[PRESS RELEASE: London, 2nd September]
The latest from top rakeback site, Rakeback.co.uk, is a series of poker quizzes designed to test the poker knowledge of poker players from all over the globe.

“Everyone thinks they are a poker master these days, so we thought what better way for players coming to our site to test their metal, than the ultimate poker quiz series!” Emma Gilbert, Online Community Manager for Rakeback.co.uk. “As the series progresses the quizzes will become more difficult and test player’s poker knowledge to the max!”

The Quizzes are created in house by the team behind the popular UK Rakeback site and they are also inviting people to submit their own quiz questions on their Facebook group.

“Anyone who submits viable questions for the quizzes will be granted entry into their choice of one of our monthly freerolls. Simply Submit your questions in the discussion section of our Facebook group” Gilbert

The Poker Quizzes addition comes hot on the heels of the recently launched “Ask the Pros” interviews, the first of which was published last month and featured Victoria Coren with other big names to follow.

Rakeback.co.uk will also be attending many of the poker events this summer including the English Poker Open and Poker in the Park so anyone visiting the site over the next few months will have lots to keep themselves amused.

About Rakeback.co.uk

 
Rakeback.co.uk is the leading UK rakeback site which provides players with up to 40% rake back at top online poker rooms including Full Tilt, UB.com and Cake Poker. The site is built on the principles of giving poker players maximum value so in addition to the great rakeback deals they also offer cashback on selected online purchases and the biggest combination of monthly promotions for their players totalling over $600,000 in rake race and freeroll prizes!

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The PokerStars European Tour Vilamoura tournament played down to its final eight players from 24 yesterday and when the chips were counted up 73% of them belonged to British poker players including former footballer Teddy Sheringham. The Final Table will play out today and there are high hopes for a UK win in Portugal to cap an excellent summer before the action returns home.

This PokerStars event has drawn some of the best players in the world and the majority of the international stars have been sent packing leaving Brits such as Sam Trickett, Jason Lee and Toby Lewis to battle it out for the EPT title. Players that failed to reach Day 3 let alone the Final table include:

Daniel Negreanu, Noah Boeken, Bertrand Grospellier, Thomas Marchese, Michael Binger, Carlos Mortensen, Andy Black, Carter Phillips, William Reynolds, David Williams, Sorel Mizzi, Barny Boatman, Liv Boeree, Vicky Coren (read an interview with Vicky here)and Annette Obrestad.

Those that do remain will enter the final table will the following chip stacks:

Seat 1: Teddy Sheringham – 1,783,000
Seat 2: Toby Lewis – 3,322,000
Seat 3: Martin Jacobson – 441,000
Seat 4: Jason Lee – 1,167,000
Seat 5: Sergio Coutinho – 872,000
Seat 6: Sam Trickett – 3,318,000
Seat 7: Rob Hollink – 259,000
Seat 8: Frederick Jensen – 375,000

Sam Trickett was all set to end the day as the overnight chip leader until Toby Lewis won the last hand of the day to put him exactly 4,000 chips ahead of Trickett and send Sam on tilt. The two are good friends but there will be no friendly play tomorrow as these eight players return to the felt to play for the near half million Euro first prize.

Lewis in a typically self-deprecating British way has put down the hopes of a home win stating:

”We may have all the chips but we can still find a way to burn them all”

Following the success of so many UK players in the World Series of Poker it is hard to see the winner coming from anywhere but our shores. (Consider yourselves officially jinxed)

After the PokerStars EPT Vilamoura the poker world will converge on London for the English Poker Open, World Series of Poker Europe and a host of other great tournaments and side games.

The buy-in is £250 +£25 with up to 2 seats a day plus cash prizes up for grabs

Good Luck!

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Having experienced one or more of a RakeTheRake night out I can only advise that anyone who is attending this event beware of the free flowing vodka and the roving cameras!

You have been warned!

(Rakeback.co.uk will be providing the Alka Seltzer’s the next day!

Watched a few late night poker games on T.V? Perhaps you have even played a few hands of poker with your friends, but do you know the basics of the world’s favourite card game? With this starter Poker Quiz you can test your poker knowledge of the basics and even challenge your friends to see how well they have done.