Bar Poker Book

I have been working on a book about bar poker. I have about 5-6 chapters so far. I am going to post a chapter at a time. I am looking for feedback. E-mail me with comments. Thanks! Dave Chapter 1 Bar Poker, it has become a nation wide promotion phenomenon. In states where tougher DUI laws and smoking bans have made the bar business a challenge, bar poker has been a bright spot for owners and managers. Many states have challenged the right of bar owners to run free texas hold-em tournaments as a promotion calling it an illegal form of gambling. Bars have been raided and licenses have been threatened, but in most states free bar poker is popular and still growing even in today’s tough economic times. There are many forms of bar poker today. One of the most popular is the league format. Leagues are run for a set number of weeks and players play for local prizes each night and are awarded points for attendance and how they finish in a league night. These points are tracked by the company and top players are then eligible to advance to Regional, State, or National Tournaments. Prizes can be as large as a World Series of Poker main event seat or World Poker Tour event seat to cash or prizes. Many bars chose to run their own weekly games and offer their own prizes without bringing in an outside service. Most states require that there is no entry fee to play and no purchase is required and some states regulate what you can give out as prizes (check your local state laws for to find out what is permitted). I have heard this statement many times at a bar poker game. It is only for fun or it didn’t cost me anything to play. This may be true, but you can become a better poker player by playing bar poker. No where else can you get experience in reading people and see a wider variety of poker styles then at bar poker.