Poker news tagged with 'pokerstars'

Two months after being back to federal custody, Isai Scheinberg, the founder of PokerStars, pled guilty in a New York federal court on March 25 Wednesday to running an illegal online poker site.

Black Friday, in the poker world, refers to the events of April 15, 2011 when the U.S. Department of Justice issued an indictment against the three biggest online poker sites in the country: Absolute Poker, Full Tilt Poker, and PokerStars.

The last of those to face federal justice was 73-year-old Israeli-Canadian Isai Scheinberg.

Read more » Founder of PokerStars Isai Scheinberg Pleads Guilty to Black Friday Charge

PokerStars is now the exclusive "poker partner" of the UFC. Photo by UFC.com, Public Domain

One of the world's leading online poker rooms has announced an exclusive partnership with the UFC.
PokerStars has confirmed it is now the "official poker partner" of arguably the biggest mixed martial arts (MMA) franchise on the planet. UFC has been in existence since 1993, long before the establishment of online poker. However, it wasn't until the late 2000s and early 2010s when UFC would become a global brand, thanks to mainstream media coverage, with their latest five-year media rights agreement with ESPN worth an approximate $1.5 billion. It's not the first time that the owners of PokerStars have sought to get into other sports, having acquired one of the world's largest sports betting operators last year in a deal worth $4.7 billion.

Read more » PokerStars teams up with UFC brand

Two of the biggest names in the world of online betting are coming together in a merger as they attempt to take advantage of the prospects in the United States after the Supreme Court has finally legalized sports betting.

Flutter Entertainment (PDYPF), owner of Irish gambling firm Paddy Power, is buying The Stars Group (TSG) of Canada, which owns the world's biggest poker site PokerStars as well as Sky Bet, for a total of $6 billion.

Read more » Flutter Entertainment Buys The Stars Group for $6B, Creating World's Largest Online Gambling Company

It looks like this time there's going to be an all-out war between partypoker and PokerStars in the form of Twitch sponsorship.

Read more » partypoker becomes Official Sponsor of Poker Streaming Site ‘The Thirst Lounge' by Bill Perkins

The second $25,000 Single-Day High Roller event of the 2019 PCA was held last Sunday, January 13, which attracted a total of 47 player entries that garnered a prize pool worth $1,128,470.

Read more » 2019 PCA $25,000 Single-Day High Roller II won by Justin Bonomo for $383,650

Who wouldn't want to spend a vacation on a warm sunny beach and play poker this November? Hundreds of players are vying to get a spot for the upcoming partypoker Caribbean Poker Party located in Bahamas, where the poker operator is hoping to make a good impression with a live series in a place that for almost 15 years has been the home of PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.

Read more » partypoker Caribbean Poker Party to Challenge PokerStars' Caribbean Adventure in Bahamas with $22M in Guarantees

partypoker's Powerfest online poker series will guarantee at least $60 million in prize pool money to be awarded throughout over 670 events from September 2 to 23, and it's around the same schedule as the popular World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) that is hosted by competitor PokerStars.

Read more » partypoker Powerfest VS PokerStars WCOOP this September

Unfold Hold'em is the newest poker game released by PokerStars, allowing players to ante up for a side "Unfold pot" and then get back into the game right after seeing the flop. This poker variant is actually geared more towards the rec (recreational) players. As for the reg (regular) players, they find that it's not a good game at all and criticize PokerStars for continuing to release games that no longer involve one's skills in order to win.

Read more » "Don't play new games if you don't like them" - Daniel Negreanu on PokerStars New Poker Variant Unfold Hold'em

A high-stakes class action lawsuit is looming on the world of online poker, and it's about 2016 WSOP main event runner-up Gordon Vayo versus PokerStars, the world's top online poker website. Vayo's lawyer Gregory Fayer says the suit eventually could involve more plaintiffs.

Read more » Attorney for Gordon Vayo says Class Action Lawsuit possible against PokerStars

Canadian poker pro Gordon Vayo has sued the world's top site, PokerStars, for not paying out to him the prize money worth $692,460.92 that he apparently won during the 2017 SCOOP series via his online username "holla@yoboy", according to a Forbes SportsMoney article. The lawsuit is currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and it includes counts of fraud and deceit, false advertising, and breach of contract. The entire complaint can be viewed on a PDF by courthousenews.com.

Read more » Poker Pro Gordon Vayo Sues PokerStars for Unpaid $692,000 Win

Stars Group Inc., the owner of PokerStars, has undergone a deal to buy Sky Betting & Gaming (SBG) for a whopping $4.7 billion. The move will result to the poker giant having a larger hold on sports betting, thus creating the biggest publicly listed online gambling company.

Read more » PokerStars Owner buys Sky Betting and Gaming for $4.7 Billion

The PokerStars Festival London continues, with the Main Event looming close and the High Roller playing down to a winner, who will also get to be crowned as the newest Platinum Pass winner.

Read more » PokerStars Championship Cash Challenge (videos)

Have you already watched this funny movie featuring Kevin Hart and Usain Bolt trying to get each other to fail in figuring out which one of their three statements about themselves is a bluff?

Read more » PokerStars' Kevin Hart vs Usain Bolt - You Lose, You Get Shocked Challenge

Saturday, January 6, 2018, was Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky's lucky day, as he was crowned the first prize winner at the PokerStars high stakes tables. He won a total of $110,744 at PokerStars $1k/$2k 8-Game tables, playing heads-up against Russian poker pro Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov.

Read more » Ben Sulsky wins $110,774 at PokerStars Online 8-Game tables

The 37-year-old French poker pro has won what's called the last ever PokerStars Championship held in Prague. Kalidou Sow from France has won the 2017 PokerStars Championship Prague €5,300 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event, winning €675,000 ($795,305) against a player field of 885 entrants.

Read more » 2017 PokerStars Championship Prague Main Event won by Kalidou Sow

As expected, high-profile poker professionals are the target market for PokerStars new online high-stakes tournament called High Rollers, and the emerging winners so far are ones that anyone at the poker community know very well about.Read more » PokerStars High Roller $2,100 NLHE won by Fedor Holz for $178,498

November 26, 2017 definitely was a beautiful day at PokerStars for the famous Swedish online poker player Viktor ‘Isildur1' Blom, when he claimed the top spot on the $2,100 Sunday High Roller $200K GTD event for $63,842.

Read more » PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller $200K GTD won by Viktor ‘Isildur1' Blom

PokerStars is very enthusiastic when it comes to promoting their re-named PokerStars Caribbean Challenge, which is all set to happen next January in the Bahamas, and to keep with the tradition of endorsing the always-popular live tournament series, PokerStars ambassadors Kevin Hart and Usain Bolt shall be doing again their #GameOn challenges.

Read more » PokerStars #GameOn Challenge features Usain Bolt and Kevin Hart

PokerStars, the world's biggest online poker site, has apparently added a new online tournament series in their lobby, featuring a high buy-in cost, and will run from November 26 up to December 4, 2017.

Read more » PokerStars adds "High Rollers", a New High-Stakes Online Tournament

Ever wondered what you would do if you hit a rich vein of form and got all the cards you wanted to complete the perfect hands? It sounds like every poker player's dream, but it could easily turn into a nightmare. The pressure of great cards can be as hard as the pressure of the pack working against you, plus success can be as tough to ride as a failure.

Read more » Practice for the Big Time

Based on a recent interview with Reuters on November 14, the parent company of PokerStars is going to raise billions of dollars so that it can fund an acquisition buying spree.

Read more » PokerStars CEO to Raise up to $2.5 Billion to Fund Acquisitions if Needed

After many rounds of alpha testing with the use of play-money, PokerStars is confident that its hybrid poker game is now ready for its real-money launch to the public.

Read more » PokerStars ‘Power Up’ Now Live for Real-Money Play

Just when we thought PokerStars was over and done with Sports Stars to attract new players to the site. Last week, the world's largest online poker site announced that it has signed eight-time Olympic gold winner Usain Bolt. The signing of Bolt came just weeks after comedian Kevin Hart joined.

Read more » PokerStars Signs The World's Fastest Man!

A player that goes by the username "meks2410" has amazingly hit a full house in the $1 million Spin & Go tournament, making him the second winner in the PokerStars Makes Millionaires series.

And guess what, he only spent $10 for it!

Read more » Second PokerStars Millionaire is “meks2410”

Amaya Gaming, PokerStars' parent company, has announced its plan to rebrand to "The Stars Group Inc, due to a very successful first quarter of 2017. It has also announced their intention to relocate to Toronto from Montreal. Both of these decisions shall be subject to shareholders' approval next month.

Read more » Amaya Inc. to rebrand as “The Stars Group Inc.”

US-facing poker site Americas Cardroom hosted its biggest-ever Million Dollar Sunday tournament (part of the OSS Cub3d) last weekend. In total, the tournament attracted 2744 players to boost the original $1,000,000 guarantee with an additional $372,000!

Read more » Americas Cardroom Beats PokerStars

Amaya is looking to change the marketing strategy for PokerStars as it has recently dropped endorsement from their brand ambassadors. The company has officially stated that their brand marketing strategies will focus mainly on in-site offers.

Read more » PokerStars Drops Use of Sports Stars as Part of Marketing Strategy

The first ever PokerStars Championship Main Event in Macau concluded on Sunday evening after one of the longest heads-up matches in history!

Now, the final day started with 6 players and it only took two hours before the field had been narrowed down to the final two contenders: Elliot Smith (Canada) and Tianyuan Tang (China).

Read more » 11-Hour heads-up battle to determine a winner in PokerStars Championship Macau Main Event

The 11th anniversary Sunday Million attracted 44,017 players (+11,818 re-entries) with its massive $10,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. The final hand of the tournament was played nearly 16 hours after the tournament kicked off on Sunday evening.

Read more » Xavi666 Wins 11th Anniversary Sunday Million ($1,093,204.63)

The United Kingom & Ireland Poker Tour stopped by Isle of Man between the 1st and 4th of October. UK's Dan Stacey took home the first prize of £24,170 after just 8 hours at the final table. The runner up was Paren Arzoomanian who offered Stacey an "even chop deal" which guaranteed both players £19,000 and left £5,170 to battle for. Stacey accepted and Arzoomanian was  defeted after the +4 hour long heads-up. Arzoomanian was holding a straight in the final hand but Stacey hit his full house on the river.

Read more » Dan Stacey wins UKIPT Isle of Man

On Wednesday, Amaya announced that its PokerStars and Full Tilt brands (currently more than 95 million registered costomers combined) had been authorised to operate in New Jersey, USA. Both sites have been "offline" in the United States for more than four years after Black Friday, so this is definitely good news to many online poker enthusiast in the state of New Jersey, where 888, partypoker and two other sites currently operate. 

Read more » USA: PokerStars & Full Tilt Soon Back In New Jersey!

PokerStars might have gotten rid of several well-known pros since Amaya took over the company. However, one shouldn't forget that they also have signed some of the most famous people in the world, including football stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar Jr.

Read more » Cristiano Ronaldo & Neymar Jr In New PokerStars Commercials