Lee Davy brings you his usual round up of poker news including a big week on the poker charity front, criticism for the commentators working at the World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table, and more.

The US Presidential Elections means erstwhile poker news has been scant this week. It’s as if the poker world ceased operations while everyone huddled around the TV screens to see the horror show unfold.

There was one theme that emerged this week and once again it was the presence of charitable giving in poker. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) and The One Drop Foundation sent out a press release confirming that the €1m buy-in One Drop Extravaganza raised $3,805,000 for those affected by a lack of a clean water supply. Added to the $1,206,478 raised in the summer, that’s a total output of $5,011,478.

The World Poker Tour Foundation (WPTF) followed suit by announcing that their ninth “All In” For Kids Poker Tournament raised $765,000 for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) Cardiac Centre.