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Victory Poker must subscribe to the old adage that the winner gets the girl since they’re offering free poker tournaments where the top player gets to video chat with a model for 10 minutes. If you’d like the chance to have a video chat with a hot model, you should play in the “Chat with a Model” freeroll every month at Victory Poker. But make sure to take advantage of Victory Poker’s 33% rakeback deals before doing so! After you’ve got this settled, register for the Chat with a Model freeroll on the first Thursday of the month. Once you’re …

We’re not even two weeks into 2011, and the biggest poker news of the year has already happened. On Sunday, Viktor Blom revealed himself to be mystery online poker player “Isildur1.” The poker community has been buzzing about the identity of “Isildur1” ever since he stormed onto the high stakes scene in 2009. “Isildur1” was involved in some of the biggest poker hands in history, and earned millions of dollars over the past two years. Everybody from Sammy Farha to Phil Hellmuth was pegged as the man behind this poker screen name. But it ended up being the person who …

From Rocky to Winston Churchill, everybody loves a comeback story. And the comeback story of Dan “jungleman12” Cates is not only one of the best in online poker history….it’s one of the greatest comeback tales ever! Cates, who can currently be found at Full Tilt Poker along with their 27% rakeback deals, didn’t really start playing poker until 2007. At the time, he was an unassuming grinder at the $0.50/$1 ring game poker tables. After experiencing little success in cash games, Cates decided to start playing sit and go’s. Eventually, he went back to ring games and lost his entire …

Ever since mainstays Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth left Ultimate Bet Poker, UB has been looking for a suitable replacement(s) to fill their shoes. And it looks as if they’ve found at least one solid replacement in cash game specialist Prahlad Friedman. Friedman is a perfect addition to Ultimate Bet because he already plays a lot of poker games there; he can usually be found on the $25/$50 and $50/$100 Pot-Limit Omaha tables taking advantage of UB’s 30% rakeback deals. Friedman has been playing cash games since 1999, and has earned millions of dollars over the years. In addition to …

If you’re looking for a great way to start the New Year, how about participating in the €30,000 worth of Cash Races at Poker Heaven. You don’t have to wait long for the first Cash Race since it starts on January 7th and ends on January 16th. This race offers the top 50 players on the leaderboard a share of €15,000. If you miss out on the first Cash Race, or just want to compete for more money, another €15,000 race runs from January 18th to the 27th. Assuming you compete in both of the Cash Races, you’ll be playing …

Most players are perfectly content with the 33% rakeback deals that DoylesRoom offers. But the great thing about DoylesRoom is that they are constantly giving people even more reasons to be happy with their incredible online poker deals. The latest deal involves a bounty poker tournament where players can potentially earn a bounty worth $50,000! The way the Bounty Tournament at DoylesRoom works is that three players will be marked before the event begins. If you’re able to knock one of these pros out of the tourney, you’ll earn $1,000; knock two marked players out and you will get $10,000. …

After nearly a decade of promoting fantastic online poker promotions and 30% rakeback deals, both Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth announced that they are leaving Ultimate Bet Poker. So was it a fiery argument or shocking scandal that forced both Duke and Hellmuth to leave? Not in the slightest since UB is one of the most reputable poker rooms in the industry, and both players left the company amicably. Earlier this month, we reported that Hellmuth might be leaving Ultimate Bet and those rumors were confirmed last night. The news broke when Hellmuth sent out a Twitter post that read, …

How much would you expect to pay in order to play for a $100,000 prize pool? $100? $200? At most online poker rooms, this is exactly what you’ll pay. And if you’re lucky, you might be able to make it to the $100,000 poker tournament through a freeroll or satellite. Of course, at Full Tilt Poker, you can bypass all of the satellites and expensive buy-ins by playing in their Big Little Tournament. The Big Little Tournament only costs $2 + $0.20 to play in, and you’ll be able to compete for the aforementioned $100k prize pool. Of course, if …

Lots of poker players know that rakeback grows on trees at Carbon Poker. In fact, Carbon offers 35% in rakeback to all players that are signed up for this deal. But not as many online poker players know that Carbon is going to be handing out bonus money along with the rakeback this January. Dubbed the Super Money Tree, this ever-popular promotion will be offering money as soon as the New Year kicks off. And the best part is that there is no limit to the amount of money you can win through the Carbon Money Tree. As long as …

While the generous 35% rakeback deals at PlayersOnly Poker will already make you feel like royalty, their Tourney King promotion could make you feel even closer to the throne. If you’d like to reign supreme over the online poker world, download their poker software and start playing in as many multi-table tournaments as you can. Every poker tournament you play in gives you a shot to earn points and move up the monthly leaderboard. And just to make sure that everybody has a fair shot at being crowned king, PlayersOnly is running both a High Limit Leaderboard (buy-ins of $20 …