Comments on: The Madness of Illegal Poker http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html Training poker players into professional players Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:32:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Abraham Lincoln http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html/comment-page-1#comment-11817 Abraham Lincoln Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:39:36 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html#comment-11817 SCREW THE COPS... SHUFFLE UP AND DEAL. SCREW THE COPS… SHUFFLE UP AND DEAL.

]]> By: Shelby http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html/comment-page-1#comment-10996 Shelby Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:44:02 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html#comment-10996 The absurd thing is that poker is not illegal to play in NY but charging others to play is. To recieve a death sentence for playing poker is unbelievable. Too many things have happened to acquaintances in private games. I strongly suggest to stay away from them. It is difficult enough in a secured legal environment. The absurd thing is that poker is not illegal to play in NY but charging others to play is. To recieve a death sentence for playing poker is unbelievable. Too many things have happened to acquaintances in private games. I strongly suggest to stay away from them. It is difficult enough in a secured legal environment.

]]> By: Craig http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html/comment-page-1#comment-10967 Craig Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:15:13 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html#comment-10967 Hello Ed. Not posted in a while but I still regularly check your blog. Just curious if you could give me some advice. After taking some long time to think many things over I have decided to take the plunge into playing professional poker full time. I have read all your articles as to what you should do when going pro and if it is really the right thing for me. The truth is I love the gme so much and that I spend the majority of the day dealing with poker, I naturally feel inclined to take the step up. I know i have the fire, determination and the passion to see my way through, yet I have not let this blinded me from reality and have taken all reasonable precautions to prevent me from failure. Now I know this is a huge leap, and I have tried to get as much advice from everyone as possible. Since you have gone pro I know you have made quite a name for yourself and are very successful; and I would like to follow on a similiar journey. What steps/advice can you give me just before I take the plunge, where someday I can achieve as much as you have achieved. All advice is fully appreciated, and believe me I am willing to do as much as possible to achieve my goal of living off poker :) Many Thanks Ed Craig Hello Ed.

Not posted in a while but I still regularly check your blog.

Just curious if you could give me some advice.
After taking some long time to think many things over I have decided to take the plunge into playing professional poker full time.
I have read all your articles as to what you should do when going pro and if it is really the right thing for me.
The truth is I love the gme so much and that I spend the majority of the day dealing with poker, I naturally feel inclined to take the step up. I know i have the fire, determination and the passion to see my way through, yet I have not let this blinded me from reality and have taken all reasonable precautions to prevent me from failure.

Now I know this is a huge leap, and I have tried to get as much advice from everyone as possible. Since you have gone pro I know you have made quite a name for yourself and are very successful; and I would like to follow on a similiar journey.

What steps/advice can you give me just before I take the plunge, where someday I can achieve as much as you have achieved. All advice is fully appreciated, and believe me I am willing to do as much as possible to achieve my goal of living off poker :)

Many Thanks Ed
Craig

]]> By: Bill’s Poker Blog » Ed Miller vs. F-Train . . . Ed Miller Wins! http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html/comment-page-1#comment-10964 Bill’s Poker Blog » Ed Miller vs. F-Train . . . Ed Miller Wins! Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:55:14 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html#comment-10964 [...] saw that Ed Miller did a recent post about how the illegality of poker has made it that much more dangerous. It was interesting because I was going to pen my own response [...] [...] saw that Ed Miller did a recent post about how the illegality of poker has made it that much more dangerous. It was interesting because I was going to pen my own response [...]

]]> By: Henri http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html/comment-page-1#comment-10954 Henri Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:35:48 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html#comment-10954 Henri - it never happened; F Train was proposing a hypothetical bad PR situation for the city. Henri – it never happened; F Train was proposing a hypothetical bad PR situation for the city.

]]> By: Headlines: Poker, Law, and Politics (11/06/07) « Poker Players Alliance’s Daily Headlines http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html/comment-page-1#comment-10951 Headlines: Poker, Law, and Politics (11/06/07) « Poker Players Alliance’s Daily Headlines Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:23:01 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html#comment-10951 [...] Group, 11/06/07) blog: Innovative Thinking: The Educational Value of Poker (GPSTS, 11/06/07) The Madness of Illegal Poker (notedpokerauthority, 11/05/07) excerpts: Lawyer upbeat about pending WTO ruling (Antigua Sun, 11/06/07) “Antigua and [...] [...] Group, 11/06/07) blog: Innovative Thinking: The Educational Value of Poker (GPSTS, 11/06/07) The Madness of Illegal Poker (notedpokerauthority, 11/05/07) excerpts: Lawyer upbeat about pending WTO ruling (Antigua Sun, 11/06/07) “Antigua and [...]

]]> By: SayUncle » Underground Poker http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html/comment-page-1#comment-10949 SayUncle » Underground Poker Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:21:30 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html#comment-10949 [...] I like to play poker. But I don’t play any underground games and that’s because they keep getting robbed. I stick to the non-raked games at peoples’ houses and not full on gambling [...] [...] I like to play poker. But I don’t play any underground games and that’s because they keep getting robbed. I stick to the non-raked games at peoples’ houses and not full on gambling [...]

]]> By: Henri http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html/comment-page-1#comment-10939 Henri Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:39:33 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html#comment-10939 Wow, I didn't know a professor went to attica for 5 years just for playing poker. That is sick. In Sweden and in Finland where I live the image is pretty much the same, that poker players are hustlers and liars (bluffers ;) Fortunately that image is improving with poker gaining popularity. Wow, I didn’t know a professor went to attica for 5 years just for playing poker. That is sick.

In Sweden and in Finland where I live the image is pretty much the same, that poker players are hustlers and liars (bluffers ;)

Fortunately that image is improving with poker gaining popularity.

]]> By: JJS http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html/comment-page-1#comment-10937 JJS Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:36:57 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html#comment-10937 The basic problem is that the public perceives poker players as being no different from any other gambler. There are quite a few poker players who are also addicted degenerate gamblers. Maybe most aren't, but enough are to give the game a bad rep with the general public who doesn't know better. Also another perception of card players is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtmzXm15HIg Yes hustling and cheating occurs in poker too, unless strict measures are taken to stop it. Wherever money changes hands there are thieves angling to grab some of it. And finally if an establishment is licensed to spread poker, usually they can also host all the other gambling games too. So, the general public ends up saying NIMBY, Not In My Back Yard, to poker/gambling. I'm not saying this is the way it should be, just pointing out that this is the way it is... The basic problem is that the public perceives poker players as being no different from any other gambler. There are quite a few poker players who are also addicted degenerate gamblers. Maybe most aren’t, but enough are to give the game a bad rep with the general public who doesn’t know better.

Also another perception of card players is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtmzXm15HIg

Yes hustling and cheating occurs in poker too, unless strict measures are taken to stop it. Wherever money changes hands there are thieves angling to grab some of it.

And finally if an establishment is licensed to spread poker, usually they can also host all the other gambling games too.

So, the general public ends up saying NIMBY, Not In My Back Yard, to poker/gambling.

I’m not saying this is the way it should be, just pointing out that this is the way it is…

]]> By: Elaine Vigneault http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html/comment-page-1#comment-10930 Elaine Vigneault Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:17:08 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/news/the-madness-of-illegal-poker.html#comment-10930 I can certainly understand the government wanting in on the money. I can see the IRS getting interested in home games. I can see audits and red tape. But I simply don't understand police raids. I don't 'get' the moral perspective against poker at all. To me, there's nothing wrong with rules-abiding poker games. It's just like chess or sailing or golf any other hobby for some, job for the talented. But that's just me. And maybe I'd feel differently if I were married to a true addicted degenerate gambler (who fritters money away on bad bets) and not a skilled poker player (who earns money by playing a game of skill well and by choosing wise investments). Yeah, it's probably just me. I can certainly understand the government wanting in on the money. I can see the IRS getting interested in home games. I can see audits and red tape.

But I simply don’t understand police raids. I don’t ‘get’ the moral perspective against poker at all. To me, there’s nothing wrong with rules-abiding poker games. It’s just like chess or sailing or golf any other hobby for some, job for the talented.

But that’s just me. And maybe I’d feel differently if I were married to a true addicted degenerate gambler (who fritters money away on bad bets) and not a skilled poker player (who earns money by playing a game of skill well and by choosing wise investments). Yeah, it’s probably just me.

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