My good buddy over at our partner site at Poker Strategy Forums has released an EXCLUSIVE video of Russ Hamilton talking about the scandal surrounding him and his involvement with the AP/UB cheating that went down early last year and spilled over into the latter part of 2008.

In a buzz that has been hitting the internet poker forums pretty hard, it looks as if online poker legend Cliff Josephy - aka JohnnyBax - was released by his former employers over at Ultimate Bet this week.

The 2008 PokerStars APPT Syndey has gotten underway over at Star City in Australia. The Main Event will feature well over the 561 players that showed up for last year’s Main Event, and with 4 days of intense poker ahead of this year’s field, it will undoubtedly have its fair share of action and intensity.

This past Sunday, the AP/UB scandal that rocked the online poker community just over a year ago was finally being exposed thanks to a controversial piece that was being aired by CBS producers on the popular television show “60 Minutes.”

The interviews conducted included sit-downs with former WSOP bracelet winner Todd Witteles, a Kahnawake Gaming Commission representative, as well as several other online poker players.

The producers did an excellent job of naming the people involved in cracking open the initial investigation (the players themselves), as well as really putting on the heat towards the main conspirator of the scandal, Russ Hamilton.

The full video can be seen by clicking on the story itself, courtesy of the Guru.

The Guru recently came across a pretty cool online poker portal that really appreciated all aspects related to poker - this portal was none other than PokerSense.com. Noobs and veteran gamblers alike will find the layout and navigation of PokerSense very attractive and simple to get around. You can see at first glance why this site’s offerings are informative and beyond generous in regards to its content.