Well if you haven’t heard the news, the US Congress has solved the most pressing issue in the US today, online gambling. At 1am Saturday morning, the US Congress finished attaching “Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement” act, to a Port Security bill. This bill bans finanical transactions with “illegal online gambling” businesses, but really doesn’t define what “illegal online gambling is”.

In response, Party Gaming, 888/Casino on Net/Pacific Poker, Cryptologic, Boss Media have all announced that they have closed or intend to close all US real money accounts, either immediately or following George Bush signing the bill. This means that millions of Americans will soon be prevented from playing real money poker online.

For millions who lose their money playing, this may be good new financially, but really screws up a fun hobby and our dreams of playing poker for a living. For those who make their living playing online poker, it’s time to find a land based game or a new career.

One player was quoted as saying:”This Sucks!”