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Greek Housewife To Go Pro After Winning 100 Billionth Hand

June 18, 2013 at 4:33 PM |

The Greek player Isidora Panagiotopoulou (microulis69) won $103,800 on Thursday at PokerStars. She intends to use some of it to become a professional poker player.

Poker Rake Races

New iPoker Race - Boylepoker Exclusive $7,500 Cash Race

June 17, 2013 at 7:23 PM |

Boylepoker offers an exclusive $7,500 cash race just for Rakerace.com players in the following 6 weeks. In addition to the private promotions, players are eligible for the $1,000 first deposit bonus, and using the room's VIP club, you can get up to 16-20% cashback.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP 2013 - Event #22 - Josh Pollock Wins $1,500 PLO

June 16, 2013 at 10:20 PM |

Day 3 of the WSOP Event #22 - $1,500 PLO tournament was held on Friday with 9 remaining players. WPT champion Noah Schwartz held the majority of the chips, 1,144,000.

Poker Movies

Bet Raise Fold - Online Poker Documentary Premieres in US

June 14, 2013 at 10:04 PM |

The newest documentary about online poker premiered in the United States on Wednesday evening with the participation of the creators and major poker industry participants such as Tom Dwan, Vanessa Selbst, Daniel Cates, Liv Boeree and Mike Sexton. The documentary will be available online from June 30.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP 2013 - Event #20 - Calen McNeil Wins Heads-Up

June 14, 2013 at 12:47 PM |

World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 Event #20 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8-or-Better did not conclude on Day 3, as scheduled. The final hands of the heads-up had to be postponed with Calen McNeil in about a three times lead over Can Kim Hua.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP 2013 - Remembering Jerry Buss

June 14, 2013 at 11:56 AM |

Basketball and poker legend Dr Jerry Buss passed this February. This year’s WSOP Event #23 $2,500 Seven Card Stud, his favourite game type, is dedicated to his memory with Kobe Bryant opening the tournament.

Poker Players

Ronaldo - Fenomeno with Footballs and Chips Alike

June 13, 2013 at 8:45 PM |

As we reported in April, the Brazilian football star joined PokerStars' team. The two times world champion now introduces his amazing skill with the...poker chips, apparently.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP 2013 - Event #20 Heads-Up Continues Today

June 13, 2013 at 5:52 PM |

The WSOP Event #20 - $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo tournament's 3rd day started on Wednesday with 22 players still battling for the bracelet. The 9-handed final table formulated on the 24th blind level (10,000/20,000).

Poker Rooms

Faster Deal, Shootouts, Rematch Introduced in iPoker Software Update

June 11, 2013 at 8:02 PM |

The iPoker Network rolls out a significant update to its software on Monday. Faster deal, Rematch option, Shootout and Heads-Up tournaments are on their way.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP 2013 - Event #15 - Tom Schneider Brings Home Third Bracelet

June 10, 2013 at 6:29 PM |

Mark Klecan led the 21 players, who returned on Day 3 of World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 Event #15 $1,500 HORSE, with 518,000 in chips. He also made it to the eight-handed Final Table.

Poker Rooms

Microgaming Switches HU Tables to Heads Up 8-Man Blaze

June 6, 2013 at 5:11 PM |

The Microgaming network has discontinued its conventional cash game heads-up tables, introducing the Heads Up 8-Man Blaze system. Players can play fast fold heads-up in pools of eight.

Online Poker

High Stakes May 2013 - Cottonseed1 the Biggest Winner

June 5, 2013 at 5:09 PM |

Kyle Hendon (cottonseed1) took the lead as the most profitable player in May with $1,491,247 profit. He is followed by Gus Hansen and Ben Tollerene (Bttech86) in the top 3.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP 2013 - Event #6 - Benny Chen Becomes Millionaire

June 5, 2013 at 12:31 PM |

Ten players returned on Day 4 of World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 Event #6 $1,500 NLHE Millionaire Maker to play it down to the winner.

$1,500 Exclusive Forex Race - June 5 - July 5

June 4, 2013 at 8:57 PM |

We are introducing a brand new forex trade promotion for the first time in the history of Rakerace.com. we offer $1,500 up for grabs to the top 5 players who achieve the highest profit percentages. Only players who register to the forex broker via Rakerace.com's link.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP 2013 - Event #3 - Charles Sylvestre Wins First $1,000 NLHE Event

June 3, 2013 at 12:37 PM |

38 players returned on Day 3 of World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 Event #3 $1,000 NLHE and they played it down all the way to the winner. The nine-handed final table was led by Ruben Ybarra with 2,250,000 in chips.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP 2013 - Event #1 - Chad Holloway Wins

June 1, 2013 at 3:35 PM |

Chad Holloway won the $84,915 first prize of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 Event #1 $500 Casino Employees NLHE in the nine-handed finale.

Poker Rake Races

Brand New Ongame Promotion - $4,000 Betsafe Cash Race - 1-30 June

May 31, 2013 at 7:14 PM |

Rakerace.com is delighted to announce a brand new Ongame skin in its portfolio: Betsafe offers in June a $4,000 pooled cash race, an excellent first deposit bonus, a VIP cashback program and massive central races!

Poker Rooms

PAF Poker Joins Microgaming

May 30, 2013 at 6:42 PM |

In addition to Ongame and IPN, PAF Poker moves on to offer the services of the Microgaming network as well.

Poker Rake Races

PAF Poker $5,000 Exclusive Cash Race - 1-30 June

May 28, 2013 at 7:15 PM |

Play in two different poker networks in one cash race! PAF Poker offers an exclusive $5,000 cash race in June, exclusively for players who register through Rakerace.com. The first prize is $1,200!

Poker Rake Races

Betsson €10,000 Microgaming Cash Race - 1-23 June

May 28, 2013 at 3:23 PM |

Betsson offers a $10,000 pooled cash race to Rakerace.com players in June as well. In addition to the cash race, the €1,000 Microgaming first deposit bonus, the 30% cashback as well as the central promotions provide great value to our players.

Poker Tournaments

Isildur1 Wins SCOOP Main Event

May 28, 2013 at 2:13 PM |

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom won the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) #43-H $10,300 NLHE Main Event. The Swedish pro took down the tournament for a $1,096,200 first prize. The medium stakes victory went to ‘nicofellow’ and the low stakes champion is ‘MLiz’.

Poker Tournaments

WPT Championship 2013 - Chino Rheem Wins Main Event, Lindgren Second

May 25, 2013 at 6:37 PM |

Chino Rheem took down his second World Poker Tour (WPT) victory after 2008, winning the Championship for $1,150,297.

Poker Tournaments

WPT Championship 2013 - Doc Sands Wins Super High Roller

May 24, 2013 at 4:22 PM |

David ‘Doc’ Sands won the $1,023,750 first prize in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship 2013 Super High Roller, defeating Joseph Cheoung heads-up.

Poker Rake Races

The Bet365 Cash Race is Back - $5,000 Up for Grabs in June

May 23, 2013 at 4:47 PM |

As part of the top tier iPoker network, Bet365 offers a $5,000 private cash race, exclusively for Rakerace.com players. 200% up to $1,000 first deposit bonus and a VIP club are also available.

Poker Tournaments

WPT Championship 2013 - Negreanu Is Final Table Bubble Boy

May 23, 2013 at 3:16 PM |

Cheno Rheem has the chiplead in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship Main Event final table and he is accompanied by Erick Lindgren and Jonathan Roy, among others. The Super High Roller finale is also set, with Joseph Cheong, Andrew Robl and Doc Sands at the table.

Poker Players

Shane Schleger, the "Shaniac" - A Peek Into the Life of an MTT Pro

May 22, 2013 at 8:14 PM |

PokerStars released a short film portraying Shane Schleger, PokerStars Team Online pro, who has amassed more than $3,7 million in online tournament winnings.

Poker Rake Races

PokerStars Ice & Fire - Play for Free at Sunday Storm or Hot Turbo tourneys

May 21, 2013 at 7:33 PM |

Players of select European countries can now get a free Sunday Storm or 5 free Hot Turbo tickets if they make their first deposits to PokerStars.

Table Ninja II Too Pricey for Players

May 21, 2013 at 3:40 PM |

Many players complain that the Table Ninja 2 software released in May is much more pricey due to the subsciption pricing model introduced.

Poker Girls

Gaelle Garcia Diaz - From Poker Pro to Playboy Model to EPT Presenter

May 21, 2013 at 2:02 PM |

Gaelle Garcia Diaz, the 25-year-old ex-Playmate from Brussels is one of the most attractive sights to see at a poker tournament table (or in it's vicinity). She's not only beautiful, she's also the official EPT presenter for PokerStars in Belgium and Spain, a sponsored PokerStars pro and a model as well.

Poker Pros Skrill Accounts Attempted to be Breached

May 20, 2013 at 6:43 PM |

A number of middle and high stakes regulars have reported via the 2p2 forum that their Moneybookers (Skrill) accounts have been attempted to be breached. At least two players lost funds to the scammers.