Vox

Musings, rants, rambling, general nonsense

Political Sliminess

Bill Frist, proving that he is a politician, uses a ploy that has always bugged me to get the “Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006” passed. He attached it to The SAFE Port Act of 2006. I have always hated this tactic, particularly in the instance of completely unrelated legislation. Anyone who voted against […]

More Poker Sniping

State lotteries, online or off, are legal. Poker, online or off, isn’t? What’s the difference? My belief is that it is the ability of the bureaucrats to extract their cut. If Washington was getting a nice big chunk of the pie they wouldn’t give a second thought to the industry. Pokerati points out a story […]

Suspicious Play

I occasionally play poker online, generally just the tournaments that cost me nothing (or nearly nothing) to enter. Many people suspect that online sites are fixed or crooked in some way, a claim I usually dismiss. Yeah, you see a lot more straights/flushes/quads online than in a live game, but you also play a lot […]

We Got Trouble

For those of you familiar with the show The Music Man, you know that in order to con the town out of some cash, Harold Hill had to first convince them of the perils of the pool hall. Sounds like politicians are working on convincing us of the evils of the poker room, and ensuring […]

Shuffle Up and Deal

Had a good streak at the game Saturday night always nice to come out ahead. Hopefully, I am not at Poker Zombie level – but I do enjoy the game. ✏

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