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Rakerace.com SCOOP Madness - Win SCOOP Tickets for $1

April 19, 2012 at 7:30 PM |

Rakerace.com offers a great opportunity to players who register to PokerStars via our site. In addition to the prize pool for the $1 tournaments, PokerStars grants you 32 SCOOP tickets worth $2,000 in total.

Poker Videos

Daniel's new Weekly Rant

April 13, 2012 at 6:27 PM |

The latest Weekly Rant by Daniel Negreanu is up on the Internet. In this episode, he talks about his trip to Ireland, Phil Ivey, Epic Poker League and much more.

Poker Rooms

Unibet Purchases Bet24

April 12, 2012 at 5:54 PM |

Unibet has officially announced the purchase of Nodric Betting Ltd, also known as Bet24, for €13.5 million.

Poker Tournaments

Ivey and Durrrr in the Greatest Buy-in Tournament in Asia Ever

April 11, 2012 at 6:48 PM |

As a side event to the Asian Poker Tour Philippines Main Event, the HKD 1,000,000 Manila Millions Super High Roller will be held on 20 April.

Poker Tournaments

PartyPoker Premier League V - Battle of Giants in the Final

April 11, 2012 at 6:29 PM |

Durrrr, jungleman12, Sam Trickett, Patrik Antonius, Phil Laak, Tony G, Scott Seiver and Matthew Frankland formed the final table of PartyPoker Premier League V.

Poker Rooms

Full Tilt Poker Obtaining Licence and Hiring Staff

April 4, 2012 at 3:45 PM |

Although there is no news about the trial of the Groupe Tapie and the Department of Justice, encouraging things have happened around Full Tilt Poker.

Poker Rake Races

Purple Lounge Exclusive €1,500 Rake Race – April

April 2, 2012 at 6:43 PM |

Purple Lounge (Entraction) organises a €1,500 rake race in April for those registering to the room via Rakerace.com, using the AKADEMIA bonus code. In addition, players are eligible for the 30% rakeback and the first deposit bonus as well.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Campione 2012 - Jannick Wrang Wins

April 2, 2012 at 12:39 AM |

Olivier Busquet, Koen De Visscher, Mario Nagel, Stefano Puccilli, Jannick Wrang, Fabrice Soulier, Balázs Botond and Robin Ylitalo started play at the final table of EPT Campione.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Campione 2012 - Follow the Final Table Live

March 31, 2012 at 4:53 PM |

EPT Campione, the first ever EPT event to take place in the beatiful Italian enclave. The €5,300 buy-in EPT Campione main event has boiled down to the final table which is happening at this moment. You can follow the action at PokerStars.tv.

Poker Players

PokerStars Signs Former Loose Cannon Martinez

March 29, 2012 at 7:08 PM |

PokerStars has signed Massimiliano Martinez a Team Pro member. Martinez was the most successful Loose Cannon in the PokerStars Big Game Season 2.

Poker Rake Races

Everest Poker Exclusive $2,000 Cash Race, $500 Reload Bonus and $300 Freeroll in April

March 28, 2012 at 6:08 PM |

Everest Poker offers an exlcusive $2.000 cash race, a $500 reload bonus and even a $300 freeroll in April for Rakerace.com players only!

Poker Tournaments

EPT Campione 2012 - Davide Andreoni in the Lead

March 27, 2012 at 6:22 PM |

Italian Davide Andreoni is leading PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) after day 1A.

Lost & Found

PokerStars $215 Turbo Final Table Hand Review by EVhero

March 22, 2012 at 5:49 PM |

'EVhero' reviews his PokerStars $215 Turbo final table performance in this tutorial video.

Poker Interviews

A Low Stakes Icon – Interview with Jrockhaf

March 21, 2012 at 2:25 PM |

Below you can read our team’s original interview with Canadian poker pro "jrockhaf"

Lost & Found

Notgoingnewhere Leakfinder Video

March 19, 2012 at 1:51 PM |

Notgoingnewhere has recently made a leakfinder video for $7 Turbo heads-up sit'n gos on PokerStars.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP National Championship to Host a Super Field?

March 9, 2012 at 5:16 PM |

The WSOP National Championship sees its structure completely reformed this year, including the addition of $1,000,000 to the prize pool.

Ray Bitar Says Sorry, Not Much Else

March 7, 2012 at 2:00 PM |

One of the main defendants of the Full Tilt Poker scandal Ray Bitar gave an interview in which he said sorry to all the players affected by the Black Friday, but he didn't reveal anything of importance.

Poker Tournaments

Sean Jazayeri Wins WPT L. A. Poker Classic

March 2, 2012 at 7:39 PM |

US player Sean Jazayeri won the World Poker Tour L. A. Poker Classic (WPT LAPC) Main Event for $1,370,240, defeating 'Doc Sands' heads-up.

Poker Rooms

Heypoker/Redbet Poker Exclusive $5,000 Cash Race - March

February 28, 2012 at 11:38 AM |

In our brand new cash race you can play at 3 different poker networks! This March, Heypoker and Redbet Poker offer a $5,000 exclusive cash race to players who registered to the rooms via Rakerace.com. The first prize is $1,200!

Poker Players

Daniel Negreanu - "Full Tilt Poker Leaders are Scumbags" (video)

February 26, 2012 at 10:18 PM |

Daniel Negreanu has recently launched a video blog, probably to appear on a regular basis, titled VBlog with some 'Real Talk'. Apart from tabloid-ish issues like Jason Somerville's 'coming out', KidPoker also talks about the World Series and Full Tilt Poker. 

Online Poker

Jens ’Jeans89’ Kyllonen Is Unstoppable

February 24, 2012 at 7:43 PM |

Thursday saw a massive high stakes action at PokerStars, with ’Jeans89’ owning the field for a daily profit of $429,000.

Poker Tournaments

LAPT Grand Final - Nestola Wins, Negreanu 6th

February 21, 2012 at 12:41 PM |

Only the monogram is the same, instead of Daniel Negreanu, Daniele Nestola took down the R$289,300 main trophy of the PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Grand Final's Main Event. Negreanu finished 6th.

Poker Rooms

PokerStars Acquires Malta License - PokerStars.eu Coming Soon

February 12, 2012 at 5:35 PM |

According to an official press release issued by PokerStars, they acquired a Malta license, and will soon launch their .eu site aimed at licensed European markets.

Poker Players

Rest in Peace, Nikolay Evdakov!

February 8, 2012 at 12:27 PM |

At the age of 47, Russian poker pro Nikolay Evdakov passed away on 6 February, 2012.

Poker Rake Races

5050Poker - Brand New €2,000 Exclusive Rake Race

February 7, 2012 at 7:12 PM |

New poker room in Rakerace.com's arsenal! From now on, we are in partnership with Microgaming's 5050Poker, and in February, we offer a €2,000 Exclusive Rake Race to go with the generous rakeback and first deposit bonus.

Poker Players

Daniel Negreanu Blog Excerpts: Hacker Attack, Big Loss and Break-Up

February 6, 2012 at 6:55 PM |

In his latest blog entry, Daniel Negreanu tells public about the hacking of his PokerStars account, Aussie Millions and his former relationship with Hungarian beauty queen Polgár Kriszta. 

Poker Rake Races

Paradise Poker Exclusive €2,000 Rake Race – 1-29 February

January 31, 2012 at 2:05 PM |

Join the Paradise Poker (Boss Network) €2,000 rake race, only available to those registering to the room via Rakerace.com.

Poker Humor

New Phil Ivey Song - Dice Dice Baby

January 30, 2012 at 11:50 AM |

Everyone's favorite poker song creator SrslySirius has put together yet another fabulous poker anthem, this time featuring Phil Ivey.

Poker Tournaments

Aussie Millions 2012 Main Event – Dion in the Lead, Ivey is Shortstack in the Finale

January 28, 2012 at 10:45 AM |

Yann Dion finished Aussie Millions Main Event Day 4 in the chiplead; the total of 12 players remaining includes Mohamad Kowssarie, Daniel Idema, Lee Nelson and Phil Ivey, as well.

Online Poker

Patpatman Wins Big in Brutal High Stakes Session

January 26, 2012 at 12:28 PM |

An incredible high stakes session was played earlier this week on PokerStars. Eventually, ’patpatman’ was the one to finish the day with the highest profit.