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By Nicola E Hayward

PokerStars Poker Room May Finally Be Headed to Pennsylvania

June 20, 2019

On Wednesday, June 12, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced a number of new developments making the day’s hearing one of the most prominent ones in the recent past as the state continues to navigate towards implementing its gaming expansion plans. First, there was an announcement that SugarHouse Casino would be rebranding as Rivers Casino […]

By Georgina Ramos

Daniel Negreanu and PokerStars Part Ways After 12 Years

May 27, 2019

Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu has had quite an eventful month. First, the 44-year-old poker pro finally tied the know with his fiancée Amanda Leatherman in what can only be described as an absolutely amazing oceanfront ceremony in California – this is the second time that the poker star has headed into wedded bliss. […]

By Alexander Palmer

CBS Releases 2019 WSOP Streaming Schedule

May 24, 2019

Update 10/23/2020: Article amended to remove the erroneously-mentioned PokerStars On Wednesday, May 22, CBS announced a partnership to live stream the gold bracelet events that are set to go down at the 50th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) across a number of platforms including CBS All Access, Poker Central’s direct-to-consumer OTT service, PokerGO, as […]

By Tomas Medon

PokerStars to Launch Regular Novelty Games Tournaments

May 3, 2019

In 2018, PokerStars unveiled a number of “novelty” cash games in a bid to keep things fresh for the lovers of real-money poker games and mix things up a bit so that these players do not get bored. The strategy worked quite well but, unfortunately, all the new-found fun was short-lived as the games were […]

By Nicola E Hayward

PokerStars to Kick Off SCOOP in India on May 13

April 29, 2019

Leading online poker company, PokerStars has recently announced that it will be running its third online poker tournament series in India. Officially referred to as the India Summer Championship of Online Poker or INSCOOP, the poker tournament is set to feature a total of 92 multi-tournament events spread out across a two-week period that starts […]

By Elaine West

PokerStars Breaks Records with Carnaval Series. What Next?

March 4, 2019

PokerStars’ Carnaval Series which recently came to an end is one of the biggest highlights of the year so far. The event saw thousands of players from Portugal, France, and Spain face off against each other at the shared liquidity tables where they went on to smash the advertised €10 million worth of combined guaranteed […]

By George Hansen

Jeff Gross Joins PartyPoker Team Online

March 2, 2019

Renowned poker player Jeff Gross who is formerly a PokerStars ambassador has recently made headlines for moving to PartyPoker which is one of the leading online platforms at the moment. In fact, one of the reasons that Jeff Gross cited during the announcement of his departure was his faith that the poker site is just […]

By Tomas Medon

Online Poker May Be Making a Comeback to Kentucky

March 1, 2019

Five years after Senator Mike Wilson (R-Bowling Green) from Kentucky pushed to have the online poker industry outlawed in the state, the decision may finally be reversed thanks to the passing of a multifaceted House Bill that seeks to have sports betting, online poker and fantasy sports. The new bill which is being championed by […]

By Tomas Medon

Players Boycott PokerStars’ Turbo Series $5,200 PKO Event

February 18, 2019

A few days ago, PokerStars announced that it would be cutting rewards on scheduled multi-table tournaments by 55 percent while claiming that the money being saved would be channeled towards providing the “largest tournament guarantees ” and the “the most exciting live experience in poker.” In addition to that, chests would have their values tripled […]

By Alexander Palmer

PokerStars Speeds Up Games, Plans to Ban Seating Scripts

February 1, 2019

Renowned online poker platform, PokerStars has announced that it will be reducing time banks by a significant amount in both zoom games and normal rings games as part of its efforts to speed up cash game action on the platform. The time allocated for players to act during cash games will be reduced by about […]