‘Poker’ Category

Betfair Announces move to OnGame Network & Goodbye to Rakeback

By Paul Jones • Jul 12th, 2010 • Category: Lead-Story, Poker, Poker News, poker features

Online betting exchange and poker site Betfair.com has today announced that they are moving their poker operation to a third party poker network, the OnGame Network. This marks the demise of poker rakeback on Betfair from today, however any players who signed up to Betfair before 12th July 2010 will continue to have their existing [...]



It’s not real money

By Paul Jones • May 18th, 2010 • Category: Poker

One of the biggest hurdles a poker player must overcome is the mental side of the game. Almost anyone with an ounce of intelligence can work on the poker side of their game and become proficient enough to be able to make a significant second income from the game but nearly of of these players [...]



ASA Bans “Annette_15″ Advert

By Paul Jones • Sep 18th, 2009 • Category: Betting News, Poker

The UK Advertising Standards Authority has issued a ban to online betting company Betfair for an advert featuring 20 year old WSOPE champion and online-poker supertstar Annette “Annette_15″ Obrestad, as her online alias “Annette_15” which was used in advertising was seen to imply that Annette was just 15 years old.
The advertisment with the [...]



iPoker Rakeback

By Paul Jones • Aug 12th, 2009 • Category: Poker, rakeback

iPoker rakeback guide: Learn where to get the best deals on iPoker to maximise your poker profits easily with extra rakeback.



Merge Rakeback

By Paul Jones • Aug 10th, 2009 • Category: Poker, rakeback

There are three good options for merge rakeback – in this page we examine the top 3 skins for rakeback on the network: Spin32Poker, PokerNordica and ReeferPoker



Entraction Rakeback

By Paul Jones • Aug 10th, 2009 • Category: Poker, rakeback

Both Devlifish Poker and 5Betpoker offer Entraction rakeback of 30%, which one should you pick?



Betfair Rakeback

By Paul Jones • Aug 10th, 2009 • Category: Poker, rakeback

betfair offers 30% to 40% rakeback depending on how much you rake in a given month. Our betfair rakeback guide explains everything



CelebPoker Announces Move to iPoker

By Lisa Rogers • Aug 3rd, 2009 • Category: Poker

CelebPoker Latest Boss Media Skin to Announce move to iPoker/Playtech.



Irish Winter Festival Sole Survivor – win a €20,000 package

By Lisa Rogers • May 7th, 2009 • Category: Poker, poker features

Following the success of the Irish Poker Open “Sole Survivor” Promotion (where the Paddy Power Poker qualifier who lasted longest won a massive €100,000 live sponsorship deal), Paddy Power has announced the Irish Winter Festival Sole Survivor promotion – where the longest lasting Paddy Power Poker qualifer in the Irish Masters will win a €20,000 [...]



Poker Leagues on UKGF

By Paul Jones • Apr 26th, 2009 • Category: Poker

UKGF runs a variety of poker leagues for our members – all of which include freerolls as well as small-buyin value-added games.
UKGF Poker League Prizes:
Our various poker leagues offer a variety of different prizes including:

cash prizes
Live Tournament Entries
poker merchandise
Games consoles
Heads-up tournaments vs famous professionals

UKGF Poker leagues offer significant value to players in [...]