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Chocolate Poker $10,000 Rake Race This December

In partnership with Chocolate Poker, Rakerace.com is organising a rake race with a whopping $10,000 on offer this December.

Online Poker Traffic Decline?

2009 was a great year for online poker, Full Tilt Poker reached an all-time high concerning traffic. The site produced an astonishing annual growth rate of 110%. PokerStars was also doing very well with nearly 50% growth. The market overall had increased 40% in the preceding year. However, so far it seems only PokerStars was able to produce 3% growth, other rooms are in the red.

Eastgate's Bracelet Sold for $147,500

Today the auction on Peter Eastgate's 2008 WSOP Main Event bracelet has ended, the highest bid was $147,500. The identity of the buyer is yet unknown.

Betsson Exclusive $5,000 Cash Race (1-31 December)

In the last month of this year, Rakerace.com again organizes a $5,000 exclusive cash race at Betsson! To sweeten the deal the outstanding First Deposit Bonus and VIP Club is still up for grabs and offers a unique opportunity for the players of the Ongame Network to earn some extra cash.

New WPT Events in Europe

World Poker Tour released the dates of two new, televised events for Season IX. WPT Venice and WPT Vienna, both presented by PartyPoker, will be held 3rd – 8th February and 25th – 29th March 2011, respectively. Moreover, the first WPT National Series event takes place in Paris.

ESPN Inside Deal - Jonathan Duhamel Interview

Jonathan Duhamel hasn't given too many interviews since he became a WSOP Main Event champion. Now he joined Laura Lane and Andrew Feldman in ESPN's Inside Deal. He talks about how he felt when he won the final table, what his plans are with the near $9 million prize, and much more. Enjoy!

Thanksgiving with Chocolate Poker

Chocolate Poker offers a Thanksgiving promotion: after every $500 deposited via Moneybookers, you get a Tournament Ticket worth $50.

Poker Roundtable - Knowing When to Quit

This week's strategy article is a video from the Poker Roundtable series of Full Tilt Poker. Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson and Layne Flack talk about the issue of when and how to quit a poker game. If you have issues with losing lots when you are on tilt, listen to the pros, they might give you some pieces of good advice.

Beth Shak's Luxurious Home - Pictures

Beth Shak is among the most successful female poker players, and among the most beautiful, too. Now she let the reporters of Luxist.com into her Pennsylvania home.

Moneybookers Rebrands as Skrill

Moneybookers, the favourite eWallet and online payment system of Rakerace.com gets a facelift soon. The service will be rebranded as Skrill, and will get serious new features and payment facilities in the near future.

Controversial News from Macau

As we already reported, Tom 'durrrr' Dwan and his fellow poker pros are playing against Chinese businessmen at the cash game tables of Macau. The game broke last night, and the pros head back home, supposedly with lots of cash on them.

EPT Barcelona Launches Today

PokerStars European Poker Tour Season 7 has arrived to Barcelona, where the main event starts today, on 22nd November, 2010. The buy-in for the event that lasts until 27th November is €5,300.

Harrah’s IPO Cancelled

According to a company statement, WSOP rights owner Harrah’s Entertainment withdrew its initial public offering announced only two weeks ago. Bankers say the $15-$17 for the shares was “too high a price given [Harrah’s] prospects and circumstances.”

Phil Hellmuth Meets Bill Clinton - Beer Showoff

After some fun video, here's another less than serious news: In his latest blog post, Phil Hellmuth, UB pro, besides many interesting stuff, writes about his meeting with Bill Clinton that took place this August. Phil was invited to Bill Clinton's Charity event in Lexington, Kentucky.

Two and a Half Men – How to Play a Full House?

A short extract taken from the series “Two and a Half Men,” starring Charlie Sheen, in which Jake assists Charlie in earning some money. A little humour to cheer you up in Monday morning.
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