That's something that's really bothered me, too. When people "in the know" act like this, the average joe gets the wrong idea - and that's VERY bad for poker.
I have friends who think (thought) this new legislation made online poker illegal, and I was actually talking to an old local poker friend of mine the other day (for the first time in a year), and he informed me that he "heard" that Full Tilt told some people he knows with over $100k in their accounts to "get their money out ASAP!" OBVIOUSLY this isn't true (the LAST person that's going to tell you to cash out is a poker site, and especially one that is going to continue to allow U.S. players to play), but the point is, people will take the slightest bit of misinformation and run with it.
Even if this bill was 100% ineffective and NO sites freaked out and shut out U.S. players, it would still be bad for poker. Having a few of the biggest sites overreact (thanks, Party) makes things so much worse though.
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