Don Cheadle, the star of movies such as Oceans Eleven, Crash and Hotel Rwanda, has been signed up by Full Tilt to become a “Friend” of the poker rooms.  The Hollywood stars name will now appear in red anytime he plays at the site.

PKR Poker broke the mould again today when they announced their first ever, professional poker team. Rather than going for a group of established household names, the trail blazing poker room opted instead to sign 6 rising stars from the PKR.com community.

John "Razor" Phan has been named Player Of The Year 2008 by both Bluff Magazine and Card Player.  Phan took this years award after taking a World Poker Tour title and 2 World Series Of Poker Braclets. He also managed to take home over $2 million in tournament winnings in 2008.