Daniel Negreanu's response

[Hans Gruber]

Daniel posted this on his site's message board. Is there any merit to what he is saying?

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Guys, I woudn't sweat it, seriously. Clearly we are dealing with a bunch of bafoons (the gov't), but there is only so much they can do. They aren't going to put an end to online gaming. They simply don't have the resources to enforce a law like this.

The only thing they may accomplish is putting some pressure on banks to not fund online poker accounts. Whoopy. They tried to crack down on credit card companies before this and it hasn't hurt online poker all that much thanks to Neteller and other such companies.

If a new banking company, let's call it "Booga Booga" opens up in the U.K. and takes funds from U.S. customers they'd be doing nothing illegal since the U.S. doesn't have a say.

The bank sending funds to Booga Booga wouldn't be doing anything illegal since they aren't funding online poker accounts- Booga Booga is.

Lastly, I don't endorse www.fullcontactpoker.com on television. I endorse www.fullcontactpoker.NET on television which is a very different story. It's akin to be advertising for yahoo games since they can't legally prove that I'm endorsing any illegal activity.

It's all more political blah, blah, blah, that's been thrown at us by a moronic and conservative administration that just needs to go. After this, I can't imagine I'd vote Republican regardless of who runs. This issue hits too close to home and I believe the Democrats would be more likely to legalize and tax online gaming.