Looking Back on the WSOP, Ranting, and Je ne sais quoi...
First of all, thanks to all the great news sources out there that helped bring the WSOP home to us--some better than others (thanks, Pauly)...
So another year is in the books, and another amateur has won the big one--and in the process, Jamie Gold has become the biggest winner in the history of the WSOP.
Here's my question--Will a "name" pro ever win the Main Event again? And what will be the effect of any proposed legislation to ban online poker in the US?
I'm sure you can go read from anyone's blog about the uproar created within the community over the stupid legislation proposed by Jim Goodlatte and Jon Kyl. It's made especially MORE stupid by the fact that Party Gaming and Pokerstars have done everything but crawl into Congress' chambers and beg to be taxed. Apparently, our government doesn't need money.
What's made this laughable escapade even funnier is that Washington State has actually taken a step "forward," and banned online poker, etc on a STATE level. They've extended it to the point that if I lived in Washington State, my WRITING about online gaming would be a crime punishable by massive fines and potentially jail time.
Is it that online gaming is bad, or is it that the current idiocy in charge of our goverment is looking for something, ANYTHING to take the mind of Generation X, Y, Y-not, and whomever else is out there off its ridiculous failures in other arenas? They figure that if they keep us busy fighting the "good fight" against legislation that is nearly impossible to enforce that we'll forget all about the other ways our government has failed us.
Hysterical.
Even funnier that in two news-organization polls, CNBC and the Wall Street Journal discovered that 91% and 85% of respondents FAVOR LEGAL and regulated online gaming. Who are these people representing? Oh, I'm sorry--I thought we were a REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY.
But I digress. Congratulations to Jamie Gold, former Hollywood talent agent who won the ME...even though he'll be remembered likely as the suckout king of '06...through some actually dominating play. It is my hope that he's brought into the poker community's spotlight as more of a Joe Hachem or Greg Raymer-type of champion, and not solely as a Varkonyi/Moneymaker-type (who are thought of either correctly or incorrectly as luckboxes). Congratulations also to the multitude of other new stars born at this year's WSOP.
So another year is in the books, and another amateur has won the big one--and in the process, Jamie Gold has become the biggest winner in the history of the WSOP.
Here's my question--Will a "name" pro ever win the Main Event again? And what will be the effect of any proposed legislation to ban online poker in the US?
I'm sure you can go read from anyone's blog about the uproar created within the community over the stupid legislation proposed by Jim Goodlatte and Jon Kyl. It's made especially MORE stupid by the fact that Party Gaming and Pokerstars have done everything but crawl into Congress' chambers and beg to be taxed. Apparently, our government doesn't need money.
What's made this laughable escapade even funnier is that Washington State has actually taken a step "forward," and banned online poker, etc on a STATE level. They've extended it to the point that if I lived in Washington State, my WRITING about online gaming would be a crime punishable by massive fines and potentially jail time.
Is it that online gaming is bad, or is it that the current idiocy in charge of our goverment is looking for something, ANYTHING to take the mind of Generation X, Y, Y-not, and whomever else is out there off its ridiculous failures in other arenas? They figure that if they keep us busy fighting the "good fight" against legislation that is nearly impossible to enforce that we'll forget all about the other ways our government has failed us.
Hysterical.
Even funnier that in two news-organization polls, CNBC and the Wall Street Journal discovered that 91% and 85% of respondents FAVOR LEGAL and regulated online gaming. Who are these people representing? Oh, I'm sorry--I thought we were a REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY.
But I digress. Congratulations to Jamie Gold, former Hollywood talent agent who won the ME...even though he'll be remembered likely as the suckout king of '06...through some actually dominating play. It is my hope that he's brought into the poker community's spotlight as more of a Joe Hachem or Greg Raymer-type of champion, and not solely as a Varkonyi/Moneymaker-type (who are thought of either correctly or incorrectly as luckboxes). Congratulations also to the multitude of other new stars born at this year's WSOP.
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