Lessons Learned In Lockdown
With the return of major live poker events returning across the globe, it seems that we have finally put the global COVID pandemic behind us. Whether or not it is finished with us is debatable but at the very least we seem to have got bored of it and are moving on regardless. After 18 months of lockdowns, living like a high tech hyper connected hermit, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on the lessons I’ve learned in lockdown: Government Policy Before dealing with poker, just putting this out there, I was surprised by the Government’s disregard for the health and well-being of its people. There’s been some kind of ‘lets-try-pleasing-everyone-while-actually-pleasing-no-one’ approach to the pandemic, punctuated with jarring levels of corruption and incompetence. Live Player Let Loose Online The initial lockdowns closed casinos and with no other options, forced casual and regular poker players alike to compete online, creating a surge of players battling it o...