The World Poker Tour turns to the trifecta of Maria Ho, Jeff Gross, and Caitlyn Howe to make their latest TV show, ClubWPT™ King of the Club, a huge success, as the free-to-play social poker site opens the doorway to superstardom.

For US-based poker lovers dreaming of turning their hobby into a career, the once glistening tributaries leading to an oasis of online poker have dried up to ash and bone.

The fish flip and flop, gasping for breath; a game that is every bit as American as patriotism, baseball caps, and egg-shaped footballs, dying on its ass, strangled by the red tape of bureaucracy.

But there is a sliver of a stream still teaming with life, and it won’t be long before it’s chocked full of people with dreams of the big time sewn into their DNA.