In this week’s poker news round-up we remind you that the partypoker MILLIONS Dusk till Dawn should be an award winner, what a great week it was for female poker, and a not so great week for Salomon Ponte.

In March, PokerStars’s Eric Hollreiser penned a blog post welcoming renewed interest in live events from his company’s competition.

“We believe competition is good for players and good for poker,” Hollreiser wrote.“Competition makes everyone work harder, be better and it builds more energy and excitement around the game, which in turn creates a rising tide that lifts all boats.”

The tide is rising, Eric.