The Universal Poker Association : is the poker player's support and educational organization. Founded in 2005, is dedicated to the development of poker players and the poker life management skills that goes with it.
  Support is  being the resource for everything from keeping you in touch with all of the nuances of this vast poker universe, coordinating junkets, sponsoring tailored tournaments, to dealing with the bad beats, losing streaks, to giving structure and identity to your poker life.         
 Support is also, to assist in the lobbying effort to affect some state and federal law changes related to our sport and to promote universal standards and rules for play. 
 Education is offering you the most practical, most realistic, most structured, and most comprehensive player readiness program in the poker universe. This is the only medium for attaining your professional player "certification".