Seven poker players file suit against World Poker Tour - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

Seven big time poker players are suing WPT Enterprises. The seven involved in the law suit are Phil Gorden, Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, Chris Ferguson, Andrew Bloch, Joseph Hachem and Grey Raymer. Apparently WPT is not playing fair. It’s just another case in a growing trend of compnaies taking advantage of poker players.

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“The lawsuit seeks to void releases that the players signed that givethe WPT rights to use their names and likenesses, and also seeks tovoid agreements between the WPT and Las Vegas casinos that prohibit thecasinos from staging poker tournaments that compete with WPT events,attorney Jeff Kessler said.”

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