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Two terms that are often used interchangeably in online poker are rakeback and poker cashback. And most people think that they’re the same thing because, basically, they almost are. However, there are some notable differences between poker cashback and rakeback, and here’s a comparison of each one: Poker Cashback As the name implies, cashback puts money back in online poker players’ pockets based on the rake they pay. The amount of poker cashback that a player receives depends on the online poker room that they’re playing at, and usually the VIP status they hold. For example, at Carbon Poker, players …

The Spanish Poker Tour is one of the hottest new casino poker organizations in the world.  And now you have an opportunity to play on the Spanish Poker Tour absolutely free through Everest Poker.  That’s because Everest is giving people the chance to play for $2,500 prize packages to different SPT events.  Players can still qualify for the following Spanish Poker Tour events by playing in satellites and qualifiers: SPT Castellón: August 20-22 SPT Valencia: October 1–3 SPT Sevilla: November 5–7 SPT Grand Finale: November 23–27  The first three holdem poker events will offer players a €150,000 guaranteed prize pool, …

The cameo appearance cost over £720,000! A European Poker Tour competition that was taking place in Germany was interrupted early this year when armed gunman came through to the floor and in true wild west fashion pulled out their guns and took off with the prize from the tournament. The gunmen took off with over £720,000 while the TV cameras were live on air. Luckily nobody was killed or critically injured during the robbery. The German security force did very little to hinder the robbers’ operation. Poker used to be played in dangerous atmospheres like this years ago back in …

The media has been filled with all the dirty little secrets that Mr Woods would have liked to have kept under wraps, and it seems that gambling is another to add to the growing list. The golf pro did have a somewhat clean cut image up until a few months ago, and it has since descended into a bit of a shambles for the PGA star. Tiger Woods really came into the spotlight with his record breaking win in the 1997 Masters Golf Tournament. He has been named Athlete of the Decade and has drawn the largest TV audiences in …

The neon city of sin continues to suffer in August as the latest figures came in and paint a clear picture of the effect the US recession is having on the strip. For the 15th month running now, visitor numbers have fallen. In total the numbers over the past 20 months have shown that tourism has taken this hit 18 times. There was high hopes that the summer months would see a reversal of the trend for hotels and casinos operating in Las Vegas and several campaigns were launched in the hope that they would attract people back to the …