Popularity is not the be all and end all – but try telling that to Gordon Brown. Or indeed Cereus. Whether or not Cereus’ recent security issues have had anything to do with their numbers crash remains uncertain but even Chief Inspector Clouseau would conclude that they have certainly not helped the poker network, which fell from the sixth largest in the world in terms of real money ring game traffic to ninth this week, according to PokerScout.com. Read more.