[PPA President]

The Board of Directors of the Poker Players Alliance met recently and after careful examination and discussion the board has decided the following:
The PPA hereby disassociates itself from CEO Poker Tour.

Just to clarify to the Poker community and PPA members, the relationship between our organizations was as follows: CEO Poker Tour offered and I as the President of the PPA accepted a relationship whereby CEO Poker Tour promoted the PPA by hosting a banner at its tournament and providing lapel pins to its players in order to heighten awareness of the PPA. The board was not consulted in this arrangement as we typically accept any help that is provided, at no cost to the PPA, to broaden our base and help increase awareness and increase our membership.

We have asked the CEO Poker Tour to return the Poker Players Alliance banner and any remaining lapel pins that they may have.

Just to clarify, this was a non-monetary relationship. The PPA received no money, nor paid money to CEO Poker Tour, and the relationship was only meant to increase awareness of the PPA.

We are not in the business, nor is it in our organization’s scope, to evaluate and endorse any organization that seeks to promote awareness of the PPA and its fight to defend poker. We are not a governing or regulatory body for tournaments, casinos, dealers, etc., nor do we seek to be. We are an organization that promotes the rights of poker players in the political arena at a Federal and State level.
At the urging of the membership, we have sought to put together CEO Poker and the World Poker Association to resolve this issue, but per this announcement the PPA will have no further involvement with CEO Poker.
Regards,
Michael Bolcerek
President
Poker Players Alliance