February 14, 2006
Against this backdrop, Salem's debate about pokerstars satellite tournaments and card games online is refreshing. On Monday, the Salem City Council let the matter drop, keeping the city ban in place -- at least for now. We don't see the harm in casual pokerstars com games among friends at an eatery. People already are allowed to play in their homes or at charitable, fraternal or religious organizations. The money bet on casual poker is pocket change compared with the $530 million that Oregon gamblers squandered in video-poker machines last year.
The danger in traditional top 5 pokerstars .com card games, we suppose, arises when the games turn nonfriendly or run into high stakes; when security becomes an issue; or when the establishment illegally helps operate the pokerstars game or gets a take of the money. Without betting limits and other controls, such games have the potential to escalate into problems, as Salem police told the city council. Our law enforcement agencies have more important issues than policing poker games at pokerstars com. With coverage from the New York Post, the welcome pairs adventures once again highlighted the poker club issue, but Rodriguez refused to comment when asked about the night. "I am not going to answer questions about my personal life," said the pokerstars slugger.
Harlan Vogel with Heartland Family Service says, "Actually, it's probably not as new as most people want to think. If you go to any high school or junior high on any school bus, there's usually kids playing top 5 pokerstars .com tournaments of some sort. It may not have been poker, may have been pinochle. It may have been pitch, it may have been spades."
We dropped in on a game of Texas Hold 'Em pokerstars com where 13-year-old Jose told us, "We just get together play some games and have fun and laugh." There are chips on the table but they don't mean anything. There's no gambling allowed but you will see some serious game faces just like on television. Thirteen-year-old Noah tells us, "You see it on TV. It's not that hard to do it. Doesn't take a lot of preparation or anything just pull out a deck of pokerstars com and play." Although Texas Hold 'Em tournaments have become very popular because of television, they are prohibited under Ohio law if all proceeds do not go to charity said deputy director of the Ohio Investigative Unit, a division of the Pokerstars com Department of Public Safety.
