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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!

 The MicroMillions 8 series has barely finished, but the online tournament enthusiasts don't have to worry, this weekend the fun continues, although on higher stakes! 

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.

 As we have previously reported, PokerStars Team Pro Daniel Negreanu celebrated his 40th birthday this weekend at the Marquee club in Las Vegas, and according to the participants, it was a huge party.

 As we have previously reported, Macau high roller/billionaire businessman Paul Phua and his son, Darren Phua were amongst those arrested for organizing illegal sports betting in Las Vegas. We also reported that high stakes cash game pro Andrew Robl put up $1.5 million to clear the bail set by the judge, but the two Malaysian citizens are still behind bars, even though Phil Ivey also put up $1 million.

 The PokerStars MicroMillions 8 was a great series, and the $22 Main Event drew a huge field, the eventual winner outlasted 57,885 others to claim the trophy and more than $100,000 in prize money.

Vladimir Putin, Russia's president signed a law to establish a gambling zone in Crimea. Smile Expo, a conference organizer created the Crimea Gambling Congress, which will be held on August 22, and will gather investors, operators, and regulators, with the goal to get the most out of the new gambling area.

CBS Sports Networks scheduled to release their new pokershow, called Poker Night in America on June 29. The show airs every sunday at 22:00 (East Coast time) for 26 weeks, until December

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Amaya Gaming Group, the company who bought Rational Group (the owners of Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars) has integrated their casino gaming system platform into the Full Tilt Poker platform.

The PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu is celebrating his 40th birthday this weekend, this means he will be eligible to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. The nominations are now open!

 The reason was that they encountered technical problems on the mobile client, and it also had a negative effect on the VIP Rewards value.

This year's One Drop was the most anticipated event of the year, partly because a group of Macau high stakes players were scheduled to come to Vegas and join the one Drop, and the huge cash games. However, they were absent, and the reason is quite interesting.If rumors are true, the "Macau Boys" decided to skip the event because of an argument with One Drop founder and billionaire Guy Laliberté.