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Betsson €10,000 Microgaming Cash Race - 1-22 May

April 28, 2013 at 3:13 PM |

The familiar €4,000 private cash race is now replaced by a 3-week €10,000 pooled race at Betsson. In addition to the cash race, the €1,000 Microgaming first deposit bonus, the 30% cashback as well as the central promotions offer great value to our players in May as well.

Poker Tournaments

Flush_Entity Wins EPT Berlin High Roller

April 28, 2013 at 2:17 PM |

Leading online MTT player Griffin ’Flush_Entity’ Benger won the €429,000 first prize of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin 2013 High Roller event.

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!

Poker Rake Races

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

April 27, 2013 at 2:11 PM |

In May, MyBet Poker of the iPoker network continues to offer their $5,000 private cash race, exclusively to Rakerace.com players.

Poker Rake Races

Stan James Poker Exclusive $6,000 Rake Race - 1-31 May

April 27, 2013 at 1:39 PM |

In May, one of Microgaming’s most trustworthy rooms, Stan James Poker raises the stakes and offers a $6,000 rake race, available exclusively to Rakerace.com players. The 30% loyalty and the first deposit bonus are also here to clear.

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 Tournaments

Win Pokerfest Bucharest Main Event and Side Event Packages at PartyPoker

April 25, 2013 at 6:51 PM |

Satellites of the Main Event and six side events of the Pokerfest Bucharest in May launch on PartyPoker with great expected overlay.

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 Rake Races

Betfred Exclusive $5,000 Cash Race - 1-31 May

April 25, 2013 at 3:49 PM |

In May, Betfred Poker returns with the familiar exclusive $5,000 cash race to all players who register to the room via Rakerace.com. In addition to the race, the $2,000 first deposit bonus is also available. To top that all, you can get up to 7-35% return in the room's VIP club.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Berlin Main Event 2013 - The Bubble Bursts on Day 3 - Live Stream

April 24, 2013 at 3:46 PM |

Finnish Aku Joentausta leads the field of 175 on Day 3 of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin 2013 Main Event. Watch the live stream of the day here at Rakerace.com.

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.

Heads Up Poker Weeek in the Czech Republic

April 23, 2013 at 7:56 PM |

Daniel Cates (Jungleman), Sorel Mizzi (zangbezan24), Max Altergott (altiFC) and Johannes Strassman will be hosting a Heads-Up Poker seminar at the Czech King's Casino Rozvadov from 28 April till 5 May.

Poker Rooms

PartyPoker Holds Cancelled Pokerfest III Event in May

April 23, 2013 at 4:47 PM |

PartyPoker has announced that it was indeed due to technical difficulties that some of the Pokerfest III Day 1 events were cancelled on Sunday. Event #1 will be held on 12 May instead.

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 Main Event 2013 - Live Feed from Day 1B

April 22, 2013 at 5:28 PM |

Follow the action of the 2013 EPT Berlin Main Event Day 1B right here, at Rakerace.com. The live stream will start at 16:00 Central European Time.

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 Rooms

Events Cancelled at Pokerfest III Day 1

April 22, 2013 at 3:31 PM |

The online series of PartyPoker, Pokerfest III, launched on 21 April. Several events got cancelled; players suspect the great overlays behind the organisers’ action.

Online Poker

OMGClayAiken Wins $796k, Isildur1 Bankrupt?

April 22, 2013 at 1:09 PM |

Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond played an incredibly profitable session late last week, while Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom lost $477,000 which was apparently enough for him to call bankruptcy.

Poker Tournaments

NBC National Heads-up Championship 2013 Part 4-6

April 22, 2013 at 10:45 AM |

NBC airs its 2013 NBC Heads-up Championship series and the parts are now available via the popular video sdharing sites. To watch the whole series, follow us at Rakerace.com!

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.

Online Poker

Bwin.Party Leaves Several Markets

April 19, 2013 at 8:23 PM |

Bwin-Party released a statement in which they inform players that they will no longer be accepting players from 18 countries including Argentina, Finland, Greece, Poland and Hungary due to commercial reasons.

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.

Poker Players

Trickett, Seiver and Danchev Top the 2013 Live Tournament Money List

April 19, 2013 at 12:00 PM |

Even though winning over $1 million in the WSOP APAC Main Event, Daniel Negreanu is still behind the top ten of the annual live tournament money list in 2013.

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 Players

Isildur1 Wins $548k, Tops April Money List

April 17, 2013 at 5:44 PM |

After topping the January and March online high stakes cash game money lists, Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom now takes the lead in April, too.

Poker Players

Duhamel’s Ex to be Sentenced for Life?

April 17, 2013 at 12:45 PM |

In 2011, previous year’s poker world champion Jonathan Duhamel got insulted and robbed in his own house. The mastermind behind the criminal act was his ex-girlfriend, who now faces a sentence of 25 years in prison.

Poker Tournaments

Negreanu Wins WSOP APAC Main Event for 5th Bracelet

April 16, 2013 at 2:13 PM |

Daniel Negreanu won the first ever WSOP APAC Main Event. The Canadian pro had the lead almost all the way from start to finish and eventually bested Australian Daniel Marton heads-up.