PokerStars VR player, there are some new features to look forward to this week. From today...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: From the forthcoming “Fossilman's Winning Tournament...
This summer readers are getting a chance to look at tournament strategy through a pair of poker’s most famous sunglasses with the publication of 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg...
View ArticleThis week on PokerStars
Catch up on all of this week’s PokerStars Blog content… Lex Live highlights Brand new features for PokerStars VR Book Excerpt: From the forthcoming “Fossilman’s Winning Tournament Strategies” by Greg...
View ArticleLex Veldhuis wins GPI Streamer of the Year
There was a point five years ago at which people couldn’t even figure out exactly what it meant to be a poker streamer, and then once folks figured it out, they had a hard time deciding if such thing...
View ArticleWEEKEND REVIEW: All the big results
A recap of the major results from this weekend on PokerStars… • Austria’s “Matze 90451” wins the Sunday Million for $107K • High Roller Club victories for Roman “Romeopro” Romanovsky and Scott “Aggro...
View ArticleSpin of the Day: "I came a long way and I was really happy about it"
Everybody remembers their first big win. For Eric, a 58-year-old husband and father of two from Rotterdam, Netherlands, the memory is just a few days old. When he isn’t working as a process operator or...
View ArticleAttention UFC and poker fans everywhere
If you’re a UFC fan, this is going to be of interest to you. Double that if you also love poker. Today PokerStars is launching new UFC-branded Spin & Go’s. They’re part of the exclusive global...
View ArticleThe idiot's guide to the UFC
November 12, 1993 was the first time the world laid eyes on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). What was then a barbaric spectacle, pushed as fights that could end only “by knockout, submission...
View ArticlePokerStars School takes on satellite strategy
Whether you’re looking to qualify for a big tournament like the Sunday Million or tackling small-stakes cash games, there’s no better place to refine your poker strategies than PokerStars School. Have...
View ArticleSunday Millions Timeline: 13 yrs. of the Milly
For the last 13 years, the Sunday Million on PokerStars has been a permanent fixture on online poker players’ schedules, the frequent focus of the Sunday “grind.” This Sunday will be no different,...
View ArticleSow good: the rise and rise of Kalidou Sow
PokerStars today unveiled Kalidou Sow as the newest recruit to the most prestigious poker team on the planet. It is the latest step on a long journey for the 38-year-old, starting from humble...
View Article'Amazing, amazing!' Kalidou Sow joins Team PokerStars
Every now and then, a poker player emerges on the tournament scene with star quality so clearly apparent that it becomes only a matter of time before they find a PokerStars patch on their sleeve. Such...
View ArticleHolloway aims for redemption against Poirier
On February 4, 2012, Max Holloway made his UFC debut as a 20-year-old prospect with a 4-0 record from fighting in other, less prestigious organizations. Less than four minutes after his fight started...
View ArticlePoker stereotypes: Have you met them all?
Whether you are playing online poker or a live poker tournament, you will encounter players using a wide range of styles, drawing on whatever strategy suits them best. But wherever you go, players tend...
View ArticleWhat does it take to win the Sunday Million?
The 13th anniversary of the Sunday Million takes place this weekend (14th April, ), and trust us, it’s going to be a big one. There’s a massive $10M guaranteed in the prize pool, and whoever takes it...
View ArticleA collapsed bowel, a fake belt and a title fight
Less than 24 hours before he set to defend his UFC middleweight championship for the first time at UFC 234, Robert Whittaker was in emergency surgery to address an intestinal hernia and a twisted and...
View ArticleSpin of the Day: "My dream is to be a poker player"
“I’ve never really been interested in tournament poker,” Guner tells the PokerStars Blog. That might sound funny for someone who just won a Spin of the Day freeroll, but it’s actually a pretty...
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