Asia, Save Us!

With the imminent signing of the Port Security Bill, effectively crippling the US online poker sceene, we Europeans are gonna be firmly relying on a rise in popularity of the game in Asia to restock the fish.

Betfair have got the right idea. Their upcoming inaugural Asia Poker Tour is a shrewd move and, with any luck, will catalyse a boom in that part of the world. I'd almost certainly be trying to qualify if the rest of my annual leave wasn't ear-marked for a December trip to Vegas. I'd certainly encourage as many of you as possible to try and qualify and help spread the poker bug East.