Met Senator Reid, talked poker

I didn’t get to play the $10k PLO at the Belagio this weekend becuse I was invited to Howard Lederer’s house to meet Sen. Harry Reid and discuss the future of internet poker. It worked out well though as my buddy Ted Lawson won the tournament and I enjoyed the evening at Howards.
The senator basicly said he was still undecided on the issue, and was concerned about cheating on the internet. He also came off as anti-gambling in general which was a kind of funny thing to hear from the senator from Nevada. I think it was promising overall though. He is in a little trouble according to the polls and realizes the amount of poker players here in Nevada who see this as one of the key issues. He is up for reelection in 2010.

I talked to a few poker players and heard that the Belagio is allowing late signup for the main event untill late in day two. All of them were planning on not signing up till then. I don’t see any problem with the Belagio doing this at first glance. It allows those that want to play super deep to do so and those that want to play more traditional tournament style to come in later when the blinds are bigger.
I haven’t been playing cash games lately and expect a very tough field for the event so will probably go in on day two and decide if I am even going to play, based on the field and what table assignment it looks like I will likely get(not that I expect any good tables in this event).