Reid's Poker Bill Rant.

This could either be the greatest thing that's happened to internet poker (tons of fish once the blackout period ends and sites are up and running again) since the poker boom or the worst(online poker dies out, when blackout period ends sites charge rediculous rake/terrible software).

But either way a 15 month blackout period?!

How does this leave the the current players and people depending on their income for poker to pay for their expenses?

If this passes I will be forced to work a shitty job in the summer for terrible pay and waste so much of my time doing something I don't enjoy. I have worked very hard to get to the point I'm at today in poker and to have it all thrown away because of some ridiculous new legislation made is just downright cruel. My supernova run will not be able to happen if this bill passes.

To top this all of what if once the blackout period ends, what if my state does opts out? Where does that leave me? It leaves me with being forced to quit poker or move.

How come the government allows people to spend all the money they want on state lotteries and horse racing and such which is based purely on luck and give you horrible odds, but won't let someone spend their money on a hobby or career for some that does involve skill?

I'm getting fed up with all this stupid political BS...let me play the game that I know and love I don't care what you have to do to regulate it minus taking 15 months out of my life where I must go without it.

I'm curious to see if it does pass if sites like bodog and cereus will be able to handle the large player pools that grow there and the transactions that will occur through them. If it works out solid I will move my play to there for the time being until this whole mess gets figured out.

The rest of the world should benefit from this since the games will most likely become softer on the major sites such as stars and FTP without any US regs around.

Really curious whats going to happen from here and I guess the only thing we can do is wait it out and see. I hope either outcome I can find a way to make a living off poker through the summer as I really don't want to go back to a shitty summer job like I've had the past two summers.