Rat Pack Poker News: Nov.1st-8th

World Series of Poker Main Event...need we say more, well just in case here is your update from what we got to see this week in the poker world.

• Macau Poker Cup Championship was held at Casino Grand Lisboa and saw a field of 254 with the winner being the German Juilan Hasse
• The Trump Taj Mahal Casino and Resort in Atlantic City hosted the 1st event on Nov.1 for the U.S. Poker Championship and will run through Nov.22
• Jack Links Beef Jerky resigned a sponsorship deal with the WSOP to continue to be it's major sponsor.
• BetFair Poker launched a Canadian version of it's site.
• ESPN3 showed The World Series of Poker Main Event live or at least on a short time delay, and everyone in the poker world was tweeting about it, including Twitter.com/Ratpackpoker
• The WSOP Main Event saw Michael "the grinder" Mizrachi add $2.3mill to his wallet when he finished in 5th place
• John Duhamel and John Racener will paly tonight: Monday Nov 8th at 8pm for the Main Event bracelet and $8.9 MILLION DOLLARS, Duhamel has over a 150mil chiplead
• Frank Kassela Won the World Series of Poker Player of the Year award beating out Michael "the grinder" Mizrachi by just 50 points