[Clonexx]

I still think its sickening that something like this is even punishable by law if the bar is not taking a cut.

If you want to go after the "bad men" running the illegal card rooms which are charging per hour for time or taking a rake, fine. They are a clean and cut example of an illegal establishment (here in NY at least).

Leave the damn small time bars alone for hosting tournaments when they aren't taking a cut of it but instead are offering it to try and draw new business in and to offer something fun to their regulars.