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In being the world’s largest online poker site, PokerStars already draws a fair amount of worldwide attention. However, the site is gaining an even larger audience thanks to a new commercial series they’re running dubbed “We Are Poker.” The artistic commercials feature various members of Team PokerStars such as Daniel Negreanu, Liv Boeree, Jose “Nacho” Barbero and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier competing in interesting settings. For example, in a TV spot entitled “Nacho vs. Brazil,” Barbero is sitting at a poker table located in the middle of a crowded Brazilian street. His opponent shoves all-in, while various images of a man …

PokerStars.com Team Pro Daniel Negreanu is the the all time money leader in the poker world with over $14,000,000 in tournament earnings alone! With four WSOP bracelets, two WPT titles and a multitude of other final tables under his belt he is easily the most accomplished tournament player in poker history. Aside from tournaments he also plays the highest cash games available and shies away from no opponent, in fact, choosing to play the world’s best. Daniel sat with us here at RakeTheRake to give his take on everything poker… …

Since being started in December, the PokerStars SuperStar Showdown has become one of the most watched online events by railbirds everywhere. This fascinating event sees Viktor “Isildur1” Blom face off against a single opponent in $100/$200 NL holdem poker, and four poker tables are played at once. Up until Daniel Negreanu, Blom had fared pretty well against those willing to ante up the $150,000 buy-in as he won four poker games, and lost just one match. Many were excited when Negreanu decided to face Blom because Kid Poker is one of the biggest names in the game. However, he was …

While Full Tilt Poker pro Tom Dwan and PokerStars pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom are still busy issuing challenges on the felt, Victory Poker player Andrew “good2cu” Robl has a challenge of different sorts. Robl, who has been doing some mixed martial arts training when he’s not busy earning 33% rakeback at Victory Poker, has issued a $50,000 cage match challenge to any beginner fighter (or poker player). Robl announced the challenge through his poker blog at CoinFlip, and started out talking about his training experiences by writing, “I’ve been training MMA (mostly jiu justi) 3-4X times a week. I train …

Most casino poker players would be elated with the following career: $4.3 million in tournament winnings, a $250k Aussie Millions High Roller title, a $25k LA Poker Classic High Roller title, and an NBC Heads Up Poker Championship win. Even without rakeback, that’s an incredible stat line! But for Full Tilt Poker pro Erik Seidel, this is just the first two months of 2011. Seidel added to his amazing two-month run by winning the 2011 NBC Heads Up Poker Championship on Sunday. The final match was a great story in itself as Seidel faced 2003 WSOP* Main Event champion and …

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% …

After splitting heads-up matches against Isaac Haxton and Tony G, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom now has a winning record in the PokerStars SuperStar Showdown with his recent victory over Dan “jungleman12” Cates. Cates was considered to be Blom’s toughest competition since he finished 2010 as the top online poker player by earning $5.5 million in profits – and this isn’t even counting the rakeback money he earned! Some people even speculated that Cates would best the Swedish pro in this 2,500-hand matchup. However, it looked like Isildur1 would walk away with the contest in the early going since he went up …

Daniel Negreanu is already considered one of the top poker tournament players in the world. But some might consider Negreanu THE best tournament player after he re-took first place on the all-time money winners list this past week. Negreanu leapfrogged Phil Ivey on the tournament money winners list after finishing second in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure High Rollers event. Negreanu battled through a 38-player field, and into a heads-up match with Eugene Katchalov; unfortunately for Negreanu, he wasn’t able to overcome Katchalov and earn the $1.5 million top prize. Here’s how the top five finishers fared in the $100,000 PCA …

It was an unbelievable year for casino poker player Jonathan Duhamel, who ran through 7,319 players en route to a WSOP Main Event title. More importantly, Duhamel earned one of the largest cashes in poker history with a $8,944,310 top prize! Obviously Duhamel’s success attracted the attention of numerous poker sites including the world’s largest site – PokerStars. In fact, Duhamel recently became the newest member of Team PokerStars as announced by their blog. The PokerStars blog read, “Though you might have assumed so by now, this morning PokerStars made it official: Duhamel, the 2010 Main Event winner, is the …

Gus Hansen has taken a lot of heat recently for the large amount of money he has lost in online poker over the past few years.  Of course, sitting at poker tables with the absolute best players in the world is sure to drain anyone’s bankroll – even with all of the rakeback you earn at the highest stakes. In any case, Hansen rebounded in a big way by winning the £10,000 High Roller Heads-Up event at the World Series of Poker Europe.  Of course, winning this poker tournament wasn’t as easy as Hansen would have preferred since he had …