Pokerstars T$ are a special form of currency that Pokerstars offers for winning satellite tournaments. Pokerstars realizes that not everybody will be available to participate in the target event so they give you the option to unregister from the target event and credit your account with target event buy-in amount in T$. T$ can then be used to register into any Pokerstars tournament including Sit & Go's. Learn more...
Pokerstars W$
Pokerstars W$ are won through satellites to "Special Event" target tournaments like APPT, WSOP, EPT, WPT and WCOOP. Much like T$, W$ can be used to buy into tournaments but ONLY special event tournaments and satellites. Learn more...
Online Poker Weekend: 'stoledog', '007Paghman' Triumphant
More big turnouts marked the first weekend of 2009 as both PokerStars and Full Tilt again topped their announced guarantees in the biggest Sunday online poker events. In a contrast to recent weeks, however, relative unknowns...
Aussie Millions Flashback: Australian Poker's Golden Years
In our previous Aussie Millions flashbacks, we saw how the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia had grown the event from a AUD $1,000 event in 1998 to a AUD $10,000 event. By 2004, the prize pool had swelled to AUD $1.3 million...
The 2009 Poker Roundtable, Vol. 5
Today's question: If you could enact one change to the 2009 WSOP - what would it be? I'd really love to see ways to make it really easy for people to register. I'm going to say online, but I don't mean truly online; not like...
Poker Room Review: Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Reno, NV
The Grand Sierra is a beautifully appointed poker room in a luxury casino resort. There are nice high ceilings, extremely comfortable 'extended play' chairs, and large flat-screen televisions that surround the room...
The 2009 Poker Roundtable, Vol. 4
Today's question: What group within the poker world do you believe to be most affected by the global financial crisis? The immediate answer would be the average, everyday player because it's the average Joes that are really...
The 2009 Poker Roundtable, Vol. 3
Today's question: Will 2009 bring a formal regulation of online poker at the United States federal level? No, that will not happen in 2009. I'd be shocked out of my mind if that happened...
The PokerNews Profile: Chad Brown
To say that Chad Brown sets huge goals for himself is a massive understatement. Going into the 2007 World Series of Poker, Brown didn't just want to win one bracelet—he wanted two. Though he didn't come away from Las...
The 2009 Poker Roundtable, Vol. 2
Today's question: Will we ever again see a regularly occurring, brick-and-mortar cash game that is bigger than the biggest games found online?...
Women's Poker Spotlight: Women's News Briefs
Action on the LIPSTour resumes with an event in January's Southern Poker Championship. The LIPS event will start at 11:00 AM Jan. 10 at the host Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. The ladies-only event...
