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Poker Players

High Stakes Profit List: Durrrr Leads the Way, Ziggy Loses Big

November 3, 2010 at 2:36 PM |

Tom ’durrrr’ Dwan clearly is the greatest high stakes winner of October with $990,000 in profit, while Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies lost over $1.7 million.

Poker Rooms

New Poker Room at Rakerace.com - Big Bet Poker

November 3, 2010 at 2:10 PM |

We are happy to present you our newest rakeback provider partner, Big Bet Poker. Part of the relatively small Merge network, you can expect weak players involved mostly in casino games and sports betting.

Poker Rake Races

PokerStars Exlusive Loyalty Freeroll - November

November 3, 2010 at 11:10 AM |

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

Poker Tournaments

Eiler Takes Down EPT Vienna, Negreanu 4th

November 2, 2010 at 1:35 PM |

Michael 'mae9690' Eiler, 20-year-old player have won the EPT Vienna on Sunday. The young german player won the final heads-up against Martin Hruby. Daniel Negreanu finished 4th.

Lost & Found

Jungleman Heads-Up Training Video

October 31, 2010 at 6:15 PM |

Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates, a specialist of NLHE heads-up recently released a training video in which he plays heads-up at 6 tables at the same time, and comments his play, explaining his decisions. The short version of the video has been made available on YouTube for all to benefit from.

Poker Players

Tony G Descendant of Dracula?

October 31, 2010 at 12:12 PM |

The highly controversial Lithuanian-born poker pro, 'Tony G' (Antanas Guoga) is a distant relative of Vlad the Impaler, as he writes in his blog at PartyPoker.

Poker Tournaments

From Freeroll to Aston Martin: Marek Sosnowski Takes Down PartyPoker's Drive the Dream

October 29, 2010 at 1:59 PM |

The 19-year-old Polish player, Marek Sosnowski has won PartyPoker's latest Drive the Dream contest, winning a Ł150,000 Aston Martin DB9 Coupe. The teenager can't drive, he's working hard to get his license as soon as possible.

Poker Rake Races

PartyPoker Gladiator Challenge

October 28, 2010 at 7:01 PM |

Step into the arena for 30 days of exciting poker action from 1st to 30th November. Reach the minimum daily target of only 10 points for five days and you'll claim an entry into a $5,000 PartyPoker freeroll.

Poker Rake Races

Chocolate Poker $10,000 Rake Race This November

October 27, 2010 at 3:52 PM |

In partnership with Chocolate Poker, Rakerace.com is organising a rake race with a whopping $10,000 on offer this November.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Vienna Starts Today

October 26, 2010 at 6:32 PM |

The Vienna stop of EPT7 has launched today at the Kursalon Palace in the capital of Austria. It is the second time the PokerStars European Poker Tour visits the Middle-European country; in 2005, French Pascal ‘Triple P’ Perrault managed to win the event, earning €184,500.

Poker Players

Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier to Play StarCraft 2 Instead of Poker?

October 25, 2010 at 6:08 PM |

One of the most successful French poker players, Bertrand Grespellier is rumored to give up poker for StarCraft 2.

Poker Humor

Poker Look-Alikes - Two Plus Two Forum

October 25, 2010 at 2:21 PM |

The Viktor Blom photoshop selection of 2+2 posts proved to be a huge success, so we decided to dig Two Plus Two forums again to find you some more. Needless to say, we succeeded. We present you now the best poker look-alikes.

Largest Chip Stack Record Broken

October 22, 2010 at 3:55 PM |

This is the year for poker records, this June Phil Laak set the world record for longest continuous poker playing, and now, Paddy Power Poker have broken the the Guinness World Record for the world's largest chip stack.

Poker Tournaments

Randal Flowers Takes down WPT Festa al Lago

October 22, 2010 at 3:46 PM |

Held at the Bellagio, the 2010 WPT Festa al Lago brought about a new record set by 20-year-old Randal ‘RandALLin’ Flowers: in addition to being the youngest player ever to win a World Poker Tour event (WPT Barcelona, June 2009) he is now also the youngest to do it twice.

Poker Books

Barry Greenstein - Ace On the River - Book Review

October 21, 2010 at 6:29 PM |

Last time we wrote about Doyle Brunson's Super System 2, one of modern poker's most important books that teaches you the basics of all kinds of poker. Of course there are many more good books, which are not touching upon the basics, and such a book is Barry Greenstein's Ace On The River. It is one of our all-time favourites here at Rakerace.com. In our present review, we want tell you why.

Poker Players

Jared Huggins - The Story of a Homeless Poker Player

October 21, 2010 at 4:21 PM |

Jared Huggins' story moved people all over the world. He lost his bankroll, his jobs and has been evicted from his home. After 6 moths spent on the streets the help came. From whom? The poker community of course.

Poker Rake Races

Get a Free Poker Software from Rakerace.com

October 21, 2010 at 1:24 PM |

By participating in Rakerace.com's bwin promotion, you get the opportunity to get your hands on one of the many valuable poker software including Poker Tracker 3 or Holdem Manager for example.

Poker Players

Poker Hall of Fame Has Its New Members: Dan Harrington, Erik Seidel

October 20, 2010 at 1:51 PM |

The long awaited Poker Hall of Fame Class of 2010 was announced yesterday morning. The newest members of the Hall of Fame are 1995 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Dan Harrington and eight-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel.

Poker Movies

Jay Rosenkrantz and Taylor Caby to Make Feature Length Documentary About the Online Poker Boom

October 19, 2010 at 2:29 PM |

High stakes pro Jay Rosenkrantz announced on his blog that yesterday he is about to collaborate with Taylor Caby and Ryan Firpo, developing a "definitive feature length documentary about the online poker boom". The working title is "Boom".

Poker Players

Isildur1 to Be Sponsored?

October 18, 2010 at 7:23 PM |

According to high stakes blogger Sohello ’BankTheMan’ Shah of the Swedish expressen.se, a “20 years old” person, who “has during the end of 2009 and the whole of 2010 become one of the poker world’s hottest topics,” is soon to be signed by one of the major online poker providers.

Poker Legislation

Poker Is A Sport Says The Department of Labor

October 15, 2010 at 1:49 PM |

The US Department of Labor now recognizes "Professional Poker Player" as a legit profession, appearing in the federals listings and the Occupational Code Assignment.

Poker Books

Book Review: Fundamentals of No Limit Holdem

October 15, 2010 at 1:37 PM |

The latest piece of poker literature to hit the shelves is “No Limits: The Fundamentals of No-Limit Holdem” by Chris ’Fox’ Wallace and Adam Stemple. In addition to the Preface, a Glossary and three Appendixes the 16 chapters of the book include topics like “Pre-Flop Play,” “Bet-Size: The Key to No Limit Holdem,” “The Importance of Position,” “Bluffing Strategy and Tips,” and “Bankroll Management.”

Poker Tournaments

PokerStars Announces RCOOP

October 14, 2010 at 7:13 PM |

PokerStars have announced a brand new online championship of poker, the 'Regional Championship of Online Poker' that would be available for players in one specific region.

Poker Videos

A Week With Nick Schulman - MTV World of Jenks

October 14, 2010 at 5:14 PM |

American MTV's new documentary, World of Jenks followed the young poker pro, Nick Schulman through a week. You can watch the whole episode here, on RakeRace.

Poker Humor

Poker Pros Made into Video Game Characters

October 13, 2010 at 8:05 PM |

2+2 provides room for talents to exercise their creativity (and knowledge of Photoshop) from time to time – mostly at the expense of poker pros. After providing quite a number of humorous pictures of Viktor Blom, now it was time for the poker elite to become integral parts of the video game universe.

Poker Rake Races

PokerHeaven €60,000 Rake Race This October

October 12, 2010 at 2:55 PM |

Besides the €3,500 PokerHeaven & InterPoker Exclusive Rake Race, now all Rakerace.com members are eligible to participate in PokerHeaven's €60,000 race running from 10-31 October.

Poker Players

Doyle Brunson’s Thoughts on PHoF Nominees

October 11, 2010 at 7:30 PM |

After a well deserved break that lasted three weeks, Doyle Brunson returned to his blog and now he posts again regularly. In his latest entry, he shares his thoughts about the nominees of the upcoming Poker Hall of Fame ballot, taking place on 7th November. The induction of two new members into the Hall is going to be one of the 2010 WSOP Finale shows.

Poker Rooms

SwitchPoker - Play Poker on Your iPad or iPhone

October 11, 2010 at 7:13 PM |

If you ever wanted to play poker on your mobile phone, you just might be interested in the following news: SwitchPoker now offers real-money play, which is available on Apple mobile devices, such as the iPad, iPod Touch and the iPhone.

Poker Players

Maxim Lykov Also Joins Team PokerStars Pro

October 11, 2010 at 5:39 PM |

PokerStars is rather active signing newer and newer pros, signing with Liv Boeree almost 2 weeks ago, they revealed their latest addition to the elite Team PokerStars Pro, the russian pro player, Maxim Lykov.

Poker Players

Scott Montgomery Gets Robbed in a Restroom at Bellagio

October 11, 2010 at 4:49 PM |

Canadian Full Tilt Red Pro Scott Montgomery got robbed yesterday, on 10th October, in one of the restrooms of the Bellagio. He was forced to hand over $2,000.