I read through the blog to prepare for her.

I DID MY HOMEWORK AND EVERYTHING!!!!

+1, his well is in HUNL forum here.

Please ask PS Steve about what Stars thinks about HR2267 and the 1st amendment to the bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We can ask but Steve doesn't seem to me like the right person to direct this question to. Steve is an employee of Stars, not an owner of the company. It would seem a more appropriate question to ask to someone who is in business development/ownership side of things, rather than someone involved in operations. I would think he would feel it is not his role to opine on such a subject but I could be wrong.

I'm sure you could e-mail the site and ask the new CEO what the corporate position on the bill and mark-up amendments is. It's all so new and still uncertain, that they may not even know themselves what they think of it yet.

I agree with Mike, it's probably not Steve's area, but it might be tricky to get any meaningful comment out of anyone at Stars at this point. I'm sure the higher ups have strategized based on the bill, but probably aren't quite ready to tip their hands and I think that makes sense from a business standpoint.

I'd expect something along the lines of:

"Good for online poker, we look forward to seeing what it brings. K Thnx."

you're right and i'm sure his answer (if he gave one) will not really bring out much more on what stars plans to do about it, but you talk to him every week and I figure the subject has come up enough in the office that he will have some sort of response for you guys.

i feel like even though stars support rocks they are not going to take my e-mail very seriously, lol

i think it's definitely interesting enough to take a shot at it..

PokerStars official position on HR 2267

POKERSTARS APPLAUDS THE PASSAGE OF THE INTERNET GAMBLING REGULATION,
CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND ENFORCEMENT ACT

PokerStars, the world’s largest poker site, welcomes news of the
successful mark up of H.R. 2267: The Internet Gambling Regulation,
Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act in the House Financial Services
Committee by an overwhelming, bipartisan margin of 41-22.

The bill, sponsored by Committee Chairman Barney Frank, offers a long
overdue common sense approach to internet gaming regulation in the United
States. PokerStars wholeheartedly supports the efforts of Chairman Frank
and the bill’s proponents.

This bill represents the most significant US legislative accomplishment in
the history of the internet gaming industry. The Committee vote was one
step in a road to passage of H.R. 2267 in the US Congress. Further steps
are required and a great deal of hard work for the legislators lies in
store.

It is important to note that H.R. 2267 was passed out of Committee with
the addition of certain amendments. Two in particular warrant additional
comment:

Representative Brad Sherman offered language accepted by the Committee
which would in part render as unsuitable for licensure any person who
fails to certify in writing that it and its affiliated business entities
have never committed an intentional felony violation of Federal or State
gambling laws.

Ranking Member Spencer Bachus and Representative Michelle Bachmann also
sponsored an amendment, accepted by the Committee, which would in part
render unsuitable for licensing any person who knowingly participated in
illegal internet gambling activity after enactment of the UIGEA in 2006.

The UIGEA by its clear terms shall not be construed as “altering, limiting
or extending any Federal or State law or Tribal-State compact prohibiting,
permitting, or regulating gambling within the United States”. Therefore,
in light of the more comprehensive view on this point set forth in Rep.
Sherman’s amendment, the Bachus/Bachmann amendment, with its UIGEA
timeline, appears redundant (as Ranking Member Bachus himself observed
during the mark up).

Nevertheless, PokerStars supports the provisions in both amendments as
neither would adversely affect the availability of a license for a
respected operator such as PokerStars. As reflected in legal opinions
provided to PokerStars, its activities in the US are and at all times have
been lawful.

Paul Telford, PokerStars’ General Counsel stated that “PokerStars
maintains its strong support for H.R. 2267 and encourages the full House
and ultimately the Senate to move quickly to secure passage during the
current Congressional term. PokerStars, a pioneer in operating online
poker under stringent regulatory frameworks, looks forward to working with
incumbent and new operators in promoting a safe and healthy online poker
industry in the United States, as it currently does under similar
licensing models in Italy and France”.

we can haz a new thread dedicated to this in the pokercast forum?

seems like a good idea IYAM.

ok:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/97.../#post20564776

Has to be Jungleman12 given recent news

Oh, ok.

Jungleman this week.

haha obv I didn't mean it like that, i meant that i imagine that now everyone on the planet would like to hear from him so it would be amazing and geatly appreciated if he could come on the show.

Ha, I meant it though!

WOW Awesome news, really looking forward to this

Thx guys

OMG OMG OMG SOMEONE INVITED JUNGLEMAN ON THE POKERCAST!!!!


His well was very good, plus the guy is sick hot at pokers - will be an extremely interesting show for sure!

have not heard anything about Harlabbob in a while he would be a very entertaining guest and he could proly use some pokercast karma

The Chinese (and now evidently Vietnamese) DON collusion scandal really needs some coverage. This is a huge deal that has already cost PokerStars over a million in player refunds and compensation, with several DON players claiming that many of the cheaters are still on and easy to spot, often as a abnormally large group of players from the same Chinese city, all playing at the same time.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28...-stars-791760/

Lee Jones in light of the Cake software security issues and players staying away until it gets fixed

Hi Mike and Adam,
do you read our suggestions? (just curious)

Of course. I read every thread in this forum. Even the one's about Bunner. Is there something that leads you to believe we don't read the suggestions? (just curious)

nope

you guys are cool (sorry you have 2 read about Bunner )

Something about this question is funny--because if Mike and Adam did not read the suggestions they would never have seen the question either. So any reply they post would have to be "yes". Self-fulfilling prophesy ftw.

You guys reckon Mr.ivey or Mr.dwan will ever make an appearance on the pokercast?

Dwan has been on and we did approach him again during the series but he was insanely busy playing in virtually every WSOP event. Not sure if PI would want to come on. Interviews longer than 5 minutes don't really appear to be list of fun things to do.

I love dwan as a TV player but he was boring as ****all as a Pokercast interview IMO.

Some crush at the actual game (Ivey, Dwan) while others crush at Pokercast interviews (Phil Laak).

...and some crush 10/20 at the Bellagio.