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It's Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. A perfect time to practice what we try to do every day in online poker games. Take this all-in moment from National League of Poker earlier in the week....

Dealer: flopblogger wins Main Pot ($3010) with Two pair, nines and sevens
Me: yes
NVJohn: yes
Me: PTL!
NVJohn: sorry what is ptl
Me: Glad you asked. Praise the Lord.

We think praising and thanking go hand-in-hand. After all, why would you praise God for something if you're not thankful for it? The writers of several psalms seemed to understand that....

Sing to the Lord, you saints of his; praise his holy name.... O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever. -- Psalm 30:4, 12

King David put both ideas together, in a psalm we read aloud in our youth at Thanksgiving dinner:

Know that the Lord is God.... Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his gates with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. -- Psalm 100:3-4

We hope you take time to give thanks today -- not only to your family and close friends, but to the God who gave them all to you. And why not make every day Thanksgiving Day, praising God for the great and small blessings as they come?