Re: July 23rd meeting
I spoke with the manager of Gulfstream Park poker room. He was at the meeting. The proposed rules and the intent was that you would have to be completely out of chips before you could rebuy. All of cardrooms opposed this rule and explained how it actually could hurt a poker player (NY60's analysis above was right on). He was confident that the proposed rule will be scrubbed and that the final rule will allow rebuy's up to $100. The state legislator who drafted the law was in attendence and he also opposed the rule.
We have to remember the people on the pari-mutuel board who draft these rulse do not know a thing about poker. That is why there are proposed rules and then card managers have the ability to attend the workshops to help write the final rules. The best was to influence a rule is to get to know the manager of the card room you play in and lobby him. He attends the workshops and he also deals with the board.
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