So what is a better player supposed to do? He can try to negotiate with poker sites directly to get a way better deal. Sometimes this works (depending on the poker rooms policy) but it’s a waste of time more often. A better idea is to look for somebody with good contacts that can arrange such deals with poker rooms that are ready to give better players better deals, so called VIP rakeback.

It’s easier to find good rakeback deals at some of the networks like ipoker, ongame, entraction, boss media, microgaming, cake and so on. It’s almost impossible to find special Full Tilt or Pokerstars deals. We can highly recommend entraction rakeback. This network is the fastest growing network and one of the best places for European players. And you can get some good deals there.

Last time it was the FullTilt Poker high-stakes RailHeaven $500/$1000 NL Texas Holdem table that doled out the record-breaking winnings. And it just so happens that the newly set records came from the exact same source.

Here’s how it went. Sunday, October 26. First “durrrr” won $618,000. Then, a few hours after that, poker star John Juanda won $678,000, coincidentally in a head-to-head with none other than “durrrr” himself.

In the very next hand, fellow Team FullTilt poker celebrity, Phil Ivey $687,000 in a pot against – you guessed it! – John Juanda.

The final, and current standing, record setting pot came just 3 hours later when “durrrr” took another shot at reclaiming the esteemed record-holding spot, this time against Di Dang (aka “Urindanger”), but lost, making “Urindanger” the current record-holder with a single-pot win of nearly $724,000.

This posting is Part I, listing events from 9/5 to 9/13. Results for the second half of 2008 WCOOP events will be listed next week.

• 9/5    6-handed No Limit Holdem                     shane147 won $202,409
• 9/5    Pot Limit 5-Card Draw                             ImBillMcNeal won $34,201
• 9/6    Limit Holdem                                          cwp394 won $73,385
• 9/6    2-7 Triple Draw                                      playitsafe won $24,809
• 9/7    High-Roller No Limit Holdem                  dorinvandy won $617,925
• 9/7    No Limit Holdem                                     Calvin32 won $452,087
• 9/8    6-handed Pot Limit Omaha                     Mary 717 won $71,730
• 9/8    8-game Mixed Event                               Ulett_23 won $50,797
• 9/9    4-handed No Limit Holdem                      jonasof87 won $95,410
• • 9/9    Razz                                                      dinho_style won $43,096
• • 9/10    Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo                         92848 won $88,383
• • 9/10    6-handed Mixed Hold’em                    Randers won $66,000
• • 9/11    No Limit Holdem w/Rebuys                  Irdvoldemort won $207,773
• • 9/11    7-Card Stud                                        Mildred53 won $28,609
• • 9/12    Heads-Up No Limit Holdem                 Huxfluxen won $89,744
• • 9/12    1 Rebuy/1 Add-on Pot Limit Omaha    Andy McLEOD won $98,280
• • 9/13    6-handed Pot Limit Holdem                 poker101 won $80,400
• • 9/13    HORSE                                                 Sensor won $57,422

Stay tuned next week for the rest of the PokerStars 2008 WCOOP Results.

Multi-accounting is a crime that doesn’t only hurt internet poker rooms but internet poker players as well, as it involves one player misrepresenting himself by playing at the same site under two different usernames.

After strong suspicions aroused by Townsend’s opponents, he was eventually pressed to confess to his wrongdoing, that being:
• playing at Full Tilt Poker as “sbrugby” in high-stakes and “Stellarnebula” in low-stakes games
• and playing at PokerStars as “aba20” in high-stakes and “Makersmark66” in low-stakes games

All poker sites forbid such activity, but it’s reasonable to wonder realistic it is to enforce such a policy. Which is why this story is of such interest to all online poker players, because if you don’t think it’s possible for these multi-accounting cheaters to get caught and dealt with, think again.

The series’ biggest money winner, however, was not “dubbeemin” but someone else , “hAAydon”, who took home over $541,000 in the 2-day, $2,500 + $120 buy-in, No Limit Texas Hold’em tournament.

Among those others claiming a portion of the $15 million guaranteed for themselves (and the events in which they staked it) are:

1: GARFIELD25 in $200 + $16 NL Hold ‘em

2: Teledonk in $240 + $16 PL Omaha/8 Knockout

3: CapTinBisKuiT in $200 + $16 NL Hold ‘em 4 x Shootout 6-Max

4: ryanghall in $300 + $22 NL Hold ‘em 1 rebuy and 1 add-on

5: dread noughts in $200 + $16 Stud

6: chipwizard1 in $500 + $35 PL Omaha 6-Max

7: bizzleraises in $100 + $9 NL Hold ‘em Rebuy

8: ryanbluf in $240 + $16 NL Hold ‘em 6-Max Knockout

9: tedsfishfry in $500 + $35 NL Hold ‘em Heads Up

10: Harlindo in $300 + $22 NL Hold ‘em

11: Sugarsweetness in $200 + $16 Limit Hold’em

12: bmf823 in $1,000 + $60, NL Hold ‘em 6-Max

13: Dukatos in $200 + $16 HA (half PL Hold ‘em, half PL Omaha)

14: yuvee04 in $500 + $35 HORSE

15: yuvee04 in $200 + $16 NL Hold ‘em Turbo

16: nortti77 in $200 + $16 Omaha/8

17: MishkaT in $300 + $22 NL Hold ‘em 6-Max Rebuy

18: jobless23 in $500 + $35 NL Hold ‘em 3 x Shootout

19: Rizz13 in $300 + $22 Mixed Hold’em 6-Max

20: Ebolarama in $200 + $16 NL Hold ‘em 6-Max

21: TheFatFISH in $300 + $22 Razz

23: TheBrain in $100 + $9 PL Omaha Rebuy

24: Kroko-dill in $120 + $9 NL Hold ‘em Knockout