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PAF Poker $5,000 Exclusive Cash Race - 1-30 June

May 28, 2013 at 7:15 PM |

Play in two different poker networks in one cash race! PAF Poker offers an exclusive $5,000 cash race in June, exclusively for players who register through Rakerace.com. The first prize is $1,200!

Poker Rake Races

Betsson €10,000 Microgaming Cash Race - 1-23 June

May 28, 2013 at 3:23 PM |

Betsson offers a $10,000 pooled cash race to Rakerace.com players in June as well. In addition to the cash race, the €1,000 Microgaming first deposit bonus, the 30% cashback as well as the central promotions provide great value to our players.

Poker Tournaments

Isildur1 Wins SCOOP Main Event

May 28, 2013 at 2:13 PM |

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom won the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) #43-H $10,300 NLHE Main Event. The Swedish pro took down the tournament for a $1,096,200 first prize. The medium stakes victory went to ‘nicofellow’ and the low stakes champion is ‘MLiz’.

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WPT Championship 2013 - Chino Rheem Wins Main Event, Lindgren Second

May 25, 2013 at 6:37 PM |

Chino Rheem took down his second World Poker Tour (WPT) victory after 2008, winning the Championship for $1,150,297.

Poker Tournaments

WPT Championship 2013 - Doc Sands Wins Super High Roller

May 24, 2013 at 4:22 PM |

David ‘Doc’ Sands won the $1,023,750 first prize in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship 2013 Super High Roller, defeating Joseph Cheoung heads-up.

Poker Rake Races

The Bet365 Cash Race is Back - $5,000 Up for Grabs in June

May 23, 2013 at 4:47 PM |

As part of the top tier iPoker network, Bet365 offers a $5,000 private cash race, exclusively for Rakerace.com players. 200% up to $1,000 first deposit bonus and a VIP club are also available.

Poker Tournaments

WPT Championship 2013 - Negreanu Is Final Table Bubble Boy

May 23, 2013 at 3:16 PM |

Cheno Rheem has the chiplead in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship Main Event final table and he is accompanied by Erick Lindgren and Jonathan Roy, among others. The Super High Roller finale is also set, with Joseph Cheong, Andrew Robl and Doc Sands at the table.

Poker Players

Shane Schleger, the "Shaniac" - A Peek Into the Life of an MTT Pro

May 22, 2013 at 8:14 PM |

PokerStars released a short film portraying Shane Schleger, PokerStars Team Online pro, who has amassed more than $3,7 million in online tournament winnings.

Poker Rake Races

PokerStars Ice & Fire - Play for Free at Sunday Storm or Hot Turbo tourneys

May 21, 2013 at 7:33 PM |

Players of select European countries can now get a free Sunday Storm or 5 free Hot Turbo tickets if they make their first deposits to PokerStars.

Table Ninja II Too Pricey for Players

May 21, 2013 at 3:40 PM |

Many players complain that the Table Ninja 2 software released in May is much more pricey due to the subsciption pricing model introduced.

Poker Girls

Gaelle Garcia Diaz - From Poker Pro to Playboy Model to EPT Presenter

May 21, 2013 at 2:02 PM |

Gaelle Garcia Diaz, the 25-year-old ex-Playmate from Brussels is one of the most attractive sights to see at a poker tournament table (or in it's vicinity). She's not only beautiful, she's also the official EPT presenter for PokerStars in Belgium and Spain, a sponsored PokerStars pro and a model as well.

Poker Pros Skrill Accounts Attempted to be Breached

May 20, 2013 at 6:43 PM |

A number of middle and high stakes regulars have reported via the 2p2 forum that their Moneybookers (Skrill) accounts have been attempted to be breached. At least two players lost funds to the scammers.

Poker Players

Doyle Brunson Not Playing at WSOP This Year

May 16, 2013 at 2:24 PM |

79-year old Doyle Brunson tweeted he is not going to participate in this year's World Series of Poker; he says he is afraid he finally has to give in to Father Time.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Grand Final Super High Roller - Altergott Wins, Mercier Runner-up

May 16, 2013 at 12:02 PM |

Max Altergott won the European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 €100,000 Super High Roller event for €1,746,400. Jason Mercier, who held the lead from the beginning almost till the end, finished 2nd for €1,115,700.

Poker Players

Gus Hansen Crawls Back with $1.5 Million Session

May 16, 2013 at 10:00 AM |

One of this year’s biggest online high stakes loser so far, Gus Hansen managed to pull himself together and won a total of $1.5 million on FLO8 and 27TD tables earlier this week. His payday was sponsored by Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom and Alex ‘PostflopAction’ Kostritsyn, above all.

Poker Rake Races

Secret UB Scandal Recordings Surface - Hellmuth Releases Statement

May 13, 2013 at 8:06 PM |

UltimateBet's former programmer Travis Makar released a recording, which reveals several details of the UltimateBet superuser cheating.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 - Steve O’Dwyer Wins

May 13, 2013 at 5:24 PM |

Steve O’Dwyer won the European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo Grand Final Main Event. The Irish pro scooped in a first prize of €1,224,000.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 - Day 4 Live Stream

May 10, 2013 at 5:15 PM |

34 players resumed playing today at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 Main Event Day 4. Watch the live stream here at Rakerace.com.

Poker Rooms

PokerStars Celebrates 100 Billionth Hand with $5M Up for Grabs

May 10, 2013 at 11:30 AM |

The PokerStars Road to 100 Bliion promotion is nearing its end. Winner of the 100 billionth hand gets at least $100,000.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 - Day 1B Results, Day 2 Live Stream

May 8, 2013 at 5:30 PM |

LAPT Brazil champion Victor Sbrissa is in the chiplead for Day 2 in the European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 Main Event. Watch the live stream here at Rakerace.com.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 - Day 1A Results, Day 1B Live Stream

May 7, 2013 at 5:01 PM |

Dan Smith leads the field, remaining after Day 1A of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Season 9 Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 Main Event. Day 1B kicks off today at 16:00 CET and you can follow it live here at Rakerace.com.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 - Live Stream

May 6, 2013 at 4:57 PM |

The European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final Main Event Day 1A kicks off today. Follow the live stream here at Rakerace.com from 14:50 CET.

Poker Rooms

Gala Poker - A New iPoker Room in our Portfolio

May 6, 2013 at 12:00 PM |

Rakerace.com’s newest partner is Gala Poker, a skin of the iPoker 2 network, which is awaiting our players with an excellent first deposit bonus as well as a private race, launching soon.

Poker Rooms

Temporary Ban on Player to Player Money Transfer at iPoker

May 3, 2013 at 12:17 PM |

Players of the iPoker network have been surprised not being able to conduct player to player money transfers in the network. According to the official iPoker release, the function is banned temporarily.

Poker Rake Races

Cake Poker $60,000 Rake Race - 1-31 May

April 30, 2013 at 4:50 PM |

In May, a rake race for a total of $60,000, or 4 x $15,000, continues to be offered to Rakerace.com players at Cake Poker. The rake race is offered to the players of our site as well as five more international partners. In addition to the promotion, the $4,000 first deposit bonus and the 36% rakeback are also available, not to mention the central promotions of the room.

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Premium Race with an Increased Prize Pool - William Hill Poker Exclusive $7,500 Cash Race - 1-31 May

April 30, 2013 at 11:56 AM |

Part of the top tier of the iPoker network, William Hill Poker offers in May a private cash race with an increased prize pool of $7,500 to Rakerace.com players. You are also eligible for the 200% up to $2,000 first deposit bonus.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Berlin Main Event 2013 - Final Table - Live Stream

April 27, 2013 at 4:13 PM |

Catch up on the events since Day 3 of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin 2013 Main Event and watch the final table live here at Rakerace.com!

Holdem Manager Moves to the Cloud - New App Coming Soon?

April 25, 2013 at 6:54 PM |

Holdem Manager's develpoment team introduced a new cloud-base database, which will enable players to access statistics remotely, on any number of computers without the hassle of installing databases.

Poker Players

Patrik Antonius Comes Back with $1.8 Million Online

April 25, 2013 at 4:13 PM |

Among the great comebackers in the field of online high stakes poker, Patrik Antonius is currently outperforming everybody else: the Finnish pro is up $1.8 million this year.

Poker Players

Dutch Boyd Raises Kickstarter Funds to Publish Autobiography

April 24, 2013 at 2:28 PM |

Dutch Boyd had won two WSOP titles and boasted a total of $2.1 million in live tournament winnings. After going bankrupt late last year, he is now to publish his autobiography and strategy book.