This is also a catch-up post. I've played poker with a group of friendly south-side girls a couple of times now and it has been great fun! These girls are good poker players! In the first tournament I took 3rd place and in the second I had high hand. Can't wait for the next game which will probably be sometime after Christmas.Fun Fact: It's not legal to play poker for money in Illinois, even in home games (so it goes without saying that these games were all on the up and up, purely for entertainment.) Illinois is perhaps the strictest state in the country when it comes to poker. I was surprised to read in the paper the other day that the police busted a cash game in a private home and that bars with separate rooms for playing were also being threatened with losing their license. An attempt to eradicate the Capone legacy? Strong lobby by the neighboring casinos? Either way, the casinos seem to have the market cornered when it comes to cash games. No such restrictions exist where we live in Ohio, where you can get a legal cash game pretty much any day of the week (as long as no liquor is being sold and the pot isn't being raked for private profit.)
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