MBL - My First Casino Trip

uscitizen said:
Looks like one of those radical neo poker blog sites to me ;)
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Blaspheme.

From the link:
Jack Straus, 1988 - An aggressive gambler noted for imaginative play, Jack won the 1982 world title.The salt-and-pepper-bearded, Texas-born gambler was noted for spinning poker yarns. Nicknamed "Treetop," Straus stood six-foot-six. He died in August 1988 at age 58 after suffering a heart attack during a high-stakes poker game at the Bicycle Club in Bell Gardens, California. He was enshrined at the first Hall of Fame Classic that year.

He died from injuries sustained from playing the sport. It happens. Dale Earnhart and so on....
 
Damocles said:
Right, an upset. There is no possible way that a kiddie team can beat an NFL team. That isn't an "upset" it simply doesn't always even entail skill at all.

There is no way a person who has only ridden a trail horse could sit a race horse through a Derby. Not even one chance in a million.
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I disagree.
 
bob said:
cisinos have lots of money in them for a reason.... and that reason isnt so you can take it
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Poker isn't a house sport. The casinos don't even like them because they make very little money from the rake. But you are competing against other atheletes, not the house.
 
Poker is soooooo not a sport. Just because its a quaint game that you like to play mbl doesn't make it a bonafied sport.
 
LadyT said:
Poker is soooooo not a sport. Just because its a quaint game that you like to play mbl doesn't make it a bonafied sport.
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In order for atheles to come to the united states to earn a living, they must get a P visa. This is what olympians and international atheletes must have to legally work here. Guess which visa poker players need?

Oh SNAP!
 
He wants it to be a sport so nobody can call it a vice...

It's a skill not a sport. Like Chess.
 
Beefy said:
In order for atheles to come to the united states to earn a living, they must get a P visa. This is what olympians and international atheletes must have to legally work here. Guess which visa poker players need?

Oh SNAP!
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The same one that Stuntmen get... Hmmm... I guess that makes Poker Players into Actors...

:rolleyes:
Oh, and Chess Players... Even those people coming accross the ocean to play in Monopoly tournaments...

Yeah, that chess club was sure filled up with "athletes" when I was in HS.
 
Beefy said:
In order for atheles to come to the united states to earn a living, they must get a P visa. This is what olympians and international atheletes must have to legally work here. Guess which visa poker players need?

Oh SNAP!
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The same visa choir performers might get

"If you are all amateurs and you will be performing in a social and/or charitable context, you will require B-2 visa, or if eligible may travel visa free under the visa waiver program. However, if you will be performing to a paying audience, you require P visas. If you are professional musicians, or the group includes a mixture of profession and amateur musicians, you will require P visas."

http://stockholm.usembassy.gov/consulate/faqentertainment.html#twelve

or the guy from lord of the dance may get:

"Foreign guest artists that perform in the US are required to obtain an O or P non-immigrant work visa. The O category is used by individual foreign artists and the P category is used by groups of foreign artists, reciprocal exchange programs and culturally unique artists. "

http://www.americanartsalliance.org/americanartsalliance/visa_issue_center.html
 
Yeah, the marching band at school was filled up with athletes too...

As well as those jerks who do the "Assholes" movies... They need P Visas too if they are going to be payed stuntmen...
 
LadyT said:
The same visa choir performers might get

"If you are all amateurs and you will be performing in a social and/or charitable context, you will require B-2 visa, or if eligible may travel visa free under the visa waiver program. However, if you will be performing to a paying audience, you require P visas. If you are professional musicians, or the group includes a mixture of profession and amateur musicians, you will require P visas."

http://stockholm.usembassy.gov/consulate/faqentertainment.html#twelve

or the guy from lord of the dance may get:

"Foreign guest artists that perform in the US are required to obtain an O or P non-immigrant work visa. The O category is used by individual foreign artists and the P category is used by groups of foreign artists, reciprocal exchange programs and culturally unique artists. "

http://www.americanartsalliance.org/americanartsalliance/visa_issue_center.html
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Whoa whoa whoa, lets be reasonable here. Chior performers?
 
Beefy said:
Blaspheme.

From the link:
Jack Straus, 1988 - An aggressive gambler noted for imaginative play, Jack won the 1982 world title.The salt-and-pepper-bearded, Texas-born gambler was noted for spinning poker yarns. Nicknamed "Treetop," Straus stood six-foot-six. He died in August 1988 at age 58 after suffering a heart attack during a high-stakes poker game at the Bicycle Club in Bell Gardens, California. He was enshrined at the first Hall of Fame Classic that year.

He died from injuries sustained from playing the sport. It happens. Dale Earnhart and so on....
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Damned if I want to go like that, I would rather die while involved in "Mans favorite sport"
 
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