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Funniest Moments of Poker (Part 11): Laak Had it Coming

April 27, 2011 at 12:11 PM |

In the 11th part of our Funniest Moments of Poker series, Phil Laak plays heads-up against Jason Mercier. They get all-in, and Phil Laak challenges fortuna. But does it work out for him?

Poker Tournaments

EPT San Remo Kicks Off Today

April 27, 2011 at 10:32 AM |

The last regular stop before the Grand Final in Madrid, the San Remo main event of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Season 7 begins today, on April 27.

Poker Rooms

PokerStars Begins Cashout for US Players

April 27, 2011 at 10:05 AM |

Yesterday at around 4 p.m. PokerStars sent out an email to its U.S. players in which the poker company explains that cash outs are now available.

Poker Rake Races

InterPoker €5,000 Exclusive Rake Race this May

April 27, 2011 at 7:50 AM |

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 May 1-31. Besides the race, you are also eligible for the €1,000 first deposit bonus and the 30% rakeback.

Poker Players

Out with the Old in with the New Grinders

April 26, 2011 at 11:23 AM |

While the Dang brothers are contemplating their retirement from online poker, a few new names appeared at the high stakes tables and won big in the last few days.

Poker Videos

High Stakes Poker Episode 8

April 26, 2011 at 10:42 AM |

There was a bit of a delay with the 8th episode of High Stakes Poker, GSN still hasn't released it to its website, but PokerTube already has the newest, which you can now watch in its entirety right here, on Rakerace.com.

HSP Changes Sponsor to US Play Money Site

April 26, 2011 at 9:17 AM |

As a result of the Black Friday, PokerStars has ceased sponsoring High Stakes Poker, however, the show must go on: the only legal U.S. poker room, Gold Strike Poker announced they would replace PokerStars as the show's main sponsor.

Online Poker

SuperStar Showdown: Blom Wins Against Online Qualifier Mastermixus

April 25, 2011 at 12:57 PM |

Following two multi-turn sessions against Daniel Negreanu and Scott ’urnotindangr’ Palmer, Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom once again played against an online qualifier player in last Sunday’s SuperStar Showdown. He finished up $1,279, facing Polish ‘Mastermixus.’

Poker Players

NeverScaredB - EPT Winner Who Almost Quit Poker

April 22, 2011 at 12:31 PM |

Ben 'NeverScaredB' Willinofsky is an online poker pro, but live tournaments didn't bring too much luck to him during his career. He posted a desperate 5000th post on a poker forum saying he'll quit online poker. 2 weeks later, he won the EPT Berlin Main Event.

Poker Legislation

Absolute Poker and UB Issues Statement

April 22, 2011 at 9:24 AM |

Absolute Poker and UB, members of the Cereus Poker Network have finally issued a statement concerning the indictment of the US Department of Justice. They haven't commented on the legal action so far, but now they ensured their users that their main priority is to refund the balances to the players.

Lost & Found

Useful Micro Limit Poker Tips for Beginners - Part 3

April 21, 2011 at 12:07 PM |

This is the third part of the poker ebook written by the two Hungarian poker professionals, kocka21 and mrj.

Casinos

Another Las Vegas Casino Robbery Attempt

April 21, 2011 at 10:55 AM |

We are happy to announce that we have a piece of non-Black-Friday-related news: a man attempted to rob the Las Vegas Stratosphere yesterday. He tried to steal chips, but after confronting an employee, he fled empty handed. The suspect is still on the run.

Online Poker

US Poker Pros Thinking of Moving

April 21, 2011 at 10:02 AM |

After the U.S. Department of Justice banned U.S. players from the 4 major poker sites, many online pros who made their living out of poker are considering new alternatives.

Poker Rake Races

April Promotions: PointPoker and NoiQ Poker Analysis

April 21, 2011 at 9:15 AM |

In case you are considering moving to a Europe-based room, the two Entraction sites here at Rakerace.com might be good choices. It is easy at both to reach high finishes in the private races, which means you are this close to get extraordinary moneyback.

Poker Legislation

FTP & PokerStars Get Domains Back

April 20, 2011 at 1:40 PM |

ESPN's Twitter revealed that Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars made an agreement with the US Attorney's Office to "facilitate return of U.S. player funds."