Poker Loving Presidential Candidate Giving Hope to Internet Players

Poker Loving Presidential Candidate Giving Hope to Internet Players

Friday, 4 January 2008

Barack Obama’s recent win in Iowa has been heralded as a key moment in American politics, but for many poker players the win has offered new hope for those wanting prohibitions on Internet poker lifted.

Barack Obama’s recent win in Iowa has been heralded as a key moment in American politics, but for many poker players the win has offered new hope for those wanting prohibitions on Internet poker lifted.
While Obama has not been vocal on the issue, his aides have suggested that he will is sympathetic to poker players, and why wouldn’t he – by all accounts, he plays a decent game himself.
Toby Harnden, journalist for UK broadsheet ‘The Telegraph’, wrote:
‘“When he was a young state politician in Illinois, Barack Obama played his cards right. He had the stone face.” said Senator Terry Links, who hosted weekly poker games at his home. “He didn't stay in hands if he didn't think he had a chance of winning.”’
Links to Harnden told him:
“Barack wasn't one of those foolish gamblers who just thought all of a sudden that card in the middle was going to show up mysteriously. He's as competitive in politics as he is in poker. It's not like he's going to go into something without a course of action mapped out.”
While Matusow might call him a ‘nit’, the rookie Illinois senator is a glimmer of hope for those in America who want to see a reversal of the UIGEA. If elected he would be the first black president in the history of the US, and his win in a state which has 95% white voters has sent ripples through political commentators worldwide.



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