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Upsets, bad beats and double champs
Competition in all its forms is defined by moments. Poker and the UFC are no different. Fans of both remember the times we were thrilled, excited or blown away by the action at the table or in the...
View ArticleIt’s a Knockout… of Knockouts
Let’s get it on! The search continues for the best (or worst?) KO to ever grace the PokerStars live felt, and the fun part is that you get to crown the Champion. Every day we’re running head-to-head...
View ArticleMissing in Spain: PokerStars Blogger
Here at the PokerStars Blog, we do not breed our bloggers. We know there are so many out there who need homes, and it would be cruel to leave them out on the street when we have the space and heart to...
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Jeopardy James at the WSOP
Your category is GAME SHOWS. Here’s the answer. This Jeopardy! champion known for going “all in” on Daily Doubles recently put his chips in the middle in a major poker tournament series. The correct...
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UFC KO Poker Series: All change on Day 4
Day 4 of the UFC KO Poker Series. Here are the latest headlines… Fintan Hand smashes it. Takes lead Quiet day for Lex And we ask: Is compassion to blame for Spraggy’s KO drought? The Team Pro KO...
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Platinum Pass Winners Reunion in Madrid
Here at PokerStars Blog we’ve been occasionally looking in at the goings-on in Spain this week at the EPT Open Madrid festival. There the €1,100 Main Event moved into its second and last Day 1 flight...
View ArticleKO vs. KO
Two more KOs go heads-up… With just one semi-final spot up for grabs, it’s time to let our final pair of hands duke it out. And today we have two heavyweights looking to win the title of most...
View ArticlePoker players on Instagram
For many poker fans, the lifestyle that pros lead is just as interesting as the game they play. In the old days they had to imagine what life was like for successful poker players. But in this era of...
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UFC KO Poker Series: Everything the same on Day 5
We’re up to Day s of the UFC KO Poker Series. Here are the latest headlines… Fintan Hand still leads despite having scored zero KOs since yesterday Lex Veldhuis still second after scoring zero KOs...
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Watch the EPT Open Madrid live stream
There was a point earlier in the year when I thought I might end up in Madrid this summer for the EPT Open. What a lovely time that would have been! As it happens I’m here at home in the Pacific...
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Book excerpt: Jonathan Little's "Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Hold'em"
Poker pro and coach Jonathan Little has authored numerous well-regarded strategy books. For those who play lower-stakes no-limit hold’em, his Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Hold’em has been singled...
View ArticleFour KOs Get KO-ed
And then there were four… Every day this week we’ve been celebrating our UFC KO Poker Series by asking you to choose your favourite poker KO in a series of heads-up Twitter polls. We started with eight...
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The weekly round-up
Here’s a round-up of content from the week on PokerStars Blog… UFC KO Poker Series EPT Open Madrid live stream Talking “Poker & Pop Culture” in Las Vegas Jeopardy James at the WSOP WSOP Bracelet...
View ArticleBieber vs. Cruise: The UFC has had some weird fights
Justin Bieber wants to fight Tom Cruise. Or, at least that was the “joke” from the pop star … or maybe it wasn’t a joke. You can track the course of the story through a series of TMZ headlines: “JUSTIN...
View ArticleIt’s a Knockout. Two of them!
Bring on the pain… With many eyes on the latter stages of the Women’s World Cup, we thought we’d fill in the gaps between games with a knockout of our own. All week you guys have been voting in a...
View ArticleEPT Open Madrid down to 12 players
What a week it’s been in Madrid. The EPT Open Madrid Main Event has been running since Wednesday. A total of 1,151 players entered the tournament, making it the biggest $1.1K in the history of Casino...
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UFC KO Poker Series: Final Day
It’s the final day of the UFC KO Poker Series. Here are the headlines with everything to play for… Fintan Hand leads into the final day Lex Vedhuis the only real challenger Spraggy shifts into full...
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UFC KO Poker Series: Lex Veldhuis tops KOs
The final day of the UFC KO Poker Series played out yesterday. We won’t know the winner of the Main Event, or the KO contest itself until tomorrow, but here are the headlines this morning: Lex Veldhuis...
View ArticleWhat’s Our Most Brutal KO?
One more KO to KO It’s time… to crown your favourite knockout. All last week we ran daily Twitter polls alongside the UFC KO Poker Series to determine our most brutal KO from the live PokerStars felt....
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