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Purple Lounge $2,000 Exclusive Rake Race 1-30 September

August 26, 2011 at 9:13 PM |

New Purple Lounge private race at Rakerace.com in September! As part of the Microgaming network, Purple Lounge is holding a rake race with $2,000 up for grabs. Only registered Rakerace.com members can take part in the promotion. Moreover, all players are eligible for the 30% loyalty and the first deposit bonus.

Poker Rake Races

PokerHeaven Exclusive €1,500 Rake Race in September

August 25, 2011 at 2:46 PM |

Be in the Top 7 players and win! In cooperation with PokerHeaven, Rakerace.com organise the exclusive €1,500 rake race between 1-30 September in which only those registering via Rakerace.com are eligible to participate.

Poker Rake Races

InterPoker Exclusive €5,000 Rake Race in September!

August 25, 2011 at 2:25 PM |

For fans of the Boss network, Rakerace.com and InterPoker continue to offer their exclusive rake race with a prize pool of €5,000! The rake race is available to those who registered to InterPoker via our site's link. The promotion runs between 1-30 September. Besides the race, you are also eligible for the €1,000 first deposit bonus and the 30% rakeback.

Poker Legislation

Breaking News: Nevada Is Getting Ready for Legal Online Poker

August 25, 2011 at 1:45 PM |

The State of Nevada has proposed bills to regulate online poker within the state.

Poker Players

Brian Hastings Celebrates Live Tourney Victory

August 24, 2011 at 4:37 PM |

Hastings has joined the ever-growing group of US online pros that try their luck in live games since Black Friday. He achieved victory at a WPT Regional Summer Splash side event.

Poker Rooms

Full Tilt Poker - The Latest News

August 23, 2011 at 7:09 PM |

Newer lawsuits, Full Tilt apologizes in writing, resignations within the company and still looking for an investor. September 15 is drawing closer and closer.

Poker Players

Ballot is Open for the British Poker Awards

August 23, 2011 at 1:35 PM |

On 3rd September, the British Poker Awards will be given out for the second time in 13 categories. The player with the most nominations is Richard Ashby.

Poker Legislation

A Few Reasons Why Online Poker Could Be Legalized This Year in the US

August 23, 2011 at 12:31 PM |

More and more senators and casinos stand in the line to support the legalization of online gambling, and it also seems that America is desperately in need of a new source of income.

Poker Girls

Daniel Negreanu's New Girlfriend is Hungarian Beauty Queen

August 22, 2011 at 4:12 PM |

In the Quadjacks interview posted earlier, Daniel Negreanu also talked a bit about his personal life, which seems to have taken a twist since the World Series.

Poker Rooms

Lock Poker to Take Legal Action against Macedo

August 22, 2011 at 3:21 PM |

The best known face of Lock Poker, Eric ‘Rizen’ Lynch mentioned in a recent blog post that the room was to “pursue legal action” against José ‘Girah’ Macedo, the Portuguese scammer.

Jimmy Fricke Says Aces of Spades are Marked at the Bellagio

August 22, 2011 at 1:42 PM |

2007 Aussie Millions 2nd finisher Jimmy Fricke claims that every single ace of spades is easily recognisable from its back at the Bellagio.

Poker Legislation

American Players to Pay Taxes for the Money They Did Not Receive?

August 22, 2011 at 1:34 PM |

The American tax authorities would make every Full Tilt Poker player pay taxes, even after the money they still have stuck on the Internet.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP Live Coverage On Air

August 22, 2011 at 12:35 PM |

Every Tuesday, ESPN is airing episodes of the WSOP Main Event. The first episode is already on the Internet in two parts.

Online Poker

Pocketfives Leaderboard Country Top 20

August 19, 2011 at 6:50 PM |

Renowned international poker action monitoring site Pocketfives.com has introduced a new leaderboard to its database: in addition to the already existing sliding, yearly, monthly and sortable PLBs, now you can observe the race of countries as well.

Poker Players

Jungleman Sold His $6 Million FTP Bankroll?

August 19, 2011 at 4:36 PM |

Poker coach Danny ’d2themfi’ Isaacson claims that Daniel ‘jungleman12’ Cates sold his Full Tilt Poker bankroll, not long after the Black Friday of online poker.

Poker Rake Races

Play Against Italian Fish at Tiltao with Huge Cash Back

August 19, 2011 at 2:16 PM |

Italian players in general have always been considered to be among the weakest players in the international field. In the four networks offered by Tiltao Poker, you can play against them, while enjoying the first deposit bonus, in addition to the huge cash back rates of the Rakerace.com exclusive rake race.

Lost & Found

Useful Micro Limit Poker Tips for Beginners - Part 4

August 18, 2011 at 9:52 PM |

Here is the fourth part of the poker ebook written by the two Hungarian poker pros, kocka21 and mrj.

Poker Rake Races

Plus EV Purple Lounge August Race

August 18, 2011 at 1:41 PM |

From our wide range of august exclusive offers, today we take a closer look on the Purple Lounge rake race, where you can get up to 70% cash back with the Rakerace.com private promotion.

Online Poker

Your Country Needs You at World Cup of Poker

August 17, 2011 at 5:49 PM |

PokerStars continues to organise the World Cup of Poker with a Live Final in the 2012 Caribbean Adventure. Qualify for the tournament for free!

Poker Players

How Much of a Fish Guy Laliberté Exactly Is?

August 17, 2011 at 3:01 PM |

Cirque du Soleil company owner and billionaire Guy Laliberté has lost millions of dollars in online poker over the years and has been considered by many the biggest high stakes fish ever. Poker pro Mike Matusow now, however, claims that due to an agreement among the high stakes regulars, he has never had a real chance to win.

Poker Players

Dogishead and Jungleman: Final Confession

August 17, 2011 at 1:37 PM |

The poker community has been in the past week or so all about the “Girah Scandal” – which is not at all about ’Girah’ any more. The true principles have become Haseeb ‘dogishead’ Qureshi and Daniel ‘Jungleman12’ Cates, the career of both in ruins and not a word they say believed any more. Although it took them this much to eventually come clean, at least finally it seems they did.

Poker Players

Money Does Not Last too Long for Ronny Kaiser

August 16, 2011 at 5:27 PM |

Ronny Kaiser has lost almost all of his EPT Tallinn winnings, as he got rid of more than $300,000 on the weekend on PokerStars. 

Poker Players

Chino Rheem Started to Pay His Debts

August 16, 2011 at 1:16 PM |

David ’Chino’ Rheem has amassed a huge debt in the past few years but at last he started to pay it back, following his victory at the Epic Poker League for $1 million.

Poker Rooms

Online Poker Companies to Buy Full Tilt Poker?

August 15, 2011 at 6:19 PM |

According to Canadian-Poker.ca, , a number of poker companies are interested in purchasing Full Tilt Poker, for example Bwin.Party and iPoker network owner Playtech.

Poker Tournaments

Chino Rheem Wins Epic - Will He Settle His Debts?

August 15, 2011 at 4:08 PM |

Chino Rheem has won the million-dollar first prize at the Epic Poker League. He defeated Erik Seidel heads-up. The question is: will he use this sum to pay off his debts or will he continue scamming the poker community?

Poker Players

Jungleman Admits Involvement in Macedo Scandal

August 15, 2011 at 3:22 PM |

Daniel ‘Jungleman12’ Cates admitted in an interview made by Subject: Poker that he had played the ‘SamChauhan’, ‘Toshisan’ and ‘Girah’ accounts and participated in ghosting in cooperation with José Macedo.

Online Poker

Zynga Poker Debuts on Google Plus

August 12, 2011 at 5:54 PM |

Google Plus, the latest pretender to Facebook’s throne, has made yet another step in the competition against the social media giant. They have introduced games, undeniably an integral part of the online community experience, and hit big doing so with titles like Angry Birds and Zynga Poker.

Poker Players

Daniel Negreanu on the Epic Poker League

August 12, 2011 at 3:31 PM |

Already during the monumental Quadjacks interview we have summarised, Daniel Negreanu expressed his views on the Epic Poker League, the latest project from commissioner Annie Duke and chairman Jeffrey Pollack. In his recent blog post, the Canadian pro goes into details about his views on the EPL.

Poker Players

Jungleman and Dogishead Interviewed on Girah Scandal

August 11, 2011 at 4:18 PM |

Bluff Magazine has interviewed the two high stakes players who seem to have the most suspicious relationship with the scammer José ‘Girah’ Macedo. Daniel ‘Jungleman12’ Cates and Haseeb ‘dogishead’ Qureshi were asked a couple of more or less pressing questions and here are some of their answers.

Poker Players

Conspiracy Theories about the Girah Scandal

August 10, 2011 at 6:38 PM |

It would seem that Haseeb ‘dogishead’ Qureshi is gradually becoming the top suspect to be behind the Macedo (Girah) Scandal as forum members and known poker celebrities assume that he is deeply involved in the case. At the very least, he used the Portuguese midstakes pro’s account for multi-accounting.