A review of Casey Jarzabek's historic January, discussion about the Merge Network VIP program and river play including blocking bets and over bet bluffs are just some of the topics covered this week in the Poker Training Video Directory. @pokernews.com

Players funds are safe and all VIP points and tournament tickets will be honored. It was announced today that Hero Poker will be closing its room on the Merge Network effective today. @pokernews.com

CEO awaits "final confirmation" prior to announcing the fate of the poker room. The future of Merge Network skin Hero Poker remains in limbo after changes to its website and forum statements by its CEO seem to confirm previous indications of its pending departure from Merge. @pokernews.com

Former Yatahay Network remains 4th-largest US-facing network Buoyed by the move of Black Chip Poker from the Merge Network earlier this month, the Winning Poker Network (formerly the Yatahay Network) has jumped into the top 25 networks in overall traffic, as measured by tracking site pokerscout. @pokernews.com