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Here’s an obvious statement for you: going to a university is expensive. This being said, many university students could use some help paying for their room, books, food, beers and loans. So in order to take care of these massive expenses, many students are turning to online poker as a means of making extra money since it involves plenty of analytical thinking, and the most skilled players eventually make profits. Of course, not every student who plays online poker will make money; but then again, the average student doesn’t take enough time to look over poker strategy, bonus offers like …

There are two major signs that winter is right around the corner in the Western Hemisphere: 1) the temperature is rapidly cooling, and 2) Party Poker is already gearing up for their massive Winter Million poker tournament. The name says it all in that the Winter Million will offer poker players a guaranteed $1 million prize pool, and you can enter this event directly with a $600 + $40 buy-in. Of course, many online poker players will find this buy-in pretty steep, which is why Party Poker is also running lots of Winter Million satellites from now until February 5th, …

RakeTheRake has bought 5 seats for its players in PokerStars’ $10 Million Guaranteed Tournament – and they’ve got to be won! Rakeback members can enter a qualifying tournament to win one of the packages to this massive tourney, part of Stars’10th Anniversary Celebrations. Each package is worth $215, and the five lucky winners will be in with a chance to scoop the $2,000,000, 1st place prize. To be in with a chance of winning one of the packages, players need to buy-in to the qualifying tournament between 1st December 2011 and 20:00 on the 11th December 2011. The buy-in is …

Every online poker player has dreamed about how great it would be to get paid to play poker. And at Betfair Poker, you can turn this dream into a reality by playing for one of 100 sponsorship deals that the site is giving away. To qualify for one of the sponsorship deals, you need to pay in the “Team Betfair Wants You!” freeroll, which takes place on December 30th. And to get into this freeroll poker tournament, you need to earn 99 Player Points from November 14th to December 24th. Seeing as how every $1 of cash game and poker …

You may recall our blog post of 8 November, letting you know about PokerStars’ Guinness World Record attempt for the largest poker tournament which is being held on 4 December 2011. Well, we’ve got further news for you. We’ve decided this sounds like something momentous to be part of and so RakeTheRake has decided to buy-in all our rakeback players currently tracked to PokerStars through us! Just keep Sunday 4 December free. You’ll be automatically entered into the tournament which starts at 12.30 EST in the PokerStars lobby. Make this world record breaking attempt really successful by inviting your friends …

It wasn’t too long ago that we saw Party Poker make the bold move of eliminating rake from their poker tournaments. As many poker players know, rake is how online poker sites make their money, so it’s very rare for this small fee to be eliminated – or even reduced. That’s why it should be noted that Minted Poker has cut their rake amount from now until the end of December. This means that rake taken from all cash game pots will be capped at $1, which should be very beneficial to those who play no limit poker, and $2/$4 …

888Poker has rolled out some amazing new promotions and features for RakeTheRake players, which include free poker money, poker cam tournaments, private player lounges, and plenty of other interesting promos. We’ll cover all of the new and exciting events at 888poker below, and don’t forget that if you sign up for this site via RakeTheRake, you’ll receive a 100% signup bonus to $600. One more thing worth mentioning is that the following promotions only run until November 30th. Free Poker Money – If you’re hesitant about depositing and taking advantage of the aforementioned bonus, simply create an account at 888poker …

If you’ve ever wanted to experience the cobbled roads, winding canals and famous breweries of Amsterdam, then you should take a closer look at the Platinum Tour Amsterdam 2011 deal that InterPoker is offering. The Amsterdam 2011 prize packages will enable players to take an incredible 4-day trip to Amsterdam that includes the following: – 3-night stay in a 5-star hotel – Tickets for a Champions League match between Ajax and Real Madrid – A Heineken Brewery complete with beer tasting – Exclusive VIP day/night excursions – Free entry into the 10-player, €4,000 All Winners Rake Race – Transportation covered …

One of the most intriguing, yet puzzling concepts to beginner poker players is rakeback. Most players know that rakeback is a good thing, but they aren’t sure how it works, or what you can do to get the most value out of rakeback. Keeping this in mind, let’s take a look at some of the most commonly asked rakeback questions. 1. What is rakeback? Beginning with the most obvious question, rakeback is a percentage of money that players receive back based on how much rake they pay online poker sites. To illustrate this concept, let’s say that you have a …

If you haven’t heard yet, Dublin, Ireland will play host to the largest European poker tournament ever from February 25th-26th. The Super Poker Event of Europe (Super 2012) will see 4,000 players take the tables to compete for a €1.2 million ($1.67m) prize pool. If you’re interested in being a part of history, then you can play for $1,500 Super 2012 prize packages at Cake Poker. Those who win one of these prize packages will receive their €300 + €40 tournament buy-in, hotel and travel money, and an official Cake gear pack. Assuming you’re able to win a prize package, …