Online poker room PokerStars has announced a new promotion titled Players Choice Satellites which will allow players to choose which live event by PokerStars they would like to compete for a seat for. Weekly qualifiers will be running for generic package which can be used for the Estrellas Poker Tour, France Poker Series and the Eureka Poker Tour.

Shaun Deeb has taken yet another title at the ongoing SCOOP series, bringing his total wins to three so far. The unstoppable pro this morning won Event #19-H, the $2,100 Stud Hi/Lo for $40,330.

PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and the Department of Justice are reported to have reached an agreement on paying back Full Tilt Poker players after a recent court hearing. An announcement will be made at the end of this month, the report says.

Every poker player has done it, won a hand on a great bluff or took the win after the river, and thought ‘Man! I wish everyone could have seen that!’ Well, now they can. Online poker room PokerStars has launched the new BOOM! Hand Replayer which allows players to share their awesome hand on video.

A micro stakes grinder received the lion's share of a special promotion when PokerStars this weekend dealt its hand number 80 billion. Spanish player "funex700" picked up $22,940 for winning the milestone hand.

This May, online poker room PokerStars is offering a special 100K Depositor Freerolls promotion. The 100K Depositor Freerolls will be doubled this month, which will give players the opportunity to access twice as much value on their deposit. Players will have access to eight $1,000 Freerolls each day for thirty one days.

Online poker room PokerStars is on the road again to 100 Billion Poker hands and this time the poker room is approaching 80 billion hands. During the trip down the road to 100 Billion poker hands, PokerStars is celebrating every 5 billionth hand. Now the poker room is approaching 80 Billion hands and they will be rewarding their players handsomely.

PokerStars is one of the top online poker rooms available online for many reasons, one of which is they host great live tours. To help their players participate in their live events, the online poker room has launched the Main Event Passport. Players will be able to qualify for all of the live events PokerStars has to offer via tier promotion.

PokerStars is ready with a new high stakes heads-up challenge, called the Limit Hold'em Challenge. The new $150,000 duel will feature PokerStars own Daniel Negreanu in its first round on Saturday.

Groupe Bernard Tapie lawyer Benham Dayanim has denied allegations that the investor group was hesitant in finalizing the takeover of Full Tilt Poker. The group was prepared to move ahead but was obstructed by the DoJ, Dayanim claims.

Rumors from the past few days that PokerStars is taking over Full Tilt Poker are in fact true, industry insider blog Wicked Chops Poker claims. The $750 million prize tag is also reported to be correct.

PokerStars has today announced the schedule for upcoming Season 9 of the European Poker Tour. The new season will see the number of stops reduced from the current 13 to just eight.

Rumors that PokerStars is lining up a takeover bid for Full Tilt Poker are spreading across the Internet. The reports for now remain unconfirmed by any reliable source.

Groupe Bernard Tapie has just issued a press release, confirming that the pending takeover deal of Full Tilt Poker has fallen through. The investor group cites unresolvable differences with the DOJ as the reason for the deal's collapse.

Online poker room PokerStars is currently offering their players a special reload bonus. The 50% SCOOP Reload bonus has launched and players have until May 3rd to take advantage of this special bonus. Players will be able to earn a 50% bonus worth up to $250 by taking advantage of this great offer.

PokerTableRatings has caved in to legal demands from PokerStars and has removed all data for the site's players. The data-mining service will now introduce an opt-in service for PokerStars players instead.

PokerTableRatings has agreed to remove all PokerStars profiles from its database following legal threats from the industry leader. PokerTableRatings laments the decision, but promises to adhere to PokerStars' demands.

PokerStars has become the first major online poker company to launch an attack on data-mining service PokerTableRatings.com. PokerStars has issued a warning to the site to stop its operation or face legal action.

PokerStars remains the undisputed market leader in terms of online poker traffic. With more than 40,000 active players during peak hours, PokerStars is now almost seven times bigger than its closest competitor.

A mobile library in the Isle of Man has avoided getting shut down after PokerStars has stepped in and offered to fund the service. PokerStars will be paying around £115,000 a year for three years to keep the library roling.

On April 15th, top online poker room PokerStars will be celebrating the one year anniversary of the Sunday Storm tournament. The prize pool of the event will be boosted to a cool $1 million and will have a small buy-in so everyone will be able to enter. The online poker room is even offering free seats to the event via an exclusive deposit offer.

Online poker room PokerStars is already getting ready for the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure by offering the FPP Mega Path promotion starting this month. Players will have from now until the end of 2012 to earn a seat to the popular land tournament event.

PokerStars has released the full schedule for the upcoming Spring Championship of Online Poker. The 2012 SCOOP will run from May 6th through the 20th, offering 114 tournaments in three different categories; high, medium and low.

PokerStars has yesterday added a number of new games and stakes to its new Zoom Poker format. Players will now be able to play with stakes up to $0.50/$1 on both NLHE and PLO, as well as a $0.10/$0.20 FLH table has been launched.