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Liv Boeree Analyzes Lance Armstrong's Doping Admission

January 23, 2013 at 7:23 PM |

The British paper The Telegraph asked Liv Boeree, PokerStars pro to analyze Lance Armstrong's interview With Oprah. You can read her opinion below.

Poker Tournaments

Sheppard Wins First Multi Prize Pool Tournament, Romanello Finishes Second

January 21, 2013 at 7:18 PM |

As we reported in January, Roberto Romanello's brainchild, the Multi Prize Pool tournament finally took off. The event was held at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham and ended with the victory of Brian Sheppard, beating Romanello.

Poker Tournaments

NBC National Heads-Up Championship Entrants List Released

January 21, 2013 at 2:23 PM |

The names of the players participating in this year's NBC National Heads-Up Championship has just been made public. Amongst the 64 entrants are Phil Hellmuth, Michael Mizrachi, Phil Laak, Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom and Gaelle Baumann.

Poker Players

Gus Hansen Wins $662,000, Isildur1 Returns after Short Break

January 18, 2013 at 4:34 PM |

Following a single day’s break, Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom returned to the online high stakes game, loosing $207,000 in a long session. Gus Hansen is the biggest winner of the past 24 hours.

Poker Players

Isildur1 on Break - January Profits Drop to $3 Million

January 17, 2013 at 5:38 PM |

Viktor Blom (Isildur1) has lost a decent amount of money at the high stakes tables recently, so he decided to take a break from playing poker.

Poker Players

Phil Galfond Takes $1.1 Million from Isildur1

January 14, 2013 at 2:28 PM |

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom finished his last session with a $1.1 million loss to Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond. Most of the money changed hands in PLO.

Poker Rooms

Terminal Poker 4 W€€KS OF CASH Promotion Starts on Monday

January 13, 2013 at 5:03 PM |

Terminal Poker hands out €16,000 between 14 January and 10 February in the 4 W€€KS OF CASH central promotion.

Poker Rooms

iPoker Four Months Into the Split - Tournaments Review

January 11, 2013 at 11:00 AM |

What has changed regarding SNGs on the iPoker network since the split? What does the MTT offering look like? We take a look at the tournament traffic of the network.

Poker Tournaments

Online Phase of ISPT Starts in February

January 10, 2013 at 6:32 PM |

Fresh pieces of information have surfaced on the International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT). The online phase runs from February through May to resume with the live phase after that, starting 1 June.

Poker Players

Isildur1 Wins $1.3 Million in 24 Hours

January 9, 2013 at 11:05 PM |

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom continues to absolutely crush the online high stakes tables. He won $1.3 million on Tuesday and is at $4.1 million in profits in January.

Poker Players

Isildur1 Racks Up $2 Million in Profits

January 6, 2013 at 8:10 PM |

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom has been crushing the online high stakes games, profiting $750,000 on Friday only and a total of around $2 million in the first week of January.

Poker Rake Races

Betfair Exclusive $5,000 Race and Gift Chase - 1-31 January

January 2, 2013 at 6:56 PM |

Betfair continues to offer a $5,000 race and an additional gift chase in January, exclusively for players who register to the room via Rakerace.com. In addition to the private promotions, players are eligible for the first deposit bonus and the central promotions of the room as well.

Poker Rake Races

MyBet Poker Exclusive $5,000 Cash Race - 1-31 January

January 2, 2013 at 4:09 PM |

MyBet Poker, part of the iPoker network, greets the new year with their $5,000 private cash race, offered exclusively for Rakerace.com players in January as well, with its outstandingly high return. Join the action now!

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2012 Retrospective – Part 6

December 31, 2012 at 11:30 AM |

In the final part of our annual retrospective, we take a look at the highlights of November and December, 2012. We had FTP reopening, Teufelberger arrested, Bwin’s player pool merging with PartyPoker and more.

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2012 Retrospective – Part 4

December 30, 2012 at 9:00 AM |

In the fourth part of our annual retrospective, we take a look at the highlights of July and August, 2012. We had Big One, Ray Bitar arrested and even a scandal involving a motorcycle gang.

Poker Rake Races

Stan James Poker $2,500 Exclusive Rake Race - 1-31 January

December 29, 2012 at 11:49 AM |

Microgaming's Stan James Poker returns with an exclusive $2,500 rake race in January for Rakerace.com players only. What is more, players are also eligible for the 30% rakeback and the generous first deposit bonus.

Poker Rake Races

PAF Poker $5,000 Exclusive Cash Race - 1-31 January

December 27, 2012 at 6:33 PM |

Play in 2 different poker networks with our new partner, PAF Poker! The poker room offers an exclusive $5,000 cash race in the month of January in 2013 for players who register through Rakerace.com. The first prize is $1,200.

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2012 Retrospective – Part 2

December 24, 2012 at 11:00 AM |

In the second part of our annual retrospective, we take a look at the highlights of March and April, 2012. We had a long due rematch, Fast Poker hitting the online rooms and PokerStars shocking the poker community with some news.

Poker Rooms

PartyPoker Android App Now Available

December 22, 2012 at 5:15 PM |

PartyPoker officially launched its client application for Android devices on Wednesday. All cash games and fast forward games are avaible to players on the go.

Poker Players

Dutch Boyd Broke, Sells Bracelet on eBay

December 21, 2012 at 3:00 PM |

Two times WSOP champion Dutch Boyd has lost all his money, does not get a job and now offers his bracelet won at the Bellagio for sale on eBay.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP Europe Goes to Paris

December 20, 2012 at 11:30 AM |

After London and Cannes, the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) now moves to near Paris, making the Casino Barrière Enghien-les-Bains its new home.

Poker Rooms

Bwin Joins PartyPoker Platform Today

December 17, 2012 at 5:37 PM |

It has been officially confirmed that Bwin players join the field of PartyPoker, as of 17 December, 2012.

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Online Gambling Evolves Dynamically on the Mobile Market

November 30, 2012 at 1:49 PM |

The Mobile & Tablet Gambling Summit was for the first time organised last week, concentrating on the present and future of the rapidly growing industry.

Poker Rake Races

PKR Poker Exclusive $3,000 Rake Race - 1-31 December

November 29, 2012 at 2:28 PM |

Famous for its unique 3D client, PKR Poker offers a $3,000 rake race for Rakerace.com players only, between 1 - 31 December. In addition to the private promotion, all players are eligible for the 100% up to $500 first deposit bonus and the 30% rakeback.

Poker Rooms

Rooms to Take Steps Against Auto-Seating Scripts

November 21, 2012 at 6:48 PM |

Auto-seating scripts are of tremendous value in choosing opponents and tables, while delivering yet another blow to the game experience of recreational players. Therefore, more and more rooms are taking steps against players utilising them.

Poker Legislation

Teufelberger Released from Custody

November 16, 2012 at 3:37 PM |

Bwin.party has until 17 December to officially announce stopping violating the Belgian law.

Poker Legislation

Bwin.party co-CEO Arrested in Belgium

November 14, 2012 at 3:58 PM |

On charges of violating the gaming regulations of the country, the Belgian authorities have arrested Norbert Teufelberger, who participated in a conference on the regulation of online gaming in Europe.

Poker Players

Nanonoko's 2011 Trip to Macau - Video

November 8, 2012 at 1:23 PM |

Randy 'nanonoko' Lew won last year's APPT Main Event. The multitabler PokerStars pro shot a very exciting and informative video of his trip to Macau, which you can watch now right here, at Rakerace.com.

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Cyber-magic - Unique Card Trick by Marco Tempest

November 7, 2012 at 12:23 PM |

The Cyber-Illusionist Marco Tempest amazed the crowd at the TED conference with an extraordinary show with a deck of playing cards. Virtual Reality, the power of cards.

Poker Rooms

Everest Poker Belongs to iPoker Top Tier Network

November 5, 2012 at 2:54 PM |

Our partner Everest Poker was set to switch networks in August, moving from their independent network to the biggest poker network in the world, iPoker. It was unclear which tier will it belong to, but now is offical that Everest Poker Switched to the top tier of the iPoker Network.