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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 …

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 …

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, …

Win a share of $10,000 in an exclusive RTR freeroll just for signing up with PokerStars this month! Dates of Promotion: 1st January 2011 to midnight on the 31st January 2011 Qualification: New Players: Earn 1 VPP at PokerStars during the qualifying period and you will get automatic entry to the Freeroll. Existing Players: Existing players must earn 500 VPPs at PokerStars during the qualifying period. Players need to track their own VPP total in the month. Prizes The freeroll will be held on Sunday 27th February 2011 at 20:00 GMT (15:00 EST) Click here to see last month’s qualifers …

It didn’t take long for “Isildur1” to make a splash at PokerStars after signing a deal with the world’s biggest online poker room last week. On his first day at PokerStars, Isildur1 played at the high stakes poker tables for over 14 hours before ending with a massive $287,000 profit. If you’d like to see Isildur1’s incredible skills in action, just download the poker software for PokerStars and join the other railbirds currently watching him. And you’ll definitely want to be watching when the anonymous online poker star from Sweden takes on Isaac Haxton in the PokerStars SuperStar Showdown. The …

If you love free poker tournaments, then you will definitely enjoy the $15,000 freeroll that PokerStars is running in January. The freeroll is called the Sunday Millions Freeroll and happens on January 9th. Those of you interested in this massive free poker tournament should download PokerStars, make a deposit and earn 75 VIP points before January 9th. Earning points at PokerStars isn’t difficult, so with a almost a month left before the freeroll, you should have no trouble meeting the requirements to play poker in this tournament. Assuming you do qualify for the freeroll, you will be playing for some …

The mysterious “Isildur1” shot to online poker stardom after he took an initial $1,000 bankroll and turned it into over $1 million.  After that, Isildur1 dominated some of the best players in the game at Full Tilt Poker. Following a hiatus from the internet poker world, Isildur1 is back and he has signed with PokerStars. And PokerStars is already pleased with his efforts since Isildur1 hit the poker tables with a vengeance by turning in a 14-hour session. By the end of his marathon session, Isildur1 had earned over $287,000 in profits! Here’s an excerpt from the PokerStars blog on …

Phil Hellmuth has become synonymous with Ultimate Bet Poker as he’s been with the company since the late 90’s.  However, the unthinkable has happened and people are actually speculating that Hellmuth might leave UB after he showed up to the PokerStars NAPT Los Angeles event without his customary Ultimate Bet gear. Since signing a deal with Ultimate Bet, it’s become customary for Hellmuth to be decked out in UB logos.  However, the absence of poker logos at the NAPT Los Angeles poker tournament started the rumors that Hellmuth could be signing elsewhere.  In addition to this, several poker news outlets …

Marcel Luske is an undisputable poker legend. Battling against the best for over 20 years he has managed to amass almost $4 Million Dollars in tournament earnings! Combine that success with an insatiable lust for life and a passion for regulating and promoting poker and you will discover Marcel is one of the most likable guys in the poker world. He sat with us here at RakeTheRake for an exlusive interview. Enjoy! 1) Could you begin by first telling us a little about your background, who you are, where you are from and how you first found your way into …