The two biggest brands in golbal poker will join forces later this year at the annual World Poker Congress.

The organizers of the WPC are thrilled that Steve Lipscomb, president of the World Poker Tour, and Jeffery Pollack, commissioner of the World Series of Poker will jointly deliver the opening keynote address at WPC 2007 on 29-30 Novemberin St. Julian's, Malta. The two veterans at the helms of competing poker institutions will discuss the current state of the game and what the future has in store.

"With Steve Lipscomb and Jeffery Pollack, we will present two of the individuals most responsible for the recent poker boom," says Sue Schneider, president of River City Group, one of the organizers of the World Poker Congress.