Sunday Scoop: Akenhead Snatches Sunday Million
All told more than $2.53 million was generated by the three biggest online poker tournaments yesterday with known pros like Andrey Pateychuk and Giuseppe Pantaleo joining Akenhead among the weekend’s biggest winners. We’ve got the details on the Sunday Million, the Warm-Up and the 500 right here on the Sunday Scoop. Akenhead Crushes Sunday Million 7,125 players found their way into the Sunday Million this week with UK pro James “Asprin1” Akenhead taking the top spot and the $213,750 first-place prize
The Sunday Scoop: Wins for shemandez, 3max, BAGSBAGSBAGSBAGS
Guarantees were shattered in the Sunday Warm-Up, the Sunday Million and the Sunday 500 as thousands of poker players from around the world logged on for a shot at the biggest prizes in online poker. And with the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in full swing in the Bahamas, many of the biggest names in the game were taking time off from live poker to play online from the Atlantis Hotel and Casino.
WPT: Shallow Takes Massive Lead to Five-Handed Final Table
If World Poker Tour Ireland chip leader David Shallow gets his way, Sunday’s final table could be a relatively short one. The Brit, better known by his online moniker, ‘CrabMaki,’ will be taking a massive stack to the final table after knocking out two players in one big pot on the final hand of Day
PokerStars Sets Record With $12 Million Online Event
American poker enthusiasts just had to sit back and watch on the sidelines as PokerStars broke records on Sunday with a Sunday Million tournament that generated an astonishing $12,423,200 in prize money. That bests the previous record set by the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event in 2010, which had a prize
The Sunday Scoop: Kenney and Chartier Victorious
Also making news was Brazilian Gabriel “gabriel171” Otranto, the day’s biggest winner. Otranto took the biggest part of a four-way chop in the Sunday Million as well and finished second in the Sunday 500.
$750k Up for Grabs on PokerStars Road to 100 Billion
Announced this morning, every millionth hand played on PokerStars from 71,700,000,000- 72,000,000,000 will now be a milestone hand and have cash prizes paid out to all players dealt in.
$750k Up for Grabs on PokerStars Road to 100 Billion
Announced this morning, every millionth hand played on PokerStars from 71,700,000,000- 72,000,000,000 will now be a milestone hand and have cash prizes paid out to all players dealt in.
Bjorn “Bjoerni89” Schneider Joins Team PokerStars Online
Just announced today, the 22-year-old from Gottingen, Germany, joins Mickey “mement_mori” Petersen as one of the most recent additions to the team. Schneider got his start just a few years ago in nine-man $5 SNGs and was even only playing $100 SNGs at the start of 2011, but he’s rocketed up the stakes in just ten months and now primarily plays $5k heads-up sit-and-gos. He’s also on the verge of breaking PokerStars’ all-time VPP (VIP Player Points) record set by fellow Team Online member Kevin ‘WizardOfAhhs’ Thurman.