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of poker, tournament and ring, I must beg to differ.
First, in the age we live in, it is refreshing to see a large number of people embrace the rationality and systematic thought that poker demands.
Would that we had considered our national policies so carefully.
Secondly, having played a number of clubs as well as online, let me just say that poker clubs...with all due respect...suck. Are we cloistered online? Perhaps. But we can also cook a healthy meal, change our clothes, hop out of the game for half an hour or so to engage with our spouses, children, pets, etc.
When you play poker in a club, that's ALL you do.
So, poker isn't the game it was when unsavory, life-destroying fuckups like Stu Ungar (who died, penniless, at a young age having blown all his winnings at the track and on coke) dominated the scene. So what?
Now it's all clean, smart, professional people. How horrible. Oh, please bring back the cokeheads and degenerate, mobbed up gamblers of old!
Feh. Poker is a great game, it always will be. Evolution is good for the soul.
