> Viktor, I didn't know you hung out in the Midwest.

Impossible. I'm in hiding remember?

Thank you for posting the link to this article. The reporter, Rick Alm, is very much on the player's side, and I really respect his strong position on several key player's rights issue. Overall this article, and all of his similar articles are a nice contribution to the nascent but emerging public zeitgeist of gaming and gaming issues. We should all give him our support.

However I was ever so slightly disappoint with how my quotes were used.

Regarding the number of skilled counters, I said there were tens of thousands of people trying to be skilled players (based on our customer records and book sales of other companies like and larger than ours), but that it was probably only a few thousand that had the skill and self-discipline to play a winning game. And even fewer with the bankroll to make real money. I'm probably just being pedantic here, but there's a fine difference in the meaning with the quote as they used it, that may imply there are more good players that will win in the long-run than I meant to guestimate.

Also, and this is probably just like a Vietnam flash-back, I was bummed out that my quote concerning casino back-rooming was a bit terse and awkward ala the channel 8 George Knapp interview. I swear that in both cases I also described the situation in much more eloquent, well-informed explanations!

Good Cards,

V