PokerStars Macau at Casino Grand Lisboa hosted the Macau Poker Cup Championship (MPCC) and set a new record for biggest prize pool in the Macau Poker Cup series as 158 players competed in the MPCC Main Event for nearly HKD $3 Million in prize money.

Christmas came early for “Devan” Ying Seng Tan from Hong Kong who won the Main Event and a first prize of HKD $727,600. Devan outlasted a tough field on the final table including PokerStars Team Asia Pros Tae Joon Noh and Bryan Huang.

All eyes were on the final table at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, last night as PokerStars sponsored player, 21-year-old Michigan native Joseph Cada went head’s up against Darvin Moon, a 46 year old logger from western Maryland. After just 2.5 hours of play, Cada emerged victorious with $8.5 million in winnings, the WSOP championship title and a new record as the youngest Main Event champion in the history of the World Series.

On October 18th, Auckland local Simon Watt became the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Auckland SKYCITY Festival of Poker Champion, outplaying 262 rivals over three days to take home the Championship trophy and over NZ$209,000!

Pokerstars.net and Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) have joined forces to celebrate the Hong Kong Poker House 1 Year Anniversary and the Bank Roll Poker Room & Japanese Restaurant Grand Opening. The party will take place on October 11, 2009 in Central Hong Kong (49 Hollywood Rd 1 floor).

The PokerStars.com World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event ended late on Monday night after thousands of players competed for 23 hours to win their share of the $10 million prize pool. Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko, a professional player originally from Ukraine, cut through the 2,144-strong field in the $5,200 No-Limit Hold’em tournament to take home the $1.7 million first prize.