PokerStars Acquires Major Poker Portals to Offer Players More Valuable Information about Online Poker

RECENTLY ACQUIRED POKERPAGES.COM, PLAYWINNINGPOKER.COM AND POKER-BABES.COM

POKERSTARS ACQUIRES MAJOR POKER PORTALS

PokerStars, the world's largest online poker room, recently acquired PokerPages.com, PlayWinningPoker.com and Poker-Babes.com, three of the most well-established poker information portals on the internet.  Along with PokerStarsBlog.com, PokerStars' in-house poker blog, the sites offer poker players a valuable resource of online poker information.

PokerPages.com was originally launched in 2000.  It features an extensive collection of strategy articles, interviews and book reviews; a highly detailed worldwide poker room directory; one of the most comprehensive tournament results databases in the world; and historical coverage of major North American and European poker tournaments of the last five years.

Similarly, the "Winner's Guide to Online Poker" published by poker player Steve Badger on PlayWinningPoker.com in 2000 was the first online poker strategy guide ever published.  PlayWinningPoker.com also includes sections on Texas Hold'em, Omaha, tournament considerations, blinds play, poker psychology, bankroll management and many other facets of both online and live poker play."

Shirley Rosario, a successful tournament player and former prop player at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, launched Poker-Babes.com in 2003.  It was the first site to offer profiles and photos of famous and highly successful poker players in addition to offering strategy articles on lesser-known games like Omaha, Razz and Badugi.

About www.pokerstars.com:

PokerStars is the world’s largest poker site with more than 34 million members around the world. It’s the first choice of the world’s top players with more daily tournaments than anywhere else with the best security online. More hands have been dealt on PokerStars than any other site, that’s over 42 billion hands dealt to date and more than 304 million tournaments played.

PokerStars operates worldwide under the license from the Isle of Man Government. A recent addition to the PokerStars family, PokerStars.IT, the largest poker site in Italy, operates under the Italian Government license.

PokerStars is in the record books, boasting the Guinness World Record for ’Largest Online Poker Tournament’ and ‘Most Players on an Internet Poker Room’.

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