On Monday, PokerStars announced a change to its flagship online poker tournament, the Sunday Million. Starting January 27, 2019, the world’s largest weekly poker tournament will feature a buy-in of $109, reduced from the previous $215.

Fifteen years ago, the poker world was introduced to Chris Moneymaker. The accountant from Tennessee with an unthinkable last name earned his way into the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event via a satellite on PokerStars for a paltry $86. Moneymaker went on to win the event thanks to a storybook run in poker’s… Continue reading Chris Moneymaker Reflects On Storybook 15-Year Run

“I’d love to be a poker player forever. I would love to do what Doyle Brunson did, obviously who wouldn’t?” You may not recognize him now that he chopped off all of his hair, trimmed his bushy beard, and has a swollen black eye from a bike-riding adventure gone wrong, but Arlie Shaban is showing up everywhere… Continue reading Laboring Away, Arlie Shaban Dreams of Being a Poker Player Forever

Ricky ‘ratedGTO’ Guan was recently announced as a new member to Team RIU, the group of streamers hand-picked by Run It Up Studios founder Jason Somerville. If you’ve played on a regulated poker site within the US, especially in New Jersey, you’ve likely tangled with Guan, or at least you know of him.

“I’m gonna make this happen. Somehow, I’m gonna win one of these damn passes.” After calling his shot earlier this year, Nathan Manuel has done it. He’s won a PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship Platinum Pass. Winning the Pass involved topping a field of 825 entries in the $86 buy-in Moneymaker PSPC Tour stop at Run It… Continue reading Nathan Manuel Completes Platinum Pass Quest, Eyes Next Goal