Things aren’t perfect with any business, however, and PokerStars faces its fair share of problems. In fact, PokerStars has experienced a bit of a brain drain in the past year. John Duthie is well known in the poker world as a member of Team PokerStars as well as being the creator of the European Poker Tour. In December 2011 he chose not to renew his contract with PokerStars to pursue other endeavors. Perhaps he will download Roulette and get into the casino business?

Thomas Kremser is also well known in the poker world, as his skills as a tournament director are quite respected. He began his stint as the European Poker Tour tournament director in September 2004. Just a month after Black Friday, however, Kremser severed ties with the European Poker Tour. This sent shockwaves through the poker…

A couple years ago, he applied for Team PokerStars Online and now he is a sponsored pro. He started playing big live tournaments and recently scored huge in Macau on the PokersStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour, banking a healthy $483,857. This apparently wasn’t enough for him, though. He decided he wanted to also break a Guinness World Record!

Lew made it clear on his Twitter that he planned to go for a World Record at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas, but he wasn’t sure which record he would break. It probably would have been easy to break a Bingo codes record, but the man is a poker player. He decided to play eight hours of poker and set the record for playing the most hands while…

January will see a repeat of a promotion from 2011 as in all of January multi-table tournaments on the Party Poker download will be absolutely one hundred percent rake-free. Starting at midnight on January 1st, 2012 and spanning until 11:59 PM EST on January 31st, 2012 all multi-table tournaments will see one hundred percent of buy-ins going to the prize pool.

The rake-free promotion was extremely popular in August of 2011 and it’s no surprise that it’s been brought back again. Also added is a 100% bonus of up to $100 as well as a $50,000 depositors’ freeroll that will take place Sunday February 5th, 2012 at 11:00 AM ET.

In February…

On December 4th, 2011 the World Record Tournament took place with a buy-in of $1. Although the guaranteed prize pool was $250,000, PokerStars capped the event at 200,000 people. This meant a guaranteed overlay of at least $50,000! The guaranteed first prize was also $50,000, a huge sum for a $1 tournament.

It took just over 7 hours for the record breaking tournament to reach completion, with the final three players agreeing to a deal that awarded payouts of $25,741, $34,000 and $40,258. Sokoluk1991 from Russia was the big winner, taking down the aforementioned $40,258.

The Sunday Storm is the biggest field every week with its accessible buy-in of $11. The 10th Anniversary Edition on December 11th, 2011 was…

A notable that fell just short of the final table was Chris Moorman, a pro known for beating high stakes on the best Euro poker sites. He has also proven himself in the live arena recently, his best cash being a runner up finish in the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event for €800k.

Nicholas Levi was the chip leader when the final table formed, but his stack suffered an early blow after getting it in with bottom two against David Boyaciyan’s top set. This hand sent Levi’s stack plummeting to the bottom of…

Adelson has been a Republican Party supporter for a number of years now, so perhaps his stance is not altogether too surprising. After all, he supports Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, who is very much against online casinos for USA players. Kyl was a major factor in passing the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) back in 2006.

There are a couple reasons why some people might find it surprising that Adelson doesn’t support online gambling, though. For one, the New York Post reported that he was in support of online poker at the federal level just earlier this year. Secondly, many other casino executives are very much…

A grand total of 327 people played over two Day 1s. This created a 6-figure first prize of $111,812! While 181 players made it to Day 2, just 11 players went on to Day 3. Within half an hour, two of these players busted and the final table was formed.

The first bust of the final table was Casey McCarrel. He started the final table with the fourth biggest stack, but he lost a chunk of chips to Chris Clark after doubling him up. He spent the rest of his chips on a flush draw and overcard against Ron Segni’s top pair, and he was sent to…

PokerStars already has the Guinness World Record for the largest poker tournament in history, but it will be looking to improve upon that standing with the 10th Anniversary World Record Tournament. The current record for players in a tournament is at 149,196, and this was achieved back when PokerStars was one of the US friendly poker sites online.

PokerStars will try to break their record on December 4th in a tournament with a $250,000 prize pool. While they are hoping for 150,000 people, the tournament is capped at 200,000 people. This means that the tournament will have a minimum $50,000 overlay!

PokerStars may not have video poker online, but they have the Sunday Storm. The 10th Anniversary edition of the Sunday Storm is on Sunday December 11th at 1:30 PM EST , and it will award the biggest first…

The first hand of the final table’s Day 2 was a giant pot between Lamb and Staszko. There was a series of raises preflop, and finally Staszko was all-in with 77 against Lamb’s KJ. Lamb lost the big coinflip and was finished off by Staszko’s JJ just a few hands later. While Lamb was the 2011 WSOP Player of the Year, he had to settle for a disappointing third place in the Main Event.

Heads-up play finally began, and no one could have guessed the epic battle that was in store: 120 hands, 6 hours of play, and numerous lead changes. Staszko began heads-up play with a small chip lead but that was…

The House of Representatives has discussed online poker a number of times, with bigwig Barney Frank a consistent instigator of debate. The Senate, on the other hand, have not formally covered the issue since 2006.

That’s all changed this week, with a hearing having been held to discuss the issue. It was entitled ‘Future of Internet Gaming: What’s at Stake for Tribes?’ and took place on November 17th. It concerned how the existing online gambling marketplace is affective Native American groups and what a regulated market might mean for them. It was designed to consider not only poker, but games like real money slots.

It’s almost traditional in the U.S. for Indians to run casinos and many are understandably concerned about the impact of online…