WPT Claims They Are Responsible for Poker's Boom and Are Happy That Congress Is Trying to Ban U.S. Players from Playing Online Poker, this according to our friends at WickedChopPoker

How could you not trust a bunch of guys named Snake, Chops and Addict?  But this was so far-fetched we had to check ourselves and lo and behold....it's true!  The World Poker Tour really is supporting the "restrictions on internet poker" (notice we stay clear of the word "ban" since that is not what this is).

"The Justice Department has been very clear that it believes online gaming to be illegal in the United States and our policies have been always been tailored accordingly," said Adam Pliska, General Counsel of WPTE. "This law clarifies the rules and makes it possible for everyone to move forward on an even footing."

"It was a wide-spread love of this game and the reinvention of poker as a televised sport that ignited the poker phenomenon," said Steve Lipscomb, CEO and founder of WPTE. "And, that is what will continue to drive the future of the sport. WPTE remains committed to growing the domestic poker market through traditional franchise opportunities like consumer products, sponsorship and events."

WPTE is the producer of the WORLD POKER TOUR® (WPT) TV television series, which airs in the U.S. on the Travel Channel, as well as 150 countries and territories. WPTE also maintains an online gaming site that explicitly excludes U.S. customers from wagering online.

Now that we have gotten beyond the BS, let's get to some real quotes from Snake and the crew at WickedChops.

"Listen, like most people who have penises instead of vaginas, we don't like to read into things too much and over-analyze words. We simply don't have time for that s***.
 
"However, we can't help but notice that the WPT's General Counsel, Adam Pliska, whose name sounds like something we'd make up if we were hitting on some skanky chick at a bar and didn't want them to know who we "really" are ("My name? Uh, I'm Adam. Adam...Pliska."), sounds a little bit "gloaty" in a press release from the WPT concerning the anti-Internet gambling bill.

"In fact, if you need to put out a press release to state that "you were right" all along about gambling law in America and that you don't expect it to affect your (what) profits because you were right and planned for this all along, well, you end up sounding like someone who we'd really like to punch in the face.

"In related news, next week the WPT is planning on dropping a press release claiming they were the first to discover the female orgasm and that they, not Ronald Reagan, deserve all of the credit for the fall of communism."

Can't wait for that one!

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Gambling911.com News Wire

Originally published October 5, 2006 11:26 pm ET