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The announcements of the 2008 inductees to the Poker Hall of Fame was delayed so as allow the ceremony to coincide with the final table of the WSOP Main Event. The two players honored this year are Dewey Tomko and Henry Orenstein. The ceremony took place on November 9 at the Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

UltimateBet Poker is on a signing spree. The news of their signing up Adam Levy is still warm and they have announced the acquisition of “Hollywood” Dave Stann.

Ameranth Inc. have received a patent for their “Casino Poker and Dealer Management System”. The patent will run till December 2025. Ameranth had begun work on this system in 2001.

NextPoker has reacted strongly to reports by BWin, that it has been forcibly removed from the latter’s Ongame Poker network because of rakeback charges. NextPoker said that it was considering taking Bwin to court over these claims, especially since it could be proven that it had no direct contractual agreement with Ongame Poker in the first place.

Road2Recovery is a charity that supports AMA Motocross and Supercross members who sustain career-ending injuries. They regularly hold live poker tournaments in order to collect the needed funds. The fourth such tournament was presented by Toyota Motors and held at the MGM Grand.

The World Poker Tour tournament, Festa al Lago, currently being played out at the Bellagio is drawing to a close. The starting field of 368 has been narrowed down to six. The total prize pool for the event is $5,354,400. The winner will get $1,411,015 and the top fifty will cash.

Cryptologic has announced that it was in discussion with a major poker network for the sharing of their poker resources. Though Cryptologic did not name the network, industry sources reveal that it is none other than PartyPoker, which is the online poker brand of PartyGaming. Both Cryptologic and PartyPoker are struggling to maintain their share of the online poker market.

The Third Annual World Poker Congress was held in Budapest, Hungary on the 29th and the 30th of October. The representatives of some of the biggest land and online poker companies attended this event.

The PokerNews Cup Season 2 is being held at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. The tournament will run from October 12 to October 20. The Event 1, AUD230 No Limit Hold’em $75,000 Guaranteed is over.

Keen to join the ever-expanding online gambling market in Asia, one of Europe’s top poker rooms, PKR, has joined up with with AsianLogic to help promote its product in this region.

The Dutch Ministry of Justice has stressed their opinion that poker would remain a game of skill and not a game of chance. This question was recently discussed when a professor of statistics and mathematical probabilities challenged the 1998 Supreme Court ruling which defined poker as a game of chance.

The face-lift of the Fontana Room in the Bellagio, Las Vegas, having been completed, the World Poker Tour (WPT) has returned there with the Festa al Lago event, which will run till the 26th of October.

The final table of the WSOP 2008 Main Event has finally been reconvened. There has been a mixed reaction to the delay. The organizers have stated that they will evaluate the pros and cons after the event is over and then will take a considered decision for next year.

With the Presidential elections round the corner online poker players have been hoping for some positive signs from Senator Obama, especially since he is considered to be a good poker player.

PokerStars sponsored Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has moved to New Zealand. The action is scheduled to begin on the 9th of October at the SKYCITY Casino in Auckland. This is the third stop of the APPT after Macau and Seoul.