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Crave Signs Faces for WCP 2
Via press-release carrier pigeon comes the news that Crave Entertainment is going to put some famous faces on their player avatars for the upcoming World Championship Poker 2:
Featuring Howard Lederer, perhaps feeling the heat from Stacked before that competitor even hits the shelves. The pros who have inked deals with Crave for the console title are: Howard Lederer, obviously, as well as Greg Raymer, Clonie Gowen, Robert Williamson III, Amir Vahedi, Paul Darden, and Howard's li'l sister, Annie. Interestingly, Crave also captured the services of tournament director Matt Savage, which should make for some interesting possibilities.
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Put A Smile on Dad's (Poker) Face
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Barbecue tools are boring. Ties are tired. This Fathers Day, chips are hip and all things poker dominate the most wanted list.
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by Mr. John Brokopp
 Poker and playing for money are as inseparable as coffee and a donut to a majority of people. But for Shawn Riley, president, CEO and CFO of the Amateur Poker League (APL) with headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, poker and playing for fun is the jackpot combination.
"We're not about gambling," Riley insists. "Poker in itself is fun. We emphasize the social aspect of the game. Go to any one of our events and there may be a 21-year-old college kid, a 40-year-old woman and an 80-year-old man sitting there having fun playing, talking and laughing. Poker is a great social activity. Your physical attributes don't matter. Some bad mouth us by saying 'it's not poker if there's no money'.
Well, we disagree."
The APL sanctions free Texas Hold'em Tournaments at locations around the country. Participants earn points which can qualify them for special tournaments as well as regional and national events. That's the good news. The bad news is that because of regulatory problems there are no tournaments being held in Illinois. More about that later.
Riley and his boyhood pal, Kurt McPhail, who serves as vice president and COO, were longtime poker fans who envisioned organizing a national amateur league in which people could just play for fun.
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