Poker News

Everleaf are introducing a rake cap of $1 on all network USD cash games from 1st November until the end of the year. This means that the max rake taken from the pot will be $1.

This only applies to USD cash games and not EURO cash games.

Entraction have introduced a their new Instant Cash Loyalty Program that means players on skins such as NOIQ and 24hpoker will have a new cashback scheme from 1st November 2011

The new Loyalty Program enables players to cash in their points whenever they want and rewards players with up to 40% Cashback.

NOIQ have launched the scheme with additional promotions available for players who are under new Loyalty Program.

You can play poker on your mobile, iphone and ipad with the following poker sites. These deals are available through our strategic partner site, RakeMeBack.

Prop deal #8 where you can play and earn 125% prop rakeback and play poker on your iphone or ipad.

Prop deal #9 where you can play and earn 100% prop rakeback and play poker on your mobile devices.

UniBet Poker is a standard rakeback deal, not a prop deal, it offers 30% rakeback.

Merge is open again to new US poker players. New players from the US were restricted from opening an account on Merge after all the events involving Full Tilt Poker, Poker Stars and others.

If you already had a poker account with Merge and you were from the US you were still able to play. Merge was one of the few poker networks that allowed US poker plays to indulge their online passion.

Not all US citizens will be able to now sign up though, as people from the States of Maryland, Missouri, New York, Kentucky, Washington DC, Washington, and Louisiana are still banned from signing up for a new account on Merge.

The Full Tilt company is in the process of a takeover bid by the French Groupe Bernard Tapie. It seems they were the mysterious European buyers interested in the takeover during the AGCC licensing hearings.

If Full Tilt is purchased then it is likely US and the rest of the worlds poker players will have their bankrolls available to play again. Will these players instantly withdraw or remain with Full Tilt?

FTPs license has been revoked by the AGCC Commissioners at the end of the long hearing in London to decide the fate of Full Tilt Pokers suspended license.

This means that FTP can not operate as a poker site using an Alderney license.

Prop deal 8 now offers 125% rakeback and you can also play any table limits.

Prop deal 8 has also changed its seating rules and how you get paid your prop rakeback, making it much easier to earn up to 125% rakeback.

You need to visit our strategic partner site and sign up for the deal to claim up to 125% rakeback.

Entraction bans poker players from Canada, Norway, Russia, Israel and Turkey in a recent move that surprised many poker players and Entraction skins.

Players from these countries will no longer be able to play their poker on the Entraction network, meaning any rakeback deal with an Entraction site will no longer be valid.

This bans starts at 12:00 CET on 29th September. So you will need to secure a new rakeback deal before then.

Badbeat Jackpot can reach staggering amounts of money for poker players to win and the Boss Media Badbeat Jackpot is now over €750,000. This is perhaps the largest Badbeat Jackpot ever and a table full of players are going to be able to celebrate in style when it happens on their table.

Badbeat Jackpots are paid out when certain conditions are met in a hand on the sites Badbeat Jackpot tables. On Boss Media the losing hand must be Four of a Kind 10s or better, the both pocket cards must be used in the winning or losing hand and four or more players must be participating in the hand.

The amount of money you could win if you are involved in the Badbeat Jackpot or participating in the hand mean it is worth playing on these special tables.

Players are more concerned about their bankrolls and what sites to now play on, since the American government started to crack down on US poker sites. Sites that are European based and European licensed can offer much greater protection for your bankroll but this is not the only way players can protect their bankroll.