Winning Moment
PokerStars’ jackpot of the hugely popular mini game The Deal has reached its highest point yet with $466,000 in the pot. Since its launch almost six weeks ago on PokerStars, the jackpot has been hit on average every two days (21 times). It’s not paid out for nine days so players should be ready for a massive pay out soon! The winner will receive at least $233,000, representing a massive increase on the average jackpot pay-out of more than $45,000.
Played by some 60,000 players every 24 hours, The Deal
has been played more than 40 million times. In total, nearly $2 million has been awarded to players via
The Deal since its launch on PokerStars. The Deal can be found in the main lobby of the PokerStars desktop
client, under the “More” menu on the mobile app or direct from the poker table
More info: http://psta.rs/2hXGUaG
$91,853.23
Estonian poker player ‘Tarmooo’ cashed $91,853.23 in the PokerStars Sunday Million after beating a field of 5,229 players. The total prize pool was a guarantee–beating $1,045,800.
More info: http://psta.rs/2iVFq6a
5,250
The number of Twitch viewers who watched PokerStars Team Online member Kevin Martin take down the $109 Monday 6-Max winning $7,503.
Check it out: https://twitter.com/KevinRobMartin/status/823831078804692992
147/1
Snooker legend Stephen Hendry now 147/1 at BetStars to win PokerStars Festival London Main Event. BetStars is also offering the snooker icon at 7/4 to make it to Day Two of the £990 buy-in Main Event, and 20/1 to finish in the final ten players. Hendry, who said he was happy with his new odds which are priced at the maximum snooker break of 147, is currently playing in the third of three starting days (day 1C) against poker players from across the globe at The Hippodrome Casino London.
More info: http://betsta.rs/2kBojqN
73
Episode number of the ‘Poker in the Ears’ podcast, which is now available to stream or download.
This week, Joe Stapleton and James Hartigan take a look at the categories of this year’s American Poker Awards. Joe is a member of the nominating panel, and is able to reveal some of the names on the shortlist. The boys also review some of the TV shows and movies they’ve watched recently.
Listen: https://soundcloud.com/pokerintheears/episode-73-26012017
1
The number of announced changes to PokerStars ring games this week. Seat Me aims to improve the ring game seating process making it smoother, quicker and fairer. The automatic seat selection tool will get players straight into the action, removing the ability to pick specific tables and seats. The Seat Me lobby will be trialled on PokerStars.es in Spain.
More info: http://psta.rs/2kwf2QQ
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
- PokerStars Festival London Event #3: PokerStars Super Deep (£275), attracted 399 entrants, and wrapped up yesterday with Sander Sol as the winner, who took home a spade trophy and £9,876 in prize money.
Pic Credit: Mickey May
- Players who qualified for PokerStars Championship Bahamas via $10 Spin & Go qualifiers
gathered together for a commemorative photo at Atlantis Resort. Eight of the 135 $10 Spin & Go
qualifiers finished in the money in the Main Event for a grand total of $95,280 – representing more
than x1,000 their combined initial investment to come to PokerStars Championship Bahamas. $20 Spin
& Go qualifier tournaments to PokerStars Championship Panama start January 31 on
PokerStars.com.
Pic credit: Neil Stoddart
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Check out Phil Hellmuth’s top five poker hands in a new series where PokerStars TV relives some of the most memorable poker hands ever recorded.
Watch: http://psta.rs/2khYMQf