Texas hates freedom. Historically it's extremely true.
I'm talking overall.Yeah, they aren’t like the other 49 states that allow gambling and cardrooms 24/7
I love band camp gossip. It’s the bestI'm talking overall.
Oh let me rant about that.I speculate that once sports betting is allowed, poker and other gambling would follow.
didnt go through.Wasn't there a member here opening a Texas cardroom?
Alamo. What was that for?I love band camp gossip. It’s the best
Oh let me rant about that.
Once upon a time, there were two great poker rooms within a couple miles of each other - The Poker Room in Hampton Falls, NH and Seabrook Poker room. The rooms were similarly sized - at any given time, they’d probably both have 2-8 cash games running and they both had ROBUST tournament schedules. On any weeknight you could find a tournament with 20-40 or more runners in one place or the other. But from Friday through Sunday they’d each run multiple big MTTs - if there were only 30 runners playing in a tournament in one room, it’s because there were 100 playing in the other. No exaggeration, there were probably at least 6 tournaments with 30-100+ runners every weekend, between the two rooms.
A Vegas outfit bought Seabrook. Then they bought Hampton and shut it down. But they were still running 100+ runner MTTs at Seabrook, so no big deal.
Then Covid hit and shut everything down. But while that was happening they were remodeling, because surprise surprise, the state had legalized sports betting, and they got one of the licenses. Shocker that some Vegas outfit showed up and stumbled into that, right?
So where are they today? Biggest sports book in the state. Table games. Stadium gaming. All sorts of gambling. And about 4 cash poker tables. And no tournaments.
Tl;dr - when a place can make money on sports betting, labor intensive things like poker are less attractive revenue streams. At least from what I’ve seen.
Not incorrectly reported but they filed it incorrectly and Wu made a mistake lolJust saw this - not sure if there’s more accurate news about this elsewhere, but according to this, the language of the bill has been incorrectly reported. This says the bill actually seeks to let individual counties decide if they want legal poker.
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2022/12/texas-poker-bill-gene-wu-42629.htm
I really want to hate on Texas here, but the more I think about it, the more letting counties decide if they want poker seems to make sense. The only problem I’d gave with it is that I’d feel better with a state gambling commission overseeing interfaith and protecting players, and I can’t imagine that would happen with this plan.Not incorrectly reported but they filed it incorrectly and Wu made a mistake lol
For sure State would be best but by county should give it a much higher chance of passing. Has to be very likely to pass.I really want to hate on Texas here, but the more I think about it, the more letting counties decide if they want poker seems to make sense. The only problem I’d gave with it is that I’d feel better with a state gambling commission overseeing interfaith and protecting players, and I can’t imagine that would happen with this plan.
So would each county have its own Commishioner? That would probably work out fine.For sure State would be best but by county should give it a much higher chance of passing. Has to be very likely to pass.
Idaho hates freedom and cards. *Sigh*Yeah, they aren’t like the other 49 states that allow gambling and cardrooms 24/7
Look, you can't just have consenting adults running around doing things together. Or by themselves. Or at all, really! That would be chaos!Idaho hates freedom and cards. *Sigh*
Guns don't kill people, people whose opponents binking the one outer straight flush do. Gosh Mike, get it right!Guns don't people, wraps do.
Ps this wasn't aimed at guns, I just couldn't resist making a joke.
But which football team would you love to hate then???You can have my Texas when you pry it from my cold de—wait, ok, sure, you can have Texas, no problem, just take it, it’s fine, I’ve got Oklahoma.
The Sooners are an eligible receiver downfield.But which football team would you love to hate then???
Not exactly. Just the asshole politicians that introduce the bills to do so. Probably a California or northeast transplant.Guns don’t kill poker, Texas does.
California and the Northeast have poker rooms all over the place. This anti-poker thing is some sort of weird Texas “gambling is an amoral activity” thing or something...Not exactly. Just the asshole politicians that introduce the bills to do so. Probably a California or northeast transplant.
Texas Representative Gene Wu (D-Houston) has introduced a new bill in the Texas House of Representatives that would eliminate many of the defenses that these membership poker rooms have used. The bill, House Bill 732, is looking to close the loopholes that these businesses have used to circumvent Texas’ anti-gambling laws. These changes would be significant as it eliminates a defense that these rooms have used in the past to stay open.
Try Indiana. We have casinos, and we were one of the first states to have legal sports betting after the Supreme Court decision. But start a card room? Or a home poker game? ILLEGAL.Idaho hates freedom and cards. *Sigh*