John Pappas
Executive Director
Poker Players Alliance 

John Pappas has been engaged in high-level policy
and political consulting in Washington,
D.C., for the last ten
years.  Prior to taking a full-time
position as vice president of government affairs for the Poker Players Alliance
(PPA) he was a public affairs consultant for the Washington PR firm Dittus
Communications.  During his four years at
Dittus, Pappas served as a media and policy advisor for dozens of Fortune 500
companies, start-up firms, trade associations and grassroots organizations like
the PPA.
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Dear Fellow PPA Member:

Thanks to your efforts, we have made tremendous progress in our fight to protect the rights of poker players. More than 40 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have committed to clarifying federal laws to preserve your ability to play poker online. But we still need your help to get the attention of every U.S. Representative.
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Senator Alfonse D’Amato will be appearing on “Pumped on Poker” today (5/16) at 7pm PST.

Pumped on Poker (www.holdemradio.com)
May 16th
7pm PST / 10pm EST
Click “ON AIR” to listen Live

This is Part 1 of a 2 part interview.

If you cannot listen live you can go to www.holdemradio.com and click “Pumped On Poker” on the right side menu and have a private replay or download to your iPod.
Our other guest for this show is Johnny Chan, 10-time WSOP bracelet winner.

About one year ago, PocketFives.com had Michael Bolcerek, President of the Poker Players Alliance, on its weekly Podcast. One of the very first political guests the show ever had, Bolcerek spoke about his plans to build something at the time most people probably didn’t think was possible – a formidable lobbying force composed of online poker players. Fast forward one year to May, 2007, and you’ll see that the PPA is nearing the half million member mark. Driven largely by no-cost memberships and the arrival of former Republican Senator Alfonse D’Amato as its Chairman, the PPA’s membership has quadrupled in recent months. PocketFives.com sat down with PPA President Michael Bolcerek during a busy day on Capitol Hill to discuss this explosive growth.
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Dear PPA Member:

As
the fight for poker continues, the PPA grows stronger by the day. In
the past two months, PPA membership has more than doubled to nearly 320,000 members! This exciting growth is pushing us closer to our 1
million member goal.
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From Full Tilt Poker:

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Join us in supporting the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) in the fight
to get poker the express exemption it rightfully deserves from the
UIGEA and you could receive one of the biggest bonuses we’ve ever awarded.
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Dear Washington State PPA Members,

I wanted to let you know that lawmakers in your state are taking the right steps to roll back the new Washington law that makes it a criminal offense to play poker on the Internet.  The Poker Players Alliance supports the bill introduced by State Representative Chris Strow House Bill 1243 which would remove the criminal penalties from playing games of skill online like poker.
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