Does the WSOP Main Event outcome help online poker politically ?

[Legislurker]

Good idea obg, email FT about it, he wore their [censored].

[oldbookguy]

We will need several of us to do this, ofcourse Yang would have to agree to lend his name.

Lets figure out a plan.

Maybe a weekly reasonable tourney, 50/50 split, each week to one of his charities?

Thoughts? Could be good PR for online players as well.

obg

[Legislurker]

We would need consent of the charities as well.

[oldbookguy]

Yes, though perhaps not. It could be set up where the winners simply designates 50% of their winnings to a chaity of choice.

Wasn't Full Tilt and Card Player Magazine the primary founders of the PPA?

obg

[Grasshopp3r]

Only God knows who is behind the PPA.

Jerry is great for poker. I would love to see him versus Barry Greenstein heads up for charities.

[TruePoker CEO]

Truepoker could easily host a charity tournament series along those suggested lines, but a 50% tithing tournament would not fly for long. A one shot tourney seems more feasible .... if someone knows Dr. Yang and can pitch credibly it as a charitable enterprise.

[Legislurker]

Party and Card player

[TruePoker CEO]

100% for the good, no real visible downside.

Think of it as a trade of Jamie Gold for Jerry Yang. Who would not have taken that deal, for the political gain alone ?

[Lottery Larry]

It's a sign! God likes poker!

[CountingMyOuts]

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Only God knows who is behind the PPA.

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I would venture a guess that Party Poker and some Las Vegas brick and mortar casinos also know who is behind the PPA. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]