Crave has announced that they have signed on seven professional poker players to their upcoming card title World Championship Poker 2.

The game has signed on players including Howard Lederer, who's won 13 major poker titles. Greg Raymer who was the 2004 World Series of Poker Champion. Clonie Gowen, a rising female player who placed 10th in the World Poker Tour in Costa Rica. Amir Vahidi who was ranked first in 2003 as tournament player of the year. Paul Darden who won World Poker Tour title and the World Series of Poker Bracelet. Robert Williamson III who won a World Series of Poker bracelet. Matt Savage who is tournament director of the Bay 101 Casino for World Series of Poker and finally Annie Duke who is perhaps the best female poker player in the world and the top female World Series of Poker money winner in history.

Crave president and COO Rob Dyer said, "The World Championship Poker franchise has been phenomenally successful for Crave. We've locked up some of the world's top poker players, so they'll only be featured in World Championship Poker 2."

The game will include a detailed one player game which allows you to work your way up the ranks starting from your mom's basement and as you win, you move from their and purchase new homes and furnishings. On the other hand, if you lose you'll have to start giving up your stuff. World Championship Poker will include 14 styles of poker including Texas Hold 'Em, Five Card Draw and Seven Card Stud among others.

The PlayStation 2 version of World Championship Poker 2 will also support the EyeToy which will be used for online play to see your opponents. The Xbox version will also support online play with voice chat and scoreboards. The game is scheduled to release Fall 2005 for $19.99.