Barney Frank Introduces Bill + More 50nl 6max

Posted by icemonkey9 on May 7, 2009 in 50nl | 0 comments

Today was a pretty historic day in online poker history as Congressman Barney Frank finally introduced his bill to legalize online gambling to raise money for the federal government for a regulated industry. Individual States could add their own tax as well as simply "opt out" to make it illegal within their state boarders.

I have yet to read through all the forum threads and bill itself. There's the argument that "some legality is better than none!" while others are saying the even if this passes they are screwed because sites are more likely to increase rake (too high already if you ask me) and some states like Washington and Minnesota are a lock to ban online poker if given the right to opt out. That does SUCK, but I think it'd be a matter of time before those states would buckle under the pressure to find new tax revenue streams and have their neighbors bring in millions a year while they enjoy the fun of opting out of a lucrative amount of money.

Here in California, we're a sure lock to have legalized online poker, and even have in-state sites which really have the potential to have some ridiculous action. For anyone that has played at the casinos out here they know that California cash game players at a live casino are straight up retarded gamblers, so I am all for playing those jabronis online any day of the week.

As far as poker goes, because I've been at my Mom's place visiting since my sister and nephew are in town I'm starting the month playing 50nl 6max to avoid "beginning of the month" tilt issues and because I don't have my "main place of play" all set up. As it is I've been winning decently but a bad beat and a cooler have me grateful it wasn't for a $100 stack! I have the bad beat below, it's straight up nasty. The cooler was in the form of 88 hitting a set and losing to 99 for a bigger set for a $50 stack which sucked but totally standard.

Tomorrow I have a coaching session with ChuckTs which will be great and I'll probably wrap up by 50nl 6max experience and head to the 100nl tables and ideally be on top of my game.

The Good: A Set Wins!

This is a pretty standard hand with a pocket pair. I get it in with a set and it holds up. Ship the stack baby!

The Ugly: Pure Nasty

The good news is that statistically speaking if you play enough poker, someone will hit a runner-runner on you and win, and it happened to me and only cost me $17ish, rather than $100 at my usual stakes. The bad news is that this guy actually did hit a required runner-runner to win the hand which was nasty. He had the class to chat "omg, sorry" which was cool. I just replied "nasty" and thanked the stars that it was only for a real minimum amount of money.