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The weekly round-up
Here’s a round-up from the week on PokerStars Blog… UFC KO Poker Series kicks off Sunday $94K Sunday Storm win for “byqu” Eight of the best poker audiobooks Mike Leah enjoys #babyrungood SCOOP winner...
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"Jack Wastes" on his $315K SCOOP ME win
The poker players of Brazil turned in a dominant performance at this year’s Spring Championship of Online Poker. They won 36 titles in all, 17 more than any other country, and none of them was bigger...
View ArticleWho is your poker equivalent?
Risk, aggression, flexibility, unpredictable moves… poker and the UFC feel like cousins separated by nothing but sanctioned violence. Alright, maybe that’s an overstatement. But there’s a certain...
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Book Excerpt: "Poker & Pop Culture" by Martin Harris
Poker & Pop Culture: Telling the Story of America’s Favorite Card Game by PokerStars Blog’s own Martin Harris is now officially available. To mark the occasion, we’re sharing another excerpt from...
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Weekend wins for Petrangelo, Nemeth and Muehloecker
Headlines from the weekend… PANIC.PLAYER wins UFC KO milly Andras “probirs” Nemeth takes down UFC KO High Roller Nick Petrangelo and Thomas Muehloecker win HRC titles All the big results from the UFC...
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UFC KO Poker Series: How things stand on Day 1
Monday marks the first day of results in the UFC KO Poker Series. So, what happened on Day 1? tomakgchm leads the KO competition, tied with Marusia1980 with 36. Lex Veldhuis leads Team Pros with 32 KOs...
View ArticleVote for the Most Brutal KO
It’s a knockout… in more ways than one. While you guys are knocking each other out in the UFC KO Poker Series, we thought we’d delve into the archives to unearth our most brutal KOs from the live felt....
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UFC KO Poker Series: How things stand on Day 2
Day 2 of the UFC KO Poker Series. The headlines today… Lex Veldhuis holds onto his Team Pro KO Challenge lead Experts confirm “It’s not a typo”: Spraggy closing in on second place DSmunichlife leads...
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Talking “Poker & Pop Culture” in Las Vegas
Poker is a game with many attractions. The game’s rich and colorful history and the many stories poker has produced has helped make it a favorite pastime for me and millions of others. The social...
View ArticleWhich KO is the Sickest?
The action continues… ‘Sick’ is an overused term in poker, but for our eight contenders it’s perfectly apt. To mark the UFC KO Poker Series, we’ve dug into the basement to find our most merciless KOs,...
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Play UFC KO Poker with PokerStars School
The starting bell rang on Sunday for the first UFC KO Poker Series, with a 68-event schedule of all Progressive KO tournaments. It’s a full week of action with prizes for every knockout, three UFC 241...
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UFC KO Poker Series: How things stand on Day 3
Day 3 of the UFC KO Poker Series. Today’s headlines… Another 11 KOs for Veldhuis takes his total to 43 Hand takes day off – but still ahead of Spraggy Confirmed: Spraggy cursed by alphabetical order...
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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...
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