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Originally Posted by TheEngineer
Online poker is to B&M poker as rivers are to lakes. Online poker brings in new players and gives them a place to learn the basics before trying it out in B&M rooms. Blocking online poker may temporarily increase B&M participation in the short term as online players move to B&M rooms, but will dry out the game eventually as potential new players are not exposed to the game.
I believe the reverse is much more likely on a regular basis. People get online, play for a while and if they don't lose everything they deposited in the first couple sessions might keep trying it online for a while. But once they start finding out about 'winning players' using HUDs and thinking that's why they are losing, they figure its all rigged and walk away. And that's just one scenario.
Why would someone take time from their family and travel 30 minutes each way to spend 5+ hours playing poker at some casino? Dealing with other players face to face who are 'going to get a tell on you', trash talk you, and other intimidating in person things. Not always something to look forward to. Stay at home and spend that ~6 hours with the family and play a little here and there is much more appealing. Especially if the player figures they're going to lose anyway but just want to play to kill a little time and suck out every so often on a decent pot.
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Originally Posted by cf410
Is it fair to ask them, at this late date, to move this meeting somewhere else this year?
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Originally Posted by TheEngineer
Adelson didn't just come out against us last week. There's been ample time.
We also don't know if Matt tried anywhere else or not. Perhaps holding the summit at the V every two years was a part of the TDA getting the room back in 2013 before Sheldon's big anti-online push. The TDA may just be honoring with the agreement they made back then by planning to have it held at V this year as well.
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Originally Posted by TheEngineer
I'm sure Las Vegas Sands will do whatever they can to weaken the resolve of the poker community and to make us look like we're not united against Adelson. It's probably included in their anti-poker lobbying budget.
I guess one of the cunning things the anti-poker lobby is funding is all the players keeping the room well populated on a daily basis and during their tournaments. Perhaps we should contact his lobbyists and ask them to fund buyins.
As others here have said, if the PPA/2+2/other poker lobbing group is not willing to take a fairly simple action such as calling for a boycott, why should the player community think you're serious about trying to stop Sheldon's plans with more than lip service? Calling for a boycott, if it works to any significant degree, would hurt some of the V's employees. But if you believe in your position about online poker, how many more people are being hurt by Sheldon's efforts? How many of the V's employees would suffer short term pain for the greater good and brighter future for all in the poker world. "The needs of the many..."