Category Archives: RakeTheRake News

After lots of rumours and whisperings underneath card tables, several reports circulating in the last couple of days seem to firmly suggest that PokerStars is set to buy former competitor poker site Full Tilt. The news comes after Group Bernard Tapie’s intention to buy collapsed following a failure from either party to agree on terms regarding the repayment of player funds. Group Bernard Tapie issued a statement which referred to what they deemed to be “unresolvable” legal complications with regard to repaying players. A tweet from CEO of Chilipoker Alexandre Dreyfus stated that PokerStars would be buying Full Tilt for …

Looking for a quick and easy way to boost your bankroll this spring? Between now and the end of May, PokerStars are exclusively offering all UK and Ireland PokerStars players a big reload bonus of 50% up to $250 when they reload their account! If you’re new to PokerStars then simply sign up through RakeTheRake for the best rakeback deal. Once you’re all signed up you should automatically get a free download of the PokerStars software. Players can deposit just $10 to qualify for this offer, but if you deposit $500 you’ll receive the full $250 bonus! Once you’ve made …

Mixed martial arts star Georges St-Pierre will go from delivering arm bars and head kicks to delivering bad beats since he’s signed a deal to represent 888poker. This union certainly makes sense too because St-Pierre is at the top of the UFC Welterweight division (71-77 kg), while 888poker is one of the top online poker sites in the industry. As for the specifics of the deal, the French-Canadian fighter will represent 888poker in both live and online poker tournaments for the next 12 months. While none of the tourneys have been confirmed so far, rumor is that he’ll definitely play …

Any diehard football fan will be salivating over the current promotion that 888poker is running. The promo is called FA CUP Final 4U, and it will give one lucky player 10 tickets for the FA Cup Final. But these aren’t just any FA Cup Final tickets – the winner will also enjoy the following perks: 10 seats in a private box at Wembley Stadium for the Cup Final on May 5th, 2012 (Private box seats also include free food and drinks for the 10-person party) $2,000 in spending and travel money 888poker merchandise for the winner and friends If you’re …

Let’s be honest, nobody wants to play a real game of Russian roulette! But Cake Poker has made this potentially lethal game both entertaining and lucrative through a new and exclusive leaderboard promotion that they’re running – and you’ll be pleased to hear that there are no real guns or bullets involved! The Russian Roulette leaderboard promo will give away $4,000 in cash prizes from now until May 12th. There are four $1,000 weekly leaderboard races during this period, and those online poker players who generate the most rake in Russian Roulette ring games and tournaments will earn money. Here’s …

Towards the end of last year, Party Poker ran their first major online poker tournament series, and it offered millions of dollars along with dozens of tourneys. Just a few months later, Party Poker is already gearing up for Pokerfest II, which will offer $3.5 million over the course of 47 tournaments. Pokerfest II starts on April 22nd, 2012, and ends on May 6th with a $1 million guaranteed Main Event. It’s also worth mentioning that an extra $50,000 in cash, iPads, and a $14,000 WSOP prize package will be awarded throughout the course of the 47 poker tournaments. Before …

American poker pro Scott Seiver earned one of the biggest tournament victories of his decorated career by winning Party Poker Premier League V. And with the Premier League V lineup loaded with top pros such as Patrik Antonius, Tony G, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Andy Frankenberger, Eugene Katchalov, Luke Schwartz, Erik Seidel and Vanessa Selbst, this win was no small feat for Seiver. What’s unique about Premier League V is that amateur players got the opportunity to compete with all of these world-famous pros through prize packages. Interestingly enough, one of the prize package qualifiers – Matt Frankland – actually managed …

Things only seem to keep getting better for British poker pro Sam Trickett, and the most recent development in this rising poker star’s story was his win and record cash game pot in Macau! The Nottingham native let the poker world know about his good fortune by tweeting, “Been playing for 12 hours now, just won my biggest pot ever…1st time I have been on the right end of a massive pot all year.” Details are scarce on the exact size of the pot, but it has to be larger than the US$2.5 million hand he won a few months …

As some online poker players will already know, return on investment (ROI) is used to measure your overall success in poker tournaments. However, even players who thoroughly understand ROI don’t always consider how much their profitability can be influenced by a rakeback deal. But before we move on to this subject, let’s do a quick overview of how ROI works for those who aren’t totally clear on what the term means. Return on investment is measured with this simple formula: (Tournament Winnings – Buy-ins)  ÷ Buy-ins × 100 = ROI % To give an example of this formula in action, let’s …

Americas Cardroom is undoubtedly one of the fastest growing online poker sites in the industry, and the latest development will see them rolling out some significant improvements to their rewards programme. Now dubbed the “Elite Benefits Program,” this revamped version gives players the opportunity to earn cash bonuses, enter poker tournaments for free, win live tourney prize packages, and get expensive merchandise. The Elite Benefits Programme works like this: Every real money poker tournament or cash game you play at Americas Cardroom earns you Rank Points (RP) and Combat Points (CP). The latter allows you to buy merchandise in the …