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Saturday, 17 December 2011 PokerStars has announced that it has parted company with Team Pro Joe Hachem . The 2005 World Champion’s contract recently expired and the world’s biggest online site has decided not to renew it. “Joe has been a terrific endorser for PokerStars over the years, and while we are sad to see him leave the Team we are looking forward to continuing to watch him play,” said Eric Hollreiser, Head of Corporate Communications for PokerStars. “We thank him for all he’s...Read Full Story

I've moved back down to $5 sit and gos a couple days ago since I have lost ~$100 at the $10 ones (I was up $120 than down $100). And now currently sitting at $631. I think I found what I'm doing wrong, I started playing too loose. So to make me play tighter, I started playing 8-10 sit and gos at once. And it worked. Only problem is I get action on every hand I play and it is only a matter of time before I see bad beats. So I don't like playing the $5:) Things started out good, I made $25 in...Read Full Story

So I played 2 session today. First session, I played 24 sngs, playing 8 at a time. I am playing the $5 double up turbos and I'm finding that most of the players have the "any hand can win" attitude. So I get action on every hand. And that is not a great thing because than I can only win about 2 out of 3 times. And by the time I get my money in good than they steal my blinds a few times first. So I think I won 14 or 15 out the the first 16 than I was getting tired and started to play not so...Read Full Story

Literally 11 hands in a row I was the favourite and I lost everyone. All premium hands, all cracked by junk..I'm Past the stage of tilt..I think my brain is fried. Make that 12 hands..just finishing up last game, just lost ace king to ace queen. Make that 13..Can't believe it 99 vs 88, my opponent just hit 2 outter on the river, I'm going to cry... I think this is the end of the double up sngs for me and pokerstars too.. I never seen so many bad beats in life, not even at Action Poker where...Read Full Story

Daniel Negreanu will attempt to turn $10 into $100K within 3 years. Daniel heard about Chris Ferguson's $0-$10k Challenge and decided to try it for himself. I decided to try a little fun experiment. Starting with a $10 bankroll I'm playing ring game NL hold'em on PokerStars , starting out at $0.01-$0.02 and not moving up in limits until I have 500 big blinds at the next limit. Why? It's kinda fun. When I get to $25 I'll jump to $0.02-$0.05, Daniel Said. Whatever my bankroll is, I will always...Read Full Story