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Poker Rake Races

Bigger Prize Pool! InterPoker Exclusive €8,000 Rake Race in March

February 28, 2012 at 1:08 PM |

InterPoker upped the ante, and in March, they offer you an exclusive €8,000 rake race! As usual, it is available to those who register to InterPoker via our site's link. In addition, players are eligible for the €1,000 first deposit bonus and the 30% rakeback as well, not to mention the room's central races and promotions. The offer runs 1 - 31 March.

Poker Rake Races

Qualify to the Heypoker Series Live Event in Vienna - 5 HESOP Tickets Guaranteed

February 28, 2012 at 12:53 PM |

On 5 March 8 p.m. CET, Rakerace.com and Heypoker will organize a $1 tournement the prize pool to which we have added 5 HESOP tickets each worth €135. The tickets are reserved for players who register to Heypoker through Rakerace.com.

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. 

Poker Rake Races

PokerHeaven Exclusive €3,000 Vienna Deluxe Rake Race – 10 March–20 April

February 25, 2012 at 10:03 PM |

€3,000 private race at PokerHeaven! Win a buy-in and extra cash for a live event in Vienna or take one of our other cash prizes! Only players registering to PokerHeaven via Rakerace.com are eligible to participate. In addition to the exclusive offer, you can have the €1,000 first deposit bonus and the 30% rakeback as well.

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.

Online Poker

Sunday Million 6th Anniversary with $6 Million Guaranteed

February 23, 2012 at 6:22 PM |

On 11 March, 2012, the PokerStars Sunday Million turns 6. To celebrate the anniversary, the guaranteed prize pool of the tournament will be $6 million.

Poker Players

Betfair Signs Peter Eastgate in Team Pro

February 22, 2012 at 3:49 PM |

2008 World Series of Poker champion Peter Eastgate joins Team Betfair Poker.

Poker Players

Jungleman12 vs Andrew Feldman – New WSOP Fight on the Horizon?

February 22, 2012 at 1:59 PM |

Daniel ‘jungleman12’ Cates and Andrew Feldman might be the next couple of poker pros to fight in a WSOP prop bet.

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.

Shuffle Master Nearing Ongame Acquisition

February 21, 2012 at 12:19 PM |

Shuffle Master, a casino game developer operating in Las Vegas is reportedly in "advanced talks" in acquiring the Ongame Network, according to pokerfuse.

Poker Tournaments

Daniel Negreanu at LAPT Grand Final Final Table

February 20, 2012 at 2:52 PM |

Daniel Negreanu will be there at the final table of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Grand Final. Daniele Nestola is the chipleader, 8 players remain.

Online Poker

Ziigmund Loses Half a Million at PokerStars High Stakes Tables

February 18, 2012 at 12:02 PM |

Ilari Sahamies (Ziigmund) ran his worst session of the year this Thursday at PokerStars high stakes tables, he left half a million dollars at the tables against players like 'Isildur1'.

Poker Tournaments

RakeRace Giga Satellite - Win Eureka Poker Tour and Sunday Million Tickets for only €1!

February 17, 2012 at 5:55 PM |

On the 27th February, we will be offering a fantastic opportunity for the registered players of RakeRace.com! Above the prize pool of our €1 buy-in tournament, we will be giving out tournament tickets worth $2500, thanks to PokerStars and RakeRace.com.

Lost & Found

Useful Micro Limit Poker Tips for Beginners - Part 9

February 17, 2012 at 3:43 PM |

We have come to the ninth part of the poker ebook written by kocka21 and mrj, in which we will emphasise the importance of thinking in the full hand range. And in comparing the strength of certain hand ranges vs other ones, the free software PokerStove can be our guide. We will illustrate its use through a few examples.

Poker Rake Races

Top 3 Exclusive Races in February - Highly +EV!

February 16, 2012 at 2:06 PM |

This month the team behind Rakerace.com brought you the best exclusive rake races again, and in our present article we will show you why. It's extremely worth it to partipate in our races in February!

Poker Rake Races

EuroPoker Exclusive $5,000 Cash Race - 20 February - 20 March

February 16, 2012 at 12:07 PM |

Our newest partner, EuroPoker offers a $5,000 cash race from 20 February to 20 March to players who registered to EuroPoker through our link. EuroPoker is a member of the Ongame Network. Besides the great exclusive first deposit bonus, you can now enjoy the room's great VIP system as well.

Poker Tournaments

WPT Seminole Hard Rock – Matt Juttelstad Wins, Gigi Gagne Makes It to HU

February 15, 2012 at 4:11 PM |

Although it was definitely an option, the World Poker Tour (WPT) remains without a female champion; Gigi Gagne finished 2nd in the Seminole Hard Rock main event.

Poker Players

Gus Hansen’s Expensive Miss of Flight

February 13, 2012 at 5:09 PM |

Gus Hansen chose to play on instead of flying home and paid the price.

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 Tournaments

Rinat Bogdanov Wins WPT Venice

February 11, 2012 at 12:28 PM |

Rinat Bogdanov took part in his first World Poker Tour (WPT) tournament ever in Venice and he was able to finish in the first place right away. Andrea Dato came in 3rd.

New Player of the Year Title Introduced by Global Poker Index

February 10, 2012 at 1:10 PM |

The Global Poker Index Player of the Year title has the potential to become the most important recognition for live poker players.

Poker Players

Nanonoko Auditions for Reality Show – Video

February 9, 2012 at 6:00 PM |

Multitable master Randy ‘nanonoko’ Lew auditions for Capcom’s online reality show Cross Assault to be enlisted in the Street Fighter team.

Poker Rake Races

Everest Poker Exclusive $500 Reload Bonus and $1,000 Cash Race

February 9, 2012 at 10:45 AM |

Everest Poker is back at Rakerace.com with a special $500 reload bonus for our registered players only! In addition, an exclusive $1,000 cash race is also offered, so it is time to rediscover the room for you Everest fans out there!

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 Tournaments

EPT Grand Final Returns to Monte Carlo

February 7, 2012 at 4:11 PM |

Even though it was held in Madrid last year, Monte Carlo will give place to the EPT Grand Final this year. The Grand Final will take place between April 23-May 1, 2012.

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 Players

Daniel Negreanu's Account Hijacked

February 4, 2012 at 1:10 PM |

While Canadian PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu was enjoying his flight home, someone was playing from his account without his knowledge, the unknown infiltrator lost $46,000 in one session.

Poker Rake Races

Point Poker €2,000 Exclusive Rake Race this February

February 3, 2012 at 5:26 PM |

Point Poker (part of the Entraction network) and Rakerace.com are together organizing a €2,000 exclusive rake race running from the 5th February to the 5th March.