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SuperStar Showdown: KidPoker Strikes Back

March 28, 2011 at 12:01 PM |

Daniel Negreanu won the latest instalment of the SuperStar Showdown on Sunday, March 27. Although it seemed for long Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom would once again annihilate him, the Canadian pro managed to crawl back and eventually win with a profit of $26,500.

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Isildur Already Lost Negreanu's Money

March 22, 2011 at 11:04 AM |

Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom logged a long session yesterday at PokerStars. He played against Daniel Cates, but he had one of the fiercer fights against the French Full Tilt Poker pro Rui Cao, who earned $257,441 that day, mostly won from Blom, who lost a $208,518.

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SuperStar Showdown: Blom Beats Negreanu

March 21, 2011 at 12:09 PM |

Daniel Negreanu never stood a chance against Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom in last Sunday’s SuperStar Showdown: the Swede pro won the Canadian’s full $150,000 challenge bankroll in 1,439 hands.

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Poker Bots are Taking Over!

March 16, 2011 at 12:52 PM |

It is not a common occurrence, that online newspapers (in this case, the New York Times) deal with poker-related issues. On Monday, however, people reading the Science section of the New York Times found an extensive article on online poker bots.

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Prahlad Friedman Calls Justin Bonomo and Isaac Haxton Cheaters

March 14, 2011 at 11:06 AM |

Prahlad Friedman, Team UB Pro has made public accusations about Justin Bonomo and Isaac Haxton. According to Friedman, the two poker players are sharing poker accounts, which, of course, is forbidden in  online poker. 

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Daniel Negreanu is Next in SuperStar Showdown

March 10, 2011 at 10:26 AM |

The rumors have been going for quite some time about Daniel Negreanu being the next to take on Isildur1, but now PokerStars revealed that the 2 top pros will battle each other 2 times, on March 20 and March 27 as well.

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Sunday Million Prize Money Withheld?

March 9, 2011 at 12:36 PM |

Dutch poker player ‘zeurrr’ may lose his Sunday Million winnings of $518,402, as it turns out he is underage. PokerStars says he is thus ineligible for the prize money.

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Luke ‘Bdbeatslayer’ Vrabel Wins 5th Anniversary Sunday Million

March 7, 2011 at 12:28 PM |

March 6, 2011 saw the record breaking 5th anniversary PokerStars Sunday Million with the greatest number of entrants (59,128 players) ever in its history. Due to the $215 buy-in, a prize pool of $11,825,600 was amassed, more than twice as much as the $5 million originally guaranteed.

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Superstar Showdown: Isildur1 vs. Online Qualifier Dodgyfish72

March 1, 2011 at 11:21 AM |

In PokerStars' latest promotion, a smaller-limit version of the Superstar Showdown is available via online satellites. This version of the game is the same as its big brother, except for the fact that PokerStars stakes the person winning the online qualifiers with $15,000 to play with.

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Epic Session between Isildur1 and Cates at PokerStars

February 25, 2011 at 10:04 AM |

Today, hundreds of people spent their time railing at $25/$50 PLO tables at PokerStars, to witness one of the largest sessions ever played at these stakes. No need to tell, one of the heads-up fighters was Viktor ’Isildur1’ Blom, the other being Daniel ’w00ki3z’ Cates (known as Jungleman12 at other sites).

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Microgaming Bad Beat Jackpot Hit 2 Times in 24 Hours

February 17, 2011 at 5:34 PM |

It's quite usual that the bad beat jackpots are hit every couple of weeks, but 2 in 24 hours is rather unusual in online poker history. However, this is precisely what happened at 2 rooms of the Microgaming Poker Network last weekend.

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Webcam Poker: Hitting the Nuts or a Bad Beat?

February 16, 2011 at 5:45 PM |

Introducing webcams to online poker has been being debated for some time in the poker community; some online rooms have already launched their tables utilizing this feature. Will the rooms hit the nuts with webcams or will it experience a bad beat from players holding on to their freedom and privacy?

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SuperStar Showdown – Isildur1 Wins against Katchalov

February 14, 2011 at 6:50 PM |

Viktor ’Isildur1’ Blom is currently at 3-1 in the SuperStar Showdown, defeating PCA Super High Roller champion Eugene Katchalov after Tony G and jungleman12. Beaten during the series only by Isaac Haxton so far, the Swede pro earned $111,750 in the fourth installment of the Showdown.

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Team PokerStars Online Expansion Pack

February 11, 2011 at 1:31 PM |

With some sarcasm, one could say Team PokerStars will soon have more sponsored Pros than the number of people playing at the room voluntarily. 15 players have been added to the lot.

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Double or Nothing Sit & Gos Discontinued at PokerStars

February 10, 2011 at 1:44 PM |

PokerStars has recently announced that they cease to offer Double or Nothing Sit &Go tournaments from February 15, 2011. Although calling off one of their most popular formats, the room introduces another one that seems to be a highly improved version of the DoN SnG: the Fifty50 Sit & Go.