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High Stakes Poker Season 7 Episode 3

March 16, 2011 at 9:48 AM |

The third part of the 7th season of High Stakes Poker has now been posted to YouTube by GSN; so there you have it, you can watch it here at Rakerace.com. The new episode, though definitely not as good as the previous seasons, is packed with interesting hands again; Phil Ruffin, the owner of the Treasure Island is on a huge heat, even so that he eliminates one player.

Bwin + PartyGaming Merger Almost Complete

March 16, 2011 at 8:45 AM |

One of the biggest mergers in online gaming history is about to take place very soon. The financial phase is almost completed, individual Bwin shares will cease trading on the Vienna Stock Exchange on March 25, completing the phase on March 31.

Online Poker

Prahlad Friedman Calls Justin Bonomo and Isaac Haxton Cheaters

March 14, 2011 at 11:06 AM |

Prahlad Friedman, Team UB Pro has made public accusations about Justin Bonomo and Isaac Haxton. According to Friedman, the two poker players are sharing poker accounts, which, of course, is forbidden in  online poker. 

Poker Tournaments

Erik Seidel Wins NBC National Heads-Up Challenge - Tops All-Time Money List

March 8, 2011 at 9:52 AM |

The NBC National Heads-Up Challenge has ended with the victory of Erik Seidel, who defeated Chris Moneymaker, overtaking Daniel Negreanu on the all-time tournament money list with $14,697,297.

Poker Rake Races

PokerStars Exclusive Loyalty Freeroll - March

March 4, 2011 at 12:21 PM |

With an extraordinary timing and prize, the exlusive RakeRace Loyalty Freeroll continues this March. PokerStars now offers 41 tickets (worth 3000FPP each) to PokerStars' Turbo Takedown, where players can play for their share of the handsome $1,000,000 prize pool.

Poker Interviews

Patrik Antonius on the Macau Cash Games

March 4, 2011 at 10:21 AM |

In this video made by Chris Porter, ESPN reporter interviewing Patrik Antonius the Finnish pro talks about his experiences with the Macau cash games and the gigantic stakes that are present at the table.

Poker Players

Andrew Li Breaks Supernova Elite Record

March 3, 2011 at 12:04 PM |

Andrew 'azntracker' Li has set up a new record by the end of February: he managed to collect the 1 million VPPs that are required to the highest PokerStars VIP level, the SuperNova Elite in just two months.

Poker Players

Durrrr Wins $11,5 Million Pot in Macau

March 2, 2011 at 10:09 AM |

Seemingly Tom 'durrrr' Dwan plays much more live than offline, he only logged 2,000 hands during last month, and the reason is obvious: he can earn much more at live tables, most recently he took down an mind-blowing $11,5 million pot in Macau.

Poker Rake Races

Exclusive €4,000 InterPoker Rake Race - March

February 25, 2011 at 11:35 AM |

Rakerace.com and InterPoker continue to offer their rake race, but now for €500 more, the prize pool is €4,000 rake race is available to those who registered at InterPoker with our site's link. The promotion runs between 1-31 March. Besides the race, you are also eligible for the €1,000 first deposit bonus and the 30% rakeback.

Poker Interviews

Daniel 'djk123' Kelly PokerStatic Interview

February 25, 2011 at 9:57 AM |

One of the biggest online MTT players, Daniel 'djk123' Kelly earned nearly $6 million throughout and is one of the Brunson 10, Doyle Brunson's elite team. In this interview made by PokerStatic, he talks about how he began playing poker and how he could evolve, and become one of the best.

BLUFF Magazine Poker Power 20 - Howard Lederer First

February 25, 2011 at 7:04 AM |

BLUFF Magazine compiled this year's Power 20 list that they put together every year evaluating the most influential people in poker.This year, Howard Lederer, Full Tilt Poker's owner managed to come in first.

Poker Tournaments

NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship Field Revealed

February 24, 2011 at 7:21 AM |

The 6th annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship is about to start soon, 64 top high-stakes pros will battle each other from March 4-6. The prize pool is $1,8 million, so we'll see fierce fights from the players.

Poker Players

David Williams is a Dad

February 22, 2011 at 5:39 PM |

David Williams, "one of the most successful poker players of all time", as PokerStars denotes him, tweeted some very good news: his daughter, Liliana was born.

Poker Rooms

Lightning-paced Action at Terminal Poker - Try it out Now!

February 22, 2011 at 5:33 PM |

Are you in the mood to try out a brand new poker room? Would you like to be a part of lightning-fast poker action in a fresh and spectacular environment? If yes, continue reading...

Poker Tournaments

EPT Copenhagen – the Action has Started!

February 22, 2011 at 4:16 PM |

Yesterday, on the 21st February players occupied their seats in Copenhagen to battle for victory in the most prestigious European poker tournament series, the European Poker Tour. Five stops are remaining as the seventh season is drawing to its end, the first of which is EPT Copenhagen. Action will get down to the final table on February 26.

Poker Players

Sorel Mizzi Cheats Again?

February 22, 2011 at 4:08 PM |

We wrote about the "new and better" Sorel Mizzi only a few days ago about Full Tilt unbanned him, forgiving his multi-accounting cheat he committed back in 2007, there's a new accusation of him being a cheater. John Racener is the accuser.

Poker Tournaments

Madrid Hosts EPT Grand Final

February 21, 2011 at 6:27 PM |

It has been a public knowledge for some time that the EPT Grand Final would not take place in Monte Carlo this year. PokerStars has just announced officially that the new location is Madrid, Spain.

Poker Players

Gus Hansen Is Up Around $3 Million in February

February 21, 2011 at 5:35 PM |

Gus Hansen seems to have had a winning streak on the high stakes tables lately; his February winnings already total at around $3 million. HighstakesDB has refined its earlier published draw results; yet another game type which he currently owns.

Poker Players

Sorel Mizzi Is No Longer Banned on Full Tilt

February 18, 2011 at 1:40 PM |

After being permanently banned from Full Tilt Poker in 2007, the Canadian poker pro, Player of the Year Sorel Mizzi is (quite surprisingly) now again allowed to play there.

Poker Tournaments

Celebrity Event at the 2011 LAPC This Weekend

February 17, 2011 at 3:20 PM |

The Los Angeles Poker Classic is all set to be started, WPT's Event will be held at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California on February 19th. On Day 1, the WPT Celebrity Invitational tournament will most definitely draw some attention to the poker tables.

Poker Players

Jared Huggins on the Big Game

February 16, 2011 at 3:08 PM |

After much debate, petitions, audition video and an outright rejection, finally it seems Jared Huggins will be playing on PokerStars' hit TV show, The Big Game. According to a TwoPlusTwo user called 'PokerStars Steve', Huggins will be one of the 7 Loose Cannons at the next taping of The Big Game in February.

Poker Tournaments

Sam Trickett's Chance at WPT Paris Final Table

February 15, 2011 at 2:41 PM |

After being very successful at the Aussie Millions, British player Sam Trickett managed to reach the final table again, now at the WPT Paris. At the very same place, Tony G wanted to show the World that French players are the worst.

Poker Players

The Million Dollar Bet, Pt. 1 & 2

February 13, 2011 at 12:15 PM |

You might recall the news from earlier this week of Ashton Griffin winning an insane prop bet. He offered to run 70 miles (nearly 3 marathons) in 24 hours; if he won, he would earn $300,000 from Haseeb Qureshi and if he lost, he would pay $900,000. Now, here is the whole story.

Poker Players

Phil Laak - King of the Kitchen

February 11, 2011 at 4:21 PM |

We are quite used to the fact that Phil Laak is not by any means sane. Proof below. Judging from his many random funny and insane tweets, it is apparent the Irish-born poker pro loves to eat. According to his Twitter, not only does he appreciate good food cooked by others, he can also cook his own. Looking at his pictures at Twitter, he's not that bad at it to be honest. Here's a little compilation of his food-related tweets to literally whet your appetite.

Poker Players

Peter Eastgate Unretires from Poker

February 11, 2011 at 1:14 PM |

Which has been rumored for some time is now official: 2008 WSOP Main Event winner Peter Eastgate returns to poker after deciding to retire last summer.

Poker Tournaments

Macau Poker Cup Back in February

February 9, 2011 at 2:52 PM |

PokerStars announced that the Macau Poker Cup (MPC) is returning to Casino Grand Lisboa from 21st to 27th February, 2011. The tournament is promised to be the biggest ever with a record number of players and a HKD $3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Online Poker

Gus Hansen Has a Nice Start so far in 2011

February 8, 2011 at 7:20 PM |

Our online poker news seldom tell the tale of Gus Hansen scoring big, but 2011 seems to be his year so far, as the Danish pro is the first to have reached the million-dollar limit this year.

Poker Tournaments

Poker After Dark: New Cash Game Episodes (Line-Up)

February 8, 2011 at 4:57 PM |

Starting tonight, NBC will be airing premiers of new Poker After Dark episodes for two weeks, featuring six players and a $150k minimum buy-in.

Poker Tournaments

Gabe Kaplan Said Goodbye to High Stakes Poker

February 8, 2011 at 3:01 PM |

According to GSN's official announcement, Gabe Kaplan has left the popular poker show, High Stakes Poker (HSP). His place will be taken by Norm MacDonald, formerly known from Saturday Night Live.

Casinos

Fun New Tableside Technology for Dealers

February 7, 2011 at 6:09 PM |

IT Casino Solutions came up with a great new device that has no name at the moment, it's currently called the "Julian System". What it does, is makes the life of dealers and casino managers much easier.