On Becoming a Lesser Poker Player

I\’m just saying … it hurts a little bit, that\’s all. It\’s bad enough being turned away from Party tables because of the color of your president (though really, we understand why) … and now I was just checking out my favorite Spanish poker blog (Yo hablo un poquito … vamos a la playa …), and I noticed they had a poll kinda similar to the one Pokerati\’s been running. Cool, I thought, everyone loves polls, and I felt confident enough in my translation to believe I could respond without jeopardizing its statistical integrity.

Alas, upon clicking \”Mucho\” — to answer a question about the effects of la prohibición del póquer — I received notice that my vote was ignored (in English) because I was visiting from a \”blacklisted\” locale. Don\’t get me wrong … Go Spaniards! But do you also get a sense that some Euros are actually having a little more fun getting to play/love/live Texas Hold\’em without us brash Neandertals Americans getting in the way?