The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), an organization of more than 160,000 poker enthusiasts, announced that former United States Senator Alfonse D'Amato has joined the PPA to serve as Chairman of the Board and help lead efforts in Washington D.C. to protect the game of poker. The Poker Players Alliance will be working with Congress to provide a skill game exemption for poker and pave the way for eventual regulation and taxation of the industry in the United States. The former Republican senator from New York is an avid poker player and for years was the host at a Thursday evening poker game at his Capitol Hill office, playing with other lawmakers, staff members and lobbyists. He could be just the man to help spearhead the campaign on behalf of all the millions of US poker players.