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We at LaunchPoker offer all avid poker fans a chance to make their dreams come true. Send us a letter telling us about your biggest poker-related dream. On Christmas Day, one lucky person will find his wish fulfilled!

Our Weird Mirror: Name the Sketches competition attracted so many of you, and we thank everyone who took their time to participate in the contest! We hope you had a lot of fun guessing the names of some of the most popular poker players in the world - and we are happy to congratulate the winner of the competition, the person who managed to name all of the players correctly. Congratulations go to Jane Lipton - well done!

As promised, we awarded the blogger who introduced the most people to LaunchPoker via our 2006 WSOP Counter by the beginning of the WSOP with free ESPN pay-per-view ticket to enjoy 2006 WSOP Main Event final table broadcast live - congratulations go to Start Smith, the owner of The Online Poker League.com Blog!

Our new 2006 WSOP Informer has attracted a lot of bloggers and it's a pleasure to encounter it on so many blog sites! Attention bloggers: get rewarded for implementing our Informers on your blog!

Do you believe you know who will win the 2006 WSOP Main Event and take home US $10,000,000? Guess the name the Main Event winner and if you are the first person to name him or her correctly, special gift from LaunchPoker.com will be presented to you.

If you like poker, you know its stars! But do you know them well enough to recognize them in a funny presentation? We throw down a gauntlet and ask you to name the world renowned poker players pictured below. The first person to name all of the players correctly will be highlighted on our homepage along with his or her sketch made by a pro painter!

Our new 2006 WSOP Countdown Counter has attracted a lot of bloggers and it's a pleasure to see the timer placed on so many blog sites! We introduce John Veltheer, the first person to apply our timer on his blog. As a way to thank him, we decided to present him an official 2004 World Series of Poker DVD from ESPN. Congratulations John, enjoy your DVD! We encourage bloggers to upload the Counter on your blog. By the beginning of the 2006 WSOP we will award the blogger who will get the most users introduced to our site through the Counter. The statistics will be available for your reference. Stay tuned!

Thank you to all those who took the challenge and tested their poker skills in our Smarty's Party competition! We are happy to announce our winner -- Jonathan Dobbertin, a 24-year-old poker player who is making his way into the world of professional poker. While some may consider him young, his achievements include winning a free 10K seat to the 2006 WSOP Finals after beating thousands of contenders! While he is hoping to win Main Event bracelet, he appreciates the opportunity itself to play against the top players in the world in the biggest poker event in history!

Read the article about the present and the future of online poker written by Shawn Marston, the winner of our MIRROR-MIRROR ON THE WALL competition. Shawn is not new to the game of poker and his experiences include playing with Scotty Nguyen at the WSOP Circuit Event, winning of over US $4000 at the tournament at Casino Arizona a year ago, chatting with Daniel Negreanu, and discussing poker strategies with Greg Raymer in between playing satellites at last year's WSOP.