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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.

Online Poker

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.

Online Poker

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.

Lost & Found

Useful Micro Limit Poker Tips for Beginners - Part 2

March 19, 2011 at 12:37 PM |

This is the second part of the poker ebook written by 'kocka21' and 'mrj', two professional Hungarian poker players. You can read the first part here.

Poker Players

Andrew Robl Offers Cage Fight Challenge

March 18, 2011 at 12:27 PM |

If you happen to a beginner MMA fighter and might want to beat Andrew Robl, and not in the poker sense, you might be in luck this time. The young pro blogged that he has been practicing "Jiu Justi" for some time and he takes challengers to fight him in a cage fight.

Poker Tournaments

WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Final Table Set with Matusow, Sexton and Rajkumar

March 18, 2011 at 10:16 AM |

The World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament in San Jose, California has came down to the final table; 6 players will sit down for the $1,000,000 first prize tomorrow at 4 P.M. 4 well-known pros have been able to make it to the best six this time: Mike Matusow, Mike Sexton, Vivek Rajkumar and Steven Kelly.

Poker Rooms

Rake Race Analysis - Point Poker and NoiQ Poker

March 17, 2011 at 1:13 PM |

Both of our partners in the Entraction Network, Point Poker and NoiQ Poker offer very good moneyback promotions this March; now is the time to play. You can get 77% rakeback in Point Poker and 99% rakeback in NoiQ Poker's rake race.

Lost & Found

Useful Micro Limit Poker Tips for Beginners - Part 1

March 17, 2011 at 12:59 PM |

This ebook has been written by two Hungarian poker professionals, kocka21 and mrj,  and is a compilation of tips and advice for beginner poker players trying to make that essential move to take poker seriously. Rakerace.com will make this ebook available for free, periodically sharing parts of it, starting today. 

Poker Movies

Hitting the Nuts Soon Available on DVD

March 17, 2011 at 11:30 AM |

In case you missed it, the most recent poker movie is about to be released on DVD. It has won numerous film festivals all over the United States, and was considered a huge success. If you haven't been able to see it yet, you can buy it from April 15 on DVD.

Poker Players

Daniel Cates Believes Isildur Uses 'martonas' Nick?

March 17, 2011 at 9:37 AM |

Apparently Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates believes the Swedish 'martonas' to be just another alias for PokerStars' pro, Viktor 'isildur1' Blom. Martonas plays on Full Tilt Poker, this is why it's a sensitive issue Cates raised.