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Poker Rooms

Cake Poker Introduces Exchange

October 25, 2010 at 1:05 PM |

A player-to-player marketplace has been set up by Cake Poker where you can buy and sell Gold Cards. These are “collectible rewards that are randomly distributed to players at all of our real money ring games.”

Poker Videos

The Annie Duke Show - Episode 1

October 23, 2010 at 5:16 PM |

Annie Duke has started her very own show called (quite surprisingly) "The Annie Duke Show". The first episode is 59 minutes long, you can watch it here at Rakerace.com.

Online Poker

FTP Application for Android?

October 22, 2010 at 7:47 PM |

A growing number of poker applications reach the mobile phone market, for instance SwitchPoker’s latest development for the iPad/iPhone. Now it is Full Tilt Poker that plans a release for the Android.

Largest Chip Stack Record Broken

October 22, 2010 at 3:55 PM |

This is the year for poker records, this June Phil Laak set the world record for longest continuous poker playing, and now, Paddy Power Poker have broken the the Guinness World Record for the world's largest chip stack.

Poker Tournaments

Randal Flowers Takes down WPT Festa al Lago

October 22, 2010 at 3:46 PM |

Held at the Bellagio, the 2010 WPT Festa al Lago brought about a new record set by 20-year-old Randal ‘RandALLin’ Flowers: in addition to being the youngest player ever to win a World Poker Tour event (WPT Barcelona, June 2009) he is now also the youngest to do it twice.

Poker Videos

Tony G and David Peat Switch Hole Cards

October 22, 2010 at 1:09 PM |

PokerStars' Big Game never ceases to amaze us. Featuring the biggest stars of poker, it's one of the best poker shows out there. In the last episode, Tony G and And David 'Viffer' Peat thought it would be a great idea to switch a hole card.

Poker Books

Barry Greenstein - Ace On the River - Book Review

October 21, 2010 at 6:29 PM |

Last time we wrote about Doyle Brunson's Super System 2, one of modern poker's most important books that teaches you the basics of all kinds of poker. Of course there are many more good books, which are not touching upon the basics, and such a book is Barry Greenstein's Ace On The River. It is one of our all-time favourites here at Rakerace.com. In our present review, we want tell you why.

Poker Players

Jared Huggins - The Story of a Homeless Poker Player

October 21, 2010 at 4:21 PM |

Jared Huggins' story moved people all over the world. He lost his bankroll, his jobs and has been evicted from his home. After 6 moths spent on the streets the help came. From whom? The poker community of course.

Poker Rake Races

Get a Free Poker Software from Rakerace.com

October 21, 2010 at 1:24 PM |

By participating in Rakerace.com's bwin promotion, you get the opportunity to get your hands on one of the many valuable poker software including Poker Tracker 3 or Holdem Manager for example.

Poker Rooms

Bots Discovered at Full Tilt Poker

October 20, 2010 at 8:02 PM |

A few days ago, Full Tilt Poker has sent e-mails to a number of its clients concerning a security breach; i.e. some players got banned and their bankrolls confiscated due to botting at the room’s tables. Affected players were refund for their losses to these accounts.

Poker Legislation

Insane Gambling Lawsuit in Illinois

October 20, 2010 at 5:29 PM |

Illinois has some interesing laws. Scott Crespo, Florida lawyer is suing players based on an Illinois code that says all money above $50 lost gambling can be sued back.

Poker Players

Poker Hall of Fame Has Its New Members: Dan Harrington, Erik Seidel

October 20, 2010 at 1:51 PM |

The long awaited Poker Hall of Fame Class of 2010 was announced yesterday morning. The newest members of the Hall of Fame are 1995 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Dan Harrington and eight-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel.

Poker Movies

Jay Rosenkrantz and Taylor Caby to Make Feature Length Documentary About the Online Poker Boom

October 19, 2010 at 2:29 PM |

High stakes pro Jay Rosenkrantz announced on his blog that yesterday he is about to collaborate with Taylor Caby and Ryan Firpo, developing a "definitive feature length documentary about the online poker boom". The working title is "Boom".

Poker Rake Races

RedKings Exclusive Rake Race for GSOP Malta Packages

October 19, 2010 at 1:19 PM |

In cooperation with RedKings Poker, Rakerace.com organizes an exlusive rake race from 18 October to 17 November. Only those who registered through Rakerace.com are eligible to participate. The first 2 players will get to travel to the $1600 buy-in GSOP Live Malta tournament, the 3rd best player will get a $320 GSOP Live Budapest online satellite buy-in.

Poker Tournaments

IPT San Remo 2 Final Table Live Stream

October 18, 2010 at 7:31 PM |

Here's the live coverage of IPT San Remo 2's final table, which is progressing at this very moment. Besides 5 Italians and 1 Lithuanian player, 2 Hungarians have made it to the table, Richárd 'jampiriki' Scheili and Csaba 'csaba333' Szász are on the 6th and the 5th places.

Poker Players

Isildur1 to Be Sponsored?

October 18, 2010 at 7:23 PM |

According to high stakes blogger Sohello ’BankTheMan’ Shah of the Swedish expressen.se, a “20 years old” person, who “has during the end of 2009 and the whole of 2010 become one of the poker world’s hottest topics,” is soon to be signed by one of the major online poker providers.

Online Poker

Full Tilt Top 10 Winners/Losers of 2010 So Far

October 18, 2010 at 6:06 PM |

Full Tilt Poker's high stakes tables are a place for spectators to hang around every night because there just might be some fireworks between pros like Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan and Gus Hansen. 2010 was a very profitable year for some players, but not not all. The top 10s of the biggest winners and losers are really interesting to look at.

Poker Tournaments

23-Way Chop at WPT's Side Event

October 18, 2010 at 3:59 PM |

Weird things happen in Connecticut: 23 players agreed to a 23-way chop at WPT's preliminary $400 NLHE Deep Stack event at the Foxwoods Resort Casino.

Polls and Surveys

General Poker Quiz

October 17, 2010 at 7:03 PM |

You think you know all about poker? Love to guess around? Then this is your opportunity to test your poker knowledge in our 16-question quiz.

Poker Books

Doyle Brunson - Super System 2 - Book Review

October 16, 2010 at 5:43 PM |

Written by the godfather of poker, Doyle Brunson, Super System is considered the bible of poker. Already a two-times WSOP champion, Brunson wrote the indispensable book in 1979. He released the Super System 2 in 2004, which we are going to present to you now.

Lost & Found

No Limit Hold'em Tips for Beginners - Part 2.

October 16, 2010 at 1:11 PM |

This is the second part of our guide to the basic game techniques in No-limit Hold’em. You can find the first part here.

Poker Videos

Video Interview with Tony Dunst

October 15, 2010 at 7:35 PM |

Tony ’Bond18’ Dunst has recently been announced to host WPT’s show ’The Raw Deal,’ acquiring the job as one of a great number of contestants. The year of 2010 seems rather lucky for him as he also managed to make it to the 50th place in this years’ WSOP Main Event. PokerTube released a 23 minutes long video interview with him, talking about his life and poker background.

Poker Legislation

Poker Is A Sport Says The Department of Labor

October 15, 2010 at 1:49 PM |

The US Department of Labor now recognizes "Professional Poker Player" as a legit profession, appearing in the federals listings and the Occupational Code Assignment.

Poker Books

Book Review: Fundamentals of No Limit Holdem

October 15, 2010 at 1:37 PM |

The latest piece of poker literature to hit the shelves is “No Limits: The Fundamentals of No-Limit Holdem” by Chris ’Fox’ Wallace and Adam Stemple. In addition to the Preface, a Glossary and three Appendixes the 16 chapters of the book include topics like “Pre-Flop Play,” “Bet-Size: The Key to No Limit Holdem,” “The Importance of Position,” “Bluffing Strategy and Tips,” and “Bankroll Management.”

Poker Tournaments

PokerStars Announces RCOOP

October 14, 2010 at 7:13 PM |

PokerStars have announced a brand new online championship of poker, the 'Regional Championship of Online Poker' that would be available for players in one specific region.

Poker Videos

A Week With Nick Schulman - MTV World of Jenks

October 14, 2010 at 5:14 PM |

American MTV's new documentary, World of Jenks followed the young poker pro, Nick Schulman through a week. You can watch the whole episode here, on RakeRace.

Bwin Now Offers Horseracing

October 14, 2010 at 2:25 PM |

Online sports betting company Bwin has added horseracing to its current lineup. At the newly launched Racebook.Bwin.com, you can now wager on European, Canadian and US races.

Poker Humor

Poker Pros Made into Video Game Characters

October 13, 2010 at 8:05 PM |

2+2 provides room for talents to exercise their creativity (and knowledge of Photoshop) from time to time – mostly at the expense of poker pros. After providing quite a number of humorous pictures of Viktor Blom, now it was time for the poker elite to become integral parts of the video game universe.

Poker Rooms

Full Tilt and Heavyweight Boxer Sign Contract

October 13, 2010 at 7:46 PM |

Full Tilt Poker has signed Audley Harrison, 38 years old British heavyweight boxer and title contender, who has two ITM finishes at the WSOP, a second place in the Bellagio Cup and a third at the Venetian Deep Stack.

Poker Tournaments

PokerHeaven €25,000 New Depositor’s Freeroll

October 13, 2010 at 6:42 PM |

PokerHeaven.com organises a €25,000 freeroll for newcomers and existing players who have never deposited before on Thursday 11th November at 19:30 GMT. Moreover, every participating player gets a real cash prize, with the winner taking €2,000 of the total prize pool.