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A Week With Nick Schulman - MTV World of Jenks

October 14, 2010 at 5:14 PM |

American MTV's new documentary, World of Jenks followed the young poker pro, Nick Schulman through a week. You can watch the whole episode here, on RakeRace.

Bwin Now Offers Horseracing

October 14, 2010 at 2:25 PM |

Online sports betting company Bwin has added horseracing to its current lineup. At the newly launched Racebook.Bwin.com, you can now wager on European, Canadian and US races.

Poker Humor

Poker Pros Made into Video Game Characters

October 13, 2010 at 8:05 PM |

2+2 provides room for talents to exercise their creativity (and knowledge of Photoshop) from time to time – mostly at the expense of poker pros. After providing quite a number of humorous pictures of Viktor Blom, now it was time for the poker elite to become integral parts of the video game universe.

Poker Rooms

Full Tilt and Heavyweight Boxer Sign Contract

October 13, 2010 at 7:46 PM |

Full Tilt Poker has signed Audley Harrison, 38 years old British heavyweight boxer and title contender, who has two ITM finishes at the WSOP, a second place in the Bellagio Cup and a third at the Venetian Deep Stack.

Poker Tournaments

PokerHeaven €25,000 New Depositor’s Freeroll

October 13, 2010 at 6:42 PM |

PokerHeaven.com organises a €25,000 freeroll for newcomers and existing players who have never deposited before on Thursday 11th November at 19:30 GMT. Moreover, every participating player gets a real cash prize, with the winner taking €2,000 of the total prize pool.

Poker Tournaments

Chilipoker DeepStack Open Vienna Starts on 14 October

October 12, 2010 at 6:48 PM |

Vienna is known for the music, the beautiful architecture, the charming city and the beer of course. Chilipoker wants poker to occupy such an important role in the Austrian capital city's life, as they are hosting the next Deepstack Open there.

Poker Rake Races

$5,000 Betsson Exclusive Cash Race - Easy Money

October 12, 2010 at 4:24 PM |

Still playing for 27% rakeback at Full Tilt Poker? Are you sure you are at the right place? In this month's $5,000 exclusive race at Betsson Poker, you can now get an average of 50% cashback if you fight your way to the top 10. The third place can get you even 68%.

Poker Rake Races

PokerHeaven €60,000 Rake Race This October

October 12, 2010 at 2:55 PM |

Besides the €3,500 PokerHeaven & InterPoker Exclusive Rake Race, now all Rakerace.com members are eligible to participate in PokerHeaven's €60,000 race running from 10-31 October.

Poker Rake Races

Unibet Exclusive Loyalty Chase 1 - 30 Nov

October 12, 2010 at 1:59 PM |

In partnership with Unibet Poker, Rakerace.com is organizing an exclusive loyalty chase with guaranteed prizes. Only those players that register through Rakerace.com will be eligible to participate.

Poker Players

Doyle Brunson’s Thoughts on PHoF Nominees

October 11, 2010 at 7:30 PM |

After a well deserved break that lasted three weeks, Doyle Brunson returned to his blog and now he posts again regularly. In his latest entry, he shares his thoughts about the nominees of the upcoming Poker Hall of Fame ballot, taking place on 7th November. The induction of two new members into the Hall is going to be one of the 2010 WSOP Finale shows.

Poker Rooms

SwitchPoker - Play Poker on Your iPad or iPhone

October 11, 2010 at 7:13 PM |

If you ever wanted to play poker on your mobile phone, you just might be interested in the following news: SwitchPoker now offers real-money play, which is available on Apple mobile devices, such as the iPad, iPod Touch and the iPhone.

Poker Players

Maxim Lykov Also Joins Team PokerStars Pro

October 11, 2010 at 5:39 PM |

PokerStars is rather active signing newer and newer pros, signing with Liv Boeree almost 2 weeks ago, they revealed their latest addition to the elite Team PokerStars Pro, the russian pro player, Maxim Lykov.

Poker Players

Scott Montgomery Gets Robbed in a Restroom at Bellagio

October 11, 2010 at 4:49 PM |

Canadian Full Tilt Red Pro Scott Montgomery got robbed yesterday, on 10th October, in one of the restrooms of the Bellagio. He was forced to hand over $2,000.

Lost & Found

Poker Tells by Negreanu

October 10, 2010 at 5:08 PM |

If you want to better understand the tells in live poker, check this video out!

Poker Humor

PlusEV - A comic not to pass by

October 9, 2010 at 6:27 PM |

Bobby Crosby, writer of the PlusEV comics, is an internationally acclaimed comic writer, with a strong love for poker. His poker-related strips are very popular, as he introduces us to the life of an average American family, whose head, the father is a poker player.