Sun, 03/20/2011 – 19:14 – PokerPages Staff

An 18 year-old Portuguese online poker player who spun an initial $30 deposit to $2 million grinding cash games has spoken about his rise to the top of the game.

Jose Macedo began playing poker several years ago after being inspired by the exploits of Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan.

“A friend of mine had been playing poker for play money and he told me a story about this guy named durrrr.”

“How he had started with nothing and using his wits and hard work, created a fortune mastering the game. I was captivated.”

The teenager then went to his local bookstore to buy every poker book he could find to learn and analyze the varying strategies involved.

Macedo began playing on the Betfair website where he dominated the $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold’em tables.

He had soon amassed a bankroll of $2,500 and decided to take a shot at the $100 NLE tables.

The talented mathematician admitted he had to make significant changes to his game to progress even further.

“I noticed that the best players were playing a looser style than me. Slowly I began to open up my game and that got me to think more deeply about hands.”

Macedo then sought the advice of Dan ‘jungleman12′ Cates as he prepared for an assault on the $50/$100 Heads-Up tables.

He has remained at the nosebleed stakes since that transition and has now won over $2 million during his fledgling poker career.

Fri, 02/25/2011 – 03:28 – PokerPages Staff

For those who merely playing poker is not enough, there is PokerStars.tv.  PokerStars.tv offers poker fans around the world unrivalled poker programming, through its program schedule and wide range of channels.

Heading this week’s PokerStars.tv schedule is the Online Poker Show with highlights from the Sunday Million.  The Online Poker Show is shown at 18:00 ET on Mondays.

On Tuesday at 05:30 ET there is LAPT Season 3 with highlights from the series of tournaments.  There is another early start on Wednesday at 05:30 as PokerStars.TV airs the ESPN poker news show Inside Deal.

On Thursday at 05:30 ET there are highlights from the London leg of EPT Season 7.  And on Friday at 05:30 there is The Poker Star where contestants compete to become the next big name in Australian poker.  The show is hosted by Joe Hachem.

Coming up later this week is a special treat for poker fans, EPTlive Copenhagen, being aired on February 25 and 26. With the EPTlive Channel you can watch live streaming of all of the action as it happens direct from Copenhagen.

A visit to the PokerStars.tv home page will show you the rich variety of poker related recordings on offer.  The latest video blogs include a promo for the Nordic Poker Awards and there are PokerStars Picks with a full episode of NAPT Main Event – Final Table and highlights from SCOOP 2010: Event 38 – $10,300 Main Event.

PokerStars.tv channels give viewers a treat of poker action and entertainment.  The UKIPT channel is currently airing action from UKIPT Nottingham, as well as David Vamplew’s video blog from UKIPT Champion of Champions.

The WCP channel is showing two full episodes from WCP VI.  The Sweat the Hand channel puts the viewer in shoes of one of the game’s top players. This week you can sweat it out with Dori Yacoub at EPT 6 Monte Carlo.