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The 100th EPT in Barcelona is starting in less than 2 weeks, so let's take a look at the most accomplished players and the biggest winners of the first 99 events!

 Full Tilt Poker introduced their Jackpot SNG game type at the end of June, and the format is a big success, PokerStars recently announced that they are going to add it to their game offerings also, under the name Spin & Go. It didn't take long for one of the top prizes to be "spun out" by the players.

As we have previously reported, the PokerStars WCOOP Challenge was running until this Monday, with the two 2-day events that started on Sunday finishing in the evening hours, and well-known pro Grayson Ramage winning the most money in the $2 million guaranteed Main Event.

 While most gambling companies are looking to extend their business in new regions like Asia,  Crown Resorts Ltd. has been trying to get a property on the Las Vegas Strip. They failed two times, but now they managed to acquire a 34.6 acre site, formerly home to New Frontier Casino.

The plot of the story is based on an unpaid poker debt, but the movie is also going to have everything that you can expect from a Steven Segal movie - fights, guns and attractive women.

Daniel Cates is one of the most feared cash game players in the world, he won the most money in heads-up games in the past 5 years, but he is also known to have difficulties in other walks of life. This time, he managed to end up 1500 miles from his planned destination thanks to similar city names.

 June and July are usually the slowest months at the online high-stakes cash game tables, but by August, some of the regulars are already done with their post-WSOP vacation, and ready to get back into the action. Gus Hansen is off to a nice start, but Isildur1 is on a big downswing that erased most of the money he managed to win this summer.

Gus Hansen

The Aussie Millions is always one of the most anticipated poker festivals of the year, full of exciting events, and big cash games. Crown Melbourne has released the schedule for the 21 events that constitue the 2015 Aussie Millions Poker Championship, which takes place between January 14 and February 2.

The biggest acquisition in the history of online gaming happened when Amaya Gaming bought Rational Group, the owner and operator of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, for $4.9 billion last month. Now the Amaya shareholders have also approved the deal, so it's all official.

After Full Tilt Poker shut down as a result of Black Friday, thousands of pieces of merchandise that were available for purchase in their Full Tilt VIP Store, were left in the warehouses. Now they are being auctioned off, so if you want to grab a piece of poker history for a good price, now is your chance!

PokerStars used social monitoring tool Followerwonk and Likealyzer to find out which poker players are the most popular on social media nowadays. Here are the results! Click here for part 1 and part 2!

PokerStars used social monitoring tool Followerwonk and Likealyzer to find out which poker players are the most popular on social media nowadays. Here are the results! Click here for part 1!

Get all the details and statistics about the MicroMillions 8, which concluded this Sunday! Find out which players and countries were the most profitable, and what the leaderboard winners received.

PokerStars used social monitoring tool Followerwonk and Likealyzer to find out which poker players are the most popular on social media nowadays. Here are the results!

The European Poker Tour is reaching a historical milestone, the EPT Barcelona will be the 100th EPT ever, and to celebrate, PokerStars has organized a three-hour set played at the celebration party, by DJ Roger Sanchez, one of the biggest names in todays electronic music.