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RakeTheRake’s  re-launched site offers you a highly improved user experience and some great new features. There’s a much simpler sign up process with four easy steps, an enhanced Your Account area providing in-depth rakeback and referral statistics, notification of eligibility for freerolls and special promotions at your rooms and an inbox for important rakeback messages. There are also some new video tutorials to guide you through key sections of the new site. Most importantly, there are two brand new areas; the RakeTheRake forum and the addition of free poker training, which is on offer to all RakeTheRake players! But there’s …

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, …

A lot of poker rooms have trouble scraping up $1 million worth of guaranteed tournaments every month.  So the $14 million in guaranteed tournaments at Hollywood Poker every month is definitely something to get excited about. Basically this means that you’ll never have to worry about having enough cash to play poker for at Hollywood.  Their biggest poker tournament of the month is the $200,000 Championchip, and this tourney happens every Sunday.  If one huge tournament on Sunday isn’t enough for you, then you can also enter the $100,000 Sunday Rebuy as well.  Of course, Sunday isn’t the only day …

The Cake Poker Network is already huge since they operate several successful poker sites such as DoylesRoom, Juicy Stakes, Power Poker, Red Star Poker, and Cake Poker.  But it looks like they’re focused on getting even bigger with the addition of Victory Poker. Victory Poker, which has around 300 regular players at the cash game poker tables, moved from the Everleaf Network to Cake Poker just recently.  A couple of reasons why Victory made the switch is because they like the online poker deals that Cake offers along with the quality poker software they run too.  Interestingly enough, the reasons …

When you lose that big game and watch the pot get turned over to your arch nemeses poker rival it might feel like the end of the world, but in reality all of us in the poker circle know this is nothing compared to the challenges and obstacles that others find themselves facing. The horrifically powerful earthquake that struck Haiti earlier this year was way more devastating to many living in the area than the loss of a poker match could ever be. Celebrities, organizations, and volunteer groups from all over the world have joined forces to raise funds to …

Despite an economic crisis continuing to command headlines across the United States, it would seem that online poker is still reaping a bit of attention, this time in the state of Massachusetts. House Bill 4591 has become quite a contentious issue for the inhabitants of Massachusetts; for some, a blessing and for others, an outrageous proposition. The 172-page bill amendment put forward by the Massachusetts House Speaker, Robert DeLeo, calls for the sections that criminalize online poker and all other forms of Internet gambling to be struck from the bill. Where, before, any wager or bet given or received by …

Everyone has heard the phrase “poker takes moments to learn, but a lifetime to master.” However, there are few who actually take the significance of this quote to heart. In order to really become proficient in the game one must invest time and effort. The more playing experience you have the better grasp you will have on building your ideal poker strategy. Poker is not a game of chance but a game of skill, skills that must be developed over time. With the multitude of online poker sites now available to Internet users it’s a breeze to keep sharp and …

A rake is a charge paid to the card room operating your poker game. Whether you are playing in person at a casino or playing poker over the internet you will be always be raked a certain amount of money while playing poker. For instance, Full Tilt Poker’s rakeback system calculates the number of hands you play so that the more hands you play the more rake you will earn and the more rakeback you will generate. Casinos won’t give you any of your rake money back. Poker rooms normally take a 5% cut out of every pot and you …

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 …

HeadsUp Entertainment already owns two of the biggest forms of Canadian poker entertainment in the Canadian Poker Player Television Network and Canadian Poker Player Magazine.  However, HeadsUp is trying to reach past their Canadian audience and into the US online poker player market.  Because of this, HeadsUp Entertainment has decided to try and make a bid to purchase the Canadian Poker Tour. HeadsUp Entertainment chief officer Kelly Kellner expanded on the reasoning behind trying to buy the CPT by saying, “Over the next 12 months, we will manage more than 550 casino-based events in Canada, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, …