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In the fourth part of our end-of-the-year retrospective, we revise what happened in April, 2011.

In the third part of our end-of-the-year retrospective, we revise what happened in March, 2011.

In the second part of our end-of-the-year retrospective, we revise what happened in February, 2011.

In the first part of our end-of-the-year retrospective, we revise what happened in January, 2011.

Co-founder of Absolute Poker, Brent Beckley pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court acknowledging that Absolute Poker knowingly cheated American banks to facilitate illegal online gambling transactions.

Ibrahim al Moussa, the mastermind between the EPT Berlin robbery that took place in 2010 has been sentenced to 6 years and 4 months of jail yesterday.

PokerStars released it's first mobile client ever - at the moment only available to Italian players, and offers play money games only. Italians can already download it for free through iTunes.

The brand new version of the most popular poker software suite, Hold'em Manager is out today, you can now purchase it online. If you already have Hold'em Manager 1, you are eligible for an upgrade at a discount price.

NBC has announced that, due to the situation of poker in the US after Black Friday, the channel is not going to produce the next season of their overly popular poker show, the National Heads-Up Poker Championship.

The recent update is planned to be the last major one during the beta-testing of Holdem Manager 2. The software should now be ready to hit the stores later in October.

Full Tilt Poker's Attorney, Jeff Ifrah asked the court for permission to resign due to "unreasonable difficulty to carry out his employment effectively and would result on an unreasonable financial burden on the law firm."

2007 Aussie Millions 2nd finisher Jimmy Fricke claims that every single ace of spades is easily recognisable from its back at the Bellagio.

Online betting exchange Betfair, in a wave of thorough revision of their sport sponsorship activities, has ended its sponsorship contract with UEFA Champions League 2010/11 winner FC Barcelona and signed four sport stars for brand ambassadors. Marketing magazine reports.

Moneybookers has officially announced what was rumored in the last few hours: they stopped business with Full Tilt Poker altogether. Recently the company sent out an email to its registered users, informing them about the situation:

Let's start this week with some less-than-serious news: poker pros Erick Lindgren and Erica Schoenberg got married in Santa Barbara yesterday. Many poker professionals attended the event.