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Eastgate's Bracelet Sold for $147,500

November 25, 2010 at 7:45 PM |

Today the auction on Peter Eastgate's 2008 WSOP Main Event bracelet has ended, the highest bid was $147,500. The identity of the buyer is yet unknown.

Poker Players

Nanonoko’s Spotless Stats are History

November 10, 2010 at 7:09 PM |

PokerStars pro Randy ‘nanonoko’ Lew has played over 4 million hands online as yet, but has so far avoided downswings like his latest session. Now, however, he lost 40 buy-ins in a single day.

Poker Humor

The Story of the Best Poker Player in the World

August 16, 2010 at 2:56 PM |

The 11th August was the day when a rather peculiar video appeared on Youtube, featuring Daniel Negreanu, Arnaud Mattern and Tiffany Michelle.

Poker Players

Phil Hellmuth: Is His Time Over?

October 7, 2010 at 5:36 PM |

Once the world's biggest poker player Phil Hellmuth have not won a single tournament for 3 years and 110 days now, his bad luck surrounds his cash games as well.

Poker Rake Races

Win Your Share of $50,000 in the PokerStars VPP Ring

April 15, 2011 at 1:41 PM |

Ring games are the true test of a poker player’s skill. Also known as cash games, this is poker in its purest form, and now players in Central & Eastern Europe can play ring games and cash in big time. With VPP Ring you have five weeks to earn as many VIP Player Points (VPPs) as you can while playing cash games, top 500 players will share the $50,000 prize pool!

High Stakes Poker 7 To Be Aired from February 26th

January 24, 2011 at 7:16 PM |

The day is coming, POKER PROductions announced that the 7th season of their hit TV show, High Stakes Poker will air on Saturdays, starting from February 26th.

Poker Players

Introducing the October Nine - Michael Esposito, the Enduring Amateur

October 21, 2012 at 12:41 PM |

Michael Esposito is not touched by the promise of millions of dollars. He just wants to enjoy poker and his attitude might well get him straight to the top.

Poker Videos

The Big Game Season 2 Week 4 - Italian Week

July 25, 2011 at 2:52 PM |

The Big Game is back with the fourth week in a row, and after a week with Jared Huggins (who was totalled by Cassavetes) it's an international week at PokerStars. Two Italian, a French and threee american players face each other at the state-of-the-art poker table.

Poker Players

120 Hours of Play – Phil Laak’s Record Broken

July 14, 2012 at 7:02 PM |

British Barry Denson has broken Phil Laak’s poker endurance record, playing 120 hours and 20 minutes in a row and earning £850 in profits, which he will give to charity.

Poker Humor

The Micros Episode 3

March 1, 2011 at 9:31 AM |

The next installment of John ’JimmyLegs’ Wray’s and Jay ’Krantz’ Rosenkrantz’ incredibly popular animated series, The Micros is here. The concept is the same, however, the show seems to be much less about micro-stakes grinders. Anyway, enjoy, and tell us what you thought about the episode in the comment section below.

Poker Tournaments

Rakerace.com Facebook Freeroll this Saturday!

April 1, 2011 at 9:20 AM |

Rakerace.com has now joined forces with PokerStars to organize an exclusive poker freeroll with the following details:

Poker Players

Controversial News from Macau

November 22, 2010 at 6:20 PM |

As we already reported, Tom 'durrrr' Dwan and his fellow poker pros are playing against Chinese businessmen at the cash game tables of Macau. The game broke last night, and the pros head back home, supposedly with lots of cash on them.

Poker Rooms

AGCC Comments on Ongoing Discussions - FTP to Be Re-opened

July 4, 2011 at 3:05 PM |

The Alderney Gambling Control Commission released a new media release in which they acknowledge that they are in discussions with Full Tilt poker and a third party their objective being the refinancing and re-opening Full Tilt Poker.

Online Poker

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.

Poker Players

Phil Ivey Launches Coaching Site

November 2, 2012 at 6:18 PM |

Eight times WSOP champion Phil Ivey launches a brand new poker site with 2012 Main Event winner Greg Merson as a sponsored pro, in addition to Patrik Antonius and Jennifer Harman.