The National Heads-Up Poker Championship begins its spring run on NBC this weekend. We plan to post our thoughts about each episode. (But we already know who won. If you want to know, do a Google News search for "NBC Heads-up".)
One spot in the 64-player field usually is reserved for the winner of an online tournament. We've thought about joining the crowd and competing -- but we do not.
Why? Because the face-to-face tournament in Las Vegas is held on a weekend in March -- and would require playing games on Saturdays.
We worship a God who wrote Ten Commandments -- one of them instructing us to "remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy" (Ex. 20:8). For us, the Sabbath is the way God set it up originally: Friday sunset to Saturday sunset (Gen. 1:5, 8, 13, 19, etc.).
Yes, we know there are Jews who play big-time poker and do it well. We don't speak for them. We're simply not persuaded that poker is something a Christian should do on "God's time."
So thank you anyway, NBC -- at least for showing all your Heads-Up Poker programs on Sunday afternoons.
YAHOO POKER TOTAL: $12,163 -- up $315.
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