Legal Poker In Texas???

[Johnny Hughes]

Today, they are debating making Texas Hold 'em legal in Texas. The National Poker Player's Alliance is leading the charge and that impresses me. I'm going to join because of this. We Texans have to go to New Mexico, Oklahoma, or Nevada to play poker legally. Will the bill to legalize poker in Texas pass? No. And you can book it. The wishes are gone and the prop bets are on.

They made those biker charity poker runs illegal when the legislature last squatted. Now the legislators all drink and gamble and chase the upper-echelon working girls but they are saving the rest of us from all the fun they have in Austin.

The gambling industry lobby is not helping the poker players with the legislature because they hope for full casinos or just slots and video poker. It's ironic. This is the first time I know of that poker and the gambling industry have not been toting the same water bucket. It is being debated right now. 'Course true Texans are more concerned that Billy Joe Shaver shot a guy last night in Waco. We music fans are certain the fellow needed shooting.

Here's the poker story:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/4681802.html

Johnny Hughes