Three stories from the PokerStars brand including a trio of titles for the Stars Group at the EGR Italy Awards, a new and improved online tournament schedule, and news from the Asian Championship of Poker in Macau.

The DIY gang at The Stars Group Italian branch are currently fitting a trophy cabinet next to the Jura Giga 5 Automatic Coffee Machine, and Eric Clapton signed 1958 Fender Stratocaster.

The Ikea shelving’s needed after The Stars Group walked out of the EGR Italy Awards at the Rome Cavalieri, Waldorf Astoria, Italy with Cheshire cat-like smiles after winning three of the five awards the team were shortlisted for.

The Stars Group beat Sisal to win the Poker Operator of the Year award, nudged Eurobet, Tombola, Sisal, Goldbet and Unibet out of the way to scoop the Social Marketing Operator of the Year Award, and crowned a splendid evening by taking down the Operator of the Year Award ahead of Sisal and Eurobet.