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posted on February 3rd, 2012
When Alan Meltzer passed away last October, he left behind $1 million in his will to his chauffeur and another $500,000 to the doorman of his building. An entrepreneurial success story, Meltzer built his fortune in the music business and gained fame in the poker world when he appeared on Season 5 of High Stakes [...]
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posted on September 29th, 2010
It’s been an exciting week for poker in Argentina, as the Latin American Poker Tour stop in Rosario took place. The PokerStars sponsored event drew a solid number of hopeful entrants, and was eventually won by a very happy Martin Sansour. The Latin American Poker Tour is sponsored by PokerStars and is arguably the largest [...]
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posted on March 1st, 2010
PokerStars is calling all the ladies! PokerStars wants to send the ladies to beautiful Monte Carlo. When you arrive, you will be living like a high roller. PokerStars will provide accommodations at the exclusive Columbus Monaco where you can gaze at the gorgeous vista created by the French Riviera. Additionally, PokerStars will enroll you in [...]
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posted on January 12th, 2010
PokerStars has crowned a champion at the 2010 PCA! Congratulations go out to Harrison ‘gibler321′ Gimbel for taking down the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. At the age of 19, Gimbel is the youngest player to be touting a PCA title. Early in the PCA, Gimbel gained notoriety by cracking Barry Greenstein’s AA with his 46 [...]
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posted on January 7th, 2010
Day 1 of the 2010 PCA is over! Day 2 is in progress, but we would like to give you an recap of PCA Day 1! The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure drew nearly 1600 entrants, so the massive field was divided into Day 1A and Day 1B. 668 PCA hopefuls started Day 1A with 30,000 chips. [...]
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posted on November 19th, 2009
It is pretty much business as usual at PokerStars. Nothing major has taken place, but there are a few things to note. First, in celebration of awarding $5million since the inception of the Battle of the Planet leaderboards began, they are doubling the prize pool for each division from Nov 8 – Nov 21. If [...]
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posted on March 18th, 2009
It’s been a few months since the PokerStars LAPT Mexico tournament started. Back in December, 242 entrants paid the $2,500 to play in the tourny, only to have it halted by the gaming commission with 89 players still in the game. At that time, PokerStars decided to play the tournament online until they got to [...]
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posted on March 17th, 2009
EPT San Remo Italy, home of several of the most crazily aggressive poker pros like Dario Minieri, Luca Pagano and Jeff Lisandro, will once again be host to one of the most prestigious EPT stops – the EPT San Remo. This will be your chance to go to the land of Lamborghini and Ferrari cars, [...]
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posted on December 10th, 2008
After the unfortunate cancellation of the PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour Mexico event, PokerStars has decided that they will offer the 89 players that were still in the event a chance to finish the tournament. While the details are still being worked out, it appears that PokerStars is attempting to nail down a fair start [...]
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posted on December 8th, 2008
The dust is still settling after the fiasco that was the PokerStars LAPT Nueveo Vallarta, and apparently some would like to pretend it never happened. To recap, at about 10:30 p.m. CT Friday evening, day 1 of the second event of the LAPT’s second season, play was suspended with 89 of the original 242 entrants [...]
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posted on December 6th, 2008
Play at the 2008 PokerStars LAPT Nuevo Vallarta tournament was suddenly stopped by gaming officials late on the first day of the event, leaving 89 players out of a field of 242 entrants wondering if they’d get to play on. The players were hurriedly ushered out of the tournament room, leaving their chips behind on [...]
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