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Forum: Poker Legislation 06-28-2007, 12:28 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 48
Posted By stormy455
Re: Raising the stakes in Colorado?

There is nothing on the near horizon. The $5 limit is written into the state constitution. In order to change it the constitution will have to be amended, which takes a vote of the people. To get...
Forum: Poker Legislation 10-16-2006, 12:06 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 135
Posted By stormy455
Re: Overestimating the poker lobby and voting democrat?

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[Given time, these holds would have been overcome and the bill would have passed overwhelmingly.

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This is speculation. The holds may or may not have been...
Forum: Poker Legislation 10-15-2006, 09:37 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 135
Posted By stormy455
Re: Overestimating the poker lobby and voting democrat?

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People here who say "this would never have passed if it hadn't been snuck through" are severely disillusioned. The Goodlatte-Leach bill had already passed in the house....
Forum: Poker Legislation 10-06-2006, 05:36 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 180
Posted By stormy455
Re: A less optimistic article

No. No one knows more. We won't until the regs come out. The act specifically prohibits checks, but it also give the regulators directions not to be overly burdensome with the regulations. ...
Forum: Poker Legislation 10-06-2006, 05:19 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 106
Posted By stormy455
Re: Ohio Senator Dewines Reply to Putting Extraneous Language onto Bil

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I wrote my Senators as soon as I first heard of Frist trying to attach the IG language to unrelated bills and today I finally received a response from one of them. I love how he...
Forum: Poker Legislation 10-06-2006, 05:07 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 373
Posted By stormy455
Re: Analysis of the bill from Cardplayer.

Calling people liars or incompetent when they post an opinion that differs from his is admirable? Give me a break.
Forum: Poker Legislation 10-06-2006, 04:59 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 180
Posted By stormy455
Re: A less optimistic article

IMO, this article is a very poor amateur attempt at analyzing the bill. We have much more thorough and well reasoned analyses in this forum.
Forum: Poker Legislation 10-06-2006, 04:57 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 180
Posted By stormy455
Re: A less optimistic article

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It's wrong about checks - we already know that the Banks won't have to check those

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Actually, no we don't. It's widely assumed, but it won't be known until the...
Forum: Micro Stakes Limit 10-06-2006, 03:34 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 143
Posted By stormy455
Re: Email Poke Tournament: A 1 orbit challenge for bragging rights

I'll play along. Sounds interesting.

Edit: Oops, forgot I'll be away from my computer until Monday nighr. Would love to play after that but if you guys want to start before then, you'll have to...
Forum: Poker Legislation 10-06-2006, 12:09 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 115
Posted By stormy455
Re: World Poker Tour Supports Bill!

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How do you think Daniel Negraneu is going to feel about playing in a tournament that supports the bill he hates so much?

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If he thinks he can make a buck, he'll be...
Forum: Poker Legislation 10-06-2006, 11:53 AM
Replies: 98
Views: 321
Posted By stormy455
Re: Shouldn\'t We Be Focusing On The Poker Carve Out?

And gold is just a metal. Sure it can be manipulated into other things if one has the talent and tools, but if everyone on the planet believed it was worthless tomorrow at 8am we would be screwed....
Forum: Poker Legislation 10-04-2006, 04:52 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 76
Posted By stormy455
Re: B&M player reaction to \"The Ban\"

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Checks by the way are actually exempted from the bill, banks have said they will not regulate payment with checks or received checks.


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Forum: Micro Stakes Limit 10-03-2006, 06:15 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 108
Posted By stormy455
Re: My micros suggestion

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The only thing the act clearly defines is that illegal gambling operations cannot receive funds for the purposes of bets or wagers from the US.... not making the bets themselves.


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Forum: Poker Legislation 10-02-2006, 05:23 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 219
Posted By stormy455
Re: AP/DowJones on Gambling legislation: Banks say regs aren\'t that st

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So the poker rooms have to decide, in essence, whether they care or not that they're breaking US law. Party Poker and 888, large publicly-traded corporations based in the United Kingdom,...
Forum: Micro Stakes Limit 09-29-2006, 06:43 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 319
Posted By stormy455
Re: **Important** Gambling Legislation Being Reviewed Today (cross-pos

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They have today and possibily tomorrow and then a lame duck session after our November elections.

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I've read about this on several occations. What's a lame duck...
Forum: Poker Legislation 09-29-2006, 11:15 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 72
Posted By stormy455
Re: E-mail and response from PokerStars

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Guys,

How do think proponents of banning online gambling will spin the fact that the biggest opposition to the ban are foreign companies who are profiteering off the innocent...
Forum: Poker Legislation 09-27-2006, 08:07 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 386
Posted By stormy455
Re: You may not like the straight answer, but here it is: YES

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I posted it elsewhere, but I'll post it here as well for emphasis. These two questions are essentially the same:

1.) Will Hillary Clinton be the Democratic nominee for...
Forum: Poker Legislation 09-27-2006, 06:18 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 601
Posted By stormy455
Re: Update - Week of September 25th

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P.S. I think its great that we have a whole forum of people now conversant in Roll Call, CongressDaily, CQ, holds, UC, conference reports, and so on. I reall am amazed at how quickly...
Forum: Poker Legislation 09-27-2006, 09:35 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 146
Posted By stormy455
Re: Law and Order in this Forum?

First, I believe that you are overly optimistic about what the United States government can or cannot regulate. IMO, The language in H.R. 4411 clearly targets financial intermediaries such as...
Forum: Poker Legislation 09-25-2006, 04:58 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 539
Posted By stormy455
Re: Whoa........ \"We, along with numerous other MAJOR news publications\"

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aw, c'mon, no need to make it personal -- I certainly tried to stay away from doing that. I think we should realize that Jay adds to our discussion in a positive way. I just happen to...
Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review 09-24-2006, 01:09 AM
Replies: 784
Views: 4,262
Posted By stormy455
Re: Coopers Australian Beer

I finally got around to sampling the Cooper's Sparkling Ale side by side with Flying Dog's Tire Bite Golden Ale. First, one of my favorite beers - Tire Bite. Flying Dog is a Denver based...
Forum: Poker Legislation 09-22-2006, 05:51 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 2,049
Posted By stormy455
Re: Frist Fails?

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If it's illegal for us to play, we can't play.

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That's not true. It's illegal to speed, but we can (and I'd guess most of us do). The question is: are you willing to...
Forum: Micro Stakes Limit 09-22-2006, 02:31 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 114
Posted By stormy455
Re: Tips for finding good games: The Art of Table selection?

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Keep your eye on the other tables and request a table change when your table dries up.

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I get to play live very infrequently, but would like to know how you watch...
Forum: Micro Stakes Limit 09-22-2006, 02:12 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 114
Posted By stormy455
Re: Tips for finding good games: The Art of Table selection?

I struggle with table selection so I hope to find some enlightening replies here. My experiences online say that table selection is problematic at best. Using our tools we discover a great juicy...
Forum: Micro Stakes Limit 09-22-2006, 01:02 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 164
Posted By stormy455
Re: KK calldown on Axx?

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No one has said why they would bet this out on the flop. With four villains, the odds one of them has an A is 3/47 + 3/46 + ... = 55% of the time, or something like that (and that assumes...
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