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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.

Poker Players

Doyle Brunson Not Playing at WSOP This Year

May 16, 2013 at 2:24 PM |

79-year old Doyle Brunson tweeted he is not going to participate in this year's World Series of Poker; he says he is afraid he finally has to give in to Father Time.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Grand Final Super High Roller - Altergott Wins, Mercier Runner-up

May 16, 2013 at 12:02 PM |

Max Altergott won the European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 €100,000 Super High Roller event for €1,746,400. Jason Mercier, who held the lead from the beginning almost till the end, finished 2nd for €1,115,700.

Poker Players

Gus Hansen Crawls Back with $1.5 Million Session

May 16, 2013 at 10:00 AM |

One of this year’s biggest online high stakes loser so far, Gus Hansen managed to pull himself together and won a total of $1.5 million on FLO8 and 27TD tables earlier this week. His payday was sponsored by Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom and Alex ‘PostflopAction’ Kostritsyn, above all.

Poker Rake Races

Secret UB Scandal Recordings Surface - Hellmuth Releases Statement

May 13, 2013 at 8:06 PM |

UltimateBet's former programmer Travis Makar released a recording, which reveals several details of the UltimateBet superuser cheating.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 - Steve O’Dwyer Wins

May 13, 2013 at 5:24 PM |

Steve O’Dwyer won the European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo Grand Final Main Event. The Irish pro scooped in a first prize of €1,224,000.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 - Day 4 Live Stream

May 10, 2013 at 5:15 PM |

34 players resumed playing today at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 Main Event Day 4. Watch the live stream here at Rakerace.com.

Poker Rooms

PokerStars Celebrates 100 Billionth Hand with $5M Up for Grabs

May 10, 2013 at 11:30 AM |

The PokerStars Road to 100 Bliion promotion is nearing its end. Winner of the 100 billionth hand gets at least $100,000.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 - Day 1B Results, Day 2 Live Stream

May 8, 2013 at 5:30 PM |

LAPT Brazil champion Victor Sbrissa is in the chiplead for Day 2 in the European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 Main Event. Watch the live stream here at Rakerace.com.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 - Day 1A Results, Day 1B Live Stream

May 7, 2013 at 5:01 PM |

Dan Smith leads the field, remaining after Day 1A of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Season 9 Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 Main Event. Day 1B kicks off today at 16:00 CET and you can follow it live here at Rakerace.com.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final 2013 - Live Stream

May 6, 2013 at 4:57 PM |

The European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final Main Event Day 1A kicks off today. Follow the live stream here at Rakerace.com from 14:50 CET.

Poker Rooms

Gala Poker - A New iPoker Room in our Portfolio

May 6, 2013 at 12:00 PM |

Rakerace.com’s newest partner is Gala Poker, a skin of the iPoker 2 network, which is awaiting our players with an excellent first deposit bonus as well as a private race, launching soon.

Poker Rooms

Temporary Ban on Player to Player Money Transfer at iPoker

May 3, 2013 at 12:17 PM |

Players of the iPoker network have been surprised not being able to conduct player to player money transfers in the network. According to the official iPoker release, the function is banned temporarily.

Poker Rake Races

Cake Poker $60,000 Rake Race - 1-31 May

April 30, 2013 at 4:50 PM |

In May, a rake race for a total of $60,000, or 4 x $15,000, continues to be offered to Rakerace.com players at Cake Poker. The rake race is offered to the players of our site as well as five more international partners. In addition to the promotion, the $4,000 first deposit bonus and the 36% rakeback are also available, not to mention the central promotions of the room.

Poker Rake Races

Premium Race with an Increased Prize Pool - William Hill Poker Exclusive $7,500 Cash Race - 1-31 May

April 30, 2013 at 11:56 AM |

Part of the top tier of the iPoker network, William Hill Poker offers in May a private cash race with an increased prize pool of $7,500 to Rakerace.com players. You are also eligible for the 200% up to $2,000 first deposit bonus.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Berlin Main Event 2013 - Final Table - Live Stream

April 27, 2013 at 4:13 PM |

Catch up on the events since Day 3 of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin 2013 Main Event and watch the final table live here at Rakerace.com!

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Holdem Manager Moves to the Cloud - New App Coming Soon?

April 25, 2013 at 6:54 PM |

Holdem Manager's develpoment team introduced a new cloud-base database, which will enable players to access statistics remotely, on any number of computers without the hassle of installing databases.

Poker Players

Patrik Antonius Comes Back with $1.8 Million Online

April 25, 2013 at 4:13 PM |

Among the great comebackers in the field of online high stakes poker, Patrik Antonius is currently outperforming everybody else: the Finnish pro is up $1.8 million this year.

Poker Players

Dutch Boyd Raises Kickstarter Funds to Publish Autobiography

April 24, 2013 at 2:28 PM |

Dutch Boyd had won two WSOP titles and boasted a total of $2.1 million in live tournament winnings. After going bankrupt late last year, he is now to publish his autobiography and strategy book.

Poker Players

Gypsymagi820’s Identity Revealed

April 23, 2013 at 2:56 PM |

Finnish player Kyosti Isberg turns out to be behind the Sunday Million runner-up and high stakes HU SNG prodigy ’gypsymagi820’ screen name. Isberg is currently in the top section of the EPT Berlin field.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Berlin - The Main Event Kicks Off

April 22, 2013 at 4:14 PM |

Ronny Voth managed to take the chiplead by the end of Day 1A at the EPT Berlin Main Event. Day 1B starts today, live feed from feature table is coming soon.

Poker Players

Meet Online High Stakes Money List 2013 Leader PostflopAction

April 21, 2013 at 12:00 PM |

Alexander ‘PostflopAction’ Kostritsyn confidently leads the 2013 online high stakes money list: the Russian has 4 million in profits to his name this year and his stats show a steady growth.

Poker Rooms

Improvements at iPoker - iOS and HTML5 Clients, Elite VIP Loyalty System and More

April 20, 2013 at 12:00 PM |

The iPoker network is introducing a number of major changes, going live in the upcoming weeks.

Poker Players

Moorman1 Wins 14th Triple Crown

April 19, 2013 at 6:37 PM |

In an incredible run, Chris ‘moorman1’ Moorman won his 14th Triple Crown. As of 16 April, he won tournaments in three different online poker rooms.

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High Stakes Pros Arrested on Charges of Organising Illegal Gambling Activity

April 18, 2013 at 1:32 PM |

WPT champion Vadim Trincher, WSOP champion Abe Mosseri and Justin ‘BoostedJ’ Smith, among others, have been part of a syndicate possibly owned by the Russian mafia.

Poker Rooms

Anonymous Tables Now at iPoker

April 13, 2013 at 3:51 PM |

The new feature is available in both top and second tier rooms.

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Online Poker Documentary Launches in June

April 12, 2013 at 8:48 PM |

High stakes poker players Jay ‘pr1nnyraid’ Rosenkrantz and Taylor Caby, together with filmmaker and player Ryan Firpo, have announced to release their feature length documentary on online poker in June. The film analyses the rise and fall of online poker with guest appearances from the likes of Dani Stern and Daniel Negreanu.

Poker Tournaments

Phil Ivey Wins 9th Bracelet - WSOP APAC Event #3

April 10, 2013 at 6:18 PM |

Phil Ivey won his 9th golden WSOP bracelet of his career today at the WSOP APAC Event #3 - AU$2,200 Mixed tournament in Australia. Daniel Negreanu finished 4th.

Poker Players

Gulkines and Zupp Busted Viktor Blom with Multi-Accounting?

April 9, 2013 at 5:29 PM |

Peter 'Zupp' Jepsen confirmed that he allowed his friend Robert 'Gulkines' Flink to play from his iPoker account against Isildur1, "cheating" him out of $800,000.

Poker Rake Races

New iPoker Race - Boylepoker Exclusive $10,000 Cash Race

April 2, 2013 at 5:18 PM |

We are proud to present our newest partner at the iPoker Network, Boylepoker. The room offers a $10,000 cash race just for Rakerace.com players. 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.