From now on any member, who has already joined, joins now or in the future will pay a one - time rate and not be required to renew on an annual basis; and becomes a permanent WPA member.

The WPA highly values the initial and ongoing support of the individuals and organizations that have joined the WPA. The primary purpose of the WPA has been and will always be to address tournament poker player's rights.

Small steps have been made the past year by holding the first WPA satellite event at the 2008 WSOP with nine-handed starting tables and other activities. The mission of the WPA is to promote tournament poker as a professional sport and create economic opportunities for the players. In a nutshell, be the PGA of poker.

The tournament poker player today for the most part remains outside the receipt of revenue from other sources generated via their participation in events. In most or all events they put in all of the prize money via the buy-in, have 6-10% of their money taken out, and a small number of participants make a payday.