$10,000 November Rake Races at Sun Poker

Sun Poker’s October Rake Races were an absolute success, so the popular iPoker online poker room is putting up $10,000 for the month of November in two more great $5k races:

The first rake race runs from the 1st of the month until 11:59PM GMT of the 2nd Sunday of the month. The second rake race runs from the 2nd Sunday at 00:01AM GMT till the end of the month at 11:59PM GMT. Sun Poker overlap the 2nd Sunday for the “Double Dip” so the points you earn on the last day of the first race, will also be your first day for the second race! The Leaderboard will be updated once a day before 11:59PM GMT.

Poker News Headlines $7,000 Rake Race Starts This Weekend

The Poker News Headlines $7,000 Rake Race starts just after midnight on Saturday. Set your alarm clocks for 00:01 am on November 1st and get ready to play your socks off for a chance of winning a WSOP Circuit event seat in Atlantic City (or $5000 in cash if you prefer) alongside other huge cash prizes for the runners-up down to 5th place.

Taking part in the Rake Race couldn’t be easier, simply join one of our rakeback or VIP rewards partners in the orange box to the right of this page (for Carbon Poker and Easy Play Poker please email us for a unique tracking code first) and you’ll be ready to play in the race in November.

Ladies Champ Sues WSOP Academy

The 2007 WSOP Ladies champion, Sally Ann Boyer, is to sue the World Series of Poker Academy on the grounds that they used her name and image without her permission in their ads.

Boyer picked up $262,077 alongside a WSOP bracelet and watch following her win in June 2007. She claims the ads state she won the event thanks to her training at the school although Boyer isn’t a graduate.

Her complaint in Clark County Court read; “Soon thereafter, the WSOP Academy began extensive marketing efforts, using Boyer’s recent win to widely market itself as an academy that breeds success in tournaments.”

Poker Game Robbed of $11,000 by Armed Men

Two men, armed with assault rifles and pepper spray, robbed a poker game in Cleveland on Monday night and got away with $11,000 in cash. The thieves forced the seven poker playing men to undress before spraying them with pepper spray and making off with the money.

Robberies at poker games appear to be on the increase following several reported raids on games around the world in 2009. Less legal poker games are sure to have been targetted too as players are less likely to report such crimes, fearing prosecution themselves.

Dan Livingston wins WSOPC Chicago

Dan Livingston, a 22 year old part-time poker player, was down on his luck when he entered a freeroll for the World Series of Poker Circuit event in Chicago. Livingston was out of work and struggling to make ends meet but the ‘Poker Gods’ have just given the youngster a huge boost after he won the title and WSOPC gold ring. Livingston picked up the first place prize of $291,749 after beating a tough looking field.

“40 hours of work for nearly $300,000? I’ll take it!” beamed Livingston. He went on; “I have always wanted to win a gold bracelet, but I must say that the gold ring will do for now.”

Exclusive – $7,000 Poker News Headlines Rake Race

We’re proud to announce the launch of our exclusive $7,000 Rake Race here at Poker News Headlines. Starting from 00:01am on November 1st 2009 all players who have a rake back deal or a VIP rewards deal with any of our advertisers will be eligible to take part in the month long promotion.

You won’t find this deal anywhere else. It is for Poker News Headlines readers only. That means the pool of players will be much smaller than poker network wide races. In turn that means you’ll have a much better chance of winning one of the great prizes on offer. Interested? then read on.

Carter Phillips Leads EPT Warsaw after Day 1a

Carter Phillips, 21, from North Carolina, USA is the current chip leader at the EPT Warsaw. Phillips took his seat alongside 88 other players for Day 1a in Poland and went on to amass a huge chip lead. 64 players survived the day but most of those are al least a double up behind Carter.

Well over 100 more players are expected for Day 1b tomorrow (October 21) including Team PokerStars PROs Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Katja Thater, Florian Langmann, Sebastian Ruthenberg, Dario Minieri, Thierry Van Den Berg and William Thorson as well as PokerStars-sponsored players JP Kelly and EPT presenter Michelle Orpe. Other big names include 1998 world champion Scotty Nguyen, Danish poker pro Gus Hansen, last year’s finalist Ludovic Lacay, and WCOOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb.

Anurag Dikshit Sells Majority of His PartyGaming Shares

Anurag Dikshit has sold two thirds of his PartyGaming PLC shares. His previous holding stood at 27% of the company. After the sale Dikshit owns just 9%. The sale represents £213 million worth of equity based on PartyGaming PLC’s closing share price of 284.5 pence on Monday evening.

Dikshit stands to lose his “largest shareholder in the company” status to co-founders Ruth Parasol DeLeon and Russell DeLeon – both own a 14% stake in the company with 58 million shares each.

News of the sale has sent PartyGaming’s share price spiralling down 14% in today’s trading.

Markus Sippe Wins BoylePoker IPO

Luxemberg based German poker professional, Markus Sippe, has won the Boyle Poker International Poker Open. Sippe overcame local player Jaye Renehan heads up to take the title and $62,250 back home to Luxemberg.

A record field of 1440 players were in attendance for the tournament at the Regency Airport Hotel, Dublin. The numbers represented the largest tournament field ever assembled outside of America. Neil Channing, Padraig Parkinson, Andy Black, Marty Smyth, Surinder Sunar, Fintan Gavin and Simon Trumper were all there to try their luck but there was no stopping Sippe.