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Duhamel Nominated for Canadian Athlete of the Year

December 7, 2010 at 1:28 PM |

This year's WSOP Main Event winner Jonathan Duhamel is between the 16 nominees for the 2010 Canadian Athlete of the Year. In the first round he competes with the Tesse Virtue/Scott Moir Olympic champion ice dance couple for the top 8.

Poker Players

Cristiano Ronaldo Playing Heads-Up Against Jungleman12 and Antonius

December 6, 2010 at 4:31 PM |

The Portuguese soccer player, Cristiano Ronaldo appears to have been playing poker on Full Tilt Poker against Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates and Patrik Antonius.

Poker Players

Durrrr and Urindanger Back in Macau

December 6, 2010 at 3:20 PM |

The Macau nosebleed cash game madness might continue this month, as it is rumored that Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan and Di 'Urindanger' Dang were spotted in Macau at the StarWorld Casino, playing againts regulars at high stakes cash game tables.

Poker Players

Tony G Didn't Buy the Bracelet - But There's Still Hope

December 5, 2010 at 5:53 PM |

Tony G is deeply hurt. He couldn't make it, no WSOP bracelet for Zasko. Or at least not now. He officially stated in his PartyPoker blog he did not buy Peter Eastgate's 2008 WSOP bracelet. He was active in the bid, but "there were anti doggie bling dark forces out there".

Poker Humor

New Comedy by JimmyLegs - The Micros

December 4, 2010 at 1:58 PM |

John 'JimmyLegs' Wray has once again created something very interesting. We wrote about him 2 weeks ago, when CardRunners released "The Ballad of Jackie Mayfair", an animation about the 2010 WSOP. Now here's the newest : The Micros.

Poker Tournaments

Sebastian Homann Wins WPT Marrakech

December 3, 2010 at 5:10 PM |

Sebastian Homann won the World Poker Tour Marrakech Main Event, earning €244,000.

Poker Players

Patrik Antonius Doesn't Know 2-7 Triple Draw Rules

December 3, 2010 at 2:39 PM |

Yesterday at Full Tilt Poker tables, FTP pro Patrik Antonius got himself into an embarassing situation: he lost a pot to David Oppenheim in 2-7 Triple Draw. He didn't really understand why he lost. It turns out, Mr. Antonius is not fully aware of the game's rules.

Online Poker

Major Pause in Durrrr Challenge 2?

December 1, 2010 at 6:11 PM |

According to a recent chat between Dani ’Ansky’ Stern and Daniel ’jungleman12’ Cates, posted on 2+2, jungleman believes there is currently a major pause in Durrrr Challenge 2. No action taking place since 16th December, it might turn well into January, 2011 until we can hear from the challenge again.

Poker Rake Races

$50,000 Rake Race at Doyles Room - December

December 1, 2010 at 4:26 PM |

We are happy to inform all of you that all Rakerace.com registered players can participate in Doyles Room's $50,000 December Exclusive Rake Race. This is a special race eligible for the players of Doyles Room's biggest affiliate partners, like Rakerace.com.

Lost & Found

Do not Want to Bluff Phil Ivey – Hand Analysis

December 1, 2010 at 1:39 PM |

Jason Mercier tried to bluff Phil Ivey on High Stakes Poker Season 6 Episode 5, but he failed. The memorable hand is now analysed by Mercier himself.

Poker Books

A New Poker Book Bound to Raise Dispute

November 30, 2010 at 6:12 PM |

PokerStars Online Pro Dusty Schmidt has announced to be releasing a new book, titled ‘Don’t Listen To Phil Hellmuth: Correcting The 50 Worst Pieces of Poker Advice You’ve Ever Heard’.

Poker Rooms

Security Token for the CEREUS Network – Poker Accounts Made Safe

November 30, 2010 at 4:17 PM |

The CEREUS Network has come up with an important security measure, that makes sure we are the only ones with access to our bankroll.

Poker Rooms

Rush Poker mobile Banned from Android Market

November 30, 2010 at 3:22 PM |

Full Tilt Poker has been offering Rush Poker Mobile for Android for around a month now. We have mentioned the possibility of Rush Poker to be made available for Android phones in an article about a month ago.

Poker Rake Races

Unibet Exclusive €5,000 Rake Race - December

November 29, 2010 at 5:52 PM |

It's worth it to play at Unibet this month, as Santa brought you a €5,000 rake race. Please note, this month's promotion is different from the last one, you can achieve significantly better loyalty bonuses! Besides the €5,000 race, all Rakerace.com players are eligible to participate in Unibet's 30% loyalty payback.

Poker Tournaments

Kent Lundmark Wins EPT Barcelona

November 29, 2010 at 5:31 PM |

Swedish Kent Lundmark won the 8-handed final table of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona main event.Eight players made it to the final table of the EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event. The chipleader was Giuseppe Pantaleo but the favourite was WSOP champion Konstantin Puchkov.

Online Poker

Durrrr Challenge 2: Carry on!

November 29, 2010 at 4:01 PM |

After a long break that began to make most of the industry feel disappointed to say the least, Durrrr Challenge 2 continued in the weekend with 2120 hands. In the contest of durrrr and jungleman12, the former won this time, earning around $13,000.

Poker Rake Races

PartyPoker Exclusive $1,250 Loyalty Freeroll - December

November 29, 2010 at 3:51 PM |

If you never tried PartyPoker, December gives you great opportunities to do so. We are organizing an exclusive race for all of our players who registered to PartyPoker through us and made their first deposit in December, or if they collected 100 Party Points in the month.

Poker Rake Races

Big Bet Poker Exclusive $1,000 Rake Race - December

November 29, 2010 at 1:23 PM |

Our latest addition to our rakeback provider lineup, Big Bet Poker offers a $1,000 exlusive rake race this month as well to our players who registered through Rakerace.com.

Poker Rake Races

Exclusive €3,000 InterPoker Rake Race - December

November 28, 2010 at 12:51 PM |

Rakerace.com and InterPoker organize a €3,000 exclusive rake race to those who registered at InterPoker with our site's link. The promotion runs between 1-31 December. Besides the race, you are also eligible for the €1,000 first deposit bonus and the 30% rakeback.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Barcelona Final Table Live Stream

November 27, 2010 at 11:02 PM |

If you are interested in EPT Barcelona's final table, it's happening at this very moment. The live stream is available below.

Poker Rake Races

Win Fantastic Christmas Presents at InterPoker for Just $1

November 27, 2010 at 4:42 PM |

On the 12th December, InterPoker and Rakerace.com will unite to give away Christmas gifts valuing more than $1,000 altogether.

Poker Rake Races

Win Fantastic Presents with William Hill and Rakerace.com for Just $1!

November 26, 2010 at 5:50 PM |

On the xyth December, our newest partner, William Hill and Rakerace.com will unite giving our players the chance to win a 24" monitor, an Xbox 360, a Nokia phone, a Canon camera, iPod Shuffle or a pair of Sennheiser heaphones.

Other race news

PartyPoker’s Five Star Poker Challenge

November 26, 2010 at 3:35 PM |

PartyPoker makes the month of December unique with a brand new promotion, called the Five Star Poker Challenge.

Poker Rake Races

Poker Heaven €2,000 Exclusive Rake Race This December

November 26, 2010 at 1:03 PM |

Rakerace.com and Poker Heaven organize a €2,000 exclusive rake race to those who registered at Poker Heaven with our site's link. The promotion runs between 1-31 December.

Poker Rake Races

Chocolate Poker $10,000 Rake Race This December

November 26, 2010 at 11:55 AM |

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

Online Poker

Online Poker Traffic Decline?

November 25, 2010 at 9:16 PM |

2009 was a great year for online poker, Full Tilt Poker reached an all-time high concerning traffic. The site produced an astonishing annual growth rate of 110%. PokerStars was also doing very well with nearly 50% growth. The market overall had increased 40% in the preceding year. However, so far it seems only PokerStars was able to produce 3% growth, other rooms are in the red.

Poker Players

Eastgate's Bracelet Sold for $147,500

November 25, 2010 at 7:45 PM |

Today the auction on Peter Eastgate's 2008 WSOP Main Event bracelet has ended, the highest bid was $147,500. The identity of the buyer is yet unknown.

Poker Rake Races

Betsson Exclusive $5,000 Cash Race (1-31 December)

November 25, 2010 at 6:30 PM |

In the last month of this year, Rakerace.com again organizes a $5,000 exclusive cash race at Betsson! To sweeten the deal the outstanding First Deposit Bonus and VIP Club is still up for grabs and offers a unique opportunity for the players of the Ongame Network to earn some extra cash.

Poker Tournaments

New WPT Events in Europe

November 24, 2010 at 6:36 PM |

World Poker Tour released the dates of two new, televised events for Season IX. WPT Venice and WPT Vienna, both presented by PartyPoker, will be held 3rd – 8th February and 25th – 29th March 2011, respectively. Moreover, the first WPT National Series event takes place in Paris.

Poker Interviews

ESPN Inside Deal - Jonathan Duhamel Interview

November 24, 2010 at 3:11 PM |

Jonathan Duhamel hasn't given too many interviews since he became a WSOP Main Event champion. Now he joined Laura Lane and Andrew Feldman in ESPN's Inside Deal. He talks about how he felt when he won the final table, what his plans are with the near $9 million prize, and much more. Enjoy!