Poker Stars Tag

PokerStars Celebrates 40 Billionth Hand

Feb 17, 2010 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Poker Stars, pokerstars, Pokerstars.com

As PokerStars leads up to the 40 billion Mega Milestone hand, it is now awarding cash prizes on all the table games. Prizes will be awarded every millionth hand to all players dealt into the pot. Also, the winner of the hand will get double cash prize ...

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PokerStars Leads Bluff Poker Power 20

Feb 14, 2010 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Bluff Magazine, Poker Stars, pokerstars, Pokerstars.com

Recently in its February issue Bluff Magazine has featured the power 20, about the most powerful individual of the poker industry! And give the list of the top 20 poker game providers. You can check the Bluff Power 20 list is given below: 1 ...

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PokerStars Launches North American Poker Tour

Jan 11, 2010 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: NAPT, North American Poker Tour, Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com

If you are one of those guys who always desire for a poker-Starts sponsored tour in the states, then the announcement by PokerStars is for you. In this announcement they said that they will be launching the North American Poker Tour (NAPT), a ...

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Poker Stars Trying To Break Their Own Record for Largest Ever Online Poker Tournament

Dec 28, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: online poker tournament, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, Pokerstars.com

The Poker Stars are getting prepared to host one of the largest online Poker tournaments and to break their own records once again on the 27th of December. Read more! The Poker Stars already hold the record for the largest online poker tournament ...

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PokerStars & Full Tilt Poker Claim 60% of Online Poker Market Share

Dec 22, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Full Tilt Poker, FullTiltPoker.com, Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com

This week a big news roaming around the world of poker is that 60% of the market have been acquired by the popular online poker giants Poker Stars.com and Full Tilt Poker.com. This news is tracked by the independent online poker tracking site ...

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POKER STARS Team Pro Tuesday Tournament

Dec 17, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Poker Stars, Poker Stars Pros, Poker Stars.com, Pokerstars.com

Launched in 2001, Poker Stars has now become a very popular site for playing online poker games with more than 28,600 real money ring game players. Poker Stars is considered the industry’s current leader as it also created the concept of “Satellite” ...

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PokerStars Launch UK and Ireland Poker Tour

Nov 6, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: poker pro tournament, Poker Stars, poker tournament, pokerstars, Pokerstars.com

The PokerStars group has yet again created a chance for players to play classic poker and make lots of money. PokerStars is finally carrying out its UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT). Initially it was only heard that PokerStars were sponsoring the ...

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Young stars shine at PokerStars EPT London

Oct 12, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Annette Obrestad, EPT, EPT London, European Poker Tour, Poker Stars, Poker Stars Pros, Poker Stars.com, Pokerstars.com

The PokerStars EPT London main event was a huge success and played down to the final 24 Monday and it appears that the young crowd was pretty active.Along with older poker players like John Juanda, Jeffrey Lisandro and Chris Ferguson there were also ...

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PokerStars Enters Guinness Book of World Records for Most Online Poker Players

Oct 4, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: online poker players, poker players, Poker Stars, pokerstars, Pokerstars.com

This September proved to be a profitable month for Poker Stars.com with the completion of its eighth annual World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Along with the successful run of the top online poker series for Poker Stars, the WCOOP also ...

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World Championship of Online Poker ends, winner takes $1.7M

Sep 28, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Poker Stars, Poker Stars Pros, Poker Stars.com, Pokerstars.com, WCOOP, World Championship of Online Poker

The World Championship of Online Poker has once again come to an end and from this event have emerged some great winners! The recent addition to the list of winners is the Ukrainian player, Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko who brought down the field ...

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PokerStars World Series of Online Poker (WCOOP) Crowns First British Winner

Sep 8, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Barry Greenstein, Bertrand Grospellier, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, Pokerstars.com, WCOOP, World Championship of Online Poker

The PokerStars World Series of online poker has always had high achievers throughout the event. Following on from the United Kingdom’s great run of form at this year’s World Series of Poker, another British player has maintained the country’s ...

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The World Championship of Online Poker Starts Next Week

Sep 2, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: holdem poker, limit holdem, Omaha, Poker Stars, pokerstars, Pokerstars.com, Texas Hold 'Em, WCOOP, World Championship of Online Poker

As Christmas time nears this year, the online casino industry is getting in shape as well. PokerStars now gets ready to kick off the latest edition of its World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). This magnificent Championship is featuring 45 ...

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PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker 2009

Aug 14, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: poker pro tournament, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, Poker Tournaments, Pokerstars.com, WCOOP, World Championship of Online Poker

Among one of the biggest events in the poker world is the World Championship of poker (WCOOP). Once again the world’s premier online poker tournament series returns, and this year the PokerStars.com World Championship of Online Poker 2009 will be ...

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Poker Stars to Give Away $1 Million in WCOOP 2009 Seats

Aug 5, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: online poker tournament, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, Poker Tournaments, pokerstars, Pokerstars.com, WCOOP, World Championship of Online Poker

When it comes to online poker, the PokerStars provides its players the best it can whether its monetary terms or the games it offer. Recently the PokerStars.com has added a total of one million dollars for the 2009 World Championship of online ...

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PokerStars announces inaugural America Cup of Poker

Jul 30, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: America Cup of Poker, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, pokerstars, Pokerstars.com, PokerStars.net

The renowned PokerStars online poker room is believed to be one of the most classic and finest poker rooms in the industry. Apart from the diverse variety of poker games it offers, the Poker Stars is also appealing due to its regular bonuses and ...

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Full Tilt Poker launches biggest ever online poker tournament

Jul 17, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Full Tilt Poker, FullTiltPoker.com, online poker tournament, poker pro tournament, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, Pokerstars.com

PokerStars was recently challenged by the Full Tilt Poker who claims to that it will attempt to break the official Guinness World Record in the largest online poker tournament to be hold soon. The title is currently held by long-time rival PokerStars ...

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PokerStars dominating at WSOP Main Event

Jul 14, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Bernhard Perner, Dennis Phillips, Joe Hachem, Noah Boeken, Poker Stars, Poker Stars Pros, Poker Stars.com, Pokerstars.com, World Series of Poker, World Series of Poker Main Event, WSOP, WSOP 2009

Interesting news for the poker lovers at the 2009 WSOP Main Event was the official announcements that, the top 648 players were guaranteed at least $21,365 in prize money. By Day 4 of the grand event, only 407 players remained in the Main Event and ...

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Man fighting cancer receives chance to play at World Series of Poker

Jul 10, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Bluff Magazine, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, Pokerstars.com, World Series of Poker, World Series of Poker Main Event, WSOP, WSOP 2009

The magical, action packed and enticing world of Poker has attracted thousand of players globally. One special Poker player Kent Senter, fighting blood cancer, and struggling for life sees the chance to play at the World Series of Poker, as a dream ...

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PokerStars Hit Hard by the Recent Asset Freeze

Jul 5, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Cake Poker, CakePoker.com, Full Tilt Poker, FullTiltPoker.com, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, PokerScout.com, Pokerstars.com, PokerStars.net

Not very long ago the American Government froze $33 Million in player transactions coming from poker sites accepting US players. This activity seemed harsh on the online poker community. Poker Star is amongst the hardest hit as a result of this freeze ...

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Online Poker Players Claim Payment Abduction

Jun 30, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: online poker players, poker player alliance, Poker Player's Alliance, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, Pokerstars.com, PPA

The Poker Players Alliance, PPA, condemns the recent actions taken by the Southern District of New York. PPA released a statement where they express their ‘disappointment’ against the Southern District of New York because they seized an ...

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PPA Online Poker Petition pushed by PokerStars

Jun 25, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Legal, poker player alliance, Poker Player's Alliance, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, pokerplayersalliance.com, Pokerstars.com, PPA, UIGEA

PokerStars has an innovative way to support National Poker Week (July 19-26), a drive by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) encouraging supporters to send messages to the President and Congress backing Barney Frank's initiatives to regulate online ...

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Online Poker Specialists boosted by US action

Jun 13, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Full Tilt Poker, FullTiltPoker.com, iPoker, ipoker network, Legal, Party Poker, PartyGaming, partypoker.com, Playtech, playtech software, Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com, UIGEA

The latest action by the US Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York against US online gambling cash processors could have a beneficial side-effect on Euro-centered online poker operations such as Party Poker and Playtech iPoker Network ...

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200 WSOP Main Event Seats Guaranteed by PokerStars

Jun 12, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, pokerstars, Pokerstars.com, PokerStars.net, World Series of Poker, World Series of Poker Main Event, WSOP, WSOP 2009, WSOP Packages, WSOP Satellites

On June 14 at 16:30 ET, PokerStars will be holding a World Series mega Main Event Qualifier satellite that will guarantee at least 200 prize packages to the WSOP 2009 Main Event; and since the Main Event is rapidly approaching, this just may be the ...

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Italian Poker Tour proclaimed by PokerStars

May 30, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: IPT, Italian Poker Tour, Luca Pagano, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, Pokerstars.com

PokerStars is at it again.  The world’s largest online poker site is ready to launch its latest new endeavor with the creation of the Italian Poker Tour (ITP).  Already featuring a full slate of other poker stints, the site feels the time is ...

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PokerStars proscribes Dan Martin for Multi-Accounting

May 26, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Dan Martin, Full Tilt Poker, FullTiltPoker.com, PocketFives, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, Pokerstars.com, Ultimate Bet, WSOP 2009

Dan Martin, popularly knows as Wretchy would be able to join Poker Stars once more on the 6th of August this year. He was proscribed for three months by the world’s largest online poker site for multi-accounting under two different nicknames ...

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PokerStars Pro takes in Eastgate and Demidov

Apr 4, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: EPT, Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com, PokerStars.net, World Series of Poker, WSOP

Recently announcing the finalists of its most up-to-date casting auditions Team PokerStars Pro has confirmed that the two young and renowned celebrities Peter Eastgate and Ivan Demidov who carved their names in Poker history are now going to be found ...

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April Poker Stars Satellites

Apr 1, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: EPT, European Poker Tour, LAPT, Latin American Poker Tour, Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com, PokerStars.net, World Series of Poker, WSOP, WSOP 2009

World Series Of Poker Once again, it’s the time of year when all serious poker players begin to turn their attention towards Las Vegas. We are of course talking about the Big Dance -the 2009 World Series Of Poker! Continuing their proud ...

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Online phenom wins PokerStars Sunday Million

Mar 29, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com, SCOOP, WCOOP

PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, announces "ckingusc" as the winner of the Sunday Million. Only six months after winning the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), the online phenomenon took down the Sunday Million ...

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Player turns $100 into $10,000 in just 15 days at PokerStars.com

Mar 27, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Online Poker, Poker Freerolls, Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com

Considered to be quite a sensation among the ardent gamblers of the online world a player going by the name of ‘Boku87’ recently surfaced at PokerStars.com and swooped everyone off their feet by standing triumphant in one of the most astounding ...

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Ckingus stands victorious in PokerStars Sunday Million

Mar 27, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Online Poker, Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com, Sunday Millions

Receiving good chips once again in the popular event of Sunday millions Carter ckingusc king proved this week that he is indeed the undefeated champion of online Poker events and winning these events was not something he achieved because of ...

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Cox Wins the Final Table of the Latin American Poker Tour

Mar 23, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: LAPT, Latin American Poker Tour, Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com

After three grueling months the final table for the PokerStars.com Latin American Poker Tour Mexico finally concluded presenting Rory Cox with the title who outlasted Helen Pager in this game of skill and chance. When the idea for the Latin American ...

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Thorson bags Top position on Day 1 of the European Poker Tour

Mar 15, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Alexander Kravchenko, Barny Boatman, Bertrand Grospellier, Dario Minieri, EPT, European Poker Tour, Ivan Demidov, Peter Eastgate, Poker Pro Players, poker pro tournament, Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com, Rasmus Nielsen, Roberto Romanello, William Thorson

Similar to his previous performance at the last European Poker Tour stop in Copenhagen , Denmark in the month of February, Norwegian poker celebrity  William Thorson continues to flaunt his dexterity by comfortably positioning himself at the top of ...

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Swedish poker pro Tureniec anticipates victory at FTP

Mar 4, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: EPT, European Poker Tour, Full Tilt Poker, FullTiltPoker.com, Michael Tureniec, Poker Pro Players, Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com, WSOP

Bewildering as it may sound the Full Tilt Pros recently enrolled a new addition to their brigade, a Swede, Michael Tureniec. Sweden up till now was debarred from the poker industry mainly because of its inability to produce a proficient player and ...

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PokerStars.net qualifier to play heads-up on NBC

Mar 3, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Alisha Kunze, Daniel Negreanu, Greg Raymer, Poker Pro Players, poker pro tournament, Poker Stars, Poker Tournaments, Pokerstars.com, PokerStars.net

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Blandino Gines' first job in the United States was picking grapes in the vineyards of Modesto, California; thirty-four years later, he will play poker on national television for a chance at $500,000 thanks to PokerStars.net. Gines ...

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PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT)

Feb 25, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: ANZPT, online poker tournament, poker pro tournament, Poker Stars, Poker Tournaments, Pokerstars.com, PokerStars.net

The first ever event on the brand new PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) took place in February at ANZPT Adelaide. A field of 215 players descended on Australia’s city of churches to create a total prize pool of AUD $586,950 ...

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The Copenhagen European Poker Tour showcased a battle for money

Feb 23, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Annette Obrestad, EPT, European Poker Tour, Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com, Ramzi Jelassi

Gathering the right thrust in snowy Denmark the 184 qualifying players played down to the money at the grand event held by Poker Stars.com. Day 2 was set to conclude the minute the bubble had burst and that defining moment was contravened swiftly as ...

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PokerStars releases EPT Monte Carlo schedule

Feb 20, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: EPT, EPT Monte Carlo, European Poker Tour, Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com

(PRESS RELEASE) -- PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, today announced the European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final Season Five schedule – Europe's largest and richest seven-day poker extravaganza. The PokerStars Monte Carlo EPT ...

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Russian Poker Tour won by a true Russian: Oleg Suntsov

Feb 4, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com, RPT, Russian Poker Tour

A historically significant event, the PokerStars.com sponsored Russian poker tour scheduled at St.Petersburg was considered to be a bench mark for all prevailing events as it showcased the worst-to-first run by Russia's Oleg Suntsov. Initiating with ...

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Canadian wins sixth PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Jan 22, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Alexandre Gomes, Antonio Esfandiari, Chris Ferguson, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Gus Hansen, Joe Hachem, Orel Hershiser, Phil Ivey, Poker Pro Players, poker pro tournament, Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com, Tony G

PARADISE ISLAND, The Bahamas -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Poorya Naziri from Toronto, Canada, turned $700 into $3 million today when he won the sixth PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. The 22-year-old biochemistry graduate won his seat on PokerStars in a ...

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PokerStars Break the Guinness World Record

Jan 6, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: holdem poker, poker room, Poker Stars, poker world record, pokerstars, Pokerstars.com

PokerStars is known as one of the most sought after online casinos on the web offering an array of enticing casino games. Now PokerStars has added another grand title to their list of achievements namely the largest tournament in history thanks to ...

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PokerStars Reinventing World Poker History

Dec 23, 2008 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: internet poker room, internet poker tournament, online poker player, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, poker tournament, pokerstars

Every internet poker room is promoting new features and offers for Christmas and New Year. The leading horse in this race against time is Poker Stars.com.  The online poker site PokerStars is persistent with the arrangements for its December 28th ...

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João Barbosa wins PokerStars EPT Polish Open

Nov 25, 2008 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: EPT Polish Open, Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com

WARSAW, Poland –- (PRESS RELEASE) -- After four days of fast and furious poker action at the PokerStars.com EPT Polish Open, it was Portugal's João Barbosa who celebrated his 26th birthday by winning the Warsaw champion title and €367,140 ($457 ...

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Online Qualifier Wins Berlin Event

Mar 17, 2010 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: EPT, European Poker Tour, Poker Stars

American besting Finnish player Ilari Tahkokallio heads-up to take down the first European Poker Tour event ever held in the German capital. This event continued for six-days and almost 945 players from 48 countries participated in the event. This ...

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Chance to Win Salary to Play Poker Available Through PokerStars

Nov 25, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, pokerstars, Pokerstars.com, usa

PokerStars aims to provide its players with the best of online poker services in every form. The group is well known for their interesting and tempting promotions, and yet again they have proved themselves with another offer that has come ...

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Updates from PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker

Sep 16, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, Pokerstars.com, WCOOP, World Championship of Online Poker

The recent edition of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) continued with Event 9 which was the $215 buy-in NLHE competition which alone had an entry field of around 11 131. Event number 10, registering 300 poker aces prepared to ...

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PokerStars Sunday Million: ‘antesvante’ Prevails

May 2, 2009 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, PokerStars Sunday Million

The Poker Stars Sunday Million drew 7,594 entrants, all chasing the first-place prize of $227,820. Slowly players dropped out of the tournament, while other players raked in the chips. As the final table commenced , it was a Swedish online poker ...

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Vanessa Rousso

May 12, 2009 by Susan George » TAGS: Female Poker Players, Poker Player, poker pro, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, Pokerstars.com, PokerStars.net, Vanessa Rousso

Nickname: The Lady Maverick
Current Residence: Hobe Sound, Fla. & Las Vegas, Nev.
Birth Date: February 5, 1983
Birth Place: White Plains, N.Y.
Poker Room: Poker Stars

Interesting Facts
 

Won the $5,000 NLHE Event at the Borgata Poker Open in September 2006
Is dating fellow pro Chad Brown
Took ...

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Tom McEvoy

May 12, 2009 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, Tom McEvoy, World Series of Poker, World Series of Poker Pro

Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nev.
Birth Date: November 14, 1944
Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Poker Room: Poker Stars

Interesting Facts

Author of multiple poker books with T.J. Cloutier, including Championship Pot-Limit and No-Limit Hold'em

McEvoy won the 1983 World Series of Poker main event, and still plays regularly today ...

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Bertrand Grospellier

May 12, 2009 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro Player, Bertrand Grospellier, ElkY, European Poker Tour, Poker Stars, world poker tour, World Poker Tour Pro

Nickname: ElkY
Current Residence: Vandoeuvre, France
Poker Room: Poker Stars

Interesting Facts

Set the Guinness World Record for most Single Table Sit & Goes played in one hour for a total of 62 at a $6.50 buy in with a profit of $23.60

He has turned his attention to professional poker the last few years, qualifying for several events in the 2006 and 2007 World Series ...

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Humberto Brenes

Feb 23, 2009 by Susan George » TAGS: Humberto Brenes, Poker Pro Players, poker pro tournament, Poker Stars, Pokerstars.com, WSOP

Nickname: The Shark
Current Residence: Miami Lakes, Fla. & San Jose, Costa Rica
Birth Date: May 8, 1951
Birth Place: San Jose, Costa Rica
Poker Room: Poker Stars

Interesting Facts

Known as the godfather of the Costa Rican players
Has owned many businesses in his native Costa Rica, including a cookie factory and television station ...

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Daniel Negreanu

Nov 25, 2008 by Susan George » TAGS: Poker Pro. WSOP, WPT Player, Daniel Negreanu, poker pro, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, Pokerstars.com, WPT, WSOP, WSOP Poker Pro

Nickname: Kid Poker
Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nev.
Birth Date: July 26, 1974
Birth Place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Poker Room: Poker Stars

Interesting Facts

Won his first WSOP bracelet at age 23.
4 WSOP Bracelts.
2 WPT Championships Titles.

In 1997, he won two events at the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods ...

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