Additions To Pokerstars Pro Team

World biggest poker site PokerStars.com has got several new additions to their already impressive pro-team roster. New faces include WSOP champion Peter Eastgage and runner-up Ivan Demidov as well as Maria Mayrinck and Leo Fernandez.

Each of these players have impressive lists of achievements that brought them recognition in the poker world.

PokerStars Pro Team also includes poker greats like Chris Moneymaker, Daniel Negreanu, and Isabelle Mercier to name a few.

Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars Experience eCheck Problems

It was reported last week that the United States Attorney out of New York has managed to shut down an eCheck processor for Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars.

Full Tilt Poker has not been upfront with its customers and suggested the problem was only temporary. PokerStars, world’s largest online poker room, told its players right off the bat that the processor in question had its funds froze.

There should be more news on this subject this week.

PokerStars Porsche Goes To Canadian FX Trader

Dario Minieri was the first player at PokerStars who used Frequent Player Points to buy a car. Second lucky owner of Porsche is Brad Sweezey, Canadian Forex Trader. He accumulated enought FPPs to buy a new car.

Who is going to be next?

Challenge Boris Becker In PokerStars Heads-Up

British poker players get an opportunity to play against former tennis star Boris Becker in PokerStars heads-up challenge.

Players will have to go through number of qualifiers before facing Boris where $5,000 and two tickets for the opening day of this year´s Wimbledon will be at stake.

You can find the tournament through selecting Tourney and Regional in the PokerStars lobby or searching for Becker Battleship in the tourney filter.

Porsche At Stake In PokerStars Turbo Takedown

PokerStars Turbo Takedown is a monthly FPP buy-in event. It will hold a once-only event with a reduced buy-in of 2,000 FPPs and a Porsche awarded to the winner on top of the already guaranteed US$1 million prize pool on Monday June 1, at 4:30am AEST. Players can also enter the tournament through satellite for as few as 8 FPPs.

May Turbo Takedown Summary
* Buy-in only 2,000 FPP (normally 5,000 FPP)
* Cap increased to 30,000 players – meaning 10,000 players will receive a share of the $1 million prize pool
* First prize will include cash and the 10th Porsche PokerStars have awarded
* The 1st place finisher will receive a Porsche Cayman S and cash, with a combined value of approximately $100,000!

Players can find the tournament at PokerStars under tournament ID#200900531.

Vitaly Lunkin Wins PokerStars Russian Poker Tour

Vitaly Lunkin, a former backgammon player, beats Team PokerStars Pros Ivan Demidov and Alex Kravchenko in PokerStars Russian Poker Tour. Vitaly, who won a WSOP bracelet last summer in the 1,500 No Limit Hold’em event, took home 14,323,000 rubles ($445,000).

Final table payouts (in rubles):

1. Vitaly Lunkin, 14,323,000
2. Vyacheslav Goryachev, 7,877,000
3. Alexander Khoustov, 4,028,000
4. Oleg Shamardin, 3,133,000
5. Sergey Artamonov, 2,685,000
6. Ivan Demidov, Team PokerStars Pro 2,238,000
7. Dmitry Vitkind, 1,790,000
8. Alex Kravchenko, Team PokerStars Pro, 1,342,000
9. Evgeny Onishuk, 895,000

PokerStars Software Improved

PokerStars software went through slight upgrade. Being constantly under pressure from its major competitors, Full Tilt Poker and Party Poker, PokerStars has to do something extra to be ahead of competition.

Now, the buy-in amount is listed in the title bar of each table. You had to visit lobby to see this information before and now it is right there at your disposal. If you lost a heads-up sit and go and look for rematch, it is also possible on PokerStars now.

Finally, more time zones have been added. Now you do not have to add or substract hours to figure out when next tournament begins.