Save the date: WCOOP 2019 confirmed
The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) will be back, bigger and better, in 2019. It’s the most wonderful time of the year…for online poker players, anyway. Today we can reveal the dates for the...
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6+ Hold'em Spin & Go's start today
Until recently, the only way for poker players to experience short-deck hold’em was to sit down at the high-stakes cash tables in Asia. Things have certainly changed a lot in a short time. PokerStars...
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FAST FIVE: Things you might have missed this week
Here’s a quick catch up from the week on PokerStarsBlog… Save the date: WCOOP 2019 confirmed 6+ Hold’em spin & go tourneys now available Remembering the 1979 WSOP Main Event Feel the heat: Playing...
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Book Excerpt: “Purposeful Practice for Poker” by Dr. Patricia Cardner and...
Among this summer’s offerings from D&B Poker is a book designed to help poker players learn how to learn, so to speak. Purposeful Practice for Poker by Dr. Patricia Cardner and Gareth James...
View ArticleThe men who shaped the UFC featherweight division
The featherweight division had existed long before the UFC decided to bring the 145 pounders into the fold back in September 2010. But since the Octagon began hosting fights in the division, it has...
View ArticleFrankie Edgar is still the UFC's own Rocky
It’s hard to not like a fighter like Frankie Edgar. Edgar has often found himself as the underdog in big fights but manages to scrap and compete at a high level. He was a massive underdog at UFC 112...
View ArticleThe fight that wasn't: Cyborg v. Rousey
Sometimes fight sports are defined as much by fights that never happened as those that did. This is true of fights such as Georges St. Pierre vs. Anderson Silva, Randy Couture vs. Fedor Emelianenko...
View ArticleAPPT Manila coverage hub
APPT Manila runs from July 26 to August 4, 2019, at PokerStars Live at Okada Manila, Philippines. We will have live updates from From the three main tournaments in this 24-event festival. Click below...
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Leonard wins Sunday High Roller; Schemion final tables the Milly
Here’s everything you need to know from the weekend on PokerStars… Jakub “Olli444” Oliva wins the Sunday Million ($97K) Patrick “pads1161” Leonard claims High Roller Club title Top 5 results from the...
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Spin up a win with Spin & Go 10
If you sit down to play a Spin & Go this week, you’ll probably notice something in your Stars Rewards chest afterward. Don’t snooze on this one — it could bag you a bunch of extra cash. Starting...
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Live Tournament Tips from Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree isn’t just a Team PokerStars Pro. She’s also a past EPT and WSOP champion with more than $3.8 million in lifetime live tournament earnings. In other words, she’s exactly the type of person...
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How the Sunday Million was won (July 28)
The definitive account of the Sunday Million (July 28). They say the cream rises to the top. Two weeks ago, long-time crusher Conor “1_conor_b_1” Beresford took down the $109 Sunday Million for a...
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5-Card Fiction: Bluffing the Toughs in “Destry Rides Again”
“A deuce in the hole in this game is as good as an ace.” So says a character near the beginning of the 1939 film Destry Rides Again starring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich. Directed by George...
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Weird Variants of Poker You Should Be Playing
Weird Variants of Poker You Should Be Playing If you learned how to play poker after seeing it on television, you’re not alone. Millions of poker players around the world first found their favorite...
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FAST FIVE: Things you might have missed this week
Here’s a quick catch up from the week on PokerStarsBlog… All the latest from APPT Manila 5-Card Fiction: Bluffing the toughs in ‘Destry Rides Again’ How the Sunday Million was won (July 28) Weird...
View ArticleOne week, two wins for Spraggy
Is Spraggy’s the no.1 Twitch stream? He’s certainly making a great case for it, winning two tournaments this week live on his channel. Sometimes Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg is heated: Fuck the internet...
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Bow to Sensei
“The one thing that’s for sure is that I’ll be the all-time winner in the game of cards. No one really has a chance to hold me back. I’m going to be everywhere, I’m going to be winning everything. Good...
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Andras "probirs" Nemeth defeats "Bencb789" for HRC title
Here’s everything you need to know from the weekend on PokerStars… Andras “probirs” Nemeth defeats “Bencb789” for Sunday Cooldown title UK’s “losero88” wins Sunday Million for $95K Two Supersonic final...
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From $100 to $1 million in 11 minutes
There are lots of ways to make a million dollars. If you’re old-fashioned you can inherit hundreds of millions and collect a day’s worth of interest. You could go new-school and become a superstar...
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APPT Manila results
All the results from the APPT Manila 2019 festival Main Event Date: August 1-4, 2019 Buy-in: ₱65,000 (58,500+6,500) Players: 1,135 Prize Pool: ₱64,405,575 Place First Name Last Name Country Prize 1...
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