Pokerati » Michael Bolcerek http://pokerati.com Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas WSOP Poker Blog, now with PLO too! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:01:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 RE: Rallying the Troops http://pokerati.com/2008/03/14/re-rallying-the-troops/ http://pokerati.com/2008/03/14/re-rallying-the-troops/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:03:45 +0000 Dan Michalski http://pokerati.com/2008/03/14/re-rallying-the-troops/ texas poker politics
Pokerati file photo: The HB-3186 war room, led by Lavigne in Austin (standing, top left) with Texas poker politicos, player representatives, and out-of-state allies preparing for a capitol offensive.

In addition to those state-by-state member numbers, the PPA put out a press release this week announcing its new state directors. Good to see poker players getting more involved in grassroots activity as the politi-dudes looking out for us in Washington DC continue to develop into a real Beltway force. However, there’s one state where the director curiously isn’t named — and that’s Texas.

Um, Mike …? Has there been a change to your resume that you might wanna blog about that you might wanna blog about?

UPDATE: Lavigne in Austin en-route-to-Wichita-Falls confirms via Blackberry that he is indeed still a state director for the PPA, and showed off his political skills by dodging my follow-up question about “why the ‘TBA’ then?” by reassuring me that the poker political machinery in Texas, having been built and tested now, will be well-oiled for 2009 with real Texas Hold’em in Texas in 2010 so long as I don’t write anything to muck it up.

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