IF Doyle got jailed? (hypothetical question)

[DrewOnTilt]

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If Doyle got jailed im pretty sure there would be a huge response from the poker community as a whole.

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exactly. just like we all came together to fend off this legislation!!

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I wasn't going to say it but I'm glad that someone did. What makes anyone think that the general poker community would rally to his support when everyone pretty much ignored this pending legislation?

[RedBaron__]

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would it be enough to ignite the poker community to publicly rally around this legendary figure - like they did in that Gandhi movie?

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Wow, poker community rally for Gandhi. Which movie you are talking about [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[JOHNY CA$H]

If Doyle were to be imprisoned, I believe the proverbial [censored] would indeed hit the fan.

[JOHNY CA$H]

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The one who actually looks like a retarded monkey.

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Gonna have to narrow down the field a bit, Son.

[tagtastic]

I believe this forum should now be devoted to finding out how to put Doyle Brunson in jail for violating this new legislation.

That would probably be the best possible thing to happen to reverse/change/eliminate this legislation. If Doyle was really crafty he'd turn himself in now, then setup a massive media campaign for Doyle's room after the fallout. He could make billions.

[Lawman007]

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The one who actually looks like a retarded monkey.

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Gonna have to narrow down the field a bit, Son.

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This guy (with my apologies to the actual monkeys):

http://www.aquilaarts.com/bushmonkey.html

[Python49]

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If Doyle got jailed im pretty sure there would be a huge response from the poker community as a whole.

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exactly. just like we all came together to fend off this legislation!!

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I wasn't going to say it but I'm glad that someone did. What makes anyone think that the general poker community would rally to his support when everyone pretty much ignored this pending legislation?

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Because if Doyle got arrested, alot of big name players in the spot light probably would all get together and organize something. The well known pros didnt do much at all to help prevent this from happening to online poker, all we really had was the PPA. You don't think if the likes of daniel negreanu, greenstein, raymer all organized something it would be more powerful? The reason the online poker community didn't come together was because there really was no leaders to step up and do it... i mean its the internet, the channels of communication are not as wide spread to the masses like people who are in front of the TVs and can reach mr joe schmoe whose at home watching. For example, that protest in DC that was organized by some lady nobody's ever heard of was horrible, if it had been helmuth, ivey, negreanu, raymer, and a bunch of other well known pros and better planned it woulda had a much better result.

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If Doyle got jailed im pretty sure there would be a huge response from the poker community as a whole.

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exactly. just like we all came together to fend off this legislation!!

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I wasn't going to say it but I'm glad that someone did. What makes anyone think that the general poker community would rally to his support when everyone pretty much ignored this pending legislation?

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doesnt even need to be the poker comunitee. How do you think an average person who plays the old home game once in a blue moon and his wife will feel when they see on the news this nice old looking guy got arrested for having a safe secure poker site?

Even if they dont really approve of poker most are going to feel the government is bullying an old man, and considering most people are unhappy with our government anyway, it could easily blow not just big, but bigger then it rightfully even should (like they say in washington when it comes to scandles, go big or go home).

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oh yeah and icing on the cake if they can fake some sexual messages to him from a republican congressman...

[ericicecream]

I think if they were to jail someone for owning/promoting a site as an example, I think they would pick someone who is less sympathetic than Doyle. Doyle is like jailing your Grandpa.

I also think the gov't is happy to keep this crusade as low-keyed as possible, seeing how this goes then passing another law next year and receiving as little press over it as possible.