This week, one of the rules that rarely causes controversy was right at the center of it. When calling an all-in during the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event, a professional poker player, Paulina Loeliger, attempted to refuse to show her cards. Having lost the pot, not only did the situation escalate, but so too […]

The action at Baha Mar has been scorching throughout the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure so far. From the opening Super High Roller that was won by Isaac Haxton for his second huge score of the year to the start of the PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC), it’s great to see the PokerStars tournament series returning to […]

Although some land-based casinos have started reopening their poker rooms, players will have to wait an additional year for the 2020 PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) and EPT Barcelona events. On Friday, PokerStars made the announcement that it is postponing the two festivals until 2021.

In an effort to show their appreciation for the profound effect that women have on the game of poker, online poker site PokerStars is giving away a $30,000 Platinum Pass to this August’s PokerStars Players Championship to one woman nominated by the public.

Nominations for the second annual Global Poker Awards were announced on Friday with popular poker personality Joey Ingram leading the way with four nominations.

Every poker player wants to play in the PokerStars Players Championship in Barcelona this August, but not everyone can afford to buy-in for €22,500 (approx. $25,000). Winning a PokerStars Platinum Pass – which includes the buy-in and money for travel and accommodations – could be your ticket to the big dance, and there are plenty […]

As 2019 draws to a close, PocketFives takes a look back at the year that was in poker news, going month-by-month through the biggest and most important stories of the year. Even though it was August, the WSOP Main Event was back in the headlines, as a player that was disqualified from the tournament had […]

Originally scheduled to take place in August, the 2020 PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement was made by PokerStars on Friday, May 22, 2020.

All good things must come to an end. And that end has come for the PCA. As PocketFives reported, when PokerStars announced the return of the PSPC in 2020 they also, unceremoniously, announced that the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure would not be back in 2020, ending its run of 16 years.

320 Platinum Passes. $1 million added to first place. No rake. Those were some of the key components that made the 2019 PokerStars Players Championship the largest $25,000 buy-in event of all time. The event is coming back in 2020, this time in Barcelona, and it turns out the location is not all that will […]

In January, PokerStars made history by hosting the PokerStars Players Championship – the largest $25,000 buy-in poker tournament of all time. Now, seven months later they’ve announced that they’re bringing it back and giving it a new host city. The 2020 PokerStars Players Championship will be held in Barcelona, August 20-24 as part of the […]

Sometimes you just have to take a shot. That’s exactly what well-travelled New Jersey grinder Michael Azzaro thought when it came to the 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure schedule.

The remaining field in Day 2 of the 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event is streaming out the door on a twenty minutes break while Platinum Pass winner Dragos Trofimov contemplates his current spot.

In a storybook ending to the historic PokerStars Players NL Hold’em Championship, Platinum Pass winner Ramon Colillas defeated WSOP bracelet winner Julien Martini to become the first-ever PSPC champion, earning $5.1 million.

The final table for the PokerStars NL Hold’em Players Championship is set. On Thursday, the final eight players will take their seats to play for a massive $5.1 million first-place prize in what is the largest $25,000 tournament of all time.