It’s been a bit more than ten days since that dreadful day on the 15th of April where the US DoJ decided to close down the four biggest online poker sites for the US market.

The Wall Street Journal and the Las Vegas Review Journal have both reported that Full Tilt Poker has partnered with Fertitta Interactive (Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, also the owners of Station Casinos and the UFC brand, though no association is being made with the Stations or UFC brands, though there may be a tie-in down the road with the UFC).

In a state that otherwise bans any kind of gambling whatsoever, Hawaii may actually soon allow online and live poker games to be held in the state, according to a recent bill that has cleared preliminary committees.

Poker fans can look forward to the commencement of a new pro poker league in Las Vegas in the upcoming year that hopes to be for poker what the PGA is for golf.

Once in a while an online poker room comes out with a new and innovative way to play poker. Last year, Full Tilt Poker came out with Rush Poker. This year PokerStars has released Home Games, which will redefine the way we play poker, again.

Prahlad Friedman, WSOP and WPT winner with more than $2.3 mill in live tourney winnings and successful online poker player, is rumored to be signing with UB.com, most likely in an effort by UB to replace their recent pros lost, Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth.