Some of the PPA state directors need to act like they are worthy of representing millions of people. I don’t blame them for riding their new horses as high as they can but some of them just seem like jerks. One of called me a troll and a shill for a land based casino. HAH. Then the guy goes and brags about how he still plays on UB because he thinks its an isolated incident. Since ALL the facts are not yet out… I am not sure how he thinks that. And considering the same company owns Absolute AND UB… I hardly call it isolated.

They jumped on me for wanting to boycott Absolute and give people more of a reason to say online poker should be banned…. and yet Rich Muny starts a thread and is ready to boycott Coke. Rich is one of the most vocal in his oposition to the issues I raised.

Rich…. How is my wanting to boycott Absolute for creating software to cheat the player wrong, but boycotting Coke for an advertisement making fun of politicians is the right thing? It is so right that you thought worthy enough to dedicate a thread to it AND write an email in disgust. Time well spent I hope….

Anyone else see how moronic that is? In my eyes.. I worry about the average person who heard about that and said wow… poker players really are degenerate idiots. Boycott coke? Bill Frist was being made fun of in that video….

Some of these guys are great examples of what I find generally wrong with the online poker community. Here you have a PPA leader who doesn’t respect the game enough to move his money elsewhere. The people who continue to play on Absolute and UB are no different that those who cross a picket line.

Online players in general are missing that honor, respect, pride, loyalty, and true love of the game. If they had any concept of those things at all… AP and UB would be struggling to stay online. Instead there was no noticeable effect to their bottom lines….. THATS SICK.

Barry Greenstein had a great blog about Internet players and monkeys. He made some great points. I suggest anyone who hasn’t already, listen to it.

alright that’s it for me…. no more really long comments for a while. I will try to keep my blog post tomorrow to a minimum too..

Anyway… I have to say I am about done with the back and forth because it really is pointless. It is going nowhere and I don’t want to continue to waste each other’s time. Nothing you say BJ is going to get me to see your side and it appears the same for you. Plus Ed is right… we are some book writers.

I would still like to hear some other points of view but I think people are going to be too intimidated by the sheer volume of shit to sift through.

I replied to your post over on Pokerati and I think it answers some of your questions… but I already said it a million times why I think the PPA is harmful to poker. I am not sure how I can explain it again.
and I am starting to get sore finger tips from typing. I have said my peace. It is up to everyone who reads it to decide on their own.

I will say that I just heard about the 1000 WSOP entries Poker Stars is offering. What do you guys think of that? I am sure this year will be a lot different than last. Companies are realizing they really don’t have anything to worry about in regards to the UIEGA. I would think once Party Poker drops other forms of gaming from their program they will be back too. Wasn’t there already talk of that?

I have to mention that I really love the fact that you all seem to care as much about the game as I do. BJ you do one helluva job and I enjoy your work. Dan - you are the man too. I have nothing but the utmost respect for all of you. Even Pappas. I have no doubt he is a good man and in his mind believes he doing the right thing. Pappas has always seemed at least genuine. It says alot about the man for taking the time out to talk to a little site like ours. I really admire his willingness to reach out to us little guys.