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Poker Rooms

New AK Poker Club €500 First Deposit Bonus

April 11, 2011 at 1:00 PM |

AK Poker Club has raised its first deposit bonus to €500; all players who register via Rakerace.com are eligible for it. It is also easier now to be cleared, equalling a 24% rakeback, making their pool full of Italian fish even more attractive.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Berlin: NeverScaredB Wins

April 11, 2011 at 11:56 AM |

Ben ‘NeverScaredB’ Wilinofsky won the EPT Berlin Main Event on Sunday, April 10. Martin Jacobson played his fourth EPT final table but, once again, the cards were not on his side.

Poker Players

Lex Veldhuis Fights Bertrand Grospellier in May

April 11, 2011 at 10:08 AM |

It seems that Lex 'RasZi' Veldhuis and Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier are doing a much better job at getting some attention than Andrew Robl. They plan to fight each other in a kickbox match right before the WSOP.

Poker Humor

The Funniest Moments of Poker (Part 10): Hellmuth Owned by Loose Cannon

April 8, 2011 at 12:24 PM |

Today we're showing you a masterpiece from the PokerStars Big Game's first season. You must have seen huge suckouts with very low chances of winning. This is the ultimate suckout. 3 times in a row.

Poker Players

WSOP Heads-Up Rematches Coming Up

April 7, 2011 at 9:57 AM |

Finally, WSOP came up with a great new idea for a TV show. Have you ever imagined what a WSOP Main Event Final Heads-Up rematch would look like? Sam Farha having a chance to get back at Moneymaker? Well now you can watch it.

Poker Rooms

ChiliPoker Introduces Chiliconnect

April 6, 2011 at 2:01 PM |

ChiliPoker has just come up with something that offers an all-new opportunity in online poker. Chiliconnect, a new part of the room’s client software, provides the means to involve social media in your gaming experience.

Poker Videos

High Stakes Poker Episode 6

April 6, 2011 at 10:33 AM |

We just posted Episode 5 of GSN's High Stakes Poker, they already released the 6th. In this episode, there's a new player line-up which might shake things up a little.

Bwin.Party Merger Complete?

April 6, 2011 at 9:55 AM |

As we informed you a few weeks ago, Bwin and PartyGaming have completed their merger by March 31; as it could be predicted, they now released their joint website, bwinparty.com.

Poker Videos

High Stakes Poker Episode 5

April 5, 2011 at 8:53 AM |

The 5th episode of the 7th season of GSN’s High Stakes Poker has been released online by GSN – and it's also available here at Rakerace.com. This episode was a bit slower than the last one; though, there were some very interesting hands, plus the number of legends at the table rose to 2 with the arrival of Johnny Chan. Enjoy and comment!

Poker Players

High Stakes March: OMGClayAiken Is Greatest Winner of the Month

April 4, 2011 at 1:25 PM |

Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond made a profit of $1,901,909 in March in online cash games, qualifying himself as the greatest high stakes winner of the month. The American WSOP champion dominated in draw games, beating the field with earnings of $1,673,108, in addition to his PLO winnings of $224,437.

Poker Interviews

Daniel 'Jungleman12' Cates Interview at the PCA

April 3, 2011 at 12:50 PM |

We just found this interview made with Daniel Cates, and thought you would be interested. The 21 year old American pro talks about his recent accomplishments at the PCA, his future plans getting involved in the live games, and much more. Enjoy, and have a nice weekend!

The World's Most Expensive Poker Home Game Set

April 1, 2011 at 10:27 AM |

If you have lots of money not knowing how to spend it, but love to play poker with your friends at home and would like to do it in style, Ralph Lauren and the Geoffrey Parker company have you covered.

Poker Rake Races

Everest Poker $1,000 Exclusive Loyalty Freeroll - April

March 30, 2011 at 12:50 PM |

In cooperation with Everest Poker, Rakerace.com organizes an exclusive $1,000 loyalty freeroll in April. Only registered Rakerace.com members can take part in the promotion.

Poker Rake Races

NoiQ Poker €1,000 Exclusive Rake Race (1-30 April)

March 30, 2011 at 12:17 PM |

Rakerace.com and NoiQ Poker are organizing a €1,000 exclusive rake race between 1-30 April for those who have registered at NoiQ Poker through our site's link.

Poker Rake Races

€5,000 Exclusive InterPoker Rake Race this April

March 29, 2011 at 10:45 AM |

Rakerace.com and InterPoker continue to offer their exclusive rake race, but now with an even bigger prize pool! The rake race is available to those who registered at InterPoker with our site's link. The promotion runs between 1-30 April. Besides the race, you are also eligible for the €1,000 first deposit bonus and the 30% rakeback.

Poker Players

Andrew Robl Scared - Backs Out of Cage Fight Challenge

March 25, 2011 at 1:52 PM |

As we reported 2 days ago, a Hungarian poker pro accepted Andrew Robl's cage fight challenge he posted on his blog on March 16. Apparently Mr. Robl was too scared of the Hungarian, and wants to play against high stakes players he knows. We all know why.

Poker Players

Phil Ivey - How I'm Spending My Day

March 24, 2011 at 10:28 AM |

Phil Ivey is tweeting again. He used to have a Twitter account since April, 2009, but he hasn't used it much. Now he posted that he's starting to use the service once again. He also posted some proof of his identity.

Poker Interviews

Jose 'Girah' Macedo Interview by PokerStatic

March 24, 2011 at 9:14 AM |

There's a new gun in town. The portuguese wonder kid, Jose Macedo, who turned €30 into millions has now stepped out of the darkness and talked to Bret Oliverio and Eric Bickel about his carreer on PokerStatic.com.

Poker Videos

High Stakes Poker Season 7 Episode 4

March 21, 2011 at 1:50 PM |

The fourth part of the 7th season of GSN’s High Stakes Poker is now out at PokerTube.com – and also here at Rakerace.com. This latest episode features some serious action all right, including several pots of well over $100,000 and one even reaching $220,000. One of the highlights of the evening was Vanessa Selbst’s and Antonio Esfandiari’s “battle of flush draws,” so to speak.

Poker Players

Andrew Robl Offers Cage Fight Challenge

March 18, 2011 at 12:27 PM |

If you happen to a beginner MMA fighter and might want to beat Andrew Robl, and not in the poker sense, you might be in luck this time. The young pro blogged that he has been practicing "Jiu Justi" for some time and he takes challengers to fight him in a cage fight.

Poker Tournaments

WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Final Table Set with Matusow, Sexton and Rajkumar

March 18, 2011 at 10:16 AM |

The World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament in San Jose, California has came down to the final table; 6 players will sit down for the $1,000,000 first prize tomorrow at 4 P.M. 4 well-known pros have been able to make it to the best six this time: Mike Matusow, Mike Sexton, Vivek Rajkumar and Steven Kelly.

Poker Rooms

Rake Race Analysis - Point Poker and NoiQ Poker

March 17, 2011 at 1:13 PM |

Both of our partners in the Entraction Network, Point Poker and NoiQ Poker offer very good moneyback promotions this March; now is the time to play. You can get 77% rakeback in Point Poker and 99% rakeback in NoiQ Poker's rake race.

Poker Movies

Hitting the Nuts Soon Available on DVD

March 17, 2011 at 11:30 AM |

In case you missed it, the most recent poker movie is about to be released on DVD. It has won numerous film festivals all over the United States, and was considered a huge success. If you haven't been able to see it yet, you can buy it from April 15 on DVD.

Poker Players

Daniel Cates Believes Isildur Uses 'martonas' Nick?

March 17, 2011 at 9:37 AM |

Apparently Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates believes the Swedish 'martonas' to be just another alias for PokerStars' pro, Viktor 'isildur1' Blom. Martonas plays on Full Tilt Poker, this is why it's a sensitive issue Cates raised.

Poker Videos

High Stakes Poker Season 7 Episode 3

March 16, 2011 at 9:48 AM |

The third part of the 7th season of High Stakes Poker has now been posted to YouTube by GSN; so there you have it, you can watch it here at Rakerace.com. The new episode, though definitely not as good as the previous seasons, is packed with interesting hands again; Phil Ruffin, the owner of the Treasure Island is on a huge heat, even so that he eliminates one player.

Bwin + PartyGaming Merger Almost Complete

March 16, 2011 at 8:45 AM |

One of the biggest mergers in online gaming history is about to take place very soon. The financial phase is almost completed, individual Bwin shares will cease trading on the Vienna Stock Exchange on March 25, completing the phase on March 31.

Online Poker

Prahlad Friedman Calls Justin Bonomo and Isaac Haxton Cheaters

March 14, 2011 at 11:06 AM |

Prahlad Friedman, Team UB Pro has made public accusations about Justin Bonomo and Isaac Haxton. According to Friedman, the two poker players are sharing poker accounts, which, of course, is forbidden in  online poker. 

Poker Tournaments

Erik Seidel Wins NBC National Heads-Up Challenge - Tops All-Time Money List

March 8, 2011 at 9:52 AM |

The NBC National Heads-Up Challenge has ended with the victory of Erik Seidel, who defeated Chris Moneymaker, overtaking Daniel Negreanu on the all-time tournament money list with $14,697,297.

Poker Rake Races

PokerStars Exclusive Loyalty Freeroll - March

March 4, 2011 at 12:21 PM |

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

Poker Interviews

Patrik Antonius on the Macau Cash Games

March 4, 2011 at 10:21 AM |

In this video made by Chris Porter, ESPN reporter interviewing Patrik Antonius the Finnish pro talks about his experiences with the Macau cash games and the gigantic stakes that are present at the table.