In this week’s poker news round-up we remind you that Annette Obrestad angered the poker community by signing with the Venetian Poker Room; Steve O’Dwyer took another huge score down under, and much more.

Sheldon Adelson and the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSIG) pulled off a masterstroke last week when they hired Norwegian poker star Annette Obrestad as an ambassador of the Venetian Poker Room.

It’s perfect.

It’s ingenious.