“Firsts” by amateur poker players are highlighted in two of the 10 LuckyDog Poker columns posted tonight.

There’s the story of Staff Sgt. James Morris, who won a live tournament and then an online battle to be crowned the first-ever U.S. Army Ultimate World Hold’em Champion. He told me he’d like to take his game to even higher levels.

Then there’s Ken Light, a Rutgers grad student who bested two huge online fields to capture a $20,000 seat on a future Poker After Dark episode — the first amateur to do so. He’s busy plotting strategy for the game of his life.

Enjoy!

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News release:

Card Player Media and World Poker Tour® Ink Exclusive Agreement for WPT Tournament Coverage

WPT and Card Player Media will Team Up to Provide Comprehensive Coverage of all WPT Season VI Events

Las Vegas, August 8, 2007: Card Player Media and WPT Enterprises (Nasdaq: WPTE) today announced that Card Player Media has been named the official partner of the World Poker Tour® (WPT) for exclusive, live tournament reporting.

As part of the deal, Card Player receives exclusive tournament reporting rights and will join forces with WPT’s Live Updates team. Together, WPT and Card Player will provide the industry’s most comprehensive tournament coverage available at www.worldpokertour.com and www.cardplayer.com. The exclusive coverage will include the only full, up-to-the-minute chip counts available and in-depth hand-by-hand coverage of all regular Season VI WPT tournaments. WPT will distribute the summarized information to other media sites via hourly news feeds after the first hour of coverage.

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