Poker Players At CPAC: Why Should Any State Tell Us No?

[miltonlandriel]

You did a bad job Raymer... lol.

[topofladder]

shutting down these sites of pokerstars and fulltilt and absolute poker is just crazy i mean poker teaches so much for example math skills i mean its amazing when you talked to an online player and they just give out like real crazy info like how many flops they've seen what cards they only play its just nuts so i dont think they should have done this its only making people smarter

[UTAOUB]

Modern gamblers are GAMERS. Gamers INCESSENTLY PRACTICE their favourite games. & 2Da, we hav computers & calculators 2 help! Casino tabl games R mor & mor becoming games of SKILL! (Sports betting S legal online. But these games R

under t control of sports players & horses (who cud get sick bfor t rac without any1 knowing!) SPORTS BETTING R GAMES OF CHANCE. CASINO GAMES R GAMES OF SKILL! RICH PEOPL JUST DON''T WANT T REST OF US 2 HAV A CHANCE OF USING OUR BRAINS TO GET RICH!

[america1st76]

Poker Stars is a offshore,unregulated enity...If you send your money off to that..Well I guess theres a sucker born every minute.Instead of empowering a billion dollar ripoff.Try to get live poker legal...We have let these people hijack real poker

[UTAOUB]

POKER, ROULETTE, ANY TABLE GAME....EXCEPT FOR KENO.....IS A GAME OF MATHEMATICAL S K I L L. (Isn't it interestng that STATE LOTTERIES are based on Keno....THE worst bet in any casino?) I think we need someone to protect us from our "hired help" down in Washington. DC does not have to protect us (against) ourselvs! IT WORKS IN OTHER COUNTRIES...Y AREN'T WE The Land of the Free & the Home of the Brave? Isn't that what the US is supposed to be? BUT WE'RE NOT! Ron Paul will WIN!

[topofladder]

@UTAOUB this guy is right all table games in the casino are a game of mathematical skill for example in roulette you have a 1-3 chance of winning if you place a bet down the middle and no where else this offers minimum risk with maximum gain

[UTAOUB]

The UIEGA allows fantasy sports and horse-race betting online. NO other games. This is blantant HYPOCRACY! They just don't want "little" people to get rich! Most gamers are math genuises & can HELP others with winnings! Gamers PRACTICE thir chosen games -gamblers dont. I AM A GAMER. ONLINE GAMING IS A FREEDOM! WHAT FREEDOM WILL THEY TAKE NEXT?

[Hajboya3]

OH PS!

did any on you ever think...

instead of attacking the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.... you should attack the ppl that are responsible for the destruction of our sport....THE MEDIA!

ever noticed that anything and everything that either becomes a worldwide phenom or becomes hated by the world.....always goes through the hands of MEDIA...

stop allowing all this televised bullshit and let poker be an UNKNOWN like it used to be!

GEEZ

[RussellsParadox]

You best be trollin' nigga.

[Hajboya3]

@RussellsParadox wtf did you say to me?

how about i make you eat my 9iron you pce of shit. fckin bitch

[Hajboya3]

its funny how countries are killing off ppl

and we're debating on wether or not we should let the future play cards. i think the only issue here.. is the HOME GAMES and how much drug trafficing goes down at some of these home games..

from day one...man dug is hole to deeep..

and now we're all .....STUCK

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[barbahaba]

that may be true but still it involves skill

and if it involves skill it isnt gambling

luck do help in this game but eventually bad players will loose all their money and good one will win

in cash game at least

tournaments have been known for some bad amateurs to have won it but thats not the point

the point is i cant see this game as gambling

and the reputation the game has in the older generation (not talking about the US) is bad with no justification

[Flirmy]

thats greg raymer btw won WSOP Main Event 3 or 4 years ago won like 7.5 mill or so

[tubasteve8]

so now liberty = conservatism? get a clue pplz.

[GretchenDawntreader]

critical issue facing America right now, poker players unite!

LOL

[cdavaz]

This guy looks like Rush Limbaugh's younger brother.

[gskowal]

LEGALIZE POKER.. funny that even our past PRESIDENTS played POKER in the WHITEHOUSE for money with friends.. now they banned it.. ITS SICK THAT a game can be BANNED.. WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR FREEDOM???????

[timtheclassic1]

Most God fearing conservatives are against gambling.

[chick5581]

i have to say i have been amazed ones again the video was great great i really liked it i have to show it to some of my friends later.

[AlJennXander]

You said it Kroder.

[hankwatt]

AMEN.

Good looking out

RP12

[MooseOfReason]

Individuals have the right to freedom of association and a right to privacy.

[mikestky1]

I don't know about Poker (nor do I give a crap), but I definitely think this man SHOULD say 'NO' to Doughnuts.

I wonder if his concern for privacy in your own home extends to other things like gay sex, drug usage, etc.? Inquring minds are mildly interested in exploring his 'conservative' mindset.

[Kroder]

What I do in my house is MY business not yours, the governments, or anyone elses. Be it drugs, poker, gay sex, or what have you. As long as it's not negatively affecting anyone else, why the fuck do you care what other people do in the privacy of their own homes? Keep your fucking nose out of other peoples business. God damn busy body!! Get a fucking life and mind your own damn business.

[goodchessactor]

Are you telling me what to do?

[Kroder]

Was I talking to you? I'm pretty sure I was replying to mikestky1.

[goodchessactor]

Are you telling mikesty1 what to do? Get a life. Mind your own business.

[Kroder]

I got a life, And it doesn't involve telling others what they can and can't do in the privacy of their own homes. I don't tell you who you can and can't fuck, what you can or can't smoke, inject, snort, or drink in your house. That's my point. Which you obviously seem to have missed by a long shot. My telling him to keep his nose out of my private life is perfectly justified. When someone makes my business their business, Then it is my business to tell them to take a hike. Dig? Nice try though.

[valcaron]

Likely no. Conservatives are just as much notorious hypocrites as the liberals (you know, those people who call themselves "pro-choice" when it's politically convenient to use that phase, but then push for violating private property rights by legislating smoking bans in bars and restaurants).

[Kroder]

You shouldn't ASS-U-ME things about people you do not know. I'm neither a conservative, or a liberal. But I DO know how to respect the privacy of others. And I'm also smart enough to know that what goes on behind closed doors is NONE OF MY FUCKING BUSINESS! Like I said before, nothing hypocritical about my statements. You make my business your business, and that makes it my business to be able to tell you to get bent. PERIOD!

[valcaron]

cool story bro

[flang]

When somebody gets an abortion, cancer causing smoke doesn't fill the room.

[valcaron]

Unlike babies, grown-ups have legs strong enough that they're capable of moving themselves out of said room if the smoke bothers them.

[flang]

Why should people have to move out of the room if somebody is smoking? Why can't the smoker just go outside.

I don't think people have to apologize for not wanting to inhale smoke from some jackass that doesn't care about others.

[valcaron]

Oh I agree.

However, that policy is for the business owner of the individual establishment to decide, not the government.

[Stevenio]

That guy won like 8 million dollars in the WSOP, he may be fat but he has more money then you will ever have chump.

[Namari12]

Huh.. I didn't think there'd be a single group at CPAC that I'd agree with. But there he is.

Wish conservatives would apply this kind of "get the state out of my private affairs" attitude on things like marriage and abortion, that'd be nice

[patjshaz]

except abortion kills a person!!

[Namari12]

And poker makes God cry, what's your point?

[exacerbatedtaboo]

so does war...except war kills you when youre old enough to know what death is and can fear it

[Plutonwolf]

Except it isn't a person.

[whoo689]

Right on! Fuck the feds! Who are they try to ban online gambling? It's absurd! There's nothing wrong with gambling. The only problem is if someone becomes addicted and throws away his life savings for poker or slots or whatever.

I don't understand how ANYONE can say that trying to increase your earnings through games of skill or chance in places like casinos is somehow immoral. I mean, Ohio doesn't even casinos! WTF.

[Plutonwolf]

What about weed?

[whoo689]

Same for weed, prostitution, drugs in general, consensual incest. Legalize anything consensual (within reason) done between adults, I say. Of course, states can set standards as to where things like prostitution can take place (not in front of a school zone, for example), but in general, no one should be jailed for that kind of act. Policemen are supposed to stop CRIMINALS, not individuals just enjoying their freedom.

[UTAOUB]

@whoo689 You are SO right! I wish the PPA would emphasize the points you make!

[marniespeaks]

interesting

[mintvagoo]

Abortion: Why should the state tell her no?

conservative cock-mongers.

[tjm7077]

"There has never been a conviction, prosecution or even an arrest of non-commercial home poker game in the US ."

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[mikestky1]

I certainly hadn't heard of it.

A conservative fighting imaginary ghosts... who would have guessed?

[SubmarinerAndroid]

He should join the Anti-Bacon Alliance too.

[jerrydoubleu]

fat republican rattard.

[doodooday]

how is he retard? and how the hell do u mispell it that badly

[masterhook]

he is right, hate that he is at CPAC but he is right

[USFgasoline]

hes right we need to ban chess right now.

[SubmarinerAndroid]

Chess is a subversive activity because it trains people to think.

[chicagoken]

Republicans pushed through the anti poker legislation so they could throw a bone to the religious right.

[tjm7077]

Most people don't take the time to figure out that these laws he's talking about were signed into law by Bush in October of 2006, authored by Rep. Jon Porter (R-NV), and passed by a Republican Congress.

[sachaput]

Hard to argue with that.

[jedi1josh]

agreed