Latest poker news

Following its current race (ending on the 15th January), Fortune Poker is organising a new race where you can race your way to a share of €10,000 from the 16th to the 31st January.

Starting from Tuesday 5th January, Ladbrokes Poker has changed the way they allocated the rake to their players.

Rumors and speculation of a ’rake calculation method change' on the iPoker Network have been officially confirmed.

In our series of analysis below, Rakerace.com has evaluated last month’s races. The first series of analysis will cover Betsson Poker, InterPoker, Doyle’s Room and Chocolate Poker. We will be dissecting these rooms in terms of profitability for the month of December.

Besides the $500 sign-up bonus, Party Poker offers a competitive Loyalty System. The more you play at Party Poker, the higher  Key Levels you can reach. The higher Key Level you reach, the more cashback and other rewards you can claim.

In partnership with Everest Poker, Rakerace.com is organising a $2000 cash race this  January. Only those players that register through Rakerace.com will be eligible to participate. Besides Everest poker’s VIP Summit Club program the poker room will reward its loyal players with extra cash incentives.

In partnership with Doyle’s Room, Rakerace.com is organizing a  $1500 cash race this January. Only those players that register through Rakerace.com will be eligible to participate. Apart from the rake race, the $600 first deposit bonus and the 33% rakeback are also available.

Online poker is still a relatively new concept, having only started in 1998. The biggest and most significant online poker industry began in 2002. One of the first online poker rooms was Planet Poker, launched in 1998. Following its success came Paradise Poker, founded in 1999, still being one of the leading online poker rooms. In 2001 we saw other major online poker rooms appear, including PartyPoker, PokerStars and UB.

The main event starting stack is 30,000 in chips. Consult the chart below for details on the tournament schedule and blind structure.