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The Party Poker Premier League is back, which means online poker players once again have a chance to win prize packages to this event and appear on TV. Seven of the prize packages are worth $13k, and these cover the $10,450 seat for the televised Premier League Poker V, $1,350 in spending money and a four-night hotel stay in Vienna. Anybody who can make it through the playoffs will compete against 14 world-famous poker pros for a share of a $2 million prize pool. Of course, you could skip …

If you’re new to online poker, or just don’t know much about the concept of rakeback, it’s always helpful to look at the facts on this subject. After all, rakeback can go a long way towards saving you lots of money and increasing your overall profits. So with this being said, here are some interesting facts that you should know about online poker rakeback. Rakeback Percentages vary from Site to Site – Many rakeback deals differ in how much money you receive from them. For example, if you sign up at Americas Cardroom through RakeTheRake, you can get a 27% …

You’ve only got until Wednesday 1 February to register for the Super Poker Event of Europe 2012! The Super 2012 is being held in Dublin at the Citywest International Events Centre, Dublin, on  25th and 26th February  and has the support and participation of poker players and poker clubs from across Europe. As such it is set to be a remarkable and exciting new live event on the poker calendar! With an estimated prize pool of between €600,000 to €1.2 million, the Super 2012 offers poker players the chance to experience the big time for a ridiculously low buy-in of …

Cake Poker definitely has some big things happening over the next few weeks with the instant Gold Card payouts and Irish Poker Open prize packages they’re offering. But before we get into any of this, it’s worth mentioning that players who sign up at Cake Poker through RakeTheRake will receive a 110% signup bonus up to $600 and 33% rakeback. So keep in mind that if you decide to participate in the following two promotions, the rakeback will earn you a lot of extra money: Aces Pay High (Gold Cards) – From now until January 31st, players will be able …

Carbon Poker ran their $1million Bad Beat Jackpot on Saturday (14 January) and two, yep that’s right, TWO RakeTheRake players cashed out! The total payout from the Bad Beat was $710,184.63 with the loser ‘Eulson’ winning a massive $355,092.35 share. The huge jackpot delivered cashes for 9 players and saw RakeTheRake’s rakeback players ‘mehwhateva)’ and ‘SoSoLaLa’ both finish to take $25,363.73! Not bad for a Saturday night’s work! ‘mehwhateva)’ was the first player to fold, with ‘SoSoLaLa’ folding fifth. Full details of the tourney can be viewed here.

Most poker players don’t bother with seeking out professional coaching or training right away because this costs money. Instead, beginning online poker players like to gauge how successful they can be on their own, then they consider poker training afterward. Of course, none of these players realize that you can actually get free poker tips from the pros just by becoming a RakeTheRake member. Going further, getting training immediately shortens the amount of time it takes for you to become a successful poker player. Opening a RakeTheRake account is completely free, and when you do so, you’ll have the opportunity …

If you’re worried about a holiday hangover in regards to online poker promotions, then be sure to visit Americas Cardroom from January 5th to the 8th because this marks their Double Guarantees Weekend. On this weekend, every single guaranteed tournament prize pool at Americas Cardroom will be doubled, thus giving you the chance to compete for even bigger money. For instance, their $15,000 Guaranteed will become a $30,000 Guaranteed, and their $7,500 Guaranteed prize pool will be increased to $15,000. This being said, here are just a few of the highlights in Double Guarantees Weekend (all times ET): January 5th …

Several months ago, Party Poker made history by running rake free poker tournaments, which see 100% of player buy-ins go towards the prize pool. Despite not making a profit off of these tourneys, Party Poker has generously decided to bring back the rake free poker tournaments in January. Seeing as how you have to pay a 10% buy-in fee to enter tourneys at most rooms, you can save a lot of money by playing in these events. Besides the rake free poker tournaments that will be running all throughout January, those who already have a Party Poker account can take …

Few people outside of the online poker community would say that playing poker for a living is a better career move than going to business school. After all, the general population still thinks that online poker is pure gambling, and they don’t realize the high degree of poker strategy involved. But despite these misguided beliefs, there are plenty of people who realize the value of poker, and some even believe it could be just as important – if not more important – than attending business school. The president of the United States Poker Federation, Peter Alson, is one of these …

While many online poker players are familiar with the concept of rakeback, fewer players know much about poker cashback. In a sense, both rakeback and poker cashback are very similar, but there are a few differences worth noting when it comes to the latter. Online poker sites that feature cashback often base the amount paid on what VIP status a player holds. For example, if there are five levels in a VIP program, the first level might not receive any cashback, while levels two through five will all receive these benefits; essentially, the higher your VIP status is, the more …