What started as a small post on 2+2 blew up and became news across the online poker world and created a stir in forums about the possibility of iPoker removing all poker sites that are associated with the Tain Poker. This includes NoIQ Poker, Chili Poker, Carlos poker and several more.

Party Poker and Cryptologic have entered a five year licensing agreement which gives Party Gaming access to several casino games that Cryptologic owns. The two companies are also talking about a possible merge if both companies can find value in doing so.

Party Poker has just launched their new software version that provides users with a new layout, look and overall new product. The new software also comes with two brand new Party Poker promotions that are named, The Big Deal and the King of the Table Tournament that pay out over $4 million.

Duplicate Poker has closed its doors to everyone and posted a message on their website saying they regret closing and thanked their players for their support. However, they ran into financial issues with the unsettling USA financial market. Duplicate Poker members also received an email with the news and players are also able to withdraw any funds that were in their player account, by visiting DuplicatePoker.com.

Full Tilt Poker has set the schedule for the upcoming Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) which begins on Wednesday, November 5th. The series carries a main event that has a guaranteed prize pool of $2.5 million and is expected to have over 5,000 players competing.

Everest Poker has released their own VIP rewards program, which is referred to as “Everest Poker Vip Summit Club.” Everest has been surveying their player base and the consensus was that the players would appreciate a loyalty program. After the high demand Everest Poker listened to its players and created an innovative yet simple to follow loyalty program.

The Million Dollar Cash game is coming back to television for it’s third season after players such as Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, David Bennyamine, Doyle Brunson, etc. showed up to participate in the cash game that was hosted by Full Tilt Poker. The poker game was played in London, England during the World Series of Poker Europe edition.

Gutshot Poker has made a bold move leaving the long time standing poker network known as MicroGaming Network and is now operating on the booming Cake Poker Network. There has been no direct reason or statement made by Gutshot for the reason of the network switch, but it is obvious that the Microgaming Network is losing their player base rather quickly.

John Juanda was crowned world champion of the World Series of Poker Main Event tournament after a grueling 22 hour final table. Juanda not only wins a prestigious WSOP bracelet, but also gets to bring home over $1.5 million in first place prize money. Runner up went to Stanislav Alekhin and other notable players at the final table included Daniel Negreanu, Scott Fischman, and Ivan Demidov.