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New Amateur Team At Poker Stars

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

For fans of online casinos and poker sites, one of the most deepest and fondest dreams that they all harbor is to be part of a professional poker team that is sponsored through a genuine and industry respected poker site. But this is a dream that not everyone in the online casino and poker world can achieve. For the rest of us out there who may not have the skill or the drive to make that sort of dream become a reality, there are other avenues that we can pursue. Just recently one of the top Internet casino poker sites in the business, Poker Stars, made an announcement that detailed their new plan to have an inaugural Team Poker Stars Online. The team now has 23 members. This Poker Stars team will serve as a sort of amateur version of their Team Poker Stars Pro.

For Poker Stars, licensed through Isle of Man, the staff spent the better part of two solid months hunting down players who had the talent and the passion for the game required to be a part of this incredible opportunity. For fans of online casinos it just doesn’t get much better than this. Altogether when everything was said and done the staff at this poker site had to go through more than 2,000 separate applications to find the top 23 candidates.

The candidates are from all cross the globe and a total of 18 different countries were represented among the 23 members of this team. They all have a wide variety of experience playing different styles of poker and at different stakes levels. This means that this amateur poker team is going to be quite a force to be reckoned with when everything is said and done.

PokerStars Makes New Record

Friday, January 8th, 2010

As exciting as rake in a world record. For fans of online casinos this pursuit has been focused at the widely popular online casino poker site PokerStars.com. Just over the last week or so, this incredibly dedicated ambling site and its loyal legions of avid gamblers played their hearts out to beat their own world record. What this amounted to was to players competing in a virtual tournament.

Their main pursuit was breaking the number of people who are playing the virtual tournament at the same time. This event was sanctioned by The Guinness Book of World Records and this event caught the attention of a great many fans of online casinos and poker rooms since the total prize pool estimated for this event was set at $300,000.

Apparently 149,196 players dropped one dollar for the buy-in in order to participate in this incredible event. The top prize was set at $50,000 in his many as 30 fat thousand participants were going to be able to take part in the final cash reward to the to. PokerStars has indicated that the event went on for just under six hours.

Poker is Stars has definitely managed to carve out quite a niche among the Internet casino and poker gambling sites for being one that tries to push the envelope and break records at every turn. As one of the world’s biggest online poker sites, this is one Internet gambling destination that has earned its place in the Hall of Fame for casino adventures. And this recent record-breaking event is just one more reason why so many people love and devote their time money, and energy to this site.

Russian Player Sets Poker Record

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

While the world of online casinos is full of hardcore players who devote practically their entire lives to the pursuit of scoring some incredible and life-changing amazing jackpot, there are only a few players who can actually break records. This is a big deal for online casino players when it happens. This time around it was a player from Russia who managed to set a brand new world record for the most number of online poker hands played in a single day. Over the course of just a little more than 18 and a half hours, this committed and perhaps slightly disturbed Russian player was able to play more than 40,000 hands.

For anyone who knows what it takes to play at online casinos and poker rooms for any decent length of time, this feat is truly mind-boggling. I want to know how he went to the bathroom and how he managed to eat regular meals. I guess 18 hours isn’t that long to go without sleeping or bathing, bit it seems like you would have to let go of some things in order to remain fully devoted for the entire time. This all went down back on the 21st of November over at Poker Stars.

As one of the top most highly respected internet casino poker sites, Poker Stars was an obvious choice to witness this impressive and astounding milestone. The Russian forum Card Game Masters was also part of the magic this time around. Who knows how long it will be before some other savvy casino poker player decides that they may have what it takes to challenge this new world record. That will be quite the showdown.

Cecure Gaming Bought By PokerStars

Monday, November 30th, 2009

It seems that most of the online casinos and poker rooms that have managed to remain somewhat successful over the years have been able to do so in large part due to an intense and focused effort on branching out into new and trendy sectors of the internet gambling community. One of the major pushes over the course of the last few years for online casino sites has been in the direction of mobile gambling devices. One site that is now primed and ready for this particular casino venture in a powerful way is Poker Stars. This highly popular poker site has been busy preparing for bringing their faithful following of gaming customers the best of the best in mobile gaming.

Now Poker Stars has gone a step further to distinguish itself among competing online casinos and poker rooms by buying up Cecure Gaming. Cecure Gaming is a widely recognized software developer that has made a point in specializing in mobile gaming during the past couple of years or so. This move cements Poker Stars as one of the top casino and poker sites to move forward with this level of initiative and proactive tenacity.

Cecure has already achieved some major success in its own right with the mobile gambling brand Aces Royal, but now this latest maneuver is going to set both operations up to be in prime position for online poker to move into the world of cell phones and other assorted mobile mediums that will become more and more popular as the days go by. Big things are in the works for the clever and crafty people behind the scenes at Poker Stars.

Caribbean Adventure Is Coming Soon

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Even though the big event isn’t until much later on this coming January, that does not mean that it is too early to get excited about the sensational Caribbean Adventure that is going to light the world of online casinos on fire. This event is set up by the clever people behind the scenes at the popular online casino poker site Poker Stars.

The staff over there has recently declared to the public that the prize pool for the main event of this incredibly awesome competition is going to be potentially as high as $14.5 million. That is a great big hunk of cash no matter how rich you may think you are! I definitely wouldn’t mind taking home a slice of that particular pie!

For fans of online casinos and poker rooms, this event is gearing up to be a don’t-miss opportunity. It is the seventh time this event has been held and all previous events from years past were truly phenomenal casino poker contests that featured some of the most thrilling entertainment and jolly gambling activity that the world has ever witnessed. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that the event takes place at the Atlantis Hotel and Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.

That is an extra special feature of this competition that helps to make it truly an unforgettable experience. Who could say no to playing your heart out at casino and poker games while immersed in an absolute tropical paradise? Many of the top most respected poker professional players will be in attendance so you will really be able to catch a glimpse of genius at work if you are able to witness the magic first-hand.

Poker Stars Beats Their Own Record

Monday, October 19th, 2009

There is definitely something to be said for being a world record holder. I certainly wish that I had the natural aptitude and the skill and talent to distinguish myself somehow to be worthy of such an honor. Unfortunately, I don’t think anything like that is going to change around for me any time soon. But the clever folks who run the show over at Poker Stars have managed to enter into the highly esteemed Guinness Book Of World Records.

They were somehow able to beat out their own previous score to host more than 300,000 different players in cash and free poker games and tournaments. This is a truly impressive feat since players like to do their own thing and they don’t normally pay attention to when they come onto a casino gambling site.

This is a phenomenal accomplishment for this online casino poker site. Not all online casinos are able to achieve this sort of goal, but Poker Stars has such a consistent volume of player traffic that it was too tempting to go ahead and try to best themselves. The record happened on the 6th of September as the 8th annual World Championships of Online Poker took place. A total of 307,016 contenders were going for the ultimate glory at 42,814 different tables.

The officials from Guinness made a review of the event and verified the results and decided that they had indeed succeeded in beating their own record. For fans of internet casinos and poker rooms, this was something truly special to be a part of. Not ever one is able to go down in history as a participant in a record-breaking gambling session.

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