Archive for January, 2008
Carbon Poker February Rake Race - Exclusive To Rakeback Players
Thursday, January 31st, 2008All Carbon Poker rakeback players from RakeBrain.com has the chance to race for some real nice prizes in February.The first 10 players to hit 100,000 Comp Points for the month get 70% rakeback for the following month. They will also recevie 4 coupons for the $20,000 guaranteed tournament for the month.
That is not all, if you are not amongst the first 10 players to hit 100,000 Comp Points you can go for 50,000.
All players that reach 50,000 Comp Points in February will meet in a tournament to fight out to get an increase in their rakeback + entries to guaranteed tournaments. Payout structure of that tournament is:
| Position | Increase | Total RB | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 100% | 60.0% | 10k + 20k Entry |
| 2nd | 80% | 54.0% | 10k + 20k Entry |
| 3rd | 60% | 48.0% | 10k + 20k Entry |
| 4th | 40% | 42.0% | 10k + 20k Entry |
| 5th | 25% | 37.5% | 20k Entry |
| 6th | 20% | 36.0% | 20k Entry |
| 7th | 20% | 36.0% | 20k Entry |
| 8th | 20% | 36.0% | 20k Entry |
| 9th | 20% | 36.0% | 20k Entry |
| 10th | 20% | 36.0% | 20k Entry |
| 11th | 30.0% | 20k Entry | |
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If you don’t already have a Carbon Poker rakeback account - sign up here
February $10,000 Full Tilt Poker Rake Race
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008Back by popular demand!
This February you have the chance to once again race for some nice cash prizes!
RakeBrain.com brings you the unique $10,000 Rake Race at Full Tilt Poker.
All RakeBrain members that have an approved rakeback account at Full Tilt Poker can partake in this promotion. If you don’t have a Full Tilt Poker account yet, sign up here.
The first prize is a whopping $2,000 and second prize is $1,250, all in all the top 50 rakers will take down a piece of the $10,000 prize pool.
All you have to do is carry on playing – as much as you can.
Rake Race standings will be updated daily throughout February. Visit the Rake Leader Board to see where you stand in the running for the prizes.
Pay Out Scheme:
1 - $2000
2 - $1250
3 - $750
4 - $550
5 - $400
6-8 - $300
9-15 - $200
16-30 - $100
31–40 - $75
41-50 - $50
Rake Race Details:
Rake Race Period: 1st-29th of February.
Only open to Full Tilt Poker players with an approved rakeback account through RakeBrain.com - players signing up during February can also compete in the rake race
Leader board is updated daily throughout February on rakebrain.com/rake-leader-board.php
Final stats are presented on rakebrain.com/rake-leader-board.php during the beginning of March when Full Tilt Poker has finalized the rake reports.
If two or more players tie for one prize, the prize sum for that spot is shared between the players.
Please note that the Full Tilt Poker rake stats can have a delay of up to 48 hours.
Omaha Might Be My Game
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
A few weeks ago, I decided to try a new poker site, but my (small) bankroll got stuck in my ancient Neteller account – things had changed since I last used it. But now I’m back on the horse again, at least the O in horse.
I opened an account at Inter Poker and started playing fixed limit hold’em, which used to be my bread-and-butter game. But I can’t play it anymore it seems. I play far too many hands and donk away bets on the river when I’m obviously beaten. A winning limit player must be able to get away from hands, even when it’s just a single bet away from showdown, and must make good value bets with semi-strong hands. I couldn’t to either, and lost quite a large portion of my bankroll.
Instead, I made a drastic move and started playing Pot-Limit Omaha, a game I virtually haven’t played before. I followed what every poker author says, “If you’re in a bad streak, play a poker variation you don’t know.”
But it worked all right for me.
Many players are extremely tight and only play when they have the nuts, or close to the nuts. It gives me the chance to pick up quite a few small pots uncontested, which can then pay for the times when I end up all-in as an underdog.
I’ll stick around in Inter Poker’s Omaha section until the next down-streak comes. Then I’ll probably change to Five-Card draw or something.
(The rakeback is added on the 2nd of every month)
Current bankroll: $445
Rakeback: $126
-LeCheese
Cake Poker $2 500 Freeroll!
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Take the chance to play our exclusive $2 500 freeroll at Cake Poker on April 10th at 3 PM EST!
This freeroll is open to new and existing players that meet the following requirements:
New Players: Play one raked hand between February 1st 2008 and March 31st 2008 and you will get automatic entry to the Freeroll.
Existing players: Existing players must play 500 dealt hands between 1st January 2008 and midnight on the 31st March 2008.
Both new and existing players must sign up through RakeBrain.com and have an approved rakeback account at Cake Poker.
Sign up to Cake Poker Rakeback by clicking the link and take a shot at the $2 500 freeroll.
Refer-a-Friend and Boost Your Bankroll
Thursday, January 10th, 2008For all of you who haven’t noticed this yet: Rakebrain has a new improved refer-a-friend program. When you refer a player, you will get a percentage of his rake every month. Just for doing … well, nothing!
This is a great offer. You will receive 3% - 4% of all referred players’ rake. It may not sound like much, but I f you have a lot of poker-playing friends, this money will add up to substantial sums.
To start referring players, you must sign up an account at Rakebrain. If you already have a Rakebrain user, log in and visit the refer-a-friend page to start inviting your friends.
-LeCheese
Poker Heaven Continues With Free Gift Promo
Monday, January 7th, 2008In January Poker Heaven continues the popular Free Gift Promo. These are the gifts for January and the rake you need to obtain it. Remember that you can receive multiple gifts if you reach more than one goal.
Dates: 1st Jan 2008 – 29th Feb 2008
Targets:
1. Rake €1k = Sony 4GB Video Walkman
2. Rake €2.5k = Apple iPod Touch 8GB
3. Rake €5k = Samsung 32” LCD TVSign up to Poker Heaven Rakeback here
Paradise Poker 15,000 Euro Freeroll
Friday, January 4th, 2008Paradise Poker is holding a €15,000 Freeroll on the 8th of January. The freeroll is exclusive to rakeback players, so there is good value in this freeroll.
Both new and existing rakeback players are welcome to play this freeroll, to be eligible for the freeroll you have to have played 100 raked hands at Paradise Poker.
The Freeroll is found in the lobby under the name Curacao, password for the freeroll is “beauty”.
Remember that you have to be an approved rakeback player to be eligible for this freeroll.
Click the link to sign up to Paradise Poker Rakeback
Why Isn’t It Always Xmas?
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008For poker players, Christmas is unbeatable. People are sitting at home, stuffed with food, shit faced, and completely tilted from heated arguments with strange relatives who seems top pop up from nowhere during Xmas.
When these people decide to sit down at the virtual poker tables, they usually don’t play perfect poker.
After my latest mistake – when I played far too high for my bankroll – I’ve tried to stay at the low-limit games, and it has worked all right. Much thanks to the Xmas-drunk players, many of which live in the U.K. They probably sit there with those Christmas-cracker paper crowns with only one thing in mind: to call as much as possible!
I like to see many flops, but these players absolutely love to see flops. No matter what they hold. I don’t know if Britons drink more than others, and therefore call everything, or if they just are good Christians and want to donate money. Anyway, I appreciate it.
And Jeff, no I haven’t busted … yet.
Current bankroll: $385
Rakeback: $126
-LeCheese
BetSafe Bonus up to $1000 for January
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008BetSafe continues with their monthly bonuses. There are three different levels of deposit bonuses:
Bonus 1
- Total bonus 100 % match
- Deposit requirements $20-$200
- MPP demand 5 MPP per $
- How to get the bonus
Choose cashier in the pokerlobby.
Type in the bonuscode MINJAN
Click apply
Deposit $20 or more
Eks, Deposit $50, get $50 by collecting 250MPP.
Bonus 2
- $500
- Deposit requirements $500
- MPP demand 3400 MPP
- How to get the bonus
Choose cashier in the pokerlobby.
Type in the bonuscode MEDJAN
Click apply
Deposit $500 or more.
Bonus 3
- $1000
- Deposit requirements $1000
- MPP demand 8400 MPP
- How to get the bonus
Choose cashier in the pokerlobby.
Type in the bonuscode MAXJAN
Click apply
Deposit $1000 or more.
*Note: You can only use ONE of the bonuses every month.
And for the no deposit bonus:
Level Bonus Deposit Requirement MPP Demand Total Bonus Bonuscode
1 20 NONE 200 20 NDJAN20
2 55 NONE 750 75 NDJAN75
3 75 NONE 1500 150 NDJAN150
4 100 NONE 2500 250 NDJAN250
5 250 NONE 5000 500 NDJAN500
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