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Poker Rooms

Purple Lounge Put into Liquidation, Player Funds Gone?

June 1, 2012 at 2:29 PM |

Following a review conducted by the new leadership, it has been revealed that the financial position of Purple Lounge is no longer tenable. The staff of the poker room has been made redundant and Media Corp. seeks a solution to the compensation of players.

Poker Players

Phil Ivey Launches Coaching Site

November 2, 2012 at 6:18 PM |

Eight times WSOP champion Phil Ivey launches a brand new poker site with 2012 Main Event winner Greg Merson as a sponsored pro, in addition to Patrik Antonius and Jennifer Harman.

Poker Rooms

Partypoker to anonymize cash game hand histories

September 28, 2016 at 6:03 PM |

After October 5, players won't be able to see player names in cash game hand histories, check out the details below!

Poker Rooms

$5,000 exclusive cash races all year at Intertops!

April 19, 2016 at 8:07 PM |

Intertops Poker and JuicyStakes Poker announced that they will be running $5,000 exclusive cash races for Rakerace.com players every month in 2016! This is the best private race in the Horizon network and players can now enjoy the raceback returns all year!

Other race news

Everleaf Gaming Network $4,000 rake race, 16th January - 30th January

January 11, 2010 at 12:58 PM |

Grab your share of the $4,000 prize pool by playing cash tables and overtaking your opponents at Everleaf Gaming Network.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP 2013 - Event #61 - Daniel Alaei Has Second $10,000 PLO Bracelet, Fourth Overall

July 9, 2013 at 11:44 AM |

An immensely strong field of 32 players returned on Day 3 of World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 Event #61 $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha. Alexey Rybin led the players to the finale of the last WSOP 2013 bracelet side event.

Poker Rooms

888 and Rank Group will not make new offer for William Hill

August 19, 2016 at 5:40 PM |

888 Holdings and Grosvenor casinos operator Rank Group have decided to step away from the deal.

Online Poker

Entraction Network Shuts Down by Late 2012

September 13, 2012 at 5:04 PM |

The IGT network, also known as Entraction, has closed its Stockholm headquarters and is going to shut down by the end of this year. Player bankrolls are safe, IGT rooms join other networks.

Poker Rake Races

New Premium iPoker Promotion - Gala Poker Exclusive $5,000 Cash Race - 16 May-30 June

May 6, 2013 at 7:00 PM |

Part of the iPoker 2 network, Gala Poker offers an inaugural $5,000 exclusive cash race to Rakerace.com players only. The eligbility for the 200% up to $2,000 first deposit bonus or the VIP club makes the picture whole.

Poker Rake Races

Betsson Returns - $6,000 Exclusive Cash Race in April

March 19, 2012 at 3:46 PM |

Betsson returns to Rakerace.com in April with a great $6,000 exclusive cash race. Besides the race, the generous FD bonus and the VIP system are also available to the fans of the Ongame network.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP 2013 - Event #33 - Bryan Campanello Takes Down $2,500 Seven-Card Razz

June 21, 2013 at 1:11 PM |

World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 Event #33 $2,500 Seven-Card Razz Day 3 saw 14 players taking their seats at the tables. The chiplead was David Bach’s and play continued to grab the $178,052 first prize.

Poker Rooms

Poker Central partners with Twitch to stream World Series of Poker

May 30, 2018 at 4:06 PM |

Live coverage with 25 final tables in the span of 31 days! The $50K and the $100K High Rollers are both in the mix amongst other exciting events.

Poker Tournaments

WSOPE 2011 Main Event: Fox Is Champion, Moorman Finishes 2nd

October 21, 2011 at 5:54 PM |

Maintaining his lead throughout the finale, Elio Fox won the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event for €1.4 million. Chris Moorman barely missed the bracelet.

Poker Players

Jungleman and Dogishead Interviewed on Girah Scandal

August 11, 2011 at 4:18 PM |

Bluff Magazine has interviewed the two high stakes players who seem to have the most suspicious relationship with the scammer José ‘Girah’ Macedo. Daniel ‘Jungleman12’ Cates and Haseeb ‘dogishead’ Qureshi were asked a couple of more or less pressing questions and here are some of their answers.

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.