PokerStars Signs Online Poker Icon ISILDUR1

We are pleased to announce that one of the most mysterious online high- stakes players in the world “Isildur1” has joined Team PokerStars Pro. The enigmatic player, who has still yet to publicly reveal his identity, shot to fame in the poker world in 2009 when he took on and beat some of the biggest heads-up players in the game. But with a place on Team PokerStars Pro now confirmed, Isildur1’s real identity is set to be unveiled in the near future.

When asked what the deal means to him, Isildur1 said: “I chose to join PokerStars because it's the biggest poker site and it will be an exciting challenge. It means a great deal to be playing in a team alongside players such as Daniel Negreanu, Dario Minieri and Johnny Lodden. My goals now are to improve my live game for some upcoming events, continue to focus on heads-up no-limit Hold’em, but also try to develop my pot-limit Omaha game.”

In a bid to prove that Isildur1 is the best heads-up cash game player in the world, he will be playing a series of high stakes heads-up matches at PokerStars.com. The specially developed SuperStar Showdown format consists of a single session of 2,500 hands at stakes no lower than $50/$100. His first match will take place at 6pm ET on December 19, with the opponent to be named in the coming days.

PCA Festival of Poker!

Your players can win a PCA package with PokerStars WSOP winner Jonathan Duhamel. Jonathan Duhamel is the hottest property in poker right now. Following his $8,944,310 WSOP Main Event win, the young man from Montreal is gunning for the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), and your players can join him.

Online qualifiers are running right now, and top prize is a trip for two people to the Caribbean. Not only will they hang out with Jonathan and members of Team PokerStars Pro, the six qualifiers also get the chance to take on the champ and win entry into the PCA Main Event! Players making their first real money deposit at PokerStars using the code ‘Duhamel’ will get a ticket to play in one of the JDCA Semi Finals.

EPT Prague Next

The next stop for the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour is Prague, Czech Republic, where the Hilton Prague Hotel will host what is usually one of the largest events of the season. The main event gets under way on Monday, December 13 and features a 5,300 EUR buy-in. In Season 6, local pro Jan Skampa defeated Israeli Eyal Avitan heads-up to the title and a first prize of 682,000 EUR. Previous winners have included Team PokerStars Pros Arnaud Mattern and Salvatore Bonavena. Follow the coverage from Prague next week on the PokerStars Blog.

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