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RakeTheRake can today exclusively reveal that Victory Poker will be leaving the Cake Network and joining The Cereus Poker Network in a deal that is nearing completion and will be announced formally soon. However, Cake has its own news…it has a new owner; the PokerListings affiliate group. Poker pros Antonio Esfandiari, Lee Markholt, Paul Wasica and Andrew Robl are just some of the 20 pros at Victory Poker who will be making the move to Cereus. Currently comprised of titan rooms, UB.com and Absolute Poker, the Cereus Network will welcome in the new additions, providing an even greater attraction for …

The good news is that we don’t have to wait long for the next season of High Stakes Poker because the seventh season begins on February 26th. The bad news is that several notable Full Tilt Poker pros won’t be involved this time around. It’s been reported that popular players like Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Ilari Sahamies, Eli Elezra and Patrick Antonius won’t be appearing in any High Stakes Poker episodes. The reason why is because they’re all signed by Full Tilt, and PokerStars has taken over as the official sponsor of High Stakes Poker. And even though their 27% …

Hi Antonio, Thanks for taking the time to sit with us here at RakeTheRake.com. 1) Can you tell us about what you have been up to recently? Have you been grinding poker or enjoying the good life, or both? I’ve been doing the same thing I always do – hang out with my friends – more with my family than anything else now a days (holidays) traveling a bit / havent been going out as much as I usually do. I’ve been playing a bit more poker than usual and …

For those of you who have been waiting for a decent poker movie outside of “Rounders,” your dream might finally come true when the movie “Cogan’s Trade” hits the big screen. Headlining Cogan’s Trade is long-time movie star Brad Pitt, who is going to play Cogan – a mob enforcer sent to investigate poker games that got robbed under the mob’s protection.  Since this is a relatively new project, few details are known in regards to the other actors.  However, Casey Affleck and Sam Rockwell are rumored to be joining the movie that’s already making poker news.  Acclaimed director Andrew …

Despite having success in its first five seasons, the super-popular poker show High Stakes Poker decided to make a big change by dropping the witty A.J. Benza from the commentator booth and replacing him with the sultry Kara Scott.  When the move was made, people immediately started criticizing the Game Show Network producers who made the decision, and some online poker rooms even considered pulling their advertising. Well it’s a good thing those Internet poker rooms didn’t make a hasty decision because High Stakes Poker’s ratings are actually up in Season 6.  In fact, they’ve soared above Season 5 with …