Needless to say, I have not been in the mood to update much since the recent "poker legislation", as I politely call it, came into being. After the initial shock, outrage and anger, I find it interesting that there is no consensus as to the eventual outcome. Bill Rini had a pretty gloomy outlook (which I agreed with) but there have been a few more optimistic posts from other bloggers that I respect, so it appears that all any of us can do is wait and see.

From a personal point of view, Badblood said it for me in his post "Hit the Showers". I have been playing poker for over 30 years, but it was not until the advent of online possibilities when I really had a chance to work on my game. To meet other like-minded folks and talk poker, and for a change REALLY WORK AND THINK about poker. I have never had (too) many illusions about my skill level, as I doubt there was much of a chance for me to take on the Doyles, Chips and Daniels of the world. Although perhaps I had less than a scant chance of be being a world champion, I was getting better and improving all the time. On my best day, maybe all I was ever gonna be is a 5PTBB/100 winner at the 400NL, but it sure as hell will piss me off if I don't get a chance to find out.

I have spent an inordinate amount of time reading a variety of things this past week. I started out researching the thorn in my ass (Frist), and that led me to slew of other things, most of which I found disgusting and reprehensible. As a rule, I read quite a bit so I wasn't too shocked about the bare facts, but if you dig deeper it gets pretty ugly. I may not be apolitical anymore....

Anything I have to say has been said by others, all of whom have better writing skills than I.

I have several more observations which will be posted soon.