Latest poker news

Rakerace.com SCOOP Madness - Win SCOOP Tickets for $1

April 19, 2012 at 7:30 PM |

Rakerace.com offers a great opportunity to players who register to PokerStars via our site. In addition to the prize pool for the $1 tournaments, PokerStars grants you 32 SCOOP tickets worth $2,000 in total.

Poker Legislation

AGCC Holds Public Hearing in the Full Tilt Poker Case

April 19, 2012 at 6:12 PM |

The Alderney Gambling Control Commission will hold a hearing on the 3rd May, examining the lincence request of Orinic Limited, owned by Full Tilt Poker.

Online Poker

PokerTableRatings Does not Take up Fight with PokerStars

April 19, 2012 at 4:04 PM |

After PokerStars issued a Cease and Desist order to PokerTableRatings, the data mining site deleted all information on PokerStars players from their main page.

Poker Rooms

New Full Tilt Limited Introduced

April 18, 2012 at 7:33 PM |

Laurent Tapie and Prosper Jerémy Masquelier are now appointed director and deputy director, respectively, of New Full Tilt Limited in Dublin, Ireland.

Online Poker

PokerStars Declares War on Poker Table Ratings

April 17, 2012 at 1:40 PM |

PokerStars, the largest poker room on the planet sent a Cease and Desist letter to the online data-miner site Poker Table Ratings, as they infringe the intellectual property rights and breach the terms and conditions of PokerStars, reports PokerFuse.

Poker Rake Races

81% Return in the MyBet Race

April 16, 2012 at 8:10 PM |

Midway through the month, it gradually becomes clearer which races are especially worth joining. The exclusive MyBet Poker $5,000 cash race is definitely one of them with an average return of 81% in April.

Poker Movies

Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake to Star in Runner, Runner

April 16, 2012 at 7:33 PM |

“Rounders” writers David Levien and Brian Koppelmann are working on the script for “Runner, Runner”. Shooting may start as early as this summer.

Poker Tournaments

Eureka Croatia - Alija Filipovic Wins Main Event

April 15, 2012 at 5:20 PM |

The €1,100 main event at the Croatian stop of the Eureka Poker Tour started on the 11th April. The 178 entrants on the first day made the prize pool €178,000, with the winner taking home a massive €42,700.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP Big One - 30 Players Already Registered for the $1,000,000 Event

April 13, 2012 at 6:56 PM |

Erik Seidel and Justin Smith are also among the ones taking part in the $1,000,000 event, to be organized for the first time at the WSOP. 

Poker Videos

Daniel's new Weekly Rant

April 13, 2012 at 6:27 PM |

The latest Weekly Rant by Daniel Negreanu is up on the Internet. In this episode, he talks about his trip to Ireland, Phil Ivey, Epic Poker League and much more.

Poker Rooms

Unibet Purchases Bet24

April 12, 2012 at 5:54 PM |

Unibet has officially announced the purchase of Nodric Betting Ltd, also known as Bet24, for €13.5 million.

Poker Tournaments

Ivey and Durrrr in the Greatest Buy-in Tournament in Asia Ever

April 11, 2012 at 6:48 PM |

As a side event to the Asian Poker Tour Philippines Main Event, the HKD 1,000,000 Manila Millions Super High Roller will be held on 20 April.

Poker Tournaments

PartyPoker Premier League V - Battle of Giants in the Final

April 11, 2012 at 6:29 PM |

Durrrr, jungleman12, Sam Trickett, Patrik Antonius, Phil Laak, Tony G, Scott Seiver and Matthew Frankland formed the final table of PartyPoker Premier League V.

Poker Rake Races

Crazy Returns in the Point Poker Race

April 11, 2012 at 2:41 PM |

It is not too late to join the €2,000 exclusive Point Poker rake race, ending 15 April. You can reach up to 100% return after your generated rake, or even more!

Skrill (Moneybookers) 1% Cashback for Rakerace.com Players

April 10, 2012 at 7:01 PM |

Skrill (Moneybookers) and Rakerace.com have created an exclusive promotion for our honored players: you will receive 1% cashback from the e-wallet for a 30-day period. 