Kicking Things Off

[Bob Ciaffone]

I think the number one need in poker legislation today is protection in state laws for the player who enters a poker tournament that he thinks for one reason or another is perfectly legal (usually because it is being run openly), but it turns out to not be legal. Often, the reason it is illegal is the organizer is making a profit on the event. A mere player should not be punished in such a situation. To raid a poker tournament and charge every entrant with a crime is as ridiculous as finding every Enron employee guilty because the company did something wrong in its accounting practices.