The Poker Players Alliance has announced on Tuesday that well-respected professional poker player Howard Lederer has joined the organization as one of its their Board of Directors.

Lederer joins other high profile members of the Board including tournament directors Linda Johnson and Jan Fisher and fellow poker player and writer Greg Dinkin.

"I am thrilled that Howard has agreed to join our Board of Directors," said Michael Bolcerek, president of the PPA. "Howard’s reputation within the poker community and his ongoing efforts on behalf of our organization and poker players to defend the game from attacks by Congress and others make him a great addition to the Board."

Lederer recently joined fellow poker pros, Chris Ferguson and Greg Raymer, in Washington last April to support PPA president Bolcerek in lobbying legislators in Congress regarding the several bills that that would legally ban online poker and gambling.

"Poker is under attack by Congress, and I believe that all poker players should join the PPA and tell Capitol Hill that we do not want the Federal government to ban an American tradition that we love," Lederer said.

The Poker Players Alliance already has over 25,000 members. For more details on the activities of the PPA, visit their website, pokerplayersalliance.org.

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