This May, online poker room PartyPoker is running a $1M Rake Race, which will run from Friday 1st of May. The Million Dollar Rake race is leaderboard promotion in which three thousand players will share in over $1,000,000!

Depending on their rank in the rake race leaderboard, players will receive a cash amount AND a WSOP® prize (this may be an event package or freeroll entry into an online qualifier). The leaderboard winner for the May rake-race will receive $20,000 and a WSOP package worth $20,000, and let’s face it: A $20k package is the Best poker Rakeback anyone could ask for!

All you have to do to compete for some sick prizes is to play real money cash games at PartyPoker. – if you are in the top 5000 it will be noted in your Party Account and it will be updated and visible under your account information at least once every hour. If you finish in the top 10 on the leaderboard, you are guaranteed money and a trip to Vegas which you will remember forever!

Note that throughout the duration of the promotion players earn Race Points as well as PartyPoints – only Race Points count for this promotion.

PartyPoker is also the host of the “Monthly Million” - definitely an event for tournament players. Check it out!

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PurpleLounge (which uses MicroGaming software) has just announced an excluisve three month rake-race for $210000, ith a top prize of $52,000. The race will run from April until 1st July, 2009.

The rules are simple. Race in April, and increase your VIP points by 10% or more in May , then again in June and PurpleLounge we will DOUBLE ALL OF YOUR WINNINGS! That’s three months of winnings doubled in front of your eyes!

Example:
You earn 12,000 VIP points in April, which gets you in 8th position. You win $1,290
You earn 13,200 VIP points in May, which gets you 5th position. You win $2,290
You earn 14,520 VIP points in June, which gets you 1st place. You win $8,700
Total: $12,280

Because your VIP points increased by at least 10% each month, we DOUBLE your winnings!
12,280 x 2 = $24,560!

Terms and conditions:
1. Players whose March VIP point total exceeds Februarys will have 15% of March’s VIP point total added to their April total. These points will count towards April’s VIP point race.
2. This promotion is comprised of three individual VIP point races. These races take place in April, May and June 2009
3. The three monthly races run from 00:00.01 GMT on 01.04.09, 01.05.09 & 01.06.09, to 23:59.59 GMT on 30.04.09, 31.05.09 & 30.06.09 respectively. Only VIP points earned within these periods will be eligible for the corresponding race.
4. To be eligible for this promotion, players must increase their monthly VIP point total in consecutive months, namely from April to May and then May to June 2009.
5. Players that fail to increase their VIP point total will be paid the standard rake race winnings (without being doubled) shortly after completion of the promotion (on or around 3rd July 2009)
6. Successful completion of (4) above will result in the players standard race winnings for the applicable months being doubled.
7. VIP points carried over from March to April will count towards race standings only after March 31st.
8. All player winnings, whether eligible for doubling or not, will be paid on or around 3rd July 2009
9. Any winnings requested before the completion of the race will be paid at 85% of the total winnings, and exclude the player from the promotion.
10. All monthly winnings will be calculated and paid at the respective rates they were at the completion of each race.
11. Monthly races are deemed to be completed at 23:59.59 GMT on the last day of the month. (April 30th, May 31st, June 30th)
12. Players involved in the PL poker team promotion are not eligible for this promo
13. Purple Lounge reserves the right to change, amend, postpone or cancel any of these promotions at any time.
14. Any player found colluding, manipulating software and/or acting in any other fraudulent manner will be excluded from the promotion at the sole discretion of Purple Lounge
15. Standard Purple Lounge standard terms and conditions apply.

A Leaderboard will be visible to players on the PurpleLounge web-site.

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Paddy Power Poker today announces a new Rake Race promo: “Back That Ace Up IV”
The Cash Back cash race will start at midnight on Sunday, 29th March.

The latest instalment of the poker room’s popular promotion will award over $60,000 in cash and prizes over the course of ten weeks, with over $5,000 cash on offer each week. A WSOP* Main Event package worth $13,000 will be won in a special Grand Final tournament on June 11th.
The promotion is open to all paddypowerpoker.com players and their position on the leader board will be determined by the amount of hands played, the table stakes and the time players spend on the tables.

The latest instalment of the poker room’s popular promotion will award over $60,000 in cash and prizes over the course of ten weeks, with over $5,000 cash on offer each week. A World Series of Poker Main Event package worth $13,000 will be won in a special Grand Final tournament on 11th of June - giving one player the chance to win millions!

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Devilfish Poker will give away 20 extra seats to European Masters of Poker Varna, Bulgaria from April 1 to 7

Daily Raked Hands Races

Daily raked hands races and sit & go leader board, and VIP races on Devilfish Poker online poker sites award 20 seats over next seven days to European Masters of Poker stops in Varna, Bulgaria taking place this April

Poker players now have 20 extra opportunities to win a €1,800 package to the European Masters of Poker which makes the second stop of its tour in Varna, Bulgaria from April 15-18, 2009.

Between April 1 and 7 players on the Devilfish Poker can win six additional EMOP Bulgaria seats via the Sit & Go Leader Board.

This race runs from the April 1, 00:00 CET until the April 7, 24:00 CET. The top two finishers in low, medium and high categories will win a €1800 package which includes €1100 tournament buy-in and €700 in cash for travel and accommodation

The Raked Hands Race promotion will award one seat to EMOP Bulgaria each day from April 1 until the April 7. Each day from 00:00 CET until 24:00 CET, player aim to play as many raked hands as possible and try to finish in first place for the day. The winner each day will receive an EMOP Bulgaria package.

Finally there are also the daily EMOP VIP-race days. Each day between 00:00 CET until 24:00 CET, players aim for as many VIP-points as possible and try to finish in first place for the day. The winner each day will receive an EMOP Bulgaria package.

Qualification for the €1,100 buy in event is now underway: players can qualify for as little as €2 or 200 VIP-points.

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Starting on the 6th of April, CelebPoker is running a massive €50,000 rake race to suit players of all levels. The promotion is surely the sweetest rake based promotion on the `net! The prize-pool, (a pot of €50,000) will be shared evenly between the first thousand players to rake a meagre €500. This promotion runs until the 30th of April (or until the “HoneyPot” prize-pool has all been awarded).

This is a great incentive to hit the tables on CelebPoker, and is sure to see our bad-beat jackpot pool increase quickly due to the large amount of rake which we expect to be generated during the duration of this promotion (our bad-beat jackpot was triggered this week with the winner receiving over €100,000 in their account- will you be the next bad-beat jackpot winner?)!

Rake from sit-and-go & tournament entry fees counts towards your rake total, as well as rake generated on our cash tables.

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Online poker site Redkings (part of the onGame poker network) is running a 3 month rake race series, with a prizepool of $150,000.
For March, April and May RedKings will be giving the top 100 players in points their share of a $25,000 prize pool. If you earn more points each month, your prize will be DOUBLED in this RedKings MEGA POINTS RACE!

RedKings Rake Race Dates

March $25K Rake Race: 1st March - 31st March
April $25K Rake Race: 1st April - 30th April
May $25K Rake Race: 1st May - 31st May

Boost your winning potential by using code RELOAD2009 on your next deposit to receive an extra $50 each time you earn 400 player points!*This fantastic offer ends midnight Monday 2nd March (CET). You will have a full 90 days to redeem up to $300.

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This February and March Paddy Power Poker is running a five week, $25,000 Rake race, awarding over $5,000 each week in cash prizes. The weekly counting periods (Monday – Sunday) are:

* February 23rd at 00:00 GMT – March 1st at 23:59 GMT
* March 2nd at 00:00 GMT – March 8th at 23:59 GMT
* March 9th at 00:00 GMT – March 15th at 23:59 GMT
* March 16th at 00:00 GMT – March 22nd at 23:59 GMT
* March 23rd at 00:00 GMT – March 29th at 23:59 GMT

The top 30 players on the leader board at the end of each counting period will receive the prizes displayed in the table below:

Paddy Power Poker will run a Grand Final STT tournament on Thursday, April 2nd at 8pm with an Irish Open package worth $5,200 awarded to the outright winner. The package will be made up of an Irish Open main event seat worth $4,700 ($3,500) plus expenses of $500. There are two ways to secure a seat at the Grand Final:

* 5 seats are reserved for the players that secure 1st place in each weekly leader board
* 5 seats are reserved for the winners of five weekly ‘Cash Race Second Chance’ tournaments, open to the players that finish in 2nd – 20th positions in each weekly leader board

If the player finishing 1st at the end of any given counting period has already been awarded a Grand Final STT seat, the seat shall go to the next player on the leader board that has not already been awarded one.

The ‘Cash Race Second Chance’ tournaments will take place on Tuesday evening in the week following each Monday – Sunday counting period.

Terms & Conditions:

• The counting periods for this promotion will be as listed above
• All cash table raked hands at 50c/$1 tables and above will be eligible
• Leader boards are calculated based on number of hands played, stakes played and time spent at the tables
• In case there is a tie between players in paid places, all players with that number of Raked Hands will be issued an average amount of their prize (as per their positions)
• PaddyPower Pokerreserves the right to refuse payment to any player who is found colluding / soft playing
• Players will be paid for reaching the money on the weekly leader boards up to 72 hours after the counting period has ended
• Satellite tokens cannot be exchanged for cash alternative
• The leader boards will be updated every day
• All decisions as made by Paddy Power Poker are final

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Paddy Power Poker is running a poker rake-race with $400,000 in prizes in February 2009.

The “Cash Cow” Rake race will see $20,000 awarded to the top player during February. The poker room is also offering cash prizes of up to $30,000 for various Golden Hands milestones dealt during the month.Additionally, tokens worth $1,580 for the upcoming $2.5m Guaranteed tournament will be awarded to a number of players based on their participation in the weekly $250,000 Guaranteed tournaments on Sunday evenings.

The player who tops the rake race leader board on February 28th will win $20,000, with the other prizes on offer varying from $15,000 for 2nd place down to $750 for the players finishing in 126th-300th position.

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This February PurpleLounge poker is running their biggest rake-race promotion ever, with multiple rake-races running throughout the month offering cash players the change to win some substantial prizes.

PurpleLounge February Promotions

• 4 x $10k rake races (Pays top 25)
• 1 x $20k rake race (Pays top 3)
• 1 x $15 Guarantee MTT (invite only, max 103 players, pays top 1)

The total prize pool is over 75k, and this time its possible one person could see the largest 1 month win ever offered!

There will be 4 weekly rake races running, from the 1st of Feb, each worth $10,000! That’s a huge amount of cash for 7 days racing, and well within the reach of most players.

On top of this, PurpleLounge be running a month long race with a twist - This race will only pay out the top three players. The $20,000 prize pool will be split into three prizes of $8500 + PL Ace card, $4500 + PL Ace Card, and $2500 + PL Ace Card. This means that if you win all 4 weekly races, you’re assured to win the monthly top prize, and you’ll walk away with cash and prizes worth $24,000!

To cap it all off, every player that places on the leader board in any of the races will get exclusive entry to a $15,000 guarantee MTT that will only pay 1 place – the winner!

That makes a total potential payday of $39,000 in cash and prizes!

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€50,000 February Rake Race @ Carlos Poker

Between 1st and 28th of February, Carlos Pokeris running a $50K rake race that gives everyone a chance at winning some money, with 2 leaderboards for $25,000 Each. One for the amount of rake generated by players, the other is for the number of raked hands played by players.

Carlos Poker are offering a MASSIVE 100% up to €1000 deposit bonus. Make a deposit and generate 12,000 Loyalty Points within 60 days from deposit to release the bonus.

Download Carlos Poker to play in the February Rake Race.