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Thanksgiving with Chocolate Poker

November 24, 2010 at 1:49 PM |

Chocolate Poker offers a Thanksgiving promotion: after every $500 deposited via Moneybookers, you get a Tournament Ticket worth $50.

Lost & Found

Poker Roundtable - Knowing When to Quit

November 24, 2010 at 1:04 PM |

This week's strategy article is a video from the Poker Roundtable series of Full Tilt Poker. Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson and Layne Flack talk about the issue of when and how to quit a poker game. If you have issues with losing lots when you are on tilt, listen to the pros, they might give you some pieces of good advice.

Poker Girls

Beth Shak's Luxurious Home - Pictures

November 23, 2010 at 3:49 PM |

Beth Shak is among the most successful female poker players, and among the most beautiful, too. Now she let the reporters of Luxist.com into her Pennsylvania home.

Moneybookers Rebrands as Skrill

November 23, 2010 at 12:55 PM |

Moneybookers, the favourite eWallet and online payment system of Rakerace.com gets a facelift soon. The service will be rebranded as Skrill, and will get serious new features and payment facilities in the near future.

Poker Players

Controversial News from Macau

November 22, 2010 at 6:20 PM |

As we already reported, Tom 'durrrr' Dwan and his fellow poker pros are playing against Chinese businessmen at the cash game tables of Macau. The game broke last night, and the pros head back home, supposedly with lots of cash on them.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Barcelona Launches Today

November 22, 2010 at 5:39 PM |

PokerStars European Poker Tour Season 7 has arrived to Barcelona, where the main event starts today, on 22nd November, 2010. The buy-in for the event that lasts until 27th November is €5,300.

Casinos

Harrah’s IPO Cancelled

November 22, 2010 at 4:16 PM |

According to a company statement, WSOP rights owner Harrah’s Entertainment withdrew its initial public offering announced only two weeks ago. Bankers say the $15-$17 for the shares was “too high a price given [Harrah’s] prospects and circumstances.”

Poker Players

Phil Hellmuth Meets Bill Clinton - Beer Showoff

November 22, 2010 at 4:08 PM |

After some fun video, here's another less than serious news: In his latest blog post, Phil Hellmuth, UB pro, besides many interesting stuff, writes about his meeting with Bill Clinton that took place this August. Phil was invited to Bill Clinton's Charity event in Lexington, Kentucky.

Poker Humor

Two and a Half Men – How to Play a Full House?

November 22, 2010 at 1:37 PM |

A short extract taken from the series “Two and a Half Men,” starring Charlie Sheen, in which Jake assists Charlie in earning some money. A little humour to cheer you up in Monday morning.

Alzheimer's Can Be Prevented by Playing Poker?

November 22, 2010 at 12:22 AM |

Poker is a fun game that can benefit all kinds of people: young, old, men, women, rich and poor alike. It can be played for fun, to pass the time, for some extra cash, and of course for some serious amount of cash. However, recent studies suggest it can also be beneficial for one's health.

Poker Players

PTR Introduces Poker Coaches Comparison

November 21, 2010 at 5:56 PM |

PokerTableRatings.com launched a new page that lists active poker coaches from various sites. You can sort and compare them according to several statistics: their BB/100, earnings, number of hands played and the training site they are coaches of.

Lost & Found

Tips for Beginners: Kicker Strength

November 20, 2010 at 2:16 PM |

Kicker is by definition one of your hole cards “that does not itself take part in determining the rank of the hand, but that may be used to break ties between hands of the same rank.”

Online Poker

PokerStars Allows One Chinese Player per Cash Game Table

November 19, 2010 at 4:30 PM |

After a series of cheating scandals related to China-based players, PokerStars resorted to limiting the number of Chinese players allowed at the same time at their DoN SNG and cash game tables.

Poker Players

Tony G to Buy Eastgate's WSOP Bracelet for His Dog Zasko

November 19, 2010 at 3:30 PM |

"I have decided that I am going to buy Peter Eastgate’s WSOP Main Event winner’s bracelet." - as it reads on Tony G's blog. Though the PartyPoker pro does not want the piece of poker jewellery for himself, but his trusty German Shepherd, Zasko.

Poker Players

More Conspirators and FTP Involvement in the Tekintamgac Scandal

November 18, 2010 at 5:35 PM |

We already wrote about how Ali Tekintamgac and Perica Bukara and their associates cheated at the PPT Cannes, and how they might have done it, but there are some interesting developments in the case already.

Poker Rake Races

$50,000 Rake Race at Doyles Room This November

November 18, 2010 at 12:31 PM |

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

Poker Players

This is How Tekintamgac and Bukara May Have Cheated

November 17, 2010 at 7:01 PM |

Ali Tekintamgac, who was disqualified from the finale of PPT Cannes, along with Perica Bukara and Pokerb00m.eu bloggers, may have used a code system well known to cheaters.

Poker Humor

CR Promotion: The Ballad of Jackie Mayfair

November 17, 2010 at 5:14 PM |

CardRunners instructor John ’JimmyLegs’ Wray entertains us once again with one of his ingenious animations, this time honouring the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. The poem entitled The Ballad of Jackie Mayfair is by Jake ‘defenestrate’ Sapozhnikov.

Poker Rooms

AK Poker Club – Good to Know

November 17, 2010 at 3:12 PM |

This article provides a detailed description of the Italian EnetPoker network member AK Poker Club and its special regulations as regards its cash out system and a number of other issues. AK became renowned and popular for its relatively weak player pool.

Sportingbet Will Not Merge with Unibet

November 16, 2010 at 6:03 PM |

According to Sunday Times, Sportingbet and Unibet were reportedly working on a merger deal. The news is not surprising, it is a more and more common practice, which derives from the economic problems gambling firms face. However, the negotiations ended as Unibet announced its withdrawal.

Poker Players

Peter Eastgate Selling His WSOP Bracelet

November 16, 2010 at 2:01 PM |

Peter Eastgate, winner of the 2008 WSOP Main Event decided to put his bracelet up for auction at eBay, because it was "just lying around collecting dust," Eastgate said.

Poker Tournaments

Durrrr, Ivey, Juanda and Giang Cash Game Madness in Macau

November 15, 2010 at 5:56 PM |

Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, Chau Giang and John Juanda seem to have a good time playing against Chinese businessmen at some high stakes cash game tables in Macau. Phil Ivey won a $2 million pot there, according to some rumors.

Poker Rooms

ChiliPoker Enters US Market, FTP Withdraws from Washington

November 15, 2010 at 5:01 PM |

Europe-based online poker provider ChiliGaming has announced to enter the US market in early 2011. Meanwhile, Full Tilt Poker follows PokerStars  in withdrawing from the State of Washington in compliance with a recent State Supreme Court decision.

Poker Books

Hellmuth Releases Poker eBook Series

November 15, 2010 at 1:29 PM |

Phil Hellmuth, not just 11-time WSOP champion but also an accomplished author of poker bestsellers like “Play Poker Like the Pros” and “Read ’Em and Reap” now decided to publish again, but now exploiting the online market by releasing a series of eBooks.

Poker Rooms

Devilfish Poker Sold - Buyer Unknown

November 13, 2010 at 11:14 AM |

British poker bad boy, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott seems to have some major issues with his poker room, Devilfish Poker. The unofficial announcement at the Devilfish Gaming website says the virtual poker room has been sold to a buyer yet to remain unknown.

Poker Players

UB Signs Maria Ho

November 12, 2010 at 4:27 PM |

Poker pro Maria Ho has just signed a sponsorship contract with UB.com. In a press release, UB praises Ho as a person who “has established an impressive reputation as a successful high stakes cash game player in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, making her one of the few and youngest female players competing with poker’s elite in the biggest games.”

Loyalty Program Reviews

PartyPoker - VIP Club Review

November 12, 2010 at 2:24 PM |

Though PartyPoker does not give rakeback to its players, using their VIP system, it's easy to achieve 30-40% moneyback. Let's see how PartyPoker's loyalty system works.

Poker Rake Races

November Races at Rakerace.com

November 12, 2010 at 1:22 PM |

Among the exclusive races here at Rakerace.com, there are several worth joining even now, 12 days into the month. We have specific data available to present you the most profitable promotions.

Poker Videos

WSOP Final Table - If You Missed The Live Broadcast

November 11, 2010 at 5:45 PM |

If you missed out the live broadcast of the WSOP Main Event final table at ESPN3.com, now you can watch it. Thanks to PokerTube.com, now everybody can watch the most important moments in the form of this 100-minute video.

Poker Rooms

Tony G Backgrounds for Your PartyPoker Client

November 11, 2010 at 3:07 PM |

If you like Tony G, you might be interested in these custom backgrounds for PartyPoker online tables: you can have a classic black, a Lithuanian themed or a modern one.