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No Full Tilt Pros in High Stakes Poker Season 7?

December 13, 2010 at 1:16 PM |

Full Tilt Poker is considering not letting their sponsored pros participate in the upcoming season of High Stakes Poker. They do not want to have their players in a PokerStars-owned TV show.

Poker Humor

The 5 Funniest Poker Twitter Pages

December 12, 2010 at 1:04 PM |

It's not easy to be funny in 140 characters, but some of the poker players manage to be, apparently. The 6th Annual BLUFF Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards revealed whose tweets the Bluff Magazine's readers find the most entertaining.

Poker Movies

Poker Comedy by Creators of ’Weeds’

December 11, 2010 at 6:02 PM |

Showtime’s comedy ’Weeds’ creator Jenji Kohan, together with executive producer Matthew Salsberg, is now working on a new series revolving around poker, ‘Whales.’

Poker Players

Isildur1 Being Himself as a PokerStars Pro

December 10, 2010 at 4:12 PM |

Isildur1, the Swedish ultra-aggressive player started out his PokerStars carreer being absolutely himself: He won $287,500 in a 14-hour session, but today he almost lost all of it to Phil Galfond.

Poker Tournaments

Esfandiari Wins WPT Five Diamond Classic

December 10, 2010 at 1:28 PM |

Antonio Esfandiari won the $10,300 World Poker Tour Five Diamond Classic Main Event, beating Andrew Robl heads-up. Esfandiari earned $870,000 along with his second WPT title.

Online Poker

Durrrr Challenge 2: Durrrr Wins $172,000 More

December 9, 2010 at 4:07 PM |

Yesterday the two young poker pros, Tom 'durrrr' Dwan and Daniel 'Jungleman' Cates continued their epic battle called the Durrrr Challenge 2. During the 1,440 hands, Dwan managed to win $172,000.

Poker Rake Races

€2,000 PokerHeaven Rake Race - Wake Up!

December 9, 2010 at 1:19 PM |

PokerHeaven's exclusive rake race is one of our best offers this month. Besides the 30% fix rakeback, our users can achieve 70% moneyback.

Lost & Found

Tips for Beginners: Expected Value

December 8, 2010 at 3:10 PM |

A probability term, Expected Value (EV) is “an averaged out result of a given action over time.” EV should become of more and more importance in your play as you gain experience. Ultimately, you definitely want to go for +EV.

Online Poker

Durrrr Challenge 2: Jungleman Wins, Durrrr Tries New Strategy

December 8, 2010 at 1:56 PM |

Durrrr and jungleman12 continued their Challenge with another short session. Jungleman won, adding $110,000 to his profit that now stands at around $755,000 in total.

Poker Humor

Phil Hellmuth Breaks into the Mobile Industry with a Horrible Ad

December 7, 2010 at 7:00 PM |

It is common knowledge among poker players that Phil Hellmuth always likes to show off and would never leave out an occasion to be in the spotlight.

Poker Humor

The Funniest Moments of Poker (Part 1): Scotty Nguyen Drunk

December 7, 2010 at 6:13 PM |

This article marks the start of a brand new series here at Rakerace.com, in which we will highlight some of the funniest moments in the history of poker, one every week.

Poker Players

Isildur1 signed up to Team PokerStars Pro

December 7, 2010 at 4:43 PM |

That's right, the rumors were true, Isildur1 has indeed signed up with a major poker room, but not just any, but the largest, PokerStars. His identity remains unknown.

Poker Legislation

Online Poker in America Could Be Legalized Next Week

December 7, 2010 at 4:12 PM |

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his team are struggling to pass the law that would legalize, license and regulate online poker in the United States, by the end of next week.

Poker Players

Duhamel Nominated for Canadian Athlete of the Year

December 7, 2010 at 1:28 PM |

This year's WSOP Main Event winner Jonathan Duhamel is between the 16 nominees for the 2010 Canadian Athlete of the Year. In the first round he competes with the Tesse Virtue/Scott Moir Olympic champion ice dance couple for the top 8.

Poker Players

Cristiano Ronaldo Playing Heads-Up Against Jungleman12 and Antonius

December 6, 2010 at 4:31 PM |

The Portuguese soccer player, Cristiano Ronaldo appears to have been playing poker on Full Tilt Poker against Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates and Patrik Antonius.