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Betfred Poker $5,000 Exclusive Cash Race 1 – 31 August

July 28, 2011 at 12:08 PM |

The Betfred Poker cash race goes on in August here at Rakerace.com! In July, the top 3 players got an average of 57% moneyback. The room that is part of the iPoker Network continues to offer a $5,000 private cash race in August only for Rakerace.com players! Moreover, you are also eligible for the exceptional first deposit bonus and the room’s VIP membership.

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ESPN Coverage of WSOP Main Event Is a Success

July 27, 2011 at 4:29 PM |

ESPN has released the statistics on their coverage of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event. The number of viewers doubled compared to last year’s data.

Poker Rake Races

PokerHeaven Exclusive €1,500 Top 7 Rake Race in August

July 27, 2011 at 1:45 PM |

Be in the Top 7 players in August and win! In cooperation with PokerHeaven.com, Rakerace.com organises the exclusive €1,500 rake race between August 1-31 in which only those registering via Rakerace.com are eligible to participate. Only the top 7 players will be rewarded! In addition to the rake race offer, PokerHeaven.com provides a €1,000 deposit bonus and 30% rakeback, not to mention the room's central promotion.

Poker Rake Races

InterPoker Exclusive €5,000 Rake Race in August!

July 27, 2011 at 12:17 PM |

For fans of the Boss network, Rakerace.com and InterPoker continue to offer their exclusive rake race with a prize pool of €5,000! The rake race is available to those who registered to InterPoker via our site's link. The promotion runs between August 1-31. Besides the race, you are also eligible for the €1,000 first deposit bonus and the 30% rakeback.

Poker Rooms

AGCC Hearing - Negotiations in Private, No Investors Present

July 26, 2011 at 7:11 PM |

Full Tilt Poker's AGCC hearing is underway in London, Victoria Park Plaza Hotel, but not publicly as it was announced, Full Tilt lawyers managed to take the case private. Full Tilt Poker owes AGCC £250,000 in license fees, and wants to adjourn the hearing, as they are still in talks with their alleged investors.

Poker Players

Galfond Joins Cole South - Moves to Canada

July 26, 2011 at 2:15 PM |

Phil 'OMGClayAiken' Galfond, one of the most popular online poker players and instructors, cash game specialist thought it was time to get back to his beloved online poker; according to his recent tweet, he moved to Canada to be able to play.

Poker Videos

The Big Game Season 2 Week 4 - Italian Week

July 25, 2011 at 2:52 PM |

The Big Game is back with the fourth week in a row, and after a week with Jared Huggins (who was totalled by Cassavetes) it's an international week at PokerStars. Two Italian, a French and threee american players face each other at the state-of-the-art poker table.

Poker Videos

Poker Fight in the Bellagio

July 25, 2011 at 2:13 PM |

In the footage below, we can see players having a fierce quarrel at Bobby's Room in the Bellagio. Michael Mizrachi appears and calms the gentlemen down. Nobody got hurt, but judging from the amount of swearwords heard in the 36-second video, there easily could have been a couple of punches, hadn't Mizrachi saved the day.

Poker Legislation

Full Tilt Poker Players Petition - fulltiltscrewed.me

July 22, 2011 at 3:47 PM |

A new website has been launched, under the name fulltiltscrewed.me. The owners of the site are encouraging those who have their bankroll stuck on Full Tilt to sign their petition.

Poker Rooms

Ongame Opens to Mobile Market - Bwin Launches Android Client

July 22, 2011 at 3:14 PM |

Bwin has been offering an iPhone client to their Austrian and British customers, but now they opened up to an even bigger market: they released their client for Android smarthphones as well, which is available to all Bwin customers all around the world.

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2011 WSOP November Nine Odds Are Out

July 21, 2011 at 1:43 PM |

The final nine of the 2011 WSOP Main Event has just been set, but the bookmakers have already prepared their odds for the November Niners. You can now bet on the winner or the top two finishers legally at online sportsbooks.

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WSOP Main Event: We Have a November Nine

July 20, 2011 at 3:51 PM |

For the first time ever in the history of World Series of Poker Main Events, a Czech player, Martin Staszko, is on the final table; what is more, he is in the chiplead with 40,175,000 in chips. The November Nine also includes American pros Ben ‘benba’ Lamb and Phil ‘USCphildo’ Collins.

Poker Videos

The Big Game Season 2 Week 3 - With Jared Huggins

July 20, 2011 at 10:42 AM |

The third week of the PokerStars Big Game has been released to PokerStars.tv. This week's loose cannon is the highly anticipated Jared Huggins, the homeless poker player, who was helped by Daniel Negreanu and the whole poker community to be on the show. But can he change his life?

Poker Rooms

PokerStars Milestone on the Horizon: Hand #65 Billion

July 19, 2011 at 1:07 PM |

The PokerStars Road to 100 Billion promotion is soon to hit its next milestone. Celebrating the 65 billionth hand dealt, about $1 million is expected to be given to the lucky players.

Poker Tournaments

Ben Lamb is Best Player at the WSOP

July 18, 2011 at 4:15 PM |

PLO champion Ben Lamb is still competing in the Main Event, and with his current results he has overtaken Phil Hellmuth on the Player of the Year (POY) leaderboard.