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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.

Poker Players

Andrew Li Breaks Supernova Elite Record

March 3, 2011 at 12:04 PM |

Andrew 'azntracker' Li has set up a new record by the end of February: he managed to collect the 1 million VPPs that are required to the highest PokerStars VIP level, the SuperNova Elite in just two months.

Poker Players

Durrrr Wins $11,5 Million Pot in Macau

March 2, 2011 at 10:09 AM |

Seemingly Tom 'durrrr' Dwan plays much more live than offline, he only logged 2,000 hands during last month, and the reason is obvious: he can earn much more at live tables, most recently he took down an mind-blowing $11,5 million pot in Macau.

Poker Rake Races

Exclusive €4,000 InterPoker Rake Race - March

February 25, 2011 at 11:35 AM |

Rakerace.com and InterPoker continue to offer their rake race, but now for €500 more, the prize pool is €4,000 rake race is available to those who registered at InterPoker with our site's link. The promotion runs between 1-31 March. Besides the race, you are also eligible for the €1,000 first deposit bonus and the 30% rakeback.

Poker Interviews

February 15, 2011 at 2:41 PM |

After being very successful at the Aussie Millions, British player Sam Trickett managed to reach the final table again, now at the WPT Paris. At the very same place, Tony G wanted to show the World that French players are the worst.

Poker Players

The Million Dollar Bet, Pt. 1 & 2

February 13, 2011 at 12:15 PM |

You might recall the news from earlier this week of Ashton Griffin winning an insane prop bet. He offered to run 70 miles (nearly 3 marathons) in 24 hours; if he won, he would earn $300,000 from Haseeb Qureshi and if he lost, he would pay $900,000. Now, here is the whole story.