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The Merge Gaming network is the latest online poker entity to jump on the tournament series, having recently confirmed that they’ll be running the Poker Maximus tournament series from March 4th–25th. In all, Poker Maximus will feature 70 poker tournaments and give away $1.5 million in guaranteed money. Perhaps the best part about this poker tournament series is that the buy-ins range from $1.10 to $530, which ensures that any player can participate. And for the higher buy-in events, there will be plenty of Poker Maximus satellites running too. But before we get into the satellites, here is a look …

Important news for rakeback poker players using 888 Poker or PokerStars in Begium: On Thursday 9th February the Belgian Gaming Commission issued a published release of its first official online poker operator blacklist – a list which included 888 Poker. This means that, at this point, 888 Poker is not allowed to accept new players from Belgium; the acquisition channel has been closed, and no new registrations to join 888 Poker from Belgium will be permitted. The Belgian Gaming Commission (BGC) has expressed that as of this year only fully licensed operators will have permission to offer online gaming in …

From now until the end of February, Unibet Poker will once again be running “Gold Rush,” which is one of their most popular promotions. And it’s not hard to see why Gold Rush is so popular because players can win freeroll tickets and extra cash for collecting VIP points. The gist of this promo is that you get specific rewards by averaging a target amount of VIP points over a certain number of days. For example, if you averaged 35 points over a 15-day span (525 points total), you’d receive a €5,000 freeroll entry. Another point worth mentioning about Gold …

Six players at Americas Cardroom shared in a massive $350,544 bad beat jackpot after “Poohbah911” had his quad aces cracked. The setting for this bad beat hand was a 6-max NL Hold’em table and the blinds were $0.25/$0.50. With pocket aces, Poohbah911 made a $1.50 raise, while “Toptrainer” called from the small blind with 2d-3d. The flop was Ad-4d-Ah, which prompted Toptrainer to check and Poohbah911 did the same with quad aces. The turn brought a 5d, which gave Toptrainer a straight flush, but both players chose to check again. A meaningless 6h was dealt on the river, and Toptrainer …

Even though different players will benefit from rakeback to varying degrees, the first thing to say is that all online poker players will benefit from a rakeback deal. After all, rakeback is a refund on the fees you pay the online poker rooms, so getting some of this money back helps your overall profits immensely. Interestingly enough though, there are some players who benefit more than others from rakeback deals. This being the case, it’s worth taking a closer look at the players who get the most out of rakeback. Before that though, let’s just clarify how rake is calculated… …

The Grand Series of Poker (GSOP) has grown to be one of the biggest events in online poker. Of course, this statement seems pretty obvious when you consider the fact that GSOP VIII will offer a collective $3.85 million guaranteed. As for the specifics, GSOP VIII will feature 19 different poker tournaments and pay out $3.25 million from February 26th to March 18th. The GSOP Mini runs parallel to the main series with an equal 19 tourneys taking place from Feb. 26th–Mar. 18th, and $600,000 will be paid out. Here is a quick look at some of the highlights from …

Everleaf Gaming, a network of independent online cardrooms, has been forced to amend its conditions – to which players have had to agree to before seeing the cashier or player admin areas. Online poker players in Malta were already restricted from using Everleaf Gaming, but the new amended conditions include France and the USA in the list of restricted countries. Term #18 of the new conditions states: “No person who is resident in Malta, France and USA may open an account, play, or in any other way participate in the ELG offerings and/or services” Yesterday ‘MintedNeil’ (Minted Poker Rep) posted …

From Big Ben to world-class nightclubs, the city of London has a lot to offer visitors. In realizing this, Poker Heaven will be giving one lucky player a luxury London trip for two. The trip includes a three-day hotel stay, plane tickets and £500 in spending money. As for winning the trip, you need to earn tickets by betting on Poker Heaven casino games. Every €100 wagered gets you one ticket, and the more tickets you have, the better your chances are of winning the London prize package on March 2nd. Just make sure that you opt-in through The Player …

Obviously great rakeback deals and online poker news are my main areas of interest here at the RakeTheRake blog, but I couldn’t resist sharing this story about a strange development in the Tottenham-Liverpool game earlier this week. The Tuesday night Tottenham v Liverpool match had to be tempurrarily purrstponed due to an uninvited four-legged addition to proceedings. The already infamous ‘Anfield Cat’ strolled onto the pitch just 10 minutes into play. The furry intruder sauntered over to Tottenham goalkeeper Brad Friedel before retreating to the sidelines of its own accord after Anfield stewards’ attempts to shoo the feline pitch-invader had …

The Party Poker Premier League is back, which means online poker players once again have a chance to win prize packages to this event and appear on TV. Seven of the prize packages are worth $13k, and these cover the $10,450 seat for the televised Premier League Poker V, $1,350 in spending money and a four-night hotel stay in Vienna. Anybody who can make it through the playoffs will compete against 14 world-famous poker pros for a share of a $2 million prize pool. Of course, you could skip the playoffs altogether and go right to the finals by winning …