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PCA 2012 Super High Roller - Viktor Blom Wins His First Live Tournament

January 8, 2012 at 1:05 PM |

Killer high stakes action went down yesterday at PCA's tables, the extraordinarily strong final table of this year's Super High Roller tournament ended with the victory of Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom. This is the young Swedish pro's first live tournament win.

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PCA 2012 Super High Roller - Galen Hall Takes Lead, Isildur1, Negreanu at Final Table

January 7, 2012 at 3:18 PM |

An extraordinarily strong final table formed yesterday at the PCA 2012 Super High Roller tournament, the chipleader Isaac Haxton was eliminated, Daniel Negreanu, Jonathan Duhamel and Viktor Blom are still in for the $1,254,400 first prize.

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PCA 2012 Super High Roller - Haxton, Blom, Seidel Take the Lead

January 6, 2012 at 1:22 PM |

Isaac Haxton leads the field at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure's (PCA) $100,000 Super High Roller Event by the end of Day 1. Viktor Blom and Erik Seidel are also amongst the top players.

Poker Players

Esfandiari, Trickett and Merson Top 2012 Live HS Money List

January 4, 2012 at 3:57 PM |

Big One winner Antonio Esfandiari unquestionably dominated the 2012 live high stakes money list with $19 million worth of profits. Down on the Earth, Sam Trickett and Greg Merson follow.

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PokerHeaven Bonus in January – Don’t Miss out on the 20% Extra Cashback

January 4, 2012 at 11:49 AM |

Begin the year 2012 at PokerHeaven! If you already have an account, try the exceptional reload bonus and if you do not, you are eligible for the first deposit bonus valid in January, 2012 only. The 30% rakeback and the 20% extra bonus mean a total of 50% return this month!

Poker Players

Phil Ivey Received $920k per Month from Tiltware LLC

January 2, 2012 at 1:28 PM |

Phil Ivey’s Tiltware LLC payment details have been published in the process of his divorce case. The eight times WSOP champion received a monthly fee of $920,000 from the company.

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Purple Lounge Exclusive $2,000 Rake Race – 1-31 January, 2012

January 2, 2012 at 12:10 PM |

Part of the Microgaming network, Purple Lounge offers a $2,000 exclusive rake race in January, 2012 as well for Rakerace.com players, who registered to the room with the AKADEMIA bonus code. In addition, the 30% loyalty– and the first deposit bonus are also available for our players.

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2011 Retrospective – Part 12

December 31, 2011 at 3:00 PM |

In the final part of our end-of-the-year retrospective, we revise what happened in December, 2011.

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2011 Retrospective – Part 11

December 31, 2011 at 1:00 PM |

In the eleventh part of our end-of-the-year retrospective, we revise what happened in November, 2011.

Poker Rooms

PokerStars Withdraws – Rake Calculation Method Remains Unchanged

December 30, 2011 at 1:30 PM |

Under pressure from the player community, PokerStars has withdrawn from changing its rake calculation method from dealt to weighted contributed. The distribution of VPPs, however, does change in 2012.

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2011 Retrospective – Part 10

December 30, 2011 at 1:12 PM |

In the tenth part of our end-of-the-year retrospective, we revise what happened in October, 2011.

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PokerStars Officially Switches to Weighted Contributed Rake Calculation

December 29, 2011 at 3:25 PM |

In the first days of January, 2012, PokerStars introduces the weighted contributed rake calculation in place of the old dealt method. Additional improvements are also scheduled for the first half of next year.

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2011 Retrospective – Part 9

December 29, 2011 at 1:39 PM |

In the ninth part of our end-of-the-year retrospective, we revise what happened in September, 2011.

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2011 Retrospective – Part 8

December 29, 2011 at 1:32 PM |

In the eighth part of our end-of-the-year retrospective, we revise what happened in August, 2011.

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2011 Retrospective – Part 7

December 28, 2011 at 1:19 PM |

In the seventh part of our end-of-the-year retrospective, we revise what happened in July, 2011.

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2011 Retrospective – Part 5

December 27, 2011 at 6:20 PM |

In the fifth part of our end-of-the-year retrospective, we revise what happened in May, 2011.

Poker Players

Phil Ivey's Ex-Wife Gets Millions and More In Divorce Settlement

December 19, 2011 at 5:41 PM |

Phil Ivey had already divorced from his wife Luciaetta Ivey in 2009, but their divorce settlement is still an issue today. Luciaetta, however came out well of the situation, according to a document filed this month she received items worth millions and also an alimony of $180,000 per month.

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EPT Berlin Robbery Mastermind Sentenced for 6 Years in Prison

December 16, 2011 at 2:11 PM |

Ibrahim al Moussa, the mastermind between the EPT Berlin robbery that took place in 2010 has been sentenced to 6 years and 4 months of jail yesterday.

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Groupe Bernard Tapie To Get Spanish Licence

December 15, 2011 at 4:17 PM |

Groupe Bernard Tapie joined Bwin and PokerStars applying for the Spanish gambling license required to operate in Spain. This means that Full Tilt Poker is very close to be reopened and players will soon be paid.

Poker Players

Isildur1 Returns to PokerStars High Stakes Tables

December 9, 2011 at 4:27 PM |

After a three months’ pause, Viktor ’Isildur1’ Blom has shown up at the PokerStars high stakes tables. He kicked off with a PLO heads-up session against ’VietRussian.’

Poker Rooms

iPoker Introduces New Rake Calculation in 2012

December 3, 2011 at 4:40 PM |

The iPoker network is to introduce a new rake calculation method in 2012, resembling Ongame’s Essence in some ways. The iPoker system will, however, have smaller effect on the winning players’ rakeback.

Poker Rake Races

Terminal Poker €1,500 Exclusive Rake Race - 1-31 December

November 30, 2011 at 7:27 PM |

This December, Terminal Poker is organizing a €1,500 rake race only for registered Rakerace.com players. Besides the rake race, the 30% rakeback and €400 first deposit bonus are still available.

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Betsson $7,500 Exclusive Cash Race in December

November 30, 2011 at 7:20 PM |

In December, Betsson Poker and Rakerace.com continue to cooperate and organize an exclusive cash race, with the usual $7,500 in rake race prizes!  Only players who registered via Rakerace.com are eligible for this race.

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PokerStars Releases Play Money Client for iOS Devices

November 26, 2011 at 3:11 PM |

PokerStars released it's first mobile client ever - at the moment only available to Italian players, and offers play money games only. Italians can already download it for free through iTunes.

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Betfred $7,500 Exclusive Rake Race - December

November 23, 2011 at 6:06 PM |

The Betfred Poker cash race goes on in December here at Rakerace.com! The room that is part of the iPoker Network offers a $7,500 private cash race only for Rakerace.com players! Moreover, you are also eligible for the exceptional first deposit bonus and the room’s VIP membership.

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PokerStars 10th Anniversary - Online Poker Ring Game Bonuses

November 23, 2011 at 2:02 PM |

As a celebration of PokerStars' coming 10th anniversary, the biggest poker room in the world announced a mind-boggling $1,000,000 bonus to be won at ring games in 10 days. The extraordinary promotion runs from 23 November to 2 December.

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Breaking News - DOJ and GBT Strike Deal, FTP's Future up to Shareholders

November 18, 2011 at 12:37 PM |

After Ray Bitar's resignation and GBT's (Groupe Bernard Tapie) settlement with the DoJ (Department of Justice), the Department of Justice finally released the details of their agreement. Only the shareholders have to agree to this, and Full Tilt's reopening alongside with all the payouts can get a green light.

Poker Interviews

Millions on a Frozen Account and Other Issues – Interview with Jungleman12 – Part 2

November 17, 2011 at 2:32 PM |

Daniel ‘jungleman12’ Cates has participated in a poker seminar in Vienna recently, where he gave an exclusive interview to poker journalist Marius Gartner. Full Tilt Poker, the ‘Girah’ scandal, a feared opponent in the upcoming live challenge and his near future.

Poker Players

Max Katz Benefits from Pius Heinz' Main Event

November 13, 2011 at 1:57 PM |

The Russian player Max Katz, who is known to be a better backer than player did well again; it turned out he and his team had a major share in Pius Heinz' Main Event, therefore they win lots of money on the German pro.

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New High Stakes Scam – Max Ashkar Wins $2 Million With Fraud?

November 4, 2011 at 1:56 PM |

2011 does indeed seem to be the year of online poker scams; add Max ’mexx86’ Ashkar to the list, who is accused of using a Trojan virus to win over $2 million in total.