The second largest online poker room, Poker Stars, is set to become a publicly traded company on the London stock exchange. According to The London Times, Poker Stars could go public by the end of the year at a value of over $2 billion. Over 75% of Poker Stars is currently owned by Isai Scheinberg, a former senior programmer for IBM. Party Gaming is expected to launch an internet Backgammon site later this week called Partygammon.com. For backgammon junkies like myself, I can hardly wait to play for real money with chips from my party poker account.