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Posted on December 21st, 2009 by kdollar
Retired New York City policeman Mike Kosowski didn’t expect too much excitement after retirement. A cop’s excitement is supposed to be spent on the force, not after retiring from it, right? Such was not the case for former officer Kosowski who recently won $1 million playing poker.
Mike Kosowski was one of the first officers to respond to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City. He was injured on that fateful day and due to this, and could never perform his duties the same since. In 2004, he decided to retire from the police force, taking up the poker card game to help pass the time.
Kosowski had no idea that his boredom-relieving decision would result in such a prolific, life-changing event just 5 years down the road.
Mike Kosowski told the New York Post, “With my injury I was getting lethargic, out of shape. My wife noticed this.” One day he and his wife were watching a poker game on television. The session included famed professional poker player Daniel Negreanu. Kosowski’s wife challenged her husband to beat him.
“She said, ’What do you have to do to become [a player] like that?’ I said ‘I’d need a miracle’”. But that wasn’t the end of the fantasy-supporting conversation. “One day I’m going to play him face-to-face and I’m going to win,” Mike told his wife.
Mike was a member of the online poker site PokerStars, the same poker site where Daniel Negreanu carries the status of Team PokerStars Pro. Kosowski played an online qualifier tournament at PokerStars that awarded him the Million Dollar Challenge – a chance to play pro poker player Daniel Negreanu heads-up on the FOX television network.
The episode of PokerStar.com Million Dollar Challenge will air December 27th, 2009 on the FOX television network.
Kosowski claims he owes his million-dollar victory to his years working as a New York City detective. “I said this guy’s a pro. If he gets a chance to read me he’s going to pick me off. So being a detective sergeant, I couldn’t let that happen.”
Team Pro Tuesdays
Posted on December 14th, 2009 by kdollar
PokerStars (www.pokerstars.com) wants to give online poker players the unique experience of playing with some of the biggest names in poker, thanks to its current “Team Pro Tuesdays” promotion.
Every Tuesday until Dec. 29, players can log onto PokerStars.net and play against some of the most famous names in poker. Players might simply watch the stars play, chat with them from the rail or buy-in to play against them. Some of the big names that might be around the virtual table include Joe Cada, Chris Moneymaker, Peter Eastgate, Daniel Negreanu, and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier.
These players regularly play at PokerStars, but with Team Pro Tuesdays, there’s a greater likelihood players will run into them online.
While players can have fun chatting with and watching the pros play, they can also play against them, or play “Outlast the Pros”, where players can win cash by lasting longer in a game than the pros. “Outlast the Pros” tournaments will run twice on Tuesdays, one beginning at 1 p.m. ET, and the other at 10 p.m. ET. Each tournaments buy-in is $11, with another $1,000 added to the prize pot.
If online players can stay in the “Outlast the Pros” tournament longer than all the pros, the winner will get to split the cash with all the other players still in the tournament.
Win a Porchse at PokerStars
Posted on October 13th, 2009 by kdollar
PokerStar.com has an exciting new promotion where you can win a free Porsche. Not only can you seem like a high roller by playing high stakes poker games but you can look like one on the roads behind the wheel of this sporty car. PokerStars is sponsoring a tournament where the top one hundred players in North America get to share in the cash prizes and the winner walks away with a Porsche Caymen S. The Porsche Caymen S retails for over $70,000 so to win one for free will be a real benefit.
Entering the tournament is easy. If you are already a member of Poker Stars.com, you simply need to reload your real money account between September 28th and October 17th, 2009 while entering the promotional code of “WINCAR”. If you are new to the site, register an account and make your first real money within the same time period using “NEWCAR” as the promo code. You will automatically receive a ticket to enter the tournament.
You can pit your skills against some of the best in the industry and earn bragging rights that you did so well in the standings. The top 100 finishing players will share in the final pot and cash will be credited to your account. But the real benefit is the chance to win the Porsche Caymen S, a six cylinder sports car that will get you from zero to sixty in seconds. This car is a beauty and one often chosen by celebrities and car enthusiasts.
Once you receive your ticket to the poker tournament, simply go to the lobby at PokerStars, click on “Tourney” and “regional” on October 18th at 1:00 PM ET. You can enjoy a rousing tournament of poker with fellow players as well as learn a chance to win the car of your dreams.
PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge TV Show
Posted on September 20th, 2009 by kdollar
Poker Stars has announced they willing be running a Million Dollar Challenge. Poker players can qualify online for free at PokerStars.net. Players will then qualify to play poker on tv against a variety of Poker Stars pros. Daniel Negreanu will be coaching players along and giving them his expert poker analysis in a series of heads-up poker matches.
For each pro that a player beats they will accumulate money for every win. They can win up to $25,000 dollars! Then they can choose to risk their money and take on Daniel Negreanu and if a player wins they will win at least 100k up to 1 million dollars.
If you are ready to start playing poker tournaments for your chance to be on TV and play against the top poker players in the world then start playing at PokerStar.com. Look for the Million Dollar Challenge qualifiers to start your journey to beat the pros!
If you finish in the top 10 of any of the qualifiers you will receive an email with instructions on how to make a video and get your chance to play against the PokerStar Pro's.
Poker Stars WCOOP.com 2009
Posted on August 15th, 2009 by kdollar
Poker Stars will be beginning the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on September 3rd. The first event is a $1.25 million dollars No Limit Hold-em (6-player table) event with a buy-in of $215.
The Poker Star WCOOP will have 40 events and events will be played everyday until the 20th of September when Poker Stars will run the final tournament worth $10 million dollars. The buy-in for the WCOOP Final event will be $5,200 and satellites are running now until the start of the tournament.
WCOOP.com Poker Stars Tournament
All WCOOP events at PokerStar.com have satellite tournament running for them with buy-in's for as little as $1 dollar. Poker Stars has also created a site dedicated to the event at www.wcoop.com. Players will be able to track statistics for the tournament as well as find satellites and read about hall of fame players.
There have been 121 WCOOP events run at Poker Stars with over $105 million dollars given away!
New Poker Star 600% Bonus
Posted on August 4th, 2009 by kdollar
PokerStar.com has recently released an all new bonus for new players that is 100% up to $600 dollars. This is an unprecedented deal for new players with the first time deposit bonus raising from $50 to $600! Another great feature of the new PokerStar bonus is that players can use up to three deposits to claim the full $600 bonus. So for example if you deposited $100 dollars you could re-deposit two additional times and get 100% bonus on the money until you reach the $600 limit!
Poker Star Deposit Code: STARS600
PokerStars players will have 6 months to clear the bonus requirements and it will be released in increments of $10 dollars and 17vpp's equal $1 dollar.
Poker Star.com Reload Code: WCOOP
If you are already a player at Poker Stars then you can claim a 50% bonus up to $300 dollars. Like the new first time deposit code you will be given 3 deposits to claim the full $300 bonus. The deposits will need to be within ninety days of the first deposit and players will have 6 months to work off the bonuses received.
PokerStars Reload Freerolls
Posted on June 4th, 2009 by kdollar
Poker Stars.com has announced a new promotion for June which is a series of freerolls that in total will be worth $300,000!
Tournament entry is free! The only thing you need to do is reload one time in June and you will set for the rest of the month and can participate in as many of the reload freerolls as you desire. PokerStars has five freerolls that will be run everyday from June 8-27th at 10:30, 13:30, 16:30, 19:30 and 22:30...every 3 hours. Each of the daily freerolls will have a prizepool of $2k with 400 players receiving money as well as entry into the grand finale tournament.
The final freeroll will be played on Sunday, June 28th. With a prize pool of $300k and 400 places paying. First prize of the tournament is $1500 and that goes down to 271-400th place will receive $10 dollars.
The tournaments are great for players will small bankrolls looking to get some additional funds without having to put money upfront. These will likely be very popular tournaments and will likely give Poker Star a busy poker room all summer long.
Stars Ante Up For Africa
Posted on April 15th, 2009 by kdollar
Poker Star.com is running a charity tournament at the EPT Monte Carlo. The tournament is Ante Up For Africa (AUFA) and will be played on April 27 before the start of the EPT Monte Carlo Final Event.
The money raised during the tournament will go towards helping raise awareness and money in Darfur. The prize money of the tournament will be donated to organizations that have direct impact on the crisis. The winner of the AUFA tournament will be given a 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure prize package.
Poker Stars is bringing some of the biggest pros to play in the event including Daniel Negreanu and Hachem as well as celebrity players like Matt Damon, Ray Ramano and Ben Affleck.
If you are interested in playing in the event you can qualify for the EPT Monte Carlo at Poker Stars and all players that win their seat with PokerStars.com will be invited to take part in a AUFA freeroll final. The final two players will receive entry into the event as well as $1k for travel expenses.
If you would like to find more about Darfur check out the Darfur Conflict page on Wikipedia. You can also donate directly at Not On Our Watch.
Two New Team PokerStars Pros
Posted on April 3rd, 2009 by kdollar
Poker Stars today has announced that they have signed Peter Eastgate and Ivan Demidov to join the PokerStar.com Team. This announcement is no surprise with both players wearing Poker Stars gear throughout the 2008 WSOP Final Table.
Peter Eastgate was the 2008 WSOP Main Event winner taking home more then $9 million dollars for first place. Ivan Demidov took home second place in the 2008 WSOP Main Event and if that is not enough he finished third in the WSOP European Main Event.
Poker Stars is currently running the 2009 SCOOP where both players will be playing. They will also play in live poker events through out the next couple years and will likely be playing at the 2009 WSOP.
PokerStars now has 35 Team Poker Stars Pros and a handful of Poker Stars friends.
All Star Week
Posted on March 5th, 2009 by kdollar
Poker Star.com has announced they will be having a PokerStar.com All Stark Week. The All Star week will pit the top players of team poker stars against accomplished online tournament players.
Poker Stars will be taking players from 5 popular poker tournaments including Sunday Million Winners (1-4), 2008 Yearly TLB Top 50 Finishers (1-4), 2008 WCOOP Final Table (1-5), Supernova Elites (1-5) and finally a wildcard tournament that will take 1-2.
They will be taking 20 players in total and are calling them the challengers. They will then play a special tournament and will play until the tournament field is down to 5 poker players. Those players will then decide which Team Poker Stars pro they will face off in a series of heads up matches.
Winners of the heads up match will be awarded $1,000 dollars for the team. Also, the team that wins will be given an extra $1k for each match won. If the team pokerstars pros end up winning the tournament their money will be given to the team captain Victor Ramdin's charity of choice.
The challengers will compete for the MVP of the match and will receive a 1-stamp PokerStars Passport.
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