3: barrels of an oaky 888Poker flavour as Martin Jacobson, Dominik Nitsche and Parker Talbot create headlines; Roman “Romeopro” Romanovsky ends the year as 888Poker’s official ‘End Boss’, and the online poker room make Pick’em8 official.

Wave after wave of PokerStars related stories hit my email inbox like a tsunami on a daily basis. I could write about them all day. They play the game well. They dominate the headlines more than anyone because they are always giving writers something to write.

partypoker wins the Most Improved Award for Getting Stuff In My Face. The success of the MILLIONS brand, both live and online has helped, but there is still work to do in leveraging the wealth of stories that live inside the skulls of the most substantial swathe of ambassadors in the world.

Bringing up the rear is 888Poker.