Poker fans will be pleased to note the release of a brand new poker site, PayNoRake.com, which operates under the banner of high commission and rakeback rates. The site was released by Playsafe Holding, a Norwegian company, and is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission.

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.

The Bluff Poker Tour (BPT) will be a series of online tournaments modeled on the World Poker Tour (WPT). Whereas WPT tournaments are held live in different cities of the world, the BPT tournaments will be held at online poker rooms such as Doyles Room, Pitbull Poker, True Poker and Reefer Poker.

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.