It's all in the 'Stars.......

Incoming Press Release from PokerStars, with a bit of Editing to remove excessive Linkage.

The "America's Cup" looks fascinating.......

PokerStars launch of the first Americas Cup of Poker

The ACP is a team event in which PokerStars players from designated
countries will face off in a series of matches to determine the Americas
Cup of Poker Champions. This special new event pits players from 13
countries into battle for a $250,000 prize pool. After preliminary events
eight teams will venture to a ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina, to play
out a World Cup style final with the Andes as a backdrop. That final will
follow a four group phase made up of the United States, Mexico, and
Ecuador in Group A; Canada, Columbia, and Uruguay in Group B; Chile,
Venezuela, Peru, and Costa Rica in Group C and finally Brazil, Argentina,
and Paraguay in Group D. Three wildcard countries will also take part,
determined by freeroll winners. Please see atatched press release for
further information.

Change of plan – EPT heads to Kiev

All eyes were on Moscow for the start of the sixth season of the European
Poker Tour, but then politics intervened and all
looked gloomy. When the Russian government announced it would be closing
most of its casinos the immediate future looked grim for the EPT. That was
until the good people of PokerStars snapped
into action and switched the location of the season opener across the
border to Kiev in the Ukraine. The EPT Kiev Sports Poker Championship will
now host the opener in the same August week scheduled for Russia. It will
have the same buy-in and will likely be the biggest poker tournament ever
held on Ukrainian soil. PokerStars players who have already won a seat to
Moscow can now flip it to Kiev or any other stop on the EPT schedule, or
they can simply take the cash. The official statement is available on the
EPT website.

APPT ready for season three

While there are changes on the EPT it’s all systems go on the PokerStars
Asia Pacific Poker Tour. The third season is just a
few weeks away starting in Macau at the Grand Lisboa
Casino and the 2009 MacauSummer Festival. A total of 20 events will take place with the US$5,200
main event being the showpiece which last year was won by Eddie Sabat, a
feat worth $460,000. Stops in Seoul, Korea; Auckland, New Zealand; Cebu,
Philippines will follow, each with increased capacity, before a grand
final in Sydney, Australia.

There’s a poker tournament too?

It combined stunning scenery with the biggest poker tournament on New
Zealand soil and the PokerStars.net Australia-New Zealand Poker Tour
Queenstown event brought together 134 of the
region’s best. While a specially extended structure allowed players
opportunity to check out the snow capped Southern Alps or try out some
adventure sports, the main business was at the downtown SKYCITY Casino and
a NZD$300,000 prize pool. The lion share was won last weekend by 46-year-
old Danny Chevalier who took honours and a first prize of NZD $87,435 The ANZPT now returns to Australia for the season finale in Brisbane.