August 13th, 2008 by kdollar
Poker Stars is the largest poker room in the world and they are once again flexing their muscle this time adding millions of dollars to many of their most popular poker tournaments. They are going from $7.5 million to $13 million per week!
Poker Stars is known for their Sunday Millions and the tournament just got bigger with an additional $500,000 dollars added to the guranteed prize pool. Making it a $1,500,000 dollar tournament!
Two other sunday Poker Stars.net tournaments also got additional prize pool money including the Sunday Warm Up now $750k and they have just announced a new $530 weekly No Limit Hold-em tournmaent with a guarantee of $250k (Also the last Sunday of every month the tournament will have a $1,050 buy-in).
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July 21st, 2008 by hansel
This September the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is coming back to Poker Stars.net. The WCOOP is the worlds largest online poker series, and this year it is bigger than ever. Doubling last years prize pool, the 2008 WCCOP will offer a prize pool of $30,000,000 guaranteed.
Starting September 5th and ending with the main event on September 22nd, the WCOOP will host 33 different events and a wide range of poker games. Although tournaments don’t official start until the fifth, Poker Stars players can try to earn their spots in WCOOP qualifying satellites. Cash qualifiers start at as low as $2.20, and players using FPP can enter a satellite for as low as 100 Frequent Player Points.
For more information on the WCOOP including dates and event details visit Poker Stars.net and search for the WCOOP on the promotions page.
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July 2nd, 2008 by kdollar
Poker Stars is currently running a 2x promotion for the month of July. At various times in the month they will be giving away double the VPPs, double the chance to win and at times double the prize pool. The best part of the promotion is they will be offering 2x bonuses to tournaments and cash games across the board so chances are your favorite game will be offered at one point during the month of July.
The current offers at PokerStars.net:
Cash Games and Sit and Go’s - Double the VPPs from July 1 - July 6
2X First Time Depositors - Using code: First2x you can receive entry to 2X Depositor Freerolls running everyday with a tournament prize pool of $2,222. If you make the money in the tournament you will be automatically entered in the end of the month $22,222 grand finale tournament.
2X Chance Tournaments - Multi Table tournaments that allow you to have one re-buy in the case that you are eliminated early in the tournament.
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June 18th, 2008 by hansel
Poker Star’s pros Daniel Negreanu and Barry Greenstein are currently second and third on the World Series of Poker player of the year chart. Daniel Negreanu is in second with 170 points, 15 points behind leader Eick Lindgren, with one braclet and 4 cashes. Just below him Barry Greenstein has 165 points with one braclet and 3 cashes. Together the two players have combined for a total of $769,001 WSOP earnings.
Daniel Negreanu 2008 Finishes:
* 7th place on 6/14 at Event 28 Pot-Limit Omaha $123, 437
* 1st place on 6/10 at Event 20 Limit Hold’em $204,874
* 11th place on 6/7 at Event 14 Seven Card Stud $33,417
* 22nd place on 6/3 at Event 5 No-Limit Hold’em $16,496
Barry Greenstein 2008 Finishes:
* 1st place on 6/13 at Event 26 Seven Card Razz $157,643
* 46th place on 6/12 at Event 23 No-Limit Hold’em $7,582
* 3rd place on 6/9 at Event 18 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball $225,552
For more information go to www.worldseriesofpoker.com
Tags: Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Player of the Year, Poker Stars, pokerstars.net, POY, World Series of Poker, WSOP
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May 14th, 2008 by kdollar
Poker Stars has announced that they will be running a $1 million dollar turbo takedown tournament on the last Sunday of every month! The tournament is unique in that 1 in 3 players will get a cash prize. To play in the tournament players will need to buy-in using 5000 Frequent Player Points.
If you don’t have 5000 fpp’s to spare you can play in satellites running daily for as little as 10 fpp credits. The tournament can be found in the Events > Special tab in the poker stars lobby. Also in that tab you will be able to register for satellites to the turbo takedown.
The winner of the tournament will receive a $100k while second takes $60k and third $40k and so on. The tournament pays up to 4,000th place and that pays $90 bucks (sweet!). This is probably the best freeroll tournament you can play. Although, you will need to have played some real money poker at poker stars it is definitely worth it. You can easily get 10 fpp’s in about 10 minutes of poker play and you will be able to enter a satellite tournament to this $1 million dollar tournament.
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May 2nd, 2008 by hansel
Poker Stars is now offering free rewards for players who perform well in multi-table tournament events. Tournament Leader Board (TLB) points are offered for every level of buy-ins, but the larger the buy-in the more TLB points you can earn. New winners are awarded each week, month, and year.
To become the weekly winner you have to record 10 good multi-table finishes between 12:00am on Sunday and 11:59pm on Saturday. The poker player with the most (TLB) points at the end of the week will be given the chance to play heads up for a minimum of $1000 against a Poker Stars pro at the game of his/her choice. If the Poker Stars pro wins, the prize money from that match will carry and be added to the next weeks match.
The top 200 poker players from the Monthly leader board will split up a pot of $30,000, with first place winning $5000. Along with that prize money, the top 1000 players will win a seat at a $20,000 freeroll. For the poker pros, the Yearly Leader Board Winner first prize is a five-stamp passport that includes hotel accommodation’s and buy-ins to five major Poker Stars hosted events.
For more information on this and other promotions go to Poker Stars
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April 12th, 2008 by kdollar
Poker Stars has launched a new sit and go promotion called “Battle of the Planets”. This marks the first time Poker Stars.net will have a SNG Tournament Leader board. Players can participate in the Battle of the Planets with buy-ins as low as $2 dollars or if your a big money player up to $500.
There are 8 different “planetary” divisions for the SNG Leader board…In english that means there are eight leader boards players can compete in with prizes from $3k-$10k.
There is never peace between planets and war is all part of the game. Poker Stars will have players from the top ten spots of each division in a $50k triple shootout. So what are you waiting for? Battle of the Planets? SNG? It’s time to play at Poker Stars!.
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March 30th, 2008 by hansel
Starting May 3rd poker players and fans can look forward to the first ever LAPT event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hoping to repeat the success of the European Poker Tour and Asian Pacific Poker Tour, the LAPT will bring major poker tournaments to Latin America. The first season of the LAPT will offer the largest tournaments ever to take place in the area.
Currently the LAPT consist of three different tournaments hosted in three different countries. For more information on when and where the events will take place go to the PokerStars LAPT page.
For the best and cheapest way to qualify for an LAPT event, create a Poker Stars account and look for the name LAPT in the tournament lobby. Poker Stars sends hundreds of players to different Poker Tour events, where qualifying for a major event is possible for any level of player.
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March 11th, 2008 by kdollar
Poker Stars.net has just announced their 2008 WSOP satellites and qualifiers for players looking to win a seat to the 2008 WSOP main event. Satellites are already underway and will be played up until late June. Pstars winners will receive the $10k buy-in and $2.5k spending cash. Players will also get 8 days of hotel stay at Palms Hotel and Casino with free shuttle service and cash bonuses if players make the final table. ($50k for a regular event up to $1 million for the main event…you do have to agree to wear poker stars gear).
There are currently three ways to qualify at Poker Stars.net. You can buy-in to satellites via FPP points. You can buy-in to cash qualifiers and lastly you can win your seat with the steps sit and go’s. Poker stars will be sending over 100+ players to the WSOP main event!
Qualify now at Poker Stars!
If you would like to find out more information check out Poker Stars 2008 WSOP Satellites and Qualifiers at Poker Splendor.
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February 20th, 2008 by hansel
The EPT(European Poker Tour) still has three more events until the grand final in Monte Carlo, Monaco on April 12-17. The next upcoming event, the Scandinavian Open, gets kicked off today in Copenhagen, Denmark. The buy-in for the event is 50,000 and can it can be watched live on EPTLive.com.
460 players chipped in to create the biggest poker prize pool in Scandinavian history. The large buy-in and nearly €3 million prize pool has attracted some big names to the event. The pros coming from pokerstars.net include Daniel Negreanu, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Katja Thater, Tom McEvoy, Bill Chen, Noah Boeken, Luca Pagano and Dario Minieri.
To learn more about this or other EPT tournaments check out PokerStars.net, or check out our EPT page.
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