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While online poker is an excellent game that offers players the chance to make ridiculous amounts of money, you may be on the fence about whether or not playing is a good idea. This being said, here are 10 reasons that will hopefully put you on the right side of the fence. 1. You can make a living in your underwear – If you’re looking for a job where you can roll out of bed without showering, shaving and putting on clothes, online poker is the perfect game. Just make sure you learn plenty of poker tips so you’re good …

The summer was pretty rough for world-renowned casino poker player Phil Laak since he got into an ATV accident and spent days in the hospital. However, it appears that things are looking up for Laak after winning 2 major poker tournaments in a row. Laak recently finished in the money at the English Poker Open, coming in 18th place with a prize of £6,800. His success continued as Laak won his first WSOP* bracelet after taking down the £2,500 Six-Handed Hold’em event in the World Series of Poker Europe.  He had to battle through a 244-player field before landing on a final …

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 …

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 …

It’s not that uncommon for bigger poker sites to offer a $100,000 freeroll to their players.  Sure this is a huge prize pool for a free poker tournament, but it is well within the means of the largest online poker rooms.  However, it’s pretty much unheard of to offer every single member a shot at playing in $100,000 worth of freerolls and earning $5,000 in cash. But that’s exactly what Party Poker is doing with their Snowball promotion, which gives players a chance to earn major cash between September 1st and September 30th.  There are 15 different levels players must …

PKR Poker is already an innovator in the online poker industry because they were one of the first rooms to adopt a 3D format.  They are also known as one of the most generous rakeback providers since they offer players the chance to haul in 30% in rakeback cash.  It’s online poker deals such as this that have propelled PKR Poker through their first four years of operation.  Speaking of which, PKR just recently celebrated their 4th anniversary by upgrading the poker software in a major way! Labeled PKR version 2.0, the software’s lobby has been totally revamped and includes …

The world of poker is filled with plenty of exciting and fascinating venues.  In fact, every poker room offers its own bit of character to players, which sometimes makes the experience just as good as the actual game.  Apparently though, regular poker rooms aren’t good enough for two UK residents as they’ve decided to play poker on a mountain top instead.  Conor Toner and Paul Brady of Portsmouth plan on playing poker games at the top of Mount Snowdon in Wales.  Both of these guys are managers at casinos in Portsmouth, and they want to climb the 1,085-foot Mt. Snowdon …

Just a week after Party Poker and Bwin announced a huge merger, 888Poker is looking at a future merger with another poker room.  The news of 888Poker looking for a potential merger partner broke when 888 CEO Gigi Levy said that his internet poker site is definitely interested in merging within the next six months.  Most people would suspect that he is hoping to keep up with poker sites like Party Poker with this move, but he insists that this isn’t the case.  He told eGaming Review all of this when he said, “I think that the first thing to …

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 …

When it was announced that both SportsBook Poker and PlayersOnly Poker were leaving the Cake Poker Network to join the MergeGaming Network, things looked pretty bleak for Cake.  However, things haven’t dropped off a bit at Cake Poker as evidenced by the fact that they are opening four new online poker rooms.  One might even say their incredible 33% rakeback deals are they main reason why Cake Poker can lose two huge rooms and still be doing great. The four internet poker rooms that Cake will be opening include WingsPoker, Unleashed Poker, PokerXRC, and Broadway Tables.  Each poker room has …