Sandra Steele   July 30th, 2009 at 3:24 pm

Thank you Linda and Jan and all who are active for the PPA for all the hard work you have done. It sounds like you had a busy and productive trip. Keep up the good work. Eventually the PPA will be like the little drop of rain on a rock. First it just takes a bit of dirt away but evenutally a giant gorge is formed.

Sanjay Mehta   July 30th, 2009 at 3:52 pm

I’m so glad that you, Jan and Rich participated so effectively in this push by the PPA. Faced with the information you’ve listed, it can only be a matter of time until the wisdom of legalizing online poker is recognized by the lawmakers of this country.

Cheryl Logsdon   July 30th, 2009 at 4:50 pm

Thank you Linda and all who are working so diligently to support our rights as poker players. You make us proud!

Tina Bergstrom   July 30th, 2009 at 5:46 pm

Its a great nation we live in, when individual citizens can make a difference that benfits all concerned. I truly hope this trip does influence Capitol Hill to “wake up” and smell the money that legalized and regulated online poker can provide the country!

Gerry Klawitter   July 30th, 2009 at 7:11 pm

As usual great writting bt Linda. You are truly the first lady of poker and perhaps the first person of poker. Thank you for the effort.

Jane Goldberg   July 30th, 2009 at 8:12 pm

Thank you for going to DC and fighting for us. We could not have chosen anyone who was more competent and compelling than you folks were. To coin a phrase, we did, “leave the rest to you,” and you folks were great! Thanks for your efforts on our behalf!

Janice Goodman   July 30th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

Thanks to you Linda and Jan for representing us in Washington DC. I know if anyone can sway these guys it’s you two. I agree that TV is skewing our image a bit. Our representatives need a good picture of the average, sit at home poker player. I spend a whole lot less at poker than I would going to baseball or football games and those are National pass times.

Keep at it. Never give up.

Janice

Jojo   July 31st, 2009 at 10:13 am

Thanks Linda for your support.
jojo

William W. Grey   July 31st, 2009 at 11:44 am

A tip of the hat to you Linda and all who took the time to fly to Washington on behalf of us Poker Players. Being in my late Seventies, it becomes very difficult to travel to a Casino, although we have three with-in fifty miles of my home, Being a retiree from the poker industry in Las Vegas, I follow and read all posted material concerning the status of online poker. Thanks again for a job well done. William W. Grey Fresno, Ca.

Debby Perkins   July 31st, 2009 at 11:48 am

Linda and Jan are amazing in so many ways.
We are all so “lucky” as players to have them.

Thank you so much for your hard and brilliant work.

Gretchen   July 31st, 2009 at 1:00 pm

Great job Linda. Your article is personal and informative at the same time. Now, can you come to Texas and lobby in Austin? lol!

Gyla Whitlow   August 1st, 2009 at 11:27 am

You are a lobbyist! And we thank you for what you do for the poker industry. It is important to us “Texans” that there are people like you. You are there educating the public and our government that poker is a game of skill and that online poker can be a viable industry in the US. Washington D.C. is a tough arena. Glad you made headway.

Juli Sobka   August 1st, 2009 at 11:21 pm

Linda:

I want to thank you, Jan, Rich and all the others who went to Washington D.C. I certainly hope those who you saw really listened. Thank you all for your efforts. I hope they will be fruitful.

Shirley Williams   August 3rd, 2009 at 4:18 pm

Thank you Linda, Jan, and Rich for all you are doing to try to get online poker legalized. I live in Texas where live poker is against the law. And since I don’t want to go to the “illegal underground card rooms” online poker is my only option. Hopefully the work of you and the PPA will make online poker legal. The facts you stated were fabulous. I had no idea $3.3 billion in tax money could be raised annualy!

Tana Washington   August 4th, 2009 at 12:07 am

Thanks Linda, Jan, and Rich for being such a great representatives of poker players. There couldnt’ve been a better group to stand up for us. I’m sure they were duly impressed. I loved the points you expressed, including the facts, plus hitting close to home with ‘land of the free’. I know lots of people who are just not comfortable playing in a casino but love the game. Online is their only avenue for playing. People are going to play regardless and need to be protected.

Jennifer   August 6th, 2009 at 6:17 pm

Thank you for going to Washington DC to lobby for a much needed bill! If our House is truly “representative” then they will pass this bill for the myriad of reasons you presented. I appreciate your efforts as well as Jan’s and your brother’s to personalize and present the facts to those on the Hill.