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Originally Posted by AcesHigh2
I am the poster formerly known as AcesHigh. Some may remember me from my blatant homerism when it came to the Houston Astros back around 10 years ago.
It has been at least 4 or 5 years since I posted on twoplustwo and I could not access my old account, so I created this one until I'm able to regain access.
I just wanted to say that folks need to look past Clivestraddle's smear campaign against MintPoker. It is completely obvious that he doing it from a perspective of looking out for his own self interest and the game he runs and trying to squash potential competition. Leaving a negative Yelp review for a business that isn't even open yet? Really? Come on man.
I went by the club the other day hoping to play. It isn't open yet but is obvious from what I saw that they've invested quite a bit of capital and it is a serious endeavor. The place itself looks great. So they've had some false starts. This is not some hastily put together room. It's a legit club and if it takes off, Houston players are going to have something special.
I went to the home game on Saturday. Unfortunately my buddy and I had to leave before the game got started. Yes attendance was sparse while we were there, but the notice for the game went out late. I have never met Clivestraddle and I had never met Michael Eakman prior to Saturday. I came away with respect for the dude for attempting something on this scale. This club represents the first real opportunity I've seen for poker to come out of the shadows in Houston. A lot of folks like me don't like going to underground rooms. I'm rooting for its success.
I don't have a dog in this fight other than wanting a legitimate, nice, safe place to play poker like those in many other states have.
Clivestraddle, how bout letting this club succeed or fail on its own merit? When a business owner goes out of the way to trash another's product it usually reflects insecurities about their own.
100%. If mint poker was located in Dallas or hell even the Woodlands, Clive wouldn't have 60% of the posts on this thread. This is competition in his territory Enough with the agenda, let's see how this goes on its own. Hopefully it is successful. Don't know the guy running it, but there are plenty of other companies I patron that are ran by scumbags.
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