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Cake Poker already offers one of the best daily tournament schedules in online poker, which you can read more about right here. But from August 4th through September 2nd, they’re adding an additional $60,000 Gold Card Tournament Series for players. Just like the name implies, this poker tournament series requires Gold Cards to enter, and these are randomly awarded on the Cake Poker tables. And don’t forget that while you’re playing on Cake’s tables, you can earn 33% (+ 10%) rakeback by signing up through RakeTheRake. So no matter whether you are a $5/$10 holdem poker grinder, or just learning …

Many beginning online poker players often ask what the most important things are in regards to becoming successful in poker. And one of the most common responses is to tell these players that studying poker strategy is of the utmost importance. But what often gets left out of the discussion is how important both rakeback and poker training are to one’s success as well. If you’ve never heard of rakeback before, this will bring you up to speed on how it works. Essentially, rakeback is like a discount on the fees you pay to online poker rooms in order to …

Some people may find the new promotion by PKR Poker a little misleading because it’s called “The Main Event (TV),” but it has nothing to do with Vegas’ Main Event. Instead, the Main Event is an online poker tournament, and it’s said to “offer the best structure anywhere.” As far as the structure goes, the Main Event happens on the first Sunday of every month, and it convenes on Monday night. The great thing about this setup is that it allows people who have to work Monday morning/afternoon to resume the Main Event at night. Contrast this to other Sunday …

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 …

Get some Vra Vra Vroom of your very own with RakeTheRake and RPM’s high octane promo to win a mini bike! Travelling at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour, it feels twice as fast due to the bike travelling so close to the ground. With low running costs, great portability and modelled on the true GB racing motorbikes, mini bikes are the perfect adrenaline activity between high adrenaline online poker games! Almost as much fun as getting rakeback We’ve got six bikes to be won in freerolls on Sunday 11 September and Sunday 18 September 2011. Could you …

Cake Poker is helping us to celebrate our new site by offering up three fabulous tech prizes to you lovely online poker players! All Cake players can play to win one of the following prizes: an X-box with a large screen TV, an iPad2 and a notebook. To enter, players should check rake requirements on the Cake promotion page. Players not currently tracked to the RakeTheRake rakeback group can also enter this promotion by registering their Cake screen name. The Tech Prize freeroll will be held on Sunday 25 September 2011. Good luck!

Two terms that are often used interchangeably in online poker are rakeback and poker cashback. And most people think that they’re the same thing because, basically, they almost are. However, there are some notable differences between poker cashback and rakeback, and here’s a comparison of each one: Poker Cashback As the name implies, cashback puts money back in online poker players’ pockets based on the rake they pay. The amount of poker cashback that a player receives depends on the online poker room that they’re playing at, and usually the VIP status they hold. For example, at Carbon Poker, players …

Fans of Valencia’s Juan Mata will like this one! We’ve got 5 Valencia shirts signed by Mata to be won in one of our special relaunch promotions, running from now until the end of July. Juan Mata, Valencia’s number ten player, is highly regarded and thought to be one of the best of his contemporaries. In this exclusive promotion, we’re able to offer you the chance to win and own a shirt signed by the sporting hero himself. And grab yourself a treasured piece of football history. Online poker players can enter on the Unibet promotion page. The Juan Mata …

PokerStars is celebrating the 65 billionth hand played by its poker players and that means there’s cash prizes to be won! Players dealt into Milestone Hands, from the 64.7 billionth to 65 billionth, will receive cash prizes. These will be awarded at $50 each plus an additional $50 per VIP Player Point earned in the preceding 50 hands. Wow.  This could stack up to be a lot of cash. E.g. A player who’d earned 24 VPPs in preceding hands would get: $50 + (24 x $50) = $1,250. Plus the player that wins the hand has their money doubled. And …

After people get past the initial question of what is rakeback, online poker players start to ask how they can earn rakeback. And the answer to this beginners poker question is that you need to start by visiting an affiliate site like RakeTheRake. But before we get into this further, those totally in the dark about what is rakeback should visit this page. Now that we’ve covered the beginners poker topic about what is rakeback, let’s get back to the subject of how you earn extra poker money this way. As mentioned before, you need to visit an affiliate, and …