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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 …

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 …

In celebration of the current NFL season, PlayersOnly Poker has decided to launch a football-themed promotion that will offer $700,000 in cash prizes.  Just like Carbon Poker, PlayersOnly has decided to call their promotion “Touchdown,” and you could earn as much as $15,000 through this promo.  To earn money with Touchdown, you simply need to hit the poker tables at PlayersOnly and earn VIP points.  The more VIP points you earn before the beginning of October, the more cash you’ll be making in this promotion.    There are a total of 10 different levels you must advance through, and bigger prizes …

Every World Poker Tour tournament is huge, but the WPT Festa al Lago event is definitely one of the biggest.  In fact, the 2009 Festa al Lago poker tournament offered over $4 million in prize money, and winner Tommy Vedes walked away with $1,218,225. Unfortunately, the $10,300 buy-in for Festa al Lago makes this casino poker tourney out of reach for the average online poker player.  And when you factor in the travel costs and hotel stay in Las Vegas……let’s just say you’re better off sitting at home trying to collect rakeback in internet poker. Of course, you could go …

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 …

As the face of DoylesRoom and one of the best live high stakes poker players in the world, Doyle Brunson is still living a great life at age 77.  Unfortunately though, things haven’t been all rosy for him since vampire bats have infested the casino poker legend’s Montana property.  If you don’t watch Billy the Exterminator on a regular basis, you should know that vampire bats are a huge nuisance when they decide to call your property home.  Vampire bats like to hide in attics and poop all over attic floors; what’s bad is that their feces contains ammonia and …

The Four Aces Poker Open is already making poker news in its much-anticipated debut event.  The Montreal, Canada poker tournament is expected to offer hundreds of thousands of dollars in addition to attracting some of the top pros in the world.  If this sounds like a good deal to you, then you should hurry over to Ultimate Bet and start playing for one of the $3,500 Four Aces Poker Open prize packages that are currently being offered. The $3,500 poker prize package will pay the $2,500 + $250 Main Event buy-in along with $750 left over for hotel and traveling …

Tom Dwan isn’t finished with the 50,000 poker hands he needs to play against Patrik Antonius to end the first “Durrrr Challenge.”  Even still, Dwan has decided to start a new Million Dollar holdem poker challenge against Dan “JungleMan12” Cates. The challenge, which just recently started, has already seen the two high stakes pros play through around 7,000 hands.  Looking at how this challenge is only 50,000 hands, it looks as if the two will actually finish their poker games quickly.  The second Durrrr Challenge is currently taking place at Full Tilt Poker and Cates is off to a $692,000 …

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 …

FTOPS XVII proved to be the biggest online poker series ever at Full Tilt Poker.  61,150 players participated in the 34 poker games that ran during FTOPS XVII while a total of $20,598,444 was given away during the series.  The biggest poker news in FTOPS XVII came during the Main Event when “TyboVegas” navigated through 4,805 players to capture the title.  Interestingly enough though, “TyboVegas” ($423,057) earned less money than his heads-up opponent “DQnk” ($446,942) since a deal was made before the two played the final poker hands. Another big story in FTOPS XVII included Mike “chapmoney” Chapp taking first …