December Rake Race – $10,000 in Cash Prizes

Our November rake race is coming to an end and, due to the huge popularity of the race, we are running another rake race promotion in December. This time we’re increasing the prize pool to $10,000 and it’s an ALL CASH leaderboard with the top 20 players walking away with a bonus in the New Year.

It doesn’t take much to be one of the top raking players on Poker News Headlines. Just a few thousand dollars in rake should easily see your name (first 4 letters) in one of the top 20 positions. That means a big cash bonus paid to you in January. What a great way to pay for Christmas!

Two Billionth Hand at Sun Poker

Sun Poker have announced the launch of their two billionth hand promotion. The popular iPoker network skin is giving away some huge prizes to celebrate the milestone including $40,000 in cash, WSOP 2010 and Irish Open 2010 seats.

We know our readers love great value for money when it comes to their online poker play. That’s why we like to champion the great deals Sun Poker offer to our readers. The Two Billionth hand promotion represents some amazing value for money for every size of poker bankroll. Read on if you want to grab your share of the prizes and learn how you can get 45% in VIP cashback rewards.

Missing UK Poker Player, John Regan, Found Dead

The body of a missing poker player from London has been found by UK police in a North London canal. John Regan was last seen leaving a pub on November 19. Concerned family and friends reported his disappearance soon after with many describing the popular 30 year old’s actions as “totally out of character”.

Regan, originally from Derbyshire, worked as a Sports Analyist in London. Police are not treating his death as suspicious at this stage.

Facebook and Twitter users including Dave Gorman, David Mitchell, Claudia Winkleman and British poker babe Victoria Coren joined a 3500 strong group for information on Mr Regan’s whereabouts.

Shaun Deeb: “I Quit!”

Shock news hit the poker news wires last night as Shaun Deeb sensationally quit tournament poker for the foreseeable future. Deeb has suffered a poor run of results of late yet was considered one of the top tournament players, often playing 20 – 30 tournament tables online at once!

Deeb said; “yah Im burntout I hate them I’m done with them. I cant win live everyone was always right I cant win online I just ran good everyone was always right. I’m gunna take rest of year off hopefully and go do something else yah poker was good for a while but sh*t I hate what I’ve become.”

Blonde Poker Kicked off iPoker Network due to “Winning Players”

Blonde Poker, one of Europe’s most popular poker forums and websites, has been given written notice by iPoker to leave their network. The skin, which has one of the smaller player groups on iPoker, has been given three months to leave the network by iPoker.

Tony “Tikay” Kendall was damning of the decision by iPoker chiefs. Tikay, one of the founder members and shareholders of the website, said; “On Friday, BlondePoker Web Ltd received in writing 3 months notice of Termination of our Contract with Aqua/i-poker. The document was a complex one – 15 pages long, full of equations & algorithms, but the gist of it was that, on aggregate, the blonde players are winning players.”

Isildur1 Hits Jedward Style Lows

While the high stakes poker players continued their nosebleed grinding the UK seemingly let out a collective cheer as tone-death twins John and Edward (Jedward) were eliminated from the popular X Factor TV show. The glum looks on Jedward’s faces could possibly be matched by Isildur1’s this morning. The Swedish sensation was beating up the highest stakes games on Full Tilt less than a week ago, putting Tom “Durrrr” Dwan to the sword on several occasions.

Now it seems the variation bitch has bitten for Isildur1. Only a few days ago he was several million dollars in the black. Today that figure is a relatively small $750,000. So what’s been happening?

Durrrr Hits Back in London Million Dollar Poker Challenge

It seems a few pundits may have written off Tom “Durrrr” Dwan a little too soon following his poor run against Swedish online sensation Isildur1. Dwan is currently in London to play the Full Tilt Million Dollar Challenge against the likes of Sammy George, Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and Marcello “Luckexpress” Marigliano.

Dwan arrived in London on the back of one of his worst runs online to date. Isildur1 was the benefactor of the Durrrr downswing. Such was the extent of Dwan’s losses to the Swede it left many questioning if the 23 year old was on the verge of going bust. The action in London proved otherwise as Durrrr hit back in style over three match ups.

ECOOP V on Sun Poker – $4.5 Million in Guaranteed Prizes

The fifth European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP) is looming large over at Sun Poker and the fifth season of the popular festival sees a record $4.5 million in guaranteed prize pools on offer including a huge $1.5 million guaranteed for the main event.

ECOOP V represents one of the best value online poker festivals around. The guaranteed prize pools are sure to offer overlays and players who join Sun Poker from Poker News Headlines can benefit from exclusive promotions to get the most rewards for their play at one of the most popular iPoker rooms.

UK Poker Pro’ Marcus Bebb-Jones to face Murder Charges in US

British poker player, Marcus Bebb-Jones, was arrested yesterday at the home he shares with his mother in Kidderminster, UK following a US arrest warrant issued in October. It is alleged Bebb-Jones murdered his wife, Sabrina Bebb-Jones, in 1997 in the United States.

Bebb-Jones has tasted great success on the UK poker circuit. The highlight being his Grosvenor Grand Prix victory in 2007 which netted him a £90,000 pay day. He then became a regular face at Nottingham’s Dusk Till Dawn poker club and cashed there in the £300 Deepstack event in April of this year.