Party Gaming Pulls Through

Despite everything that has happened with Party Gaming in the last month or so, the online poker room continues to provide the very best to its customers. Kudos to them I say.
The U.S. Department of Justice went after Anurag Dikshit (who is appropriately named according to Doyle Brunson) because as one of the founders of Party Gaming, or Party Poker, he was accused of having accepted U.S. wagers. This was of course, when internet gambling was not prohibited by U.S. federal law. Can we do that? Yes we can, apparently.
Well needless to say, his peers were none too happy with him, and neither was the online poker community. He sold us out, plain and simple. He agreed to a settlement and pled guilty to…being completely within his legal rights? So while he set some dangerous precedents for the industry in future litigation, we got one up on him when a Pennsylvania judge ruled that Texas Hold’em was a game of skill and not one of chance. So there’s prior legislation to refer to on both ends.
I guess my question is, after hearing about this, what about other popular forms of poker that are played online? You know, Omaha? Stud? Will it eventually come down to online poker rooms only being able to offer U.S. players Texas Hold’em? I don’t think most of us would be overly opposed to this, as it is obvious the game of choice for most – and any tournament worth its weight in salt is played in this style.
At any rate, Party Poker, despite the $300 million settlement, is offering a monthly million-dollar guaranteed tournament, so I can’t imagine that they’re doing too poorly. In fact, they are the fourth most popular site, second to Poker Stars, Full Tilt and the iPoker Network. And of course the iPoker Network is going to be ahead, they’ve only got twenty seven card rooms to compete. Shame on you, Dikshit, but congrats Party Gaming!