This weekend's Heartland Poker Tour telecast featured Michael Younan -- or, as he asked the announcers to call him, "Narco-Cop." Younan really spends his work days with a police department narcotics division. (No, we won't spoil the outcome.)Would you be afraid to play against someone you know works in law enforcement? If so, that probably says more about you than it does "Narco-Cop." Maybe what you need is a change of thinking, to become more law-abiding:
Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as man who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden.... - Hebrews 13:17
We realize big-time poker gained a lot of fame from people walking on the edges of breaking the law. But the modern-day game offers plenty of opportunities to play legally for fun - and, under the right circumstances, you can enter tournaments to win money.
We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. We also know that law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful.... - I Timothy 1:8-9
The apostle Paul goes on to list many more people for whom the "law is made." While "gamblers" is not there, it's not a pretty list.
So as basic as this may sound, the law is good. Why some poker players and rooms wanted to cut corners with it, we don't know. But isn't it better to play games that are legal and above board - so "Narco-Cop" doesn't send his co-workers after you?
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