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Point Poker €2,000 Exclusive Rake Race - 1-30 April

March 29, 2011 at 10:30 AM |

Point Poker, a poker room belonging to the Entraction Network offers Rakerace.com players with a €2,000 exclusive rake race. Besides the rake race, a €1,000 sign-up bonus and rakeback are also available at Point Poker.

Poker Rake Races

PokerHeaven Exclusive €1,500 Top 5 Rake Race, April

March 29, 2011 at 7:34 AM |

Be a Top 5 player in April and win! In cooperation with PokerHeaven.com, Rakerace.com organises an exclusive €1,500 rake race from April 1-30 in which only those registering via Rakerace.com are eligible to participate. Only the top 5 players will be rewarded! In addition to the rake race offer, PokerHeaven.com provides a €1,000 deposit bonus and 30% rakeback.

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Durrrr Challenge: Is the "Portuguese Poker Prodigy” Next?

March 28, 2011 at 1:13 PM |

There has been an interesting conversation going on between Jose ‘Girah’ Macedo and Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan on Twitter. It would seem that the 18-year-old prodigy is to take on the challenge.

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SuperStar Showdown: KidPoker Strikes Back

March 28, 2011 at 12:01 PM |

Daniel Negreanu won the latest instalment of the SuperStar Showdown on Sunday, March 27. Although it seemed for long Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom would once again annihilate him, the Canadian pro managed to crawl back and eventually win with a profit of $26,500.

Poker Players

Andrew Robl Scared - Backs Out of Cage Fight Challenge

March 25, 2011 at 1:52 PM |

As we reported 2 days ago, a Hungarian poker pro accepted Andrew Robl's cage fight challenge he posted on his blog on March 16. Apparently Mr. Robl was too scared of the Hungarian, and wants to play against high stakes players he knows. We all know why.

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Eugene Katchalov Joins Team PokerStars Pro

March 24, 2011 at 1:50 PM |

Eugene Katchalov, winner of the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller event, now joins the room’s Team Pro. Considering only his top achievements, that is, winning a WPT event as well as a WCOOP bracelet in addition to the PCA Super High Roller championship, it is not surprising the room wanted to have him as a member.

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Phil Ivey - How I'm Spending My Day

March 24, 2011 at 10:28 AM |

Phil Ivey is tweeting again. He used to have a Twitter account since April, 2009, but he hasn't used it much. Now he posted that he's starting to use the service once again. He also posted some proof of his identity.

Poker Interviews

Jose 'Girah' Macedo Interview by PokerStatic

March 24, 2011 at 9:14 AM |

There's a new gun in town. The portuguese wonder kid, Jose Macedo, who turned €30 into millions has now stepped out of the darkness and talked to Bret Oliverio and Eric Bickel about his carreer on PokerStatic.com.

Poker Rake Races

Purple Lounge $1,000 Exclusive Warm-up Race

March 23, 2011 at 1:19 PM |

Our team at Rakerace.com is proudly presenting a brand new poker room to play and receive rakeback at: Purple Lounge. As a part of the Microgaming network, Purple Lounge is holding a 10-day introductionary rake race with $1,000 up for grabs. Only registered Rakerace.com members can take part in the promotion.

Poker Players

Hungarian Poker Pro Accepts ’good2cu’ Cage Challenge

March 23, 2011 at 10:33 AM |

High stakes pro Andrew ’ good2cu’ Robl has lately offered a cage fight challenge on his blog, scheduled during this year’s WSOP in Las Vegas. Hungarian poker pro ’d0npelo’ answers the call.

Zynga Chip Hacker Sentenced to Prison

March 23, 2011 at 8:50 AM |

Ashley Mithcell, UK hacker, who stole 400BN Zynga chips has been sentenced to two years in prison for his crimes, and extra 30 weeks, as he ran afoul of a 40-week suspended sentence for hacking into the local council's computers in 2008.

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Isildur Already Lost Negreanu's Money

March 22, 2011 at 11:04 AM |

Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom logged a long session yesterday at PokerStars. He played against Daniel Cates, but he had one of the fiercer fights against the French Full Tilt Poker pro Rui Cao, who earned $257,441 that day, mostly won from Blom, who lost a $208,518.

Poker Tournaments

WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Won by Alan Sternberg

March 22, 2011 at 7:47 AM |

Although there were 4 pros at the final table, the "amateur" prevailed: Alan Sternberg took the the 2011 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star event down in San Jose, California. The winner took $1,039,000 of cash with him besides the WPT bracelet and the trophy.

Poker Videos

High Stakes Poker Season 7 Episode 4

March 21, 2011 at 1:50 PM |

The fourth part of the 7th season of GSN’s High Stakes Poker is now out at PokerTube.com – and also here at Rakerace.com. This latest episode features some serious action all right, including several pots of well over $100,000 and one even reaching $220,000. One of the highlights of the evening was Vanessa Selbst’s and Antonio Esfandiari’s “battle of flush draws,” so to speak.

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SuperStar Showdown: Blom Beats Negreanu

March 21, 2011 at 12:09 PM |

Daniel Negreanu never stood a chance against Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom in last Sunday’s SuperStar Showdown: the Swede pro won the Canadian’s full $150,000 challenge bankroll in 1,439 hands.