PokerStars.com
Founded in 2001, PokerStars is the world’s largest poker site, with over 36 million members as of June 2010. It’s the home of tournament poker, with more daily tournaments than anywhere else. PokerStars offers a range of poker games, including Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Stud and various mixed games. These are available at a wide range of limits that suit every type of player, with games running around the clock and a tournament starting every second.
PokerStars is home to the biggest weekly online tournament, The Sunday Million, plus the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) – the premier annual online poker tournament series in the world. It also hosts the Spring Championship of Online Poker - All Stakes (SCOOP), a unique poker series that offers championship-level poker events to players at all stakes levels, with buy-ins ranging from $5.50 all the way up to $25,500.
As the official sponsor of a host of live tournaments, PokerStars offers the opportunity to qualify for various live events. These include the European Poker Tour (EPT), which generates the biggest prize pool of any poker tour, as well as PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), staged on the shores of Paradise Island in the Bahamas, which is the largest and richest tournament outside of Las Vegas. There are also opportunities to qualify for the North American Poker Tour, the Latin American Poker Tour, the Asia Pacific Poker Tour and many other regional tours.
PokerStars holds the official Guinness World Record for hosting the ‘Largest Online Poker Tournament’ and ‘Most Players in an Internet Poker Room’.
It’s also home to an elite team of sponsored players known as Team PokerStars Pro – a group of established and up-and-coming players that travel the world competing in international tournaments.
Charged with fraud, April 15, 2011. The case is U.S. v. Scheinberg, 10-CR-336, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
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The PokerStars.com EPT season 6 proves to be the biggest yet, with new events added and more than 9,000 players from 97 different countries taking part, creating a total prize pool of €56,672,284
(4/1/10)
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36,169 entrants make up the largest field in PokerStars Sunday Million history, generating a total prize pool of $7,233,800
(2/1/10)
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PokerStars.net North America Poker Tour launches in the US at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas
(2/1/10)
Posted 6/25/10 at 4:26am
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The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure becomes the richest tournament ever held outside of Las Vegas, with a prize pool of nearly $15 million and over 50 events
(1/1/10)
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PokerStars eclipses previous Guinness World Record for the ‘Largest Online Poker Tournament’, with 149,196 entrants.
(12/1/09)
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PokerStars November Nine player Joe Cada becomes the youngest ever WSOP Main Event winner at 21-years old, winning $8,547,042
(11/1/09)
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PokerStars breaks its own Guinness World Record for the ‘Most Players in an Internet Poker Room’, with 307,016 players.
(9/1/09)
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WCOOP sets record as the largest online poker series, with $51,652,800 paid out. 43,973 unique players from 140 countries participated in the event.
(9/1/09)
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PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa opens as the premier poker venue in Asia.
(3/1/09)
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Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) launches as warm-up for WCOOP.
(4/1/09)
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6,241 entrants make up the largest field in PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up history, with a total prize pool of $1,250,000.
(2/1/09)
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PokerStars sets two Guinness World Records; ‘Largest Online Poker Tournament’ with 35,000 entrants, and ‘Most Players in an Internet Poker Room’, with 250,500 online.
(12/1/08)
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PokerStars player Peter Eastgate from Denmark is crowned WSOP Main Event Champion, becoming the youngest winner to date at 22-years old and winning $9,152,416.
(11/1/08)
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Launch of the Latin America Poker Tour (LAPT) in Rio de Janeiro, with 314 entrants.
(5/1/08)
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PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour brings poker to Macau, making it the host for China’s first ever international poker tournament.
(11/1/07)
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Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) launches in Manila with 255 entrants
(8/1/07)
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