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PokerNewsBoy have been talking to the people over at Reefer Poker and can now offer every player that signs up through PNB and uses bonus code: TOPRAKEBACK , 30% Rakeback at Reefer Poker. And PNB have also made it super simple to sign up to Reefer Poker and be eligable for Rakeback. All you have to do is follow the instructions below and youRead Full Article

Here’s a question for you, how do you know poker has gone mainstream? When the personal lives of its biggest names make TMZ headlines! This is precisely what happened yesterday when TMZ announced that Phil Ivey and his wife of 7-years, Luciaetta, filed jointly for divorce on December 22nd. No reasons have come to light –not surprising given Ivey’s tight-lipped approach to his personalRead Full Article

The much anticipated final event of Everest Poker’s Live the Dream promotion takes place on January 9th 2010. Over 200 players from around the world have qualified online to attend the exclusive event in Vienna where 10 finalists will win a one-year sponsorship deal with Everest Poker worth $100,000. The second edition of the Live The Dream promotion is set to be even moreRead Full Article

Soon after clinching the Card Player magazine Player of the Year award (POY), UB announced it has signed the young poker pro to a sponsorship deal, making Eric “basebaldy”Baldwin the newest member of Team UB. Team UB, which for many years was Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth, has been signing poker pros at a lightning clip recently: Joe Sebok, Adam Levy, Brandon Cantu, LivRead Full Article

When Full Tilt Poker set out to break PokerStars’ record for the largest online poker tournament on July 19, 2009 they made two costly mistakes: * They made the tournament a $5 buy-in * They capped the field at 50,000 players –the previous record being 35,000 Even with the ‘mistakes’ Full Tilt Poker was able to beat PokerStars record and hit the maximum 50,000Read Full Article

Out of the 2,000 members that applied, PokerStars have finally announced the 23 candidates to become members of Team PokerStars Online. On the 23rd December, PokerStars announced 23 hand-picked members representing over eighteen countries to headline the world’s largest online poker room.  The figure represents less than 1% of the total that applied; with a range of candidates representing a full spectrum of pokerRead Full Article

Full Tilt Poker sponsored pro Brian Townsend will have his ‘Red Status’ –signifying a sponsored player—suspended for 1-month on the heels of his admission of data-mining Isildur1 and sharing the information with other players. The infraction is strictly prohibited by Full Tilt Poker under their Terms & Conditions. This is the second time Townsend has run afoul of Full Tilt Poker’s T&C’s, the firstRead Full Article

In an incredibly lucid bit of foreshadowing Mike Kosowski told his wife in 2004 that he would one day play face-to-face with poker superstar Daniel Negreanu, and beat him: And that is precisely what Kosowski did on the TV Show PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge! Kosowski has been playing online poker since 2004, when he retired from the NYPD, and qualified for the television showRead Full Article

Despite being a top pro, Daniel Alaei comes in a distant third behind the other two poker pros at the Doyle Brunson Classic final table, Scotty Nguyen and Josh Arieh, in terms of fame in the poker world. However, the power rankings may have shifted slightly after Alaei was able to capture the coveted WPT title, besting Josh Arieh in a heads-up battle. AlaeiRead Full Article