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Durrrr Challenges Resuming Soon?

November 10, 2010 at 6:07 PM |

According to his blog, Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan is back from Europe and almost finished shooting the upcoming episodes of the show Poker after Dark, as well as ready to continue his two challenges, both went silent quite a while ago.

Poker Players

Poker Community Congratulates Duhamel

November 10, 2010 at 3:57 PM |

As we noted, Jonathan Duhamel won the 2010 WSOP Main Event, taking home $8.9 million after defeating John Racener HU in 43 hands. The social media was soon full with congratulations and reactions from poker pros; here is a short compilation of these.

Casinos

Boardwalk Empire Themed Casino to Open in Atlantic City

November 9, 2010 at 5:22 PM |

If you like the 1920's era, or just in love with HBO's hit show, the "Boardwalk Empire", you will love this news. Atlantic City Resorts will adopt a 1920's theme in one of their casinos by December this year.

Lost & Found

Multi-Table Poker Tournament Coaching Video by Jeremy Menard

November 9, 2010 at 3:29 PM |

Jeremy Menard is one of today's best MTT players winning more than $2 million at online tournaments so far. He is also a multi-table tournament coach at DragTheBar. In this video he shows you his way of thinking at a $500 PartyPoker tournament.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP Main Event - Jonathan Duhamel is the New Champion

November 9, 2010 at 12:59 PM |

Jonathan Duhamel, 23-year-old Canadian player has won the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. He played very well, exploited his huge chip lead and defeated John Racener for $8,944,310 in prize money.

The Cube - Handy Poker Gadget?

November 8, 2010 at 6:19 PM |

Has it ever come to you that due to some less than perfect hole card viewing techinque other players might see your cards and take advantage of you? If so, The Cube is for you. This little device helps you view your cards securely, and is also a convenient picture holder.

Poker Players

Pokerb00m.eu Goes down after Tekintamgac Scandal

November 8, 2010 at 5:59 PM |

WPT Barcelona winner Ali Tekintamgac got disqualified from the PPT Cannes main event final table, under suspicion that Pokerb00m.eu bloggers helped him achieve his 4th place in the event. The site is currently “under maintenance.”

Poker Tournaments

Duhamel Vs. Racener - Final Heads-Up Coming Up

November 8, 2010 at 2:25 PM |

After all other finalist were eliminated in Sunday's WSOP Main Event final table, Jonathan Duhamel will face John Racener in the heads-up. Duhamel is in an enormous chip lead, he has over 180 million chips against Racener's 30 million.

Moneybookers - Rakerace.com's Favourite Online Wallet

November 7, 2010 at 6:03 PM |

Some of you have asked us which e-wallet we think is worth it to sign up to. We decided to write an article about it rather than answer to all of you. With the introduction of the Security Token (a physical device designed to increase log in security) Moneybookers is our favourite when it comes to online wallets.

Poker Videos

Banned PokerStars Commercial - Play Online Poker, It's Safer

November 7, 2010 at 2:36 PM |

You are not going to believe this. PokerStars (that's right, the largest poker site in the world) released this commercial recently. Almost instantly they removed it, but it was already too late. It's very successful at YouTube at the moment, PokerStars tries to remove all of the uploads, but we all know it's futile.

Lost & Found

Poker Odds and Outs

November 6, 2010 at 4:42 PM |

It is crucial knowing your odds in poker. We often find ourselves in a situation where our hand is not complete yet, but there is a good chance that it will become better, even to be the nuts on the turn or the river. But what are the exact chances of this happening?

Poker Tournaments

WSOP Final Table Live Coverage at ESPN

November 5, 2010 at 6:01 PM |

As we previously posted, the WSOP Main Event final table starts tomorrow. However, you don't have to wait for the TV show to see the action itself. Starting from this year, ESPN will broadcast the event live (with a 5 minute delay) on their website.

Poker Rooms

Anonymous Tables, Rabbit Hunt and Show a Card at PartyPoker

November 5, 2010 at 5:24 PM |

PartyPoker has updated the client software, and with it there came some new functions as well. Their main purpose seems to be to draw more weak players to the room, obviously to increase their profit.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP 2010 Final Table Kicks Off Tomorrow

November 5, 2010 at 11:59 AM |

The day every poker player have waited for since July is now finally here. The World Series of Poker Final Table starts tomorrow at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas. The 9 finalist players will battle for the amazing $8,944,138 main prize, which one them will win on November 9.

Poker Players

Huggins is Closer to the Big Game

November 4, 2010 at 2:53 PM |

Here's a little update to Jared Huggins' story: the unlucky but forever optimistic, once homeless poker player have now uploaded his audition video for the PokerStars Big Game show. If he receives enough votes, he can easily be the loose cannon in the largest poker site's hit tv show.