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Kent Lundmark Wins EPT Barcelona

November 29, 2010 at 5:31 PM |

Swedish Kent Lundmark won the 8-handed final table of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona main event.Eight players made it to the final table of the EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event. The chipleader was Giuseppe Pantaleo but the favourite was WSOP champion Konstantin Puchkov.

Online Poker

Durrrr Challenge 2: Carry on!

November 29, 2010 at 4:01 PM |

After a long break that began to make most of the industry feel disappointed to say the least, Durrrr Challenge 2 continued in the weekend with 2120 hands. In the contest of durrrr and jungleman12, the former won this time, earning around $13,000.

Poker Rake Races

PartyPoker Exclusive $1,250 Loyalty Freeroll - December

November 29, 2010 at 3:51 PM |

If you never tried PartyPoker, December gives you great opportunities to do so. We are organizing an exclusive race for all of our players who registered to PartyPoker through us and made their first deposit in December, or if they collected 100 Party Points in the month.

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Big Bet Poker Exclusive $1,000 Rake Race - December

November 29, 2010 at 1:23 PM |

Our latest addition to our rakeback provider lineup, Big Bet Poker offers a $1,000 exlusive rake race this month as well to our players who registered through Rakerace.com.

Poker Rake Races

Exclusive €3,000 InterPoker Rake Race - December

November 28, 2010 at 12:51 PM |

Rakerace.com and InterPoker organize a €3,000 exclusive rake race to those who registered at InterPoker with our site's link. The promotion runs between 1-31 December. Besides the race, you are also eligible for the €1,000 first deposit bonus and the 30% rakeback.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Barcelona Final Table Live Stream

November 27, 2010 at 11:02 PM |

If you are interested in EPT Barcelona's final table, it's happening at this very moment. The live stream is available below.

Poker Rake Races

Win Fantastic Christmas Presents at InterPoker for Just $1

November 27, 2010 at 4:42 PM |

On the 12th December, InterPoker and Rakerace.com will unite to give away Christmas gifts valuing more than $1,000 altogether.

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Win Fantastic Presents with William Hill and Rakerace.com for Just $1!

November 26, 2010 at 5:50 PM |

On the xyth December, our newest partner, William Hill and Rakerace.com will unite giving our players the chance to win a 24" monitor, an Xbox 360, a Nokia phone, a Canon camera, iPod Shuffle or a pair of Sennheiser heaphones.

Other race news

PartyPoker’s Five Star Poker Challenge

November 26, 2010 at 3:35 PM |

PartyPoker makes the month of December unique with a brand new promotion, called the Five Star Poker Challenge.

Poker Rake Races

Poker Heaven €2,000 Exclusive Rake Race This December

November 26, 2010 at 1:03 PM |

Rakerace.com and Poker Heaven organize a €2,000 exclusive rake race to those who registered at Poker Heaven with our site's link. The promotion runs between 1-31 December.

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Chocolate Poker $10,000 Rake Race This December

November 26, 2010 at 11:55 AM |

In partnership with Chocolate Poker, Rakerace.com is organising a rake race with a whopping $10,000 on offer this December.

Online Poker

Online Poker Traffic Decline?

November 25, 2010 at 9:16 PM |

2009 was a great year for online poker, Full Tilt Poker reached an all-time high concerning traffic. The site produced an astonishing annual growth rate of 110%. PokerStars was also doing very well with nearly 50% growth. The market overall had increased 40% in the preceding year. However, so far it seems only PokerStars was able to produce 3% growth, other rooms are in the red.

Poker Players

Eastgate's Bracelet Sold for $147,500

November 25, 2010 at 7:45 PM |

Today the auction on Peter Eastgate's 2008 WSOP Main Event bracelet has ended, the highest bid was $147,500. The identity of the buyer is yet unknown.

Poker Rake Races

Betsson Exclusive $5,000 Cash Race (1-31 December)

November 25, 2010 at 6:30 PM |

In the last month of this year, Rakerace.com again organizes a $5,000 exclusive cash race at Betsson! To sweeten the deal the outstanding First Deposit Bonus and VIP Club is still up for grabs and offers a unique opportunity for the players of the Ongame Network to earn some extra cash.

Poker Tournaments

New WPT Events in Europe

November 24, 2010 at 6:36 PM |

World Poker Tour released the dates of two new, televised events for Season IX. WPT Venice and WPT Vienna, both presented by PartyPoker, will be held 3rd – 8th February and 25th – 29th March 2011, respectively. Moreover, the first WPT National Series event takes place in Paris.