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This week's Podcast features an interview with U.S. Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA), who calls-in following an April 2nd Congressional hearing entitled "UIGEA Regulations: Burden Without Benefit?" Our second guest this week is Top 100 ranked online tournament player Joshua "bbbbb33" Weiser from Philadelphia
In this week's Podcast interview, Congressman Frank discusses the status of online poker legislation along with his "Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act, which is one of several pro-internet gambling bills currently awaiting its time in Congress. Rep. Frank also talks about the feedback he has received, and how election-year politics may or may not affect online poker legislation.
Joshua "bbbbb33" Weizer is currently ranked #100 in the world at online tournament play, and has put up very impressive results in online tournaments. Josh shares a personal story from late March, in which he won tournaments on back-to-back nights while battling personal grief. Mr. Weizer toured the live circuit briefly in 2006, and has recently started playing major live events again.
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