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Liv Boeree Sunday Warm-Up Video

February 9, 2011 at 5:25 PM |

You may have heard about poker beauty Liv Boeree winning the PokerStars Sunday Warm-up, the room’s weekly $750,000 guaranteed tournament. Defeating James ’mig.com’ Mackey heads-up, she managed to win $147,780 and doing so she bested 4,710 players in total. PokerStars.tv happened to record a highlight show of the final table, which we present you below.

Poker Tournaments

Macau Poker Cup Back in February

February 9, 2011 at 2:52 PM |

PokerStars announced that the Macau Poker Cup (MPC) is returning to Casino Grand Lisboa from 21st to 27th February, 2011. The tournament is promised to be the biggest ever with a record number of players and a HKD $3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Online Poker

Gus Hansen Has a Nice Start so far in 2011

February 8, 2011 at 7:20 PM |

Our online poker news seldom tell the tale of Gus Hansen scoring big, but 2011 seems to be his year so far, as the Danish pro is the first to have reached the million-dollar limit this year.

Poker Tournaments

Poker After Dark: New Cash Game Episodes (Line-Up)

February 8, 2011 at 4:57 PM |

Starting tonight, NBC will be airing premiers of new Poker After Dark episodes for two weeks, featuring six players and a $150k minimum buy-in.

Poker Tournaments

Gabe Kaplan Said Goodbye to High Stakes Poker

February 8, 2011 at 3:01 PM |

According to GSN's official announcement, Gabe Kaplan has left the popular poker show, High Stakes Poker (HSP). His place will be taken by Norm MacDonald, formerly known from Saturday Night Live.

Casinos

Fun New Tableside Technology for Dealers

February 7, 2011 at 6:09 PM |

IT Casino Solutions came up with a great new device that has no name at the moment, it's currently called the "Julian System". What it does, is makes the life of dealers and casino managers much easier.

Poker Players

Eugene Katchalov is Next to Take On Isildur1

February 7, 2011 at 4:32 PM |

PokerStars released the next challenger of Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom. Contrary to many beliefs about Daniel Negreanu wanting to be next, it's the 2011 PCA Super High Roller event and WCOOP winner Eugene Katchalov, who gets the opportunity to take the young Swedish pro's money.

Poker Players

Phil Hellmuth Meets Another Ex-President

February 7, 2011 at 2:16 PM |

According to the Poker Brat's twitter, he met with yet another ex-president after having met Bill Clinton in November: George W. Bush. Hellmuth gave him a signed book, which the ex-president  "tucked into his inner jacket pocket".

Poker Players

Ashton Griffin Wins Crazy Prop Bet - Runs 70 miles in 24h

February 7, 2011 at 12:52 PM |

According to Justin 'BoostedJ' Smith's twitter, Ashton 'theASHMAN103' Griffin, one of the best young players around managed to win an insane side-bet he made with Haseeb Qureshi. He had to run 70 miles in 24 hours.

Bellagio Chip Robber Caught

February 4, 2011 at 5:31 PM |

A few days ago undercover officers of the Las Vegas Police arrested Anthony Michael Carleo after he tried to sell them high-value chips stolen from the Bellagio robbery in December. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Carleo is the son of George Assad, Municipal Court Judge of Las Vegas.

Poker Tournaments

42nd WSOP Official Schedule Released

February 4, 2011 at 3:38 PM |

Caesars Entertainment updated the schedule they released in the last few days of December. Now the detailed plan is available on WSOP.com. The biggest live event this year will kick off on May 31st, at the usual location, the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Poker Players

Rest In Peace, Jack Ury!

February 4, 2011 at 12:36 PM |

Jack Ury, the oldest man ever to have played in the WSOP, passed away on 1st February, 2011 at the age of 97. His slowroll in the 2009 WSOP Main Event, as televised by ESPN, will forever be one of the most remembered moments of poker history.

Poker Tournaments

The Everest Poker ONE - Live Tournament in April

February 3, 2011 at 5:56 PM |

Our rakeback provider partner Everest Poker organizes a major live tournament for all players who want to have a chance to win big. Being held in the beautiful Monte Carlo from April 21, the €1,000,000 prize pool will surely attract many players to the satellites.

Poker Players

Greg Raymer to Leave PokerStars?

February 2, 2011 at 5:35 PM |

Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer, 2004 WSOP Main Event champion seemingly no longer represents PokerStars, according to unofficial information, he parted ways with the largest poker room.

Poker Rooms

Yatahay Poker Network: Doyles Room’s New Home

February 2, 2011 at 5:35 PM |

We have already informed you about Doyles Room leaving Cake Network. For where they headed, however, remained undisclosed – until now. Doyles Room’s new network is Yatahay.

Poker Players

Jared Huggins Turned down by The Big Game

February 1, 2011 at 4:27 PM |

Jared Huggins lost his jobs and home in February, 2010 but was helped out by the poker community, which he became incredibly popular with due to his personality and touching videos. Even a proposal was made to get him into PokerStars’ The Big Game show as Loose Cannon, but recently this has been turned down.

Poker Videos

Video Interview with Nanonoko, the Human Poker Robot

January 31, 2011 at 6:15 PM |

Gary Wise and Jason Senti, 7th place finisher at last year's WSOP Main Event, have made a video interview with the cash game phenomenon Randy 'nanonoko' Lew.

Poker Rake Races

PartyPoker Exclusive Loyalty Freerolls for $1,500 in February

January 31, 2011 at 3:47 PM |

It is now wotrh trying out PartyPoker, as all the newly registered Rakerace.com members can take part in our exclusive freerolls, in which they can compete in three freerolls for a total prize pool of $1,500.

Poker Rake Races

PokerStars Exclusive Loyalty Freeroll - February

January 31, 2011 at 3:23 PM |

With an extraordinary timing and prize, the exlusive RakeRace Loyalty Freeroll continues this February. PokerStars now offers 41 tickets (worth 3000FPP each) to PokerStars' February Turbo Takedown, where players can play for their share of the handsome $1,000,000 prize pool.

Poker Videos

Fydor_8 HU SNG Coaching Video

January 28, 2011 at 3:48 PM |

The Heads-Up Sit-and-Go trainer Fydor_8 has made his coaching video available, in which the heads-up pro shows his gameplay at $220+$10 buy-in SNG tables.

Poker Rake Races

PokerHeaven Exclusive Apple Race in February

January 27, 2011 at 2:42 PM |

PokerHeaven presents an exclusive Apple race in February; there are €1,500 total worth of Apple items up for grabs, including the iPhone 4, the iPad and iPods. Only players registering to PokerHeaven via Rakerace.com are eligible to participate in the Apple race.

Poker Interviews

Daniel Negreanu Talks to Gary Wise

January 24, 2011 at 4:50 PM |

The once Magic The Gathering champion (collectible card game), now poker pro Gary Wise made this interview for PokerStatic with the PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu.

Poker Players

Scottish Businessman Bought Eastgate's Bracelet

January 21, 2011 at 5:51 PM |

More than 1 month passed since Peter Eastgate sold his WSOP bracelet, it is now finally public, who the mysterious buyer was. Not Tony G, not some major poker room as many predicted, but Scottish businessman, William Haughey.

Poker Players

Max Katz Invests in Galen Hall, Gets over $1 Million

January 20, 2011 at 2:26 PM |

PCA Main Event winner Galen Hall searched for sponsors for his caribbean adventure back in December, 2010. Russian businessman and poker player Max Katz seized the opportunity – and earned over $1 million on the deal.

Poker Players

Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom in Serious Trouble

January 19, 2011 at 2:52 PM |

It was no suprise for the poker community that at the PCA, Viktor Blom stepped out of the darkness as the man behind Isildur1. Many think that the reason for him to conceal his true identity was to evade Swedish taxes. Now it seems this really is the case: the Swedish tax office claims $149 million in Swedish krona.

Poker Interviews

The Dang Brothers: A Video Interview

January 18, 2011 at 2:34 PM |

PokerStatic has recently made a video interview with the Dang brothers, Di and Hac, also known as Urindanger and trex313, respectively. While the former plays PLO with Gus Hansen, they evaluate their poker year of 2010.

Poker Tournaments

PCA: Galen Hall Wins, Chris Oliver Second

January 17, 2011 at 2:27 PM |

Galen ‘GasparLeMarc’ Hall won the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event, eliminating final table chipleader Chris ‘Gettin Daize’ Oliver heads-up.

Lost & Found

Durrrr Challenge 2 – Phil Galfond Analyzes Again (video)

January 13, 2011 at 4:55 PM |

The high stakes pro Phil ’OMGClayAiken’ Galfond continues his series (started in September) with another two videos, in which he analyzes the most interesting hands of the ’Durrrr Challenge 2’.

Poker Players

Viktor Blom is Isildur1 – But What Did the Parents Say?

January 13, 2011 at 4:23 PM |

A Swedish online magazine, NWT visited the Blom family, after Viktor Blom admitted at the currently ongoing PCA that he was the one playing under the nick ’Isildur1’.

Loyalty Program Reviews

Changes in PokerStars VIP Club

January 11, 2011 at 4:33 PM |

The PokerStars VIP Club underwent minor modifications as of January, 2011; core features remained intact, as the main aim was to simplify the VIP program. Important to note is that PokerStars continues to reward VPPs on a “dealt” basis.