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Jonathan Grotenstein & Storms Reback: Ship It Holla Ballas! - A Book Review

February 5, 2013 at 6:48 PM |

In their latest book titled SHIP IT HOLLA BALLAS!: How a Bunch of 19-Year-Old College Dropouts Used the Internet to Become Poker’s Loudest, Craziest, and Richest Crew, popular poker author Jonathan Grotenstein and Storms Reback tell us the story of one of the most renowned and infamous poker crew from the heydays of poker.

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EuroPoker Exclusive $5,000 Cash Race - 1-28 February

January 31, 2013 at 5:49 PM |

Ongame Network's EuroPoker continues to offer a $5,000 exclusive cash race for Rakerace.com players only! In addition to the race, you are also eligible for the excellent first deposit bonus and the VIP membership.

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$7,500 RedKings Cash Race + 2x $2,500 GSOP Live Marbella Package - 1-28 February

January 31, 2013 at 5:30 PM |

Rakerace.com and RedKings Poker present something extraordinary in February: two $3,750 cash races as well as two guaranteed GSOP Marbella packages, awaiting Rakerace.com players only.

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$1,000 Exclusive William Hill Poker Added Tournament

January 31, 2013 at 4:01 PM |

Rakerace.com will organize an amazing $1,000 Exclusive Added Tournament in cooperation with iPoker's William Hill Poker for Rakerace.com players only on 7 February! You only have to register to William Hill through Rakerace.com to be eligible to participate in this $1 buy-in added tournament.

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$5,000 William Hill Poker Exclusive Cash Race - 1-28 February

January 30, 2013 at 7:20 PM |

William Hill Poker, our top-tier iPoker partner contiues to provide its exclusive $5,000 cash race in February to all players who register to the room via Rakerace.com. Besides the race, the 200% up to $2,000 first deposit bonus is also available.

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Terminal Poker Exclusive €1,500 Rake Race - 1-28 February

January 29, 2013 at 3:00 PM |

Terminal Poker is back in February with the well known €1,500 rake race for Rakerace.com players only! In addition to the promotion, a 30% rakeback and up to €400 first deposit bonus await you.

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InterPoker €16,000 Rake Race - 1-28 February

January 29, 2013 at 2:21 PM |

InterPoker continues to offer in February, 2013 an amazing €16,000 rake race, in cooperation with 3 other affiliate partners. Only if you register via our site are you eligible to participate in the promotion for the €3,000 first prize! In addition to the private offer, a €1,000 first deposit bonus, 30% rakeback and the room’s central promotions are also available.

Poker Tournaments

NBC National Heads-Up Championship - Negreanu Withdraws, Sands Joins

January 24, 2013 at 2:17 PM |

Dealing starts at the NBC National Heads-Up Championship soon, without Daniel Negreanu apparently, who backed out and will not take part in the most prestigious heads-up challenge.

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Liv Boeree Analyzes Lance Armstrong's Doping Admission

January 23, 2013 at 7:23 PM |

The British paper The Telegraph asked Liv Boeree, PokerStars pro to analyze Lance Armstrong's interview With Oprah. You can read her opinion below.

Poker Tournaments

Sheppard Wins First Multi Prize Pool Tournament, Romanello Finishes Second

January 21, 2013 at 7:18 PM |

As we reported in January, Roberto Romanello's brainchild, the Multi Prize Pool tournament finally took off. The event was held at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham and ended with the victory of Brian Sheppard, beating Romanello.

Poker Tournaments

NBC National Heads-Up Championship Entrants List Released

January 21, 2013 at 2:23 PM |

The names of the players participating in this year's NBC National Heads-Up Championship has just been made public. Amongst the 64 entrants are Phil Hellmuth, Michael Mizrachi, Phil Laak, Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom and Gaelle Baumann.

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Gus Hansen Wins $662,000, Isildur1 Returns after Short Break

January 18, 2013 at 4:34 PM |

Following a single day’s break, Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom returned to the online high stakes game, loosing $207,000 in a long session. Gus Hansen is the biggest winner of the past 24 hours.

Poker Players

Isildur1 on Break - January Profits Drop to $3 Million

January 17, 2013 at 5:38 PM |

Viktor Blom (Isildur1) has lost a decent amount of money at the high stakes tables recently, so he decided to take a break from playing poker.

Poker Players

Phil Galfond Takes $1.1 Million from Isildur1

January 14, 2013 at 2:28 PM |

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom finished his last session with a $1.1 million loss to Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond. Most of the money changed hands in PLO.

Poker Rooms

Terminal Poker 4 W€€KS OF CASH Promotion Starts on Monday

January 13, 2013 at 5:03 PM |

Terminal Poker hands out €16,000 between 14 January and 10 February in the 4 W€€KS OF CASH central promotion.

Poker Rooms

iPoker Four Months Into the Split - Tournaments Review

January 11, 2013 at 11:00 AM |

What has changed regarding SNGs on the iPoker network since the split? What does the MTT offering look like? We take a look at the tournament traffic of the network.

Poker Tournaments

Online Phase of ISPT Starts in February

January 10, 2013 at 6:32 PM |

Fresh pieces of information have surfaced on the International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT). The online phase runs from February through May to resume with the live phase after that, starting 1 June.

Poker Players

Isildur1 Wins $1.3 Million in 24 Hours

January 9, 2013 at 11:05 PM |

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom continues to absolutely crush the online high stakes tables. He won $1.3 million on Tuesday and is at $4.1 million in profits in January.

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Isildur1 Racks Up $2 Million in Profits

January 6, 2013 at 8:10 PM |

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom has been crushing the online high stakes games, profiting $750,000 on Friday only and a total of around $2 million in the first week of January.

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Betfair Exclusive $5,000 Race and Gift Chase - 1-31 January

January 2, 2013 at 6:56 PM |

Betfair continues to offer a $5,000 race and an additional gift chase in January, exclusively for players who register to the room via Rakerace.com. In addition to the private promotions, players are eligible for the first deposit bonus and the central promotions of the room as well.

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MyBet Poker Exclusive $5,000 Cash Race - 1-31 January

January 2, 2013 at 4:09 PM |

MyBet Poker, part of the iPoker network, greets the new year with their $5,000 private cash race, offered exclusively for Rakerace.com players in January as well, with its outstandingly high return. Join the action now!

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2012 Retrospective – Part 6

December 31, 2012 at 11:30 AM |

In the final part of our annual retrospective, we take a look at the highlights of November and December, 2012. We had FTP reopening, Teufelberger arrested, Bwin’s player pool merging with PartyPoker and more.

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2012 Retrospective – Part 4

December 30, 2012 at 9:00 AM |

In the fourth part of our annual retrospective, we take a look at the highlights of July and August, 2012. We had Big One, Ray Bitar arrested and even a scandal involving a motorcycle gang.

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Stan James Poker $2,500 Exclusive Rake Race - 1-31 January

December 29, 2012 at 11:49 AM |

Microgaming's Stan James Poker returns with an exclusive $2,500 rake race in January for Rakerace.com players only. What is more, players are also eligible for the 30% rakeback and the generous first deposit bonus.

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PAF Poker $5,000 Exclusive Cash Race - 1-31 January

December 27, 2012 at 6:33 PM |

Play in 2 different poker networks with our new partner, PAF Poker! The poker room offers an exclusive $5,000 cash race in the month of January in 2013 for players who register through Rakerace.com. The first prize is $1,200.

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2012 Retrospective – Part 2

December 24, 2012 at 11:00 AM |

In the second part of our annual retrospective, we take a look at the highlights of March and April, 2012. We had a long due rematch, Fast Poker hitting the online rooms and PokerStars shocking the poker community with some news.

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PartyPoker Android App Now Available

December 22, 2012 at 5:15 PM |

PartyPoker officially launched its client application for Android devices on Wednesday. All cash games and fast forward games are avaible to players on the go.