Remember the Alamo? I can't even remember my name...

I won't pretend I'm suprised, given the dearth of originality amongst online poker room designers these days, but I did think the men behind Alamo Poker might have come up with something a little more a propos than what appears to be a padded cell...





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"In just four months, Pranav Bathija of Mumbai taught himself the game of Texas Hold 'em Poker and took 3rd place at the Asian Poker Classic"

"Patricia A Smolko wins the First Tournament She Ever Plays"

"Amateur Defeats Hollywood Heavyweights and Poker's Finest at the 5th Annual World Poker Tour(R) Invitational"

So thank you, Paul Wasicka, for keeping alive the notion that poker is more about skill than chance. At this difficult time for the online game, all donations to the cause are gratefully received.
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Oh dear. Looks like it's not just south of the 49th parallel that lawmakers and lawyers endavour to split unsplittable hairs in their quest to defend the indensible.

“Texas Hold ‘em online, the likes of that,” said [British Columbia's Solicitor General John] Les, when asked how he defines online gambling. “Right now we have this PlayNow website and we offer a lottery product online. That in my definition is not gaming, that’s simply buying lottery products."

And poker is 'buying card products', Mr Les: the product being exactly the same in either case - the chance to make disproportionately large sums of money.

Before I lose all hope in my former profession, here, by way of balance, is an encouraging article by Prof. I Nelson Rose; a lawyer with a clue.