Need to Relocate

Doesn't look like I am making a million hands anytime soon. I haven't played poker in 8 days since the FBI shut the sites to US players down last Friday. It looks like we are supposed to get our money in a month or so, which is a lot faster than I originally thought. I do still get to play the European Poker Final in Spain next month. I fly out to Isreal for a few days on the first and start the tournament in Madrid on the 8th.

It is pretty frustrating living in CA where it's legal to play poker pretty much anywhere in the state, yet I cant play online in my own home. Also funny that Washington D.C. made Online poker legal in their city just days before the DOJ and FBI shut things down. The sites were providing a service that our government apparently thinks should be legal. Basically they were upset that the companies weren't in America and therefore couldn't get tax money from them. What if the rest of the countries cut off their citizens to google, facebook, MSN, and twitter. Those are American sites providing a service to the rest of the world. I don't know exactly how it works but I am pretty sure facebook isn't paying taxes to England even though their citizens use the site. How would things go over if the government made drinking illegal and then opened up their own bar and said you can only drink here? Probably have a lot of pissed off businesses. OK I feel a little better already getting that off my chest.

It looks like there are now 6 states trying to legalize online poker. CA is one of them. If they do things the same way as D.C. I will only get to play poker against people who live in CA. That is a pretty big decrease considering I am used to playing 10-15 tables against the population of the world. Not to mention most of the Omaha players I play against are outside the US. It seems I can play on Pokerstar and Fulltilt again if I set up and prove residency in another country. We just started looking at Vancouver and Cabo San Lucas. If anyone has a preference of where they want to visit let me know. I would probably live there for 2-3 week every couple months. Maybe grind out 12 hours a day 15-20 days or something. That's not going to make my back feel too good though. Things could change but from what I have read this seems to be the direction things are heading.

I do want to start some kind of small business to give me something to do while I am home. I have a couple ideas, but need to learn how the hell to start a business. Jenny got me the best selling book on Amazon which I plan on reading on the flight over and back to Europe. I am pretty excited about it since this is something I have always wanted to do. I should be able to do one more blog before I leave since I have a lot more time on my hands. lol