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MicroMillions: 18,000 sign up for first event
Poker News March 6, 2012 More than 18,000 people have already signed up to the first event in the new Pokerstars MicroMillions.
The new tournament series - which lets players compete for huge prize pools with tiny buy-ins - was only announced last week.
But already Event #1 - the $0.11+R NL Hold'em 6-Max, Rebuy Madnes - which has a guaranteed prize pool of $25,000, has been flooded with entries.
The world's biggest...
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PokerStars forced into giving refunds after server problems
Poker News February 21, 2012 PokerStars was forced into offering thousands of players refunds today after the company's servers crashed.
The world's biggest poker site became impossible to access for many players - including those in the middle of games - shortly after 10am Eastern Time this morning.
More than 70,000 players were in action on PokerStars when the server problems hit, leaving the site facing a refund...
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Online poker will be illegal in US 'until 2013'
Poker News February 20, 2012 Online poker will remain illegal in the United States until 2013 at the earliest, a leading analyst has claimed.
Macquarie Securities gaming expert Chad Beynon told investors that US poker players will have to wait 'at least' another 12 months for the industry to reborn.
It came after politicians in Washington shunned the chance to include an online gaming bill in tax legislation last...
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PokerStars launches iPhone and iPad app
Poker News February 16, 2012 Te race to dominate real money mobile poker apps has taken off after PokerStars yesterday launched apps for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android.
The world's biggest poker site released Apps - approved by Apple - which give players the ability to play in free or real money games on PokerStars.com via their remote device.
It came on the same day Bet24.com announced it had rolled out its...
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Online poker in Belgium takes a big step forward
Poker News February 9, 2012 Poker players in Belgium will now be able to play on PokerStars indefinitely after the country's gaming commission granted the site a full license.
It is the latest move by authorities to officially regulate online poker in Europe.
PokerStars was permitted a 'test' status last year, but after a deal with with Belgian operator Circus Groupe, the license has been made permanent.
Etienne...
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Daniel Negreanu: Hacker has cost me $61,000
Poker News February 5, 2012 Daniel Negreanu has revealed that an email hacker who logged into his PokerStars account 'for a joyride' has cost him $61,000.
The 37-year-old had his hotmail hacked last week as he was on a plane back to Las Vegas from the Aussie Millions in Melbourne.
Kid Poker then discovered to his horror that his main poker account had also been accessed - and the perpetrator was busy playing with his...
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Tapie: Full Tilt Poker deal will go ahead
Poker News February 2, 2012 Full Tilt will still be taken over by Group Bernard Tapie (BGT), the French investment company has insisted.
Laurent Tapie, the managing director of the company, has denied reports that poker star Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson - who is a large Full Tilt shareholder - was threatening to block the deal.
He said: "This is totally false.
"Chris Ferguson has no problem with regard to the completion of...
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How to win the PokerStars Sunday Million
Bad Beat January 22, 2012 The other week I played in the Sunday Milion over at PokerStars.
I hadn't had a crack at a big 'ol Sunday tourney in a while, so I figured it was worth a bash.
I played ok, but narrowly missed the cash and I won't bore you here with the hows and whys here.
But I did manage to grab a screenshot that should make every budding durrrr or Isildur1's blood turn ice cold.
You have to be...
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Turbo Championship of Online Poker gets underway
Poker News January 19, 2012 THE first ever Turbo Championship of Online Poker gets underway on PokerStars today - and there's a whopping $10million up for grabs.
The soviet-sounding TCOOP features 50 different tournaments with buy-ins from as little as $5.50 up to $2,100 .
And the $10m guaranteed prize money put up by the world's largest poker site should ensure the 10-day online festival is a success.
There are...
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PokerStars in chaos as CEO Gabi Campos quits
Poker News January 18, 2012 POKERSTARS was left in limbo today as the site's Chief Executive unexpectedly quit.
Gabi Campos, a former 888 executive who only joined the online giant in October 2010, will leave his job in just two weeks.
The world's biggest poker room - which has also lost European Poker Tour Chief Executive John Duthie and Tournament Director Thomas Kremser in the last eight months - must now start a...
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