Ed McMahon has long been associated with giant cardboard checks and dumping huge sums of money on people, so he was a
natural choice to help open a new casino in
Muncie, Indiana: [Ed McMahon] joined Mayor Dan Canan in cutting the ribbon last night on the Royal Crown Hold 'Em
Club.
The legality of the games have been challenged, but since the Royal Crown club is neither a bingo hall nor a bar it doesn't have a charity gaming permit or liquor license at risk. Boy, I tell you what: as we face bills in Congress which would turn online poker players into criminals, and read story after story about small homegames or low-stakes tourneys getting busted, I have to wonder: when is law enforcement going to catch up with the rest of America? Poker is our generation's bridge. It is wildly popular, and it's not going anywhere. It is fantastically hypocritical for states to have legalized lotteries while criminalizing poker.
Poker News dot Com reports that a new poker magazine has hit the shelves. This one is aimed at women, as its title, Woman Poker Player suggests: There is quality in the writing staff that has been assembled for "Woman Poker Player" as well. [Editor Barbara] Enright joins in to pen articles as well as other respected female poker players Susie Isaacs, Cat Hulbert, Roxci Rhodes, online player Tanya Peck and humorist Jen Leo. The excellence in writing isn't limited to just the female players, however; such testosterone powered poker players as Lou Krieger, Max Shapiro, John Vorhaus and PokerNews' Ashley Adams offer compelling articles as well.The articles aren't broken up throughout the magazine (one of my personal pet peeves) and in general have an excellent mix of information. The strategy articles neatly intermingle with recipes for healthy drink alternatives and a view of poker through a woman's eyes. A couple of the articles (dealing with relationships in poker and one writer's unfortunate health situation and how she was dealing with it) gave the magazine a nice feel and truly seemed aimed toward their audience, which neatly separated "Woman Poker Player" from other poker magazines. I link to PokerNews all the time, and I want to take a moment to thank all their writers for putting together such a great resource. If you haven't subbed them in Bloglines, you're missing out.
Finally, there is an incredibly entertaining account of a Tuesday Night game in Tulsa, OK, that you've got to read: I can't tell you where I am because what's going on is illegal. I can't tell you who's here, either, or how much money they're gambling, because that's also illegal and, more importantly, there will be wives and girlfriends, not to mention other people to whom they owe money, reading this.
It's 9:30 on a Tuesday night and there's the unmistakable sound of cards, ESPN Sportscenter, and men getting away with something.
Suffice it to say there are five of them (and only one willing to use his real name) and their beverages: Linus is drinking red Zinfindel; Oklahoma Jim is drinking dirty Martinis (no Vermouth, all olive juice and vodka); Big Rod is drinking red wine and would be smoking a big-ass Macanudo but he's been overruled; AG, who's the pro, and the only one not wearing glasses, is drinking coffee; Michael has a Coors Light on the floor behind him; and Crush is drinking water because he says "he wants to stay alert during competition," which makes Oklahoma Jim laugh.
"Yeah, imported water from
1. I agree with your comments about the importance of poker and the silliness surrounding the legality of it.
we just started a PAC in Texas to update our state laws dealing with poker. you can check it out at www.texaspokerpac.com
Thanks,
mike
Posted at 4:29PM on Mar 15th 2006 by Mike Lavigne