Poker News

Poker pro Alex Outhred will be on had for instruction at the new WSOP Academy Cash Game events. (Bodog Beat Image)

Everyone knows that poker players don’t make their living from cashing in tournaments, although a nice payday definitely helps, they pay their bills by spending hours grinding it out in cash games. The legendary Bobby’s Room at the Bellagio isn’t a tournament area, it is strictly reserved for high-stakes cash games because that’s how the big boys do it. Read more »

Canadian Gaming News

Daniel Negreanu may have strayed to Sin City to pursue his poker career, but he’s still Canadian at heart. So it wasn’t a tough choice for him to make the trip back across the border to check out the BC Poker Championships last week, and coming back to his home turf netted him a poker win. Read more »

Casino News

The holiday season is a time for decorating, dressing up and making all things festive! And that’s just what online casino Paddy Power has done! Online casino, Paddy Power has redesigned their popular online bingo site, Bingo.PaddyPower.com with some great new features. Read more »

Blackjack News

IRVINE, CA — (Marketwire) — 12/16/08 — Hop-on (PINKSHEETS: HPNN) announced today thatthey will demo live, Interactive Gaming in real-time from its Android OSphone at the CES 2009 in Las Vegas in January. Players will be able tointeract with live dealers in real-time. Hop-on will be licensing thistechnology to companies abroad.
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In order for the online poker rooms to make money they automatically take a cut of the players stake money, this is called the “rake”. Normally the commission is 5% of every pot up to a cap of $3, but this varies from room to room. You can always see how much rake your desired poker room is taking at their official site.

By playing a few hundred hands a month you are contributing a large amount of rake. This is money directly out of your earnings. You could be paying tens of thousands dollars a year just in rake. Check the Rakeback Calculator to find your earning potential.
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