The Stupid Tax & My Boys

Someone just tilted off a couple of buy-ins to me. It wasn't a bluff or a suckout, I just had the mortal nuts on two occasions, I pushed and they called. Some people call this the stupid tax.

This got me thinking about the bigger picture of online poker and the UGIEA. Is this why the government is trying to abolish online gaming? To protect bad players from making bad decisions? It doesn't make any sense to me.

Legislating "protective" morality is such a slippery slope. If a person spends his/her rent money on an unnecessary item (recreational drugs, clothes, bling, etc.) do we legislate personal spending? If someone eats too many cheeseburgers, do we legislate their diet? If someone makes a bad investment, do we force them to invest in only insured securities?

If someone knows the difference between good and bad, and knows their choices have consequences, they should be allowed to make their own decisions. I'm smart enough to know the difference between a +EV poker game and -EV blackjack or video poker. I'm smart enough to know eating cheeseburgers everyday will harm my health. I'm smart enough to keep my (meager) funds in an FDIC insured bank.

I feel that anyone who studies the game of poker, plays with rakeback and practices good bankroll management will be a long term winner. This is part of what makes online poker great. Yet the powers that be want to ban online poker, while live poker exists all over the USA with a high rake that's very hard to defeat.

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I was thrilled to see My Boys return on Monday. Jordana Spiro is still yummy. "He puts the frickin' lotion in the basket!" made me el-oh-el. It's definitely going into the table chat rotation.

As for the show itself, is PJ going to sleep with every single "my boy" (except her brother)? We know she hooked up with Bobby, she kissed Brandon (and dated him in college), and in one episode it was stated she dated Kenny. That only leaves one more to complete the set.

I'd like to see an episode with sex as the central theme. It would be interesting to see the conversation dynamic as PJ discusses sexual acts with her boys. I think women and men discuss sex quite differently.

Next week one of the greatest supporting characters in TV today returns - Trouty! He is hilarious! I can't wait.