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Win a Sponsorship Deal with Point Poker!

March 30, 2011 at 10:56 AM |

Point Poker, a brand new poker room also available here at Rakerace.com, is now offering a unique chance for poker players to win big and receive a sponsorship deal worth up to €120,000.

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WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Won by Alan Sternberg

March 22, 2011 at 7:47 AM |

Although there were 4 pros at the final table, the "amateur" prevailed: Alan Sternberg took the the 2011 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star event down in San Jose, California. The winner took $1,039,000 of cash with him besides the WPT bracelet and the trophy.

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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.

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World Team Poker Championship 2011 Starting in May

March 15, 2011 at 1:09 PM |

This year's World Team Poker Championship has just been announced: 21 teams are scheduled to play at the South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa from May 24 to 26. The event will be taped for TV and is about to feature the world'd best players gathered in teams according their nationality.

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The Big Event - Ramdin Wins, Hachem Second

March 11, 2011 at 9:15 AM |

The poker tournament called the 'Big Event' held at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles came to its end; Victor Ramdin won the first prize, $500,000, Joe Hachem earned $300,000 for the second place.

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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.

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NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship Field Revealed

February 24, 2011 at 7:21 AM |

The 6th annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship is about to start soon, 64 top high-stakes pros will battle each other from March 4-6. The prize pool is $1,8 million, so we'll see fierce fights from the players.

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EPT Copenhagen – the Action has Started!

February 22, 2011 at 4:16 PM |

Yesterday, on the 21st February players occupied their seats in Copenhagen to battle for victory in the most prestigious European poker tournament series, the European Poker Tour. Five stops are remaining as the seventh season is drawing to its end, the first of which is EPT Copenhagen. Action will get down to the final table on February 26.

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Annie Duke's Pro Poker League Schedule Released

February 22, 2011 at 1:32 PM |

As we already reported, Annie Duke and Jeffrey Pollack, in cooperation with Federated Sports & Gaming decided to launch a professional poker league. The league released the schedule of their inaugural 2011/2012 season, in which they detailed the events and the buy-ins of the tournament.

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Madrid Hosts EPT Grand Final

February 21, 2011 at 6:27 PM |

It has been a public knowledge for some time that the EPT Grand Final would not take place in Monte Carlo this year. PokerStars has just announced officially that the new location is Madrid, Spain.

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Celebrity Event at the 2011 LAPC This Weekend

February 17, 2011 at 3:20 PM |

The Los Angeles Poker Classic is all set to be started, WPT's Event will be held at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California on February 19th. On Day 1, the WPT Celebrity Invitational tournament will most definitely draw some attention to the poker tables.

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WPT Paris - Trickett 6th, Natalia Nikitina Wins

February 16, 2011 at 1:01 PM |

The interesting final table at WPT Paris we wrote about yesterday has ended, but the biggest favourite, Sam Trickett only made 6th place, and newcomer Natalia Nikitina managed to win the tournament.

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Sam Trickett's Chance at WPT Paris Final Table

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.

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WSOP Europe Moves to Cannes, France

February 10, 2011 at 5:40 PM |

Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. (CIE), in cooperation with Lucien Barrière Hôtels & Casinos and BarrierePoker.fr, relocates the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) from London to Cannes, in addition to embarking upon organising live and online poker events in France.

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Amateur Player Beats the November Nine

February 10, 2011 at 3:52 PM |

An extraordinary tournament took place in the Foxwoods Resort Casino recently, 2010 WSOP November Niners sat down to play against amateurs. The outcome? Interesting.