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The month long Legends of Poker is underway at the Bicycle Club in Bell Gardens, California. In the LIPS No Limit ladies event Barbara Enright took the top spot.

Poker played in different countries and sometimes in different casinos in the same country is often played with different rules. Today poker is international with players traveling from one country to another for tournaments. And playing under different rules is becoming burdensome.

World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPT) and FOX Sports Net (FSN) are due to formally announce their tie up any time soon, thus ending the will be or won’t be suspense on WPT’s Season VII. Though the starting date and the exact times are being worked out certain details have been decided on. The series will consist of 26 hour-long episodes, which will be aired during prime time on Sundays.

Bernard Lee is the poker writer with the Boston Herald. He has used the material written in his columns over the last three years for his first poker book, The Final Table, Volume I.

In a bid to counter the rising negative publicity directed towards two of its poker sites, Absolute Poker and Utimate Bet, Tokwiro Enterprises has announced the launching of a new poker network – the Cereus Poker Network. The company hopes that Cereus will be able to enjoy the same popularity as large networks such as PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.

The UIGEA put an end to online poker played on the Internet in the United States. However the UIGEA had a provision that has not been the subject of discussion in public forums. As per that provision each state can permit intranet online poker. This means that the participation has to be restricted to players within the state. Also certain specified conditions need to be met.

In the publicity blitz of WSOP 2008 one unique tournament went unnoticed. This was the first Gender Defender Poker Tournament held at the Orleans Casino on July 12th, 2008. The buy in was $300 and 80 players competed.

The insider cheating affair at the two online poker rooms, UltimateBet and Absolute Poker, refuses to die down. This is even after the two poker rooms have completed their investigations, put in corrective measures and are refunding losses.

The final table is not far off in the WSOP 2008 Main Event of $10,000 No Limit Hold’em. At the end of Day 5 there were less than 80 contestants left in the fray. Leading the pack was Mark Ketteringham with a chip count of almost 6 million. The remaining nine of the top ten were placed with chip counts between the 3 million and 4 million mark.

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission, which has issued licenses to Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet, both owned by Tokwiro Enterprises, finally has taken some drastic action in the superuser scandal.

NBC’s Poker After Dark Season IV has just gone on air. The format has changed but the class remains. Instead of the six-handed freeze outs the first week provides high stake cash games. The players are Tom “durrrr” Dwan, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Baxter, Allen Cunningham, Guy Laliberte and David “Viffer” Peat.

The UK-trading online gambling operator, PartyGaming announced this week that its revenues since April 28th dropped a slightly below forecasts. The London stock exchange reacted sharply to the news and share prices for the company dropped by almost 5%.

The leading online software provider, Cryptologic has announced that it successfully integrated its poker brand into Betsafe’s online eWallet payment system. This means that Betsafe players can enjoy one single account for all their gaming requirements, including poker and sportsbetting.

After World Poker Tour Enterprises were advised last month by the Games Show Network that it had allowed its option to broadcast new seasons of the WPT to expire without renewing this option, the President and Founder of WPTE has been searching for a new home for the tour’s upcoming seventh season.

With only the Main Event to be decided, which does not count for the Player of the year, the race is over. Erick Lindgren has been crowned Player of the Year at WSOP 2008. The top five in decreasing order are Erick Lindgren, Barry Greenstein, Jacobo Fernandez, John “Razor” Phan and David Benyamine.