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2012 will see the Unibet Open become more than just a poker tour – promising to be a comprehensive festival of Unibet games and gaming. The first Unibet Open stop of 2012 takes place at the award winning Prague Hilton, with around 300 players competing for six-figure top prizes across four days from February 16th-19th. Unibet have organised a completely new Leaderboard structure for 2012, with no prize-pool deductions this season, and the top three players at the end of the year winning sponsorship to 2013 Unibet Open Events. While some things are changing, Unibet’s reputation for player hospitality will …

As many online poker players are aware, rakeback is an excellent way to make extra money at the poker tables. Rakeback deals give you back a percentage of the rake that you have to pay online poker sites, and can provide a really nice boost by the end of the month. Of course, many cash game players want to know exactly how much rakeback they can earn just to get an idea of what their profits will look like. And the answer all depends on which online poker rooms you play at, what game you play, the table sizes, and …

We’ve already brought you poker news about Mini FTOPS within the past few weeks. However, Mini FTOPS XIX at Full Tilt Poker is going to be so big that we’ve decided to remind you again because it starts next week on March 6th. We also want to remind you about Full Tilt’s 27% rakeback deals too. Not only will Mini FTOPS XIX offer $8 million in guaranteed money across 45 poker games, but the buy-ins are extremely cheap since most of them range from $11-$55. Considering that you’d be playing for 6-figure tournament prize pools in most of these tournaments, …

With all the online poker rooms out there to choose from, picking the best virtual venue to place your bet can be a difficult task. Some aspects that should definitely be taken into consideration when choosing online poker rooms are if they are operating proven software with good reviews, if they have a strong financial backing, and if they can stand upon a solid reputation. Another aspect online gamers should always consider is the amount of traffic and number of players who have also chosen a specific online poker site. If you are the only one in the room there …

It’s time to celebrate at PokerStars because they are drawing closer to their 50 billionth hand.  Most of the celebrating will be done by PokerStars players since the world’s biggest online poker room is offering several deals totaling over $1 million. One of the online poker deals that Stars is offering in celebration of hand number 50 billion are cash game bonuses.  During every millionth hand leading up to 50 billion poker hands, each player at the table will receive a $50 bonus.  Each player will also get $50 for every VIP point earned during the last 50 hands leading …

Cake Poker players have always been able to use their Gold Chips to get free cash and enter any poker tournament free of charge.  Now members of Cake Poker have even more options for their Gold Chips since they can use them in the new Rewards Store.  To use Gold Chips in the Cake Shop Rewards Store, internet poker players just need to visit the shop via their web browser or through the poker software that Cake offers.  When you’re in the Cake Shop, you can look at your Gold Chips balance to decide what’s affordable. Some of the excellent …

Full Tilt Poker has already entered into high-profile sponsorship deals with sports such as mixed martial arts and rugby.  But Full Tilt is determined to advertise their brand to even more sports fans that play poker since they have entered the world of Formula 1 racing. The deal was struck when Full Tilt Poker contacted Virgin Racing about sponsoring them; Virgin Racing is a well-known F1 racing team owned by billionaire Richard Branson.  With the completion of the deal, one of the world’s largest poker sites will have their logo on Virgin Racing’s VR-01 car, the drivers’ uniforms, and the …

Poker players wearing sunglasses has been a stereotype within casino poker for years.  But PokerStars’ player Daniel Negreanu is one person who doesn’t like this stereotype….in fact, he doesn’t even think people should be wearing sunglasses at the poker table period! Negreanu recently spoke of his disdain for sunglasses on the popular holdem poker show High Stakes Poker.  He basically said sunglasses hurt the game, and that sunglasses aren’t needed to learn how to play poker.  The other people who were playing poker hands with him such as Doyle Brunson and Tom Dwan agreed that sunglasses aren’t necessary. Daniel Negreanu …

The “Brunson 10” is getting a little closer to living up to its name after deciding on a seventh and eighth member.  For those of you who haven’t heard of this elite group, the Brunson 10 is Doyle Brunson’s group of players who represent the poker room that carries his namesake in Doyles Room.  All of the players Brunson has picked so far are some of the best, young online poker players in the industry. Getting back to the new mystery members, Brunson chose four of the world’s best internet poker players before the beginning of the WSOP with Dan …

As if there aren’t already enough reasons to stay home and play online poker while collecting rakeback money, one more reason is the fact that people can’t rob you at gunpoint right after you win lots of cash at the cyber poker tables. That’s exactly what happened to Thomas Gigliotti after he won over $4,000 by playing casino poker at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.  The Gigliotti’s believe that they were followed home to Plantation, Florida by bandits after winning the $4k.  The couple went home after playing poker games at the casino for several …