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Sunday Million 6th Anniversary with $6 Million Guaranteed

February 23, 2012 at 6:22 PM |

On 11 March, 2012, the PokerStars Sunday Million turns 6. To celebrate the anniversary, the guaranteed prize pool of the tournament will be $6 million.

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Ziigmund Loses Half a Million at PokerStars High Stakes Tables

February 18, 2012 at 12:02 PM |

Ilari Sahamies (Ziigmund) ran his worst session of the year this Thursday at PokerStars high stakes tables, he left half a million dollars at the tables against players like 'Isildur1'.

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Groupe Bernard Tapie and DoJ Reach Agreement on Details of FTP Forfeiture

February 1, 2012 at 3:39 PM |

Full Tilt Poker is once again a step closer to the restart, with the parties involved coming to an agreement regarding the details of the forfeiture of the company’s assets.

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Chris Ferguson’s Accounts and Attacking the FTP Deal

January 27, 2012 at 2:47 PM |

According to Subject: Poker, Chris Ferguson has distributed close to $60 million from Full Tilt Poker’s accounts to ones held by Pocket Kings for him.

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Patpatman Wins Big in Brutal High Stakes Session

January 26, 2012 at 12:28 PM |

An incredible high stakes session was played earlier this week on PokerStars. Eventually, ’patpatman’ was the one to finish the day with the highest profit.

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Black Friday Defendant Strikes Deal with Authorities

January 23, 2012 at 11:09 AM |

Electronic payment processor executive Ira Rubin has signed a plea deal with the authorities investigating the cases related to the actions of 15 April, 2011. The judgement will be announced on 17 May, 2012; Rubin is facing 18 to 24 months in prison.

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Zynga Poker to Turn to Real Money Games

January 21, 2012 at 4:26 PM |

Zynga Poker's spokesperson told the site AllThingsD that Zynga is indeed looking for partners in order to launch their real money poker solution.

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Players Sue Former UB Parent Company for $20 Million

January 19, 2012 at 11:32 AM |

Eight high stakes poker players have filed suit against former UB owner Excapsa Software. According to them, the company running the online poker room at the time has cheated around $20 million out of its players.

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Bjoerni89 Sets New VPP Record at PokerStars

December 28, 2011 at 2:26 PM |

Bjorn ‘Bjoerni89’ Schneider earned 3,058,660 VPPs in 2011 at PokerStars, breaking Kevin ‘WizardOfAhhs’ Thurman’s record from 2010.

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PokerStars About to Change Rake Method

December 21, 2011 at 2:12 PM |

It seems that PokerStars is about to follow major poker providers like PartyPoker and iPoker, and change their rake calculation method from dealt rake to weighted contributed rake method. The news is unofficial yet.

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Brand New Series at PokerStars - Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP)

December 20, 2011 at 12:23 PM |

In January 2012, PokerStars is starting a new series of online events. The first Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) will contain 50 events.

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First-Eagle Won the Biggest PokerStars Sunday Million Ever

December 19, 2011 at 1:00 PM |

A Canadian player, 'First-Eagle' took down the biggest PokerStars Sunday Million ever, winning an amazing $1,146,574 in the deal. The original first prize would be $2 million.

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Isildur1 Wins 1.5 Milllion Dollars in 48 Hours

December 12, 2011 at 6:08 PM |

As we have mentioned a few days ago, Isildur1 has returned to online poker. He won a massive $1.5 million in less than two days, becoming the centre of attention at the high stakes tables this past weekend.

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Aces Hangout – Video Chat Poker to Hit Google+

December 8, 2011 at 1:21 PM |

Aces Hangout is the latest poker application developed by Hettema & Bergsten for Google+. The game utilizes the Google+ Hangouts video chat to bring the experience of live poker closer to the online community.

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Real Money Poker to Hit Facebook?

December 4, 2011 at 2:45 PM |

Facebook would launch real money poker in the United Kingdom in the first quarter of 2012. Negotiations are now proceeding with several online gaming providers.