Things have been busy here in A-town as we work to bring Hold\’em to Texas. We had a successful day on Tuesday as we bombarded the state with our media outreach and made a strong case for Poker in the committee hearing. I\’m sure Dan and Michele have/will post(ed) links to the Pokerpages video and some other resources if you want to follow what went down.
There are way too many people to thank for the success we had yesterday and its a little early to pat ourselves on the back just yet, but please know that the Texas Poker PAC, PPA and Texas Cardplayers Association are in collusion right now and working well as a team.
Our witnesses testified perfectly and were really patient as we were delayed about 6 hours. There are worse things in the world than being holed up in a hotel conference room with Clonie and Michele…not to mention two Poker Hall of Famers (Lyle Berman and Crandall Addington) and Erick Lindgren. I even learned that there is such a thing as \”Perfect Chinese\” poker, though none of it was on display there.
The bill was left pending in committee which is standard operating procedure for major bills and even most smaller ones.
Michele already recapped much of the action and i\’m sure Dan will be doing so as well when he\’s done gloating over his half victory in last night\’s drinky rules debate…
We have a really good chance at passage of the poker bill this year. Admitedly, I didn\’t even think our chances would be this good at this early stage in the fight.
WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW!
Call and email your State Representative and ask them to support the Texas Poker Act, HB 3186 by Menendez. Click Here to find out who your Representative is and to get their contact info.
We need you to do this right now! We will be polling members next week to see where we stand so please let them know you are out there today. If you get a machine leave a message and call back tomorrow or send an email or do both. We want to make it known that there are a lot of us, we vote and we want poker.
Stay tuned, we are just getting started here…
As always, you should feel free to contribute to the effort monetarily by joining the Texas Poker PAC.
PS. Does Dan play the same \”questionable\” hands in Dallas or does he just save that crap for when he plays us Austin donkeys?