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Lost & Found

Gavin Smith's Poker Tips

November 3, 2010 at 5:25 PM |

Full Tilt Poker pro and WSOP champion Gavin Smith recorded this series of short poker strategy videos some time ago, but they still remain fresh and relevant.

Poker Players

High Stakes Profit List: Durrrr Leads the Way, Ziggy Loses Big

November 3, 2010 at 2:36 PM |

Tom ’durrrr’ Dwan clearly is the greatest high stakes winner of October with $990,000 in profit, while Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies lost over $1.7 million.

Poker Rake Races

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

November 3, 2010 at 2:20 PM |

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

Poker Rooms

New Poker Room at Rakerace.com - Big Bet Poker

November 3, 2010 at 2:10 PM |

We are happy to present you our newest rakeback provider partner, Big Bet Poker. Part of the relatively small Merge network, you can expect weak players involved mostly in casino games and sports betting.

Poker Rake Races

November Promotions at PokerHeaven

November 3, 2010 at 1:03 PM |

There are plenty of promotions you can choose from this November: PokerHeaven offers many exclusive opportunities for you to increase your bankroll or gain some experience at poker.

Poker Rake Races

PokerStars Exlusive Loyalty Freeroll - November

November 3, 2010 at 11:10 AM |

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

Casinos

Will Smoking Be Banned in Vegas Casinos?

November 2, 2010 at 5:24 PM |

A federal judge ruled that the employees can proceed with the filing of their lawsuit against Wynn casinos, who failed to protect them from the dangers caused by second-hand smoking for prolonged times.

Poker Tournaments

Eiler Takes Down EPT Vienna, Negreanu 4th

November 2, 2010 at 1:35 PM |

Michael 'mae9690' Eiler, 20-year-old player have won the EPT Vienna on Sunday. The young german player won the final heads-up against Martin Hruby. Daniel Negreanu finished 4th.

Online Poker

Introducing the Wireless Poker Controller

November 1, 2010 at 6:14 PM |

PokerControlsTM has recently introduced their latest gadget to make life simpler for every player who feel that the keyboard and the mouse are either insufficient for their gaming style or simply out of fashion.

Lost & Found

Jungleman Heads-Up Training Video

October 31, 2010 at 6:15 PM |

Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates, a specialist of NLHE heads-up recently released a training video in which he plays heads-up at 6 tables at the same time, and comments his play, explaining his decisions. The short version of the video has been made available on YouTube for all to benefit from.

Poker Players

Tony G Descendant of Dracula?

October 31, 2010 at 12:12 PM |

The highly controversial Lithuanian-born poker pro, 'Tony G' (Antanas Guoga) is a distant relative of Vlad the Impaler, as he writes in his blog at PartyPoker.

Poker Rake Races

November Promotions at NoiQ Poker: €180,000 at Stake

October 30, 2010 at 2:16 PM |

Next month is about to be interesting at NoiQ Poker: they are offering 3 Nonstop cash races and 2 VIP races for a total prize pool of € 180,000.

Poker Players

Nanonoko Losing Popularity

October 29, 2010 at 4:41 PM |

Nanonoko is one of the most popular grinders of all time according to PTR'S (PokerTableRatings) database, however, he became much less popular in the last few months. His PTR profile had 175,680 views in March 2010, but in September, he only had 48,891.

Poker Tournaments

From Freeroll to Aston Martin: Marek Sosnowski Takes Down PartyPoker's Drive the Dream

October 29, 2010 at 1:59 PM |

The 19-year-old Polish player, Marek Sosnowski has won PartyPoker's latest Drive the Dream contest, winning a Ł150,000 Aston Martin DB9 Coupe. The teenager can't drive, he's working hard to get his license as soon as possible.

Poker Rake Races

Ladbrokes Poker Exclusive $1,500 Rake Race This November

October 29, 2010 at 11:55 AM |

In partnership with Ladbrokes Poker (Microgaming), Rakerace.com is organizing a $1,500 exclusive rake race this November. Only those players that used the AKADEMIA bonus code upon registration will be eligible to participate.