.."The city is poker crazy!!! "

You're sure right on that one Gene. The whole country is poker crazy. I think we can thank the televsion coverage of the various tournaments and even the Celebrity Poker Challenge.

Watching poker on TV is actually enjoyable when you can see all of the players cards. Suddenly, there's drama, and there's excitement. And I think people are actually learning alot from watching.

I know from my 17 year old son, that alot of his buddies are playing free poker online. It makes me wonder about the level of play in a few years now that so many people are getting so much experience online at such a young age.