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Robots Will Make Human Beings Redundant Very Soon – More and More Evidence Emerging You’re probably convinced that some of your colleagues are in fact robots, but more accurately these humanoid-a-likes are probably (at best), merely cyborgs – humans modified with mechanical additions. However, the appearance of actual robots in the work place is now a well established reality. A fair way from the robot maid of The Jetsons, real robots in the workplace look more like little upturned washing-up bowls on wheels; less Rosie the Maid and more Dalek – but vertically challenged, compliant, and not very menacing. This …

Paddy Power Poker are already well known for running big online tournaments. But now they’re adding even more incentive to play Paddy tournaments by giving away $100k in annual leaderboard cash. The $100,000 in extra prizes will be offered through “Paddy’s Tournament Championship” promotion, and you can find out about the details below. Every Tournament Counts It doesn’t matter whether you are an MTT or SNG player because every real money tourney racks up points for the Paddy’s Tournament Championship leaderboards. Points are based on a formula that factors in the buy-in, number of entrants and your finish. So the …

Last summer, Americas Cardroom revolutionized the rake race concept through “The Beast.” This promotion is a monthly progressive rake race where the prizes grow along with the collective rake. For example, if the prize pool is $50,000, then 200 places will be paid and first place receives $4,875; assuming the prize pool hits $90,000, then 360 places get paid and first place earns $8,775. Amazingly, one lucky player has conquered The Beast cash race three straight times, which you can read about below. MamaCoolJ on Amazing Streak at ACR “MamaCoolJ” has become quite the star at Americas Cardroom after winning …

If you truly want to start the New Year right, you should head over to Party Poker. That’s because this site is running $10,000 worth of daily freerolls from now until January 31st, 2013. And the best part is that the only entry requirement for these freerolls is that you be a real money player at Party. Now here’s an example of what you can expect with the $10k in daily free tournaments: $1,000 Daily Giveaway – 11:00 ET $1,000 Daily Giveaway – 12:00 ET $5,000 Daily Giveaway – 13:45 ET $1,000 Daily Giveaway – 15:00 ET $1,000 Daily Giveaway …

The New Year celebration didn’t stop for Fortune Poker when the ball dropped at midnight on January 1st, 2013. In fact, the celebration is still going on since there’s a €25,000 New Year Challenge running from now until January 31st. And what’s great is that grinders from all poker disciplines can compete in this promotion since it’s for SNG, MTT and cash game players. That’s said, here’s a closer look at the New Year Challenge and how you can earn a share of the €25k. Five Different Qualifying Routes On February 12th, 2013, Fortune will run a €25,000 freeroll for …

RTR: Which players do you think performed consistently in 2012? Max: There have been several amazing performances from players in 2012 with some players putting on the kind of run that one can only dream of. Two names that stand out are… Marvin “Mad Marvin” Rettenmaier – Marvin has always been a great player and is a great person to have around the poker scene; he’s always smiling and telling jokes and that probably hasn’t changed after the year he’s had. He had a reasonably quiet start to the year with a 3rd place in an EPT €10,000 side event …

When it comes to poker prizes, nothing is better than winning cold, hard cash. And Juicy Stakes Poker definitely gives players a great opportunity to earn cash since they run $12 million in guaranteed tourneys every month. However, money isn’t the only thing that can be won at Juicy Stakes because this site also gives out real steaks. This being said, let’s discuss the steaks deal along with other big promos that are currently happening. Free Steak Dinner Are you looking to grill burgers or have a delicious steak dinner any time soon? If so, Juicy Stakes gives you an …

The ultimate fantasy of low stakes poker players everywhere is to spin their tiny bankroll into a massive fortune. And bWin Poker are giving players a perfect opportunity to do just this through the “The Million” tournament. Like the name implies, The Million offers a giant $1 million prize pool. And what’s perfect about this Texas Hold’em tourney is that virtually anybody has a chance to enter because satellites start at just $1 or 10 Poker Points. All one needs to do to find these satellites is visit the bwin software and select the “Tournaments” > “The Million” tabs. From …

If Christmas shopping has put a major dent in your wallet, you should try and win some of this money back through the $40,000 Holiday Series that Cake Poker is holding. The $40k Holiday Series runs from December 20th, 2012 to January 1st, 2013, and a variety of Gold Chip and Gold Card buy-in tournaments will be held during this time. Anybody who’s hoping to earn a piece of the $40k in free cash should keep reading to find out more details. Two Tourneys a Night Every night from Dec. 20th to Jan. 1st features two different Gold buy-in tournaments. …

Proving that they have an eye for both talent and good looks, PokerStars signed Tatiana Barausova to represent their online team. The Russian will join standouts such as Randy “nanonoko” Lew, Isaac “Ike Haxton” Haxton, Roy “GodlikeRoy” Bhasin, Kevin “WizardOfAhhs” Thurman and English Poker Open champion Mickey Petersen on PokerStars Team Online. As for Barausova’s accomplishments, she’s won tens of thousands of dollars while grinding in online cash games ranging from $3/$6 to $25/$50 NL Hold’em. She has also achieved the difficult feat of attaining PokerStars Supernova Elite VIP status in both 2011 and 2012. And while most of Barausova’s …