How The Full Tilt October Reload Saved America

I am you - the guy toiling away with perverse joy in that mosh pit known as the Full Tilt 20k. These have been dark days for us recreational poker addicts, but then The Reload arrived and gave us all something to rally around. Here’s to the online players’ line in the sand.

It is no great insight to note that the world of online poker is an unsettled map these days. With legislation providing the credible shadow of a threat, the simple joy I have come to count on has made me the source of concerned inquiries from almost all my friends and family. In the lingo of the day, a certain Senator has royally harshed my mellow.

The rhetoric became real for me when the Party ended its run, and speculation was rampant that other Stars would extinguish soon. By this point I got a little nervous - I had moved my play over to Tilt months ago, but in a line of dominoes I worried my online home would be next.

Not so. The Reload - known by some as the F.U.F. Reload (decorate the acronym however you please) made my week and got me focused on what my online poker experience is truly about - trying to get to Australia on Full Tilt’s dime.

I thought it was also amusing that once FT put it’s foot down, bigger boys had a change of heart. Perhaps things aren’t so bad after all.

So here’s a raised glass (Guinness, perhaps?) and an unsolicited testamonial. To The Reload: America’s first step back from the brink.