Articles by Admin

Bwin.Party Merger Complete?

April 6, 2011 at 9:55 AM |

As we informed you a few weeks ago, Bwin and PartyGaming have completed their merger by March 31; as it could be predicted, they now released their joint website, bwinparty.com.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Berlin Kicks off Today

April 5, 2011 at 11:42 AM |

The Main Event at the European Poker Tour Berlin starts on April 5, Today. Despite last year's scandal, we hope it's the good game that will make this event famous and not an armed robbery.

Poker Rake Races

Ladbrokes Poker Exclusive $1,500 Loyalty Freeroll Wednesday

April 5, 2011 at 9:56 AM |

Have you played at Ladbrokes Poker in the last 6 months? Have you registered to Ladbrokes through Rakerace.com? If so, you are in luck, since you are eligible to our Exclusive $1,500 Loyalty Freeroll this Wednesday.

Poker Videos

High Stakes Poker Episode 5

April 5, 2011 at 8:53 AM |

The 5th episode of the 7th season of GSN’s High Stakes Poker has been released online by GSN – and it's also available here at Rakerace.com. This episode was a bit slower than the last one; though, there were some very interesting hands, plus the number of legends at the table rose to 2 with the arrival of Johnny Chan. Enjoy and comment!

Poker Players

High Stakes March: OMGClayAiken Is Greatest Winner of the Month

April 4, 2011 at 1:25 PM |

Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond made a profit of $1,901,909 in March in online cash games, qualifying himself as the greatest high stakes winner of the month. The American WSOP champion dominated in draw games, beating the field with earnings of $1,673,108, in addition to his PLO winnings of $224,437.

Online Poker

SuperStar Showdown: Urnotindangr Takes Down Round One

April 4, 2011 at 11:40 AM |

Scott ’urnotindangr’ Palmer beat ’Isildur1’ in a swingy game yesterday in their first of two SuperStar Showdown matches. Palmer ended up with a profit of $5,425.

Poker Interviews

Daniel 'Jungleman12' Cates Interview at the PCA

April 3, 2011 at 12:50 PM |

We just found this interview made with Daniel Cates, and thought you would be interested. The 21 year old American pro talks about his recent accomplishments at the PCA, his future plans getting involved in the live games, and much more. Enjoy, and have a nice weekend!

Exclusive Freeroll for Our Forum Members - A Freeroll for 41 Tickets Worth $180 Each

April 3, 2011 at 11:58 AM |

The team of Rakerace.com is happy to announce this brand new promotion designed specifically for our active forum users. We would like to appreciate your contribution to the site, therefore, we are going to grant you access to a monthly exclusive PokerStars Turbo Takedown Freeroll.

Poker Rake Races

PokerStars Exclusive Loyalty Freeroll - 21 April

April 1, 2011 at 2:36 PM |

With an extraordinary timing and prize, the exlusive RakeRace Loyalty Freeroll continues this April. PokerStars now offers 41 tickets (worth 3000FPP each) to PokerStars' Turbo Takedown, where players can play for their share of the handsome $1,000,000 prize pool.

The World's Most Expensive Poker Home Game Set

April 1, 2011 at 10:27 AM |

If you have lots of money not knowing how to spend it, but love to play poker with your friends at home and would like to do it in style, Ralph Lauren and the Geoffrey Parker company have you covered.

Poker Tournaments

Rakerace.com Facebook Freeroll this Saturday!

April 1, 2011 at 9:20 AM |

Rakerace.com has now joined forces with PokerStars to organize an exclusive poker freeroll with the following details:

Poker Humor

The Micros Episode 4

April 1, 2011 at 8:58 AM |

The next installment of John ’JimmyLegs’ Wray’s and Jay ’Krantz’ Rosenkrantz’ incredibly popular animated series, The Micros is here. The concept remained the same, and, however there are some funny poker jokes in the episode, it's agreed that the show is much less about micro-stakes grinders than before.

Poker Rake Races

Chocolate Poker $15,000 Rake Race this April

April 1, 2011 at 8:06 AM |

Chocolate Poker and Rakerace.com continue to offer the regular $15,000 exclusive rake race to those who registered to Chocolate Poker with the AKADEMIA bonus code. The race will be held between April 1-30. The $600 first deposit bonus is also available to new players.

Poker Players

Phil Galfond Wins $600,000 in a Single High Stakes Day

March 31, 2011 at 2:13 PM |

Phil ’OMGClayAiken’ Galfond seems to have been coming back from his most serious downswnig ever; he beat Gus Hansen, Van Marcus and Scott ’URnotINdanger2’ Palmer yesterday.

Online Poker

Durrrr Challenge 2: Durrrr Is Still Defenceless against Jungleman

March 31, 2011 at 12:26 PM |

Tom ’durrrr’ Dwan and Daniel ’Jungleman12’ Cates has recently played another session of the 50,000 hands Durrrr Challenge 2. Once again, ‘jungleman’ managed to profit from the clash, winning $39,000 in 1,099 hands.