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Muchos Poker Exclusive €2,000 Cash Race - 1-28 February

January 24, 2013 at 7:33 PM |

Muchos Poker and Rakerace.com are back with their private €2,000 cash race, starting from 1 till 28 February, 2013. As an extra, you can also play at the Enet Network. As usual, only players registering to the room via Rakerace.com are eligible to participate. In addition to the cash race, players have access to the 30% rakeback, available in all networks offered by the room, except for 888.

Poker Rake Races

Betfred Exclusive $5,000 Cash Race - 1-28 February

January 24, 2013 at 5:40 PM |

Betfred Poker continues to offer an exclusive $5,000 cash race to all players who register to the room via Rakerace.com in February. In addition to the race, the $2,000 first deposit bonus is also available.

Poker Tournaments

NBC National Heads-Up Championship - Negreanu Withdraws, Sands Joins

January 24, 2013 at 2:17 PM |

Dealing starts at the NBC National Heads-Up Championship soon, without Daniel Negreanu apparently, who backed out and will not take part in the most prestigious heads-up challenge.

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 Players

Andre Coimbra $100K Challenge - Back to Starting Bankroll

January 22, 2013 at 5:03 PM |

Andre Coimbra is mid and high stakes SNG specialist who keeps testing himself through various challenges. Last year he decided to play all of the events of the PokerStars MicroMillions series, which meant he had to play 100 events between 12-23 July, 2012 without much rest due to the stucture of the tournaments. Now he's up to something big.

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 Rooms

PKR Releases iPad App

January 21, 2013 at 4:33 PM |

Our partner PKR Poker, a next-generation poker room with quality 3D software has released an iPad version of their client software, which can be downloaded via the Apple App Store.

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 Legislation

Segregated Online Poker Market to Fail, Regulators Aim for Common Market

January 19, 2013 at 2:00 PM |

French online poker regulator ARJEL has announced that state revenues from online poker fall short of expectations and major changes are necessary.

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 Rooms

PartyPoker Withdraws Top VIP Level and 30%+ Rakeback

January 16, 2013 at 9:41 PM |

PartyPoker has officially announced that they remove the Palladium Elite VIP level, including all bonuses equivalent of over 30% rakeback, as of 1 April, 2013.

Poker Tournaments

PCA High Roller 2013 - Vanessa Selbst Wins, Most Successful Female Poker Player Ever

January 15, 2013 at 10:25 PM |

Vanessa Selbst won the PCA High Roller event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas. With her current first prize of $1,424,420 she is the most successful female poker player in the World with $7,004,036 life tournament winnings.

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 Players

Sauce1234 Loses $1 Million

January 12, 2013 at 6:58 PM |

2012 online high stakes money list top finisher Ben ‘Sauce1234’ Sulsky lost around $1 million at PLO and 27TD tables on Thursday. He lost the most to Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom.

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 Rooms

Betfair Poker Joins the iPoker Network

January 8, 2013 at 6:20 PM |

Our partner Betfair Poker is currently a member of the Ongame Network, but not for long, by 21 January they are scheduled to join the iPoker Network.

Poker Rake Races

PKR Poker Exclusive $3,000 Rake Race - 10 January - 20 February

January 8, 2013 at 1:16 PM |

Famous for its unique 3D client, PKR Poker offers a $3,000 rake race for Rakerace.com players only, between 10 January - 20 February. In addition to the private promotion, all players are eligible for the 100% up to $500 first deposit bonus and the 30% rakeback.

Poker Players

European Poker Awards: Nominees Announced, Marvin Rettenmaier is POY

January 7, 2013 at 4:49 PM |

The European Poker Awards nominees have been published and Marvin Rettenmaier has already scooped in the 2012 Player of the Year title.

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 Tournaments

Multi Prize Pool Tournaments Debut in January

January 3, 2013 at 1:24 PM |

One tournament, three prize pools. On 10 January, the first ever Multi Prize Pool poker tournament will be held at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham.

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

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

January 2, 2013 at 4:44 PM |

In January, a rake race for a total of $60,000, or 4 x $15,000, awaits Rakerace.com players at Cake Poker. The rake race is offered for the players of our site as well as five more international affiliates. In addition to the promotion, the $4,000 first deposit bonus and the 35% rakeback are also available, not to mention the central promotions of the room.

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!

Online Poker

Sauce123 Tops 2012 Online HS Money List

January 2, 2013 at 1:29 PM |

Ben ‘Sauce123’ Sulsky finished the year 2012 with $3.6 million in profits. It was ‘Zypherin’ who lost the most, a total sum of $3.5 million.

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.

2012 Retrospective – Part 5

December 31, 2012 at 11:00 AM |

In the fifth part of our annual retrospective, we take a look at the highlights of September and October, 2012. We had a PPT scandal, WCOOP and the WSOP Main Event was concluded.